Notice2025-00556
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program Community Needs and Readiness Assessment Guidance and Implementation Plan Guidance (Office of Management and Budget#: 0970-0611)
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Published
January 14, 2025
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Early Childhood Development (ECD) is requesting revisions to the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Community Needs and Readiness Assessment Guidance and Implementation Plan Guidance (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #: 0970-0611; expiration June 30, 2026) and a 3-year extension of approval.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3224-3225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00556]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Tribal Maternal,
Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program Community
Needs and Readiness Assessment Guidance and Implementation Plan
Guidance (Office of Management and Budget#: 0970-0611)
AGENCY: Office of Early Childhood Development, Administration for
Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of
Early Childhood Development (ECD) is requesting revisions to the Tribal
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Community
Needs and Readiness Assessment Guidance and Implementation Plan
Guidance (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #: 0970-0611;
expiration June 30, 2026) and a 3-year extension of approval.
DATES: Comments due March 17, 2025. In compliance with the requirements
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting public
comment on the specific aspects of the information collection described
above.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of
information and submit comments by emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#365f58505955595a5a5355425f595876575550185e5e4518515940"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="462f28202925292a2a2325322f292806272520682e2e3568212930">[email protected]</span></a>.
Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: Section 511(e)(8)(A) of title V of the Social Security
Act requires that grantees under the Tribal MIECHV program, in the
first year of their grants, submit an implementation plan on how they
will meet the requirements of the program. Section 511(h)(2)(A) further
states that the requirements for the MIECHV grants to Tribes, Tribal
organizations, and urban Indian organizations are to be consistent, to
the greatest extent practicable, with the requirements for grantees
under the MIECHV program for states and jurisdictions.
ACF ECD, in collaboration with the Health Resources and Services
Administration's Maternal and Child Health Bureau, awarded grants for
the Tribal MIECHV Program (Tribal Home Visiting) to support cooperative
agreements to conduct community needs assessments; plan for and
implement high-quality, culturally relevant, evidence-based home
visiting programs in at-risk Tribal communities; establish, measure,
and report on progress toward meeting performance measures in six
legislatively mandated benchmark areas; and conduct rigorous evaluation
activities to build the knowledge base on home visiting among Native
populations.
During the first grant year, Tribal Home Visiting grantees must
comply with the requirement to conduct a Community Needs and Readiness
Assessment (CNRA) and submit an implementation plan that should feature
planned activities to be carried out under the program in years 2-5 of
their cooperative agreements. To assist grantees with meeting these
requirements, ACF created a CNRA and implementation guidance for
grantees to use when writing their plans. The CNRA Guidance and
Implementation Plan Guidance (IPG) specifies that grantees must provide
a plan to address the following areas:
<bullet> CNRA
<bullet> Program Design
<bullet> Program Blueprint
<bullet> Plan for Data Collection, Management, and Performance
Measurement
<bullet> Fidelity Monitoring and Quality Assurance
The previous guidance included information about the CNRA and the
implementation plan for grant recipients. This extension request
updates the guidance by separating the CNRA Guidance from the IPG. This
separation allows the CNRA Guidance to function as an independent
document, enhancing clarity and usability instead of being incorporated
within the IPG.
Additionally, significant modifications have been made to the
guidance compared to earlier versions, with a primary focus on reducing
the burden on grant recipients. These changes include eliminating
redundant sections that overlap with other reporting requirements,
reducing the number of guiding questions, and allowing for shorter
responses.
Respondents: Tribal Home Visiting Managers (information collection
does not include direct interaction with individuals or families that
receive the services).
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Annual Burden Estimates
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Total number Average burden
Instrument Total number of responses hours per Total burden Annual burden
of respondents per respondent response hours hours
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Implementation Plan Guidance for 27 1 450 12,150 4,050
Development and Implementation
Grantees.......................
DIG Community Needs and 27 1 450 12,150 4,050
Readiness Assessment...........
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Totals:..................... .............. .............. .............. 24,300 8,100
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Comments: The Department specifically requests comments on (a)
whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Authority: Title V of the Social Security Act, sections
511(e)(8)(A) & 511(h)(2)(A)
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-00556 Filed 1-13-25; 8:45 am]
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