Notice2026-05253
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Delta States Rural Development Network Grant Program, OMB No. 0915-0386-Revision
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Published
March 18, 2026
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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other aspect of the ICR.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13041-13042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05253]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Delta
States Rural Development Network Grant Program, OMB No. 0915-0386--
Revision
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the
public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other aspect of the
ICR.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than May 18,
2026.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#285849584d5a5f475a4368405a5b49064f475e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="027263726770756d7069426a7071632c656d74">[email protected]</span></a> or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 13N82, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
draft instruments, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#adddccddc8dfdac2dfc6edc5dfdecc83cac2db"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="354554455047425a475e755d4746541b525a43">[email protected]</span></a> or call Samantha Miller,
the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at (301) 443-3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Delta States Rural
Development Network Grant Program, OMB No. 0915-0386--Revision.
Abstract: The Delta States Rural Development Network Grant (Delta)
Program is authorized by the Public Health Service Act, Section 330A(f)
(42 U.S.C. 254c(f)). The Delta Program supports projects that
demonstrate evidence based and/or promising approaches around
cardiovascular disease, diabetes, acute ischemic stroke, or obesity in
order to improve health status in rural communities throughout the
Delta Region. Key features of Delta Program-supported projects are
collaboration, adoption of an evidence-based approach, demonstration of
health outcomes, program replicability, and sustainability. HRSA
collects information from Delta Program award recipients using an OMB-
approved set of performance measures and wants to revise that
information collection.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The purpose of the data
collection is for HRSA to assess Delta Program awardees' progress in
meeting the program goals (as stated in the authorizing statute) and
how well each awardee meets their community needs. Additionally, HRSA
will be able to monitor and assess the impact of the Delta Program and
ensure funds are effectively used to provide services that meet the
target population's needs.
HRSA seeks to revise the approved information collection, which
Delta Program awardees will submit to HRSA on an annual basis. The
proposed revisions include modifying how HRSA displays race and
ethnicity measures in the data collection platform by making it display
as two separate questions for current Delta Program recipients. As the
Delta Program recipients are currently in an active project period,
this proposed revision would minimize any disruptions to their existing
data collection processes and help maintain consistent data reporting
to HRSA, while also starting to ease the transition toward SPD-15
compliance.
Additionally, the estimated total burden hours have increased to
reflect the time required for current Delta Program awardees to
complete data collection-related training for their internal staff as
well as staff within their network partnerships. There are several
additional contributing factors to the increase in estimated total
burden. These grantee organizations vary in data collection and
reporting capacity as well as vary in the number of network
organizations they must coordinate with to report this data to HRSA.
Furthermore, the grantee organization and its network organizations may
not share the same data collection systems/platforms. As a result, this
increase in total burden accounts for the time that Delta Program
awardees will need to compile and review data quality from its network
organizations prior to submitting the data to HRSA.
Likely Respondents: Respondents will be the Delta Program award
recipients.
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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Average
Number of Number of Total burden per Total
Form name respondents responses per responses response burden
respondent (in hours) hours
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Delta States Rural Development Network Program 12 1 12 72.75 873
Performance Measures..........................
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Total...................................... 12 1 12 72.75 873
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HRSA specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and
utility of the proposed information collection for the proper
performance of the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection burden.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2026-05253 Filed 3-17-26; 8:45 am]
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