Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Quarterly Performance Report

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August 22, 2024

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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the review and approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day comment period for this notice has closed.

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 163 (Thursday, August 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67948-67949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18840]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request; The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home
Visiting Program Quarterly Performance Report

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA
submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted
during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB
will accept further comments from the public during the review and
approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day
comment period for this notice has closed.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than September
23, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance
requests submitted to OMB for review, email Joella Roland, the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a3d3c2d3c6d1d4ccd1c8e3cbd1d0c28dc4ccd5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cdbdacbda8bfbaa2bfa68da5bfbeace3aaa2bb">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> or call
(301) 443-3983.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title: The Maternal, Infant, and
Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Quarterly Performance Report, OMB
No. 0906-0016, Revision.
Abstract: This request is for continued approval of the Maternal,
Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program Quarterly
Performance Report. The MIECHV Program is administered by the Maternal
and Child Health Bureau within HRSA in partnership with the
Administration for Children and Families, and provides support to all
56 states and jurisdictions, as well as tribes and tribal
organizations. Through a needs assessment, states, jurisdictions,
tribes, and tribal organizations identify target populations and select
the home visiting service delivery model(s) that best meet their needs.
In response to awardee feedback, HRSA is proposing the following
revisions to the data collection forms to reduce administrative burden
related to this performance report:

<bullet> Form 4, Table A.2: Remove Column D: ZIP Codes
<bullet> Form 4, Definition of Key Terms: Update definitions for Table
A.2
<bullet> Form 4: Remove Section B

A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on May 2, 2024,
vol. 89, No. 86; pp. 35841-42. HRSA received one comment from an
awardee. The commentor discussed the usefulness of collecting ZIP codes
of families served by MIECHV-funded sites, suggested considering
collection of data on Tables A.2, A.3, and A.4 on an annual basis, and
supported the burden estimate. While HRSA recognizes the value of
collecting participant ZIP code data, after weighing the significant
burden awardees have reported on collecting and reporting this data,
and considering that its continued collection of participant county
data supports its data needs, HRSA has decided to make no changes to
the proposed information

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collection tools in response to this comment. HRSA intends to re-assess
the current performance measurement system over the next 3 years
including identifying opportunities to reduce administrative burden
related to performance reporting and will consider frequency of the
proposed information collection in the future.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA uses quarterly
performance information to demonstrate program accountability and
continuously monitor and provide oversight to MIECHV Program awardees.
The information is also used to provide quality improvement guidance
and technical assistance to awardees and help inform the development of
early childhood systems at the national, state, and local level. HRSA
is seeking to remove collection of a variable and update key terms
given this deletion.
Likely Respondents: MIECHV Program awardees that are states,
jurisdictions, and where applicable, nonprofit organizations providing
home visiting services within states.
Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide the
information requested. This includes the time needed to review
instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information; to search data sources; to complete and
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for
this ICR are summarized in the table below.

Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Form name Number of responses per Total per response Total burden
respondents respondent responses (in hours) hours
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Form 4: Section A--Quarterly 56 4 224 21 4,704
Performance Report.............
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Total....................... 56 .............. 224 .............. 4,704
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-18840 Filed 8-21-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4165-15-P

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