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respondents
HRSA Form
Lender’s Application for Contract of Federal Loan Insurance ..............................................................................
Borrower’s Deferment Request:
Borrowers ..................................................................
Employers .................................................................
Borrower Loan Status Update .........................................
Loan Purchase/Consolidation ..........................................
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Health Resources and Services
Administration
Proposed Change in State Title V
Maternal and Child Health Block Grant
Allocations
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice seeks comments
on proposed changes in the State
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Title V Maternal and Child Health
(MCH) Block Grant allocations. Through
the Health Resources and Services
Administration’s Maternal and Child
Health Bureau (MCHB), Title V MCH
Block Grant funds are allocated to States
based in part on a calculation of the
number of children living in poverty (in
an individual State) as compared to the
total number of children living in
poverty in the United States, using data
for the number of children in poverty in
each State from the U.S. Census
Bureau’s official decennial census. As
the Census Bureau has replaced the
decennial census long-form sample
questionnaire with the American
Community Survey (ACS), MCHB
likewise plans to use the ACS as its
source for this data. The ACS offers
broad, comprehensive information on
social, economic, and housing data and
is designed to provide this information
at many levels of geography. ACS child
poverty estimates are produced
annually and will allow the Block Grant
allocation proportions to be updated
more frequently than every 10 years.
The Census Bureau produces annual
State-level poverty estimates based on
the most recent 1, 3, and 5 years of ACS
data as well as annual model-based
Small Area Income and Poverty
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In order to administer and monitor the
HEAL program the following forms are
utilized: the Lenders Application for
Contract of Federal Loan Insurance form
(used by lenders to make application to
the HEAL insurance program); the
Borrower’s Deferment Request form
(used by borrowers to request
deferments on HEAL loans and used by
lenders to determine borrower’s
eligibility for deferment); the Borrower
Loan Status update electronic
submission (submitted monthly by
lenders to the Secretary on the status of
each loan); and the Loan Purchase/
Consolidation electronic submission
(submitted by lenders to the Secretary to
report sales, and purchases of HEAL
loans).
The annual estimate of burden is as
follows:
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Estimates (SAIPE). It is proposed that
MCHB implement annual changes to the
State Title V MCH Block Grant
allocations using the 3-year ACS
poverty estimates, wherein each annual
change is buffered by sharing 2 of 3 data
years in a 3-year rolling period estimate.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
comment on this proposed change.
Submit written comments no later than
September 18, 2012. All comments
received on or before this date will be
considered.
ADDRESSES: All written comments
concerning this notice should be
submitted to Cassie Lauver, Director,
Division of State and Community
Health, at the contact information
below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anyone requesting additional details
should contact Cassie Lauver, Health
Resources and Services Administration,
Maternal and Child Health Bureau. Ms.
Lauver may be reached in one of the
three following methods: (1) Via a
written request addressed to: Ms. Cassie
Lauver, Health Resources and Services
Administration, Maternal and Child
Health Bureau, Parklawn Building,
Room 18–31, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, Maryland 20857; (2) via
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telephone at (301) 443–2204; or (3) via
email at mchbformula@hrsa.gov. In
addition, an information session with a
question and answer period on the
proposed change in the State Title V
Maternal and Child Health Block Grant
Allocations will be held approximately
2 weeks after publication of this notice.
Please see https://www.mchb.hrsa.gov for
more information. Dr. Michael C. Lu,
Associate Administrator of MCHB, will
serve as a presenter for this session.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HRSA is
proposing to use the U.S. Census
Bureau’s ACS data to determine the
annual poverty-based allocations to
States under Section 502 of Title V of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 702).
Previously, MCHB used the child
poverty data obtained from the longform of the decennial census and the
poverty-based allocation was updated
every 10 years. The long-form
questionnaire has been replaced by the
annual ACS. Given the annual
availability of updated ACS child
poverty data, annual changes in the
allocation proportion would enable
incremental change and greater
currency than updating at periodic nonannual intervals (e.g., every 5 years).
State-level poverty data are annually
released by the Census Bureau based on
the most recent 1, 3, and 5-year ACS
data and single-year Small Area Income
and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE).
