Notice2025-10565
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June 11, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 11, 2025)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10565]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments
are requested regarding; whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility; the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments regarding this information collection received by July 11,
2025 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days of
the publication of this notice on the following website
<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 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function. An agency may not
conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless the collection of
information displays a currently valid OMB control number and the
agency informs potential persons who are to respond to the collection
of information that such persons are not required to respond to the
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: WIC & FMNP Outreach, Innovation, and Modernization
Evaluation.
OMB Control Number: 0584-NEW.
Summary of Collection: The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA),
which was signed into law in March 2021, provided USDA with $390
million and waiver authority for outreach, innovation, and program
modernization in WIC and the WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program
(FMNP). FNS is interested in understanding the implementation and
outcomes related to these modernization efforts. This information
collection request (ICR) is for the 2023-2028 WIC & FMNP Outreach,
Innovation, and Modernization Evaluation (WIC modernization
evaluation). The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
Infants, and Children (WIC) provides supplemental food, nutrition
education, and referrals to health and social services to pregnant and
postpartum women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are living in
households with low incomes and are at nutritional risk. The Farmers
Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) provides eligible WIC participants with
FMNP benefits, in addition to their regular WIC benefits, which can be
used to buy eligible foods from authorized outlets, including farmers,
farmers' markets, or roadside stands. The WIC modernization evaluation
has three components: an implementation study, a waiver study, and an
impact study.
Need and Use of the Information: The implementation study will
provide a comprehensive understanding of project implementation while
accommodating variations in the timing of projects within different
program areas, implementation within and between State agencies, and
innovative approaches. The implementation study will collect data from
WIC State agencies, local agencies, clinics, WIC & FMNP vendors and
outlets, and WIC participants. These data will provide current and
ongoing information about modernization efforts in all 88 WIC State
agencies.
The waiver study will provide an understanding of waiver issuance
and use. The waiver study will rely on many of the same data sources as
the implementation study, especially with WIC State agencies. The study
will also collect information on whether and how unique waivers were
implemented by WIC State agencies to conduct the modernization
projects.
The impact study will measure the impact of the WIC and FMNP
modernization projects on participants through key short-term and
intermediate-term outcome measures. It will address whether the
modernization projects improved key outcome measures and how changes in
these outcomes were related to the number and type of modernization
projects. Most outcomes will be measured with administrative data. The
impact study will also use surveys to learn about the experiences and
satisfaction of WIC program staff, WIC & FMNP vendor/outlet staff, and
participants with the changes to the WIC program as a result of the
modernization activities. In addition, the impact study will rely on
information from the implementation and waiver studies about where and
when projects and waivers were implemented.
Description of Respondents: State, local, and tribal governments,
Businesses (profit, non-profit, or farm), Individuals/households.
Number of Respondents: 186,608.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 32,110.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-10565 Filed 6-10-25; 8:45 am]
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