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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 2 / Wednesday, January 3, 2018 / Notices
Dated: December 20, 2017.
Giancarlo Brizzi,
Acting Associate Administrator, Office of
Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2017–28394 Filed 1–2–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
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Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s
Health Insurance Programs; Provider
Enrollment Application Fee Amount for
Calendar Year 2018; Correction
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
This document corrects
technical errors in the December 4, 2017
Federal Register notice titled ‘‘Provider
Enrollment Application Fee Amount for
Calendar Year 2018’’.
DATES: Effective Date: This correction
notice takes effect on January 1, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Melissa Singer, (410) 786–0365.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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I. Background and Summary of Errors
In FR Doc. 2017–25972, which
appeared in the December 4, 2017
Federal Register (82 FR 57273) titled
‘‘Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s
Health Insurance Programs; Provider
Enrollment Application Fee Amount for
Calendar Year 2018’’, there were several
technical and typographical errors that
are identified and corrected in the
Correction of Errors section of this
document.
On page 57274, in our discussion
regarding Medicare estimates for
calendar year (CY) 2018, we erroneously
listed the number of ‘‘newly enrolled
institutional providers’’ as ‘‘3,800’’.
Given this error, we are also correcting
the errors in several calculations/
equations that included the erroneous
figure (that is, 3,800). We are also
correcting a typographical error.
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II. Correction of Errors
In FR Doc. 2017–25972 of December
4, 2017 (82 FR 57273), make the
following corrections:
1. On page 57274,
a. Second column, last bulleted
paragraph, line 1, the phrase ‘‘3,800
newly enrolling institutional providers’’
is corrected to read ‘‘10,700 newly
enrolling institutional providers’’.
b. Third column—
(1) First bulleted paragraph, line 1,
the figure ‘‘7.500’’ is corrected to read
7,500’’.
(2) Second full paragraph—
(a) Line 1, the phrase ‘‘Using a figure
of 11,300 (3,800 newly enrolling’’ is
corrected to read ‘‘Using a figure of
18,200 (10,700 newly enrolling’’.
(b) Line 6, the phrase ‘‘$101,700 (or
11,300 × $9’’ is corrected to read
‘‘$163,800 (or 18,200 × $9’’.
(3) Fourth full paragraph, line 6, the
phrase ‘‘be $371,700 ($270,000 +
$101,700)’’ is corrected to read ‘‘be
$433,800 ($270,000 + $163,800)’’.
Dated: December 27, 2017.
Wilma Robinson,
Deputy Executive Secretary to the
Department, Department of Health and
Human Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Title: Evaluation of the Family
Unification Program.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) is
proposing an information collection
activity to assess the impact, through
rigorous evaluation, of participation in
the Family Unification Program (FUP)
on child welfare involvement and child
maltreatment. The Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
funds and administers FUP. Through
the program, vouchers are provided to
families for whom the lack of adequate
housing is a primary factor in (a) the
imminent placement of the family’s
child, or children, in out-of-home care
or (b) the delay in the discharge of the
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child, or children, to the family from
out-of-home-care. The program aims to
prevent children’s placement in out-ofhome care, promote family reunification
for children placed in out-of-home care,
and decrease new reports of abuse and
neglect. Vouchers may also be provided
to youth transitioning from foster care
who do not have adequate housing,
although this population is not the focus
of this evaluation.
The evaluation will contribute to
understanding the effects of FUP on
project participants’ child welfare
involvement. The evaluation will be
conducted in approximately ten sites,
with random assignment of FUP-eligible
families to program and control groups.
The evaluation consists of both an
impact study and an implementation
study. Data collection for the impact
study will be exclusively through
administrative data. Data collection for
the implementation study will be
through site visits and collection of
program data. Data collection activities
will span 3 years.