Researchers in MCHB’s Office of
Epidemiology and Research (OER)
evaluated the impact of using 1, 3, and
5-year ACS data and the single-year
SAIPE on annual poverty-based
allocation changes as well as overall
allocation changes. Consistent with the
Census Bureau documentation and
guidelines, the poverty data are most
current and least precise through the
use of 1-year data and least current but
most precise through the use of 5-year
data. OER recommends that MCHB
implement annual changes to the State
Title V MCH Block Grant allocations
using the 3-year ACS poverty estimates,
which strike a reasonable balance
between reliability (strength of 5-year
estimates) and currency (strength of 1year estimates). The 3-year estimates
provide necessary stability in annual
poverty-based allocation changes for all
States, regardless of size, while still
allowing the allocations to be
responsive to changes in the
distribution of children in poverty
across States. Since they are not
buffered as a multiyear moving period
estimate, the 1-year estimates from both
ACS and the model-based SAIPE
introduce higher levels of volatility in
annual changes of the poverty-based
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allocation proportions, particularly for
smaller States with greater sampling
error. The 5-year estimates are least
current and do not provide
meaningfully different stability in
annual changes in comparison with the
3-year estimates. With the 3-year
estimates for Fiscal Year 2013 already
available, States will have ample
opportunity to plan for the adjustment
from the existing allocation proportions
based on the 2000 census and will be
aware of the poverty-based allocation
proportions close to a year in advance
of each subsequent fiscal year (annually
released in October).
Dated: July 12, 2012.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration
Notice of Meeting
Pursuant to Public Law 92–463,
notice is hereby given of the combined
meeting on August 9, 2012, of the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration’s (SAMHSA)
four National Advisory Councils (the
SAMHSA National Advisory Council
(NAC), the Center for Mental Health
Services NAC, the Center for Substance
Abuse Prevention NAC, the Center for
Substance Abuse Treatment NAC), and
the two SAMHSA Advisory Committees
(Advisory Committee for Women’s
Services, and the Tribal Technical
Advisory Committee).
The Councils were established to
advise the Secretary, Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), the
Administrator, SAMHSA, and Center
Directors, concerning matters relating to
the activities carried out by and through
the Centers and the policies respecting
such activities.
Under Section 501 of the Public
Health Service Act, the Advisory
Committee for Women’s Services
(ACWS) is statutorily mandated to
advise the SAMHSA Administrator and
the Associate Administrator for
Women’s Services on appropriate
activities to be undertaken by SAMHSA
and its Centers with respect to women’s
substance abuse and mental health
services.
Pursuant to Presidential Executive
Order No. 13175, November 6, 2000,
and the Presidential Memorandum of
September 23, 2004, SAMHSA
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established the Tribal Technical
Advisory Committee (TTAC) for
working with Federally-recognized
Tribes to enhance the government-togovernment relationship, honor Federal
trust responsibilities and obligations to
Tribes and American Indian and Alaska
Natives. The SAMHSA TTAC serves as
an advisory body to SAMHSA.
The August 9 combined meeting will
include a report from the SAMHSA
Administrator, an update on SAMHSA’s
Budget, an update on health reform and
a discussion regarding the impact of
federal health reform and state budgets
on mental health and substance abuse
programs.
The meeting is open to the public and
will be held online via Microsoft Office
2007 Live Meeting. Interested persons
may present data, information, or views,
orally or in writing, on issues pending
before the committee. Written
submissions should be forwarded to the
contact person on or before August 1,
2012. Oral presentations from the public
will be scheduled at the conclusion of
the meeting. Individuals interested in
making oral presentations are
encouraged to notify the contact on or
before August 1, 2012. Five minutes will
be allotted for each presentation.
Substantive program information may
be obtained after the meeting by
accessing the SAMHSA Committee web
site, https://nac.samhsa.gov/, or by
contacting Ms. Wood.
Committee Names: Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services, Administration
National Advisory Council; Center for Mental
Health Services National Advisory Council;
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
National Advisory Council; Center for
Substance Abuse Treatment National
Advisory Council; SAMHSA’s Advisory
Committee for Women’s Services; SAMHSA
Tribal Technical Advisory Committee.
Date/Time/Type: Thursday, August 9,
2012, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. EDT(OPEN)
Place: Live meeting webcast: https://emeetings.verizonbusiness.com/nc/
join.php?i=PA8938727&p=SAMHSA&t=c
Contact: Geretta Wood, Committee
Management Officer and Designated Federal
Official, SAMHSA National Advisory
Council, SAMHSA’s Advisory Committee for
Women’s Services, 1 Choke Cherry Road,
Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone: (240)
276–2326, Fax: (240) 276–2253 and Email:
geretta.wood@samhsa.hhs.gov.