Implementation study data collection
will occur at three points in time: (1)
Prior to the implementation
(‘‘preliminary’’), (2) 6–9 months into the
implementation (‘‘first’’), and (3) 18–21
months into implementation (‘‘followup’’) time periods. Semi-structured
interviews will be conducted with
agency/organization management
(preliminary, first) and FUP
management (first, follow-up), and focus
groups will be conducted with front-line
staff (first, follow-up). Program data,
including a referral form and
questionnaires regarding housing
assistance and other services, will be
collected through forms completed by
frontline staff. FUP management staff
will also complete an online
randomization tool and a form
(‘‘dashboard’’) to facilitate monitoring of
the evaluation.
This evaluation is part of a larger
project to help ACF build the evidence
base in child welfare through rigorous
evaluation of programs, practices, and
policies. It will also contribute to HUD’s
understanding of how housing can serve
as a platform for improving quality of
life.
Respondents: Public housing
authority staff, public child welfare
agency staff, and other service provider
staff.
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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Total
number of
respondents
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Guide for Recruitment with PHA and PCWA Administrators ....................................................................................
Guide to Develop an Evaluation Plan for PCWA FUP
Management .....................................................................
Guide to Develop an Evaluation Plan for PHA FUP Management ............................................................................
Guide for Implementation Study for PCWA Management ..
Guide for Implementation Study for PHA Management ......
Guide for Implementation Study for Referral Provider Administrators .......................................................................
Guide for Implementation Study with PCWA FUP Management (First) .......................................................................
Guide for Implementation Study for PHA FUP Management ..................................................................................
Guide for Implementation Study Focus Groups with Frontline Workers .....................................................................
Guide for Implementation Study Focus Groups with PHA
Frontline Workers .............................................................
Guide for Implementation Study for PCWA FUP Management (Follow Up) ..............................................................
Guide for Implementation Study for Service Provider Management ............................................................................
Referral Form .......................................................................
Randomization Tool .............................................................
Housing Assistance Questionnaire ......................................
Ongoing Services Questionnaire .........................................
Dashboard ............................................................................
Administrative Data List .......................................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 460.
In compliance with the requirements
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment
on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above.
Copies of the proposed collection of
information can be obtained and
comments may be forwarded by writing
to the Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Planning, Research
and Evaluation, 330 C St SW,
Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE
Reports Clearance Officer. Email
address: OPREinfocollection@
acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information
collection.
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
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Number of
responses
per
respondent
Annual
number of
respondents
7
1
1.00
7
10
4
1
1.00
4
10
10
10
4
4
4
1
1
1
1.00
1.00
1.00
4
4
4
4
2
1
1.00
2
10
4
1
1.00
4
10
4
1
1.00
4
320
107
1
1.50
161
30
10
1
1.50
15
10
4
1
1.00
4
8
200
10
200
200
20
30
3
67
4
67
67
7
10
1
6
106
3
3
27
2
1.00
0.17
0.02
0.09
0.09
0.17
5.00
3
68
8
18
18
32
100
Mary Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Title: Study of We Grow Together:
The Q–CCIIT Professional Development
System.
OMB No.: New Collection
Description: The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) seeks approval to
conduct a field test of We Grow
Together, a system of professional
development supports including webbased resources and exercises to be used
by caregivers/teachers, with the help of
professional development providers, to
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20
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.
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improve the quality of infant and
toddler care. The study team has
developed We Grow Together: The Q–
CCIIT Professional Development System
based on the research literature to
support caregiver-child interactions in
care settings serving infants and
toddlers. This field test is designed to
(1) examine changes associated with use
of the We Grow Together system and (2)
examine implementation and
participant experiences with the We
Grow Together system. As a secondary
goal, ACF will also further evaluate the
properties of the Q–CCIIT observational
measure. Ultimately, findings from the
field test will provide information about
the experiences of professional
development providers (PD providers)
and caregivers with the We Grow
Together system so that ACF can
improve the system to make the
resources as accessible as possible for
infant-toddler caregivers.