Summer King,
Statistician, Substance Abuse and Mental
Health, Services Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Proposed Change in State Title V Maternal and Child Health Block
Grant Allocations
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice seeks comments on proposed changes in the State
Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Block Grant allocations.
Through the Health Resources and Services Administration's Maternal and
Child Health Bureau (MCHB), Title V MCH Block Grant funds are allocated
to States based in part on a calculation of the number of children
living in poverty (in an individual State) as compared to the total
number of children living in poverty in the United States, using data
for the number of children in poverty in each State from the U.S.
Census Bureau's official decennial census. As the Census Bureau has
replaced the decennial census long-form sample questionnaire with the
American Community Survey (ACS), MCHB likewise plans to use the ACS as
its source for this data. The ACS offers broad, comprehensive
information on social, economic, and housing data and is designed to
provide this information at many levels of geography. ACS child poverty
estimates are produced annually and will allow the Block Grant
allocation proportions to be updated more frequently than every 10
years. The Census Bureau produces annual State-level poverty estimates
based on the most recent 1, 3, and 5 years of ACS data as well as
annual model-based Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE). It
is proposed that MCHB implement annual changes to the State Title V MCH
Block Grant allocations using the 3-year ACS poverty estimates, wherein
each annual change is buffered by sharing 2 of 3 data years in a 3-year
rolling period estimate.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to comment on this proposed
change. Submit written comments no later than September 18, 2012. All
comments received on or before this date will be considered.
ADDRESSES: All written comments concerning this notice should be
submitted to Cassie Lauver, Director, Division of State and Community
Health, at the contact information below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anyone requesting additional details
should contact Cassie Lauver, Health Resources and Services
Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau. Ms. Lauver may be
reached in one of the three following methods: (1) Via a written
request addressed to: Ms. Cassie Lauver, Health Resources and Services
Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Parklawn Building,
Room 18-31, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857; (2) via
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telephone at (301) 443-2204; or (3) via email at mchbformula@hrsa.gov.
In addition, an information session with a question and answer period
on the proposed change in the State Title V Maternal and Child Health
Block Grant Allocations will be held approximately 2 weeks after
publication of this notice. Please see https://www.mchb.hrsa.gov for
more information. Dr. Michael C. Lu, Associate Administrator of MCHB,
will serve as a presenter for this session.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HRSA is proposing to use the U.S. Census
Bureau's ACS data to determine the annual poverty-based allocations to
States under Section 502 of Title V of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 702). Previously, MCHB used the child poverty data obtained from
the long-form of the decennial census and the poverty-based allocation
was updated every 10 years. The long-form questionnaire has been
replaced by the annual ACS. Given the annual availability of updated
ACS child poverty data, annual changes in the allocation proportion
would enable incremental change and greater currency than updating at
periodic non-annual intervals (e.g., every 5 years). State-level
poverty data are annually released by the Census Bureau based on the
most recent 1, 3, and 5-year ACS data and single-year Small Area Income
and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE). Researchers in MCHB's Office of
Epidemiology and Research (OER) evaluated the impact of using 1, 3, and
5-year ACS data and the single-year SAIPE on annual poverty-based
allocation changes as well as overall allocation changes. Consistent
with the Census Bureau documentation and guidelines, the poverty data
are most current and least precise through the use of 1-year data and
least current but most precise through the use of 5-year data. OER
recommends that MCHB implement annual changes to the State Title V MCH
Block Grant allocations using the 3-year ACS poverty estimates, which
strike a reasonable balance between reliability (strength of 5-year
estimates) and currency (strength of 1-year estimates). The 3-year
estimates provide necessary stability in annual poverty-based
allocation changes for all States, regardless of size, while still
allowing the allocations to be responsive to changes in the
distribution of children in poverty across States. Since they are not
buffered as a multiyear moving period estimate, the 1-year estimates
from both ACS and the model-based SAIPE introduce higher levels of
volatility in annual changes of the poverty-based allocation
proportions, particularly for smaller States with greater sampling
error. The 5-year estimates are least current and do not provide
meaningfully different stability in annual changes in comparison with
the 3-year estimates. With the 3-year estimates for Fiscal Year 2013
already available, States will have ample opportunity to plan for the
adjustment from the existing allocation proportions based on the 2000
census and will be aware of the poverty-based allocation proportions
close to a year in advance of each subsequent fiscal year (annually
released in October).
Dated: July 12, 2012.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
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