Prior to using the We Grow Together
system, PD providers will complete a
web-based training survey and all
participants will complete a web-based
background survey. Periodically during
the field test, website users will be
asked at log-on to respond to a series of
web-based questions. After system
implementation, participants will
complete a web-based feedback survey.
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 2018)]
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[FR Doc No: 2017-28374]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Title: Evaluation of the Family Unification Program.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is
proposing an information collection activity to assess the impact,
through rigorous evaluation, of participation in the Family Unification
Program (FUP) on child welfare involvement and child maltreatment. The
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds and administers
FUP. Through the program, vouchers are provided to families for whom
the lack of adequate housing is a primary factor in (a) the imminent
placement of the family's child, or children, in out-of-home care or
(b) the delay in the discharge of the child, or children, to the family
from out-of-home-care. The program aims to prevent children's placement
in out-of-home care, promote family reunification for children placed
in out-of-home care, and decrease new reports of abuse and neglect.
Vouchers may also be provided to youth transitioning from foster care
who do not have adequate housing, although this population is not the
focus of this evaluation.
The evaluation will contribute to understanding the effects of FUP
on project participants' child welfare involvement. The evaluation will
be conducted in approximately ten sites, with random assignment of FUP-
eligible families to program and control groups. The evaluation
consists of both an impact study and an implementation study. Data
collection for the impact study will be exclusively through
administrative data. Data collection for the implementation study will
be through site visits and collection of program data. Data collection
activities will span 3 years.
Implementation study data collection will occur at three points in
time: (1) Prior to the implementation (``preliminary''), (2) 6-9 months
into the implementation (``first''), and (3) 18-21 months into
implementation (``follow-up'') time periods. Semi-structured interviews
will be conducted with agency/organization management (preliminary,
first) and FUP management (first, follow-up), and focus groups will be
conducted with front-line staff (first, follow-up). Program data,
including a referral form and questionnaires regarding housing
assistance and other services, will be collected through forms
completed by frontline staff. FUP management staff will also complete
an online randomization tool and a form (``dashboard'') to facilitate
monitoring of the evaluation.
This evaluation is part of a larger project to help ACF build the
evidence base in child welfare through rigorous evaluation of programs,
practices, and policies. It will also contribute to HUD's understanding
of how housing can serve as a platform for improving quality of life.
Respondents: Public housing authority staff, public child welfare
agency staff, and other service provider staff.
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Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Total number Annual number responses per hour per Annual burden
of respondents of respondents respondent response hours
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Guide for Recruitment with PHA 20 7 1 1.00 7
and PCWA Administrators........
Guide to Develop an Evaluation 10 4 1 1.00 4
Plan for PCWA FUP Management...
Guide to Develop an Evaluation 10 4 1 1.00 4
Plan for PHA FUP Management....
Guide for Implementation Study 10 4 1 1.00 4
for PCWA Management............
Guide for Implementation Study 10 4 1 1.00 4
for PHA Management.............
Guide for Implementation Study 4 2 1 1.00 2
for Referral Provider
Administrators.................
Guide for Implementation Study 10 4 1 1.00 4
with PCWA FUP Management
(First)........................
Guide for Implementation Study 10 4 1 1.00 4
for PHA FUP Management.........
Guide for Implementation Study 320 107 1 1.50 161
Focus Groups with Frontline
Workers........................
Guide for Implementation Study 30 10 1 1.50 15
Focus Groups with PHA Frontline
Workers........................
Guide for Implementation Study 10 4 1 1.00 4
for PCWA FUP Management (Follow
Up)............................
Guide for Implementation Study 8 3 1 1.00 3
for Service Provider Management
Referral Form................... 200 67 6 0.17 68
Randomization Tool.............. 10 4 106 0.02 8
Housing Assistance Questionnaire 200 67 3 0.09 18
Ongoing Services Questionnaire.. 200 67 3 0.09 18
Dashboard....................... 20 7 27 0.17 32
Administrative Data List........ 30 10 2 5.00 100
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 460.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330 C St SW, Washington, DC 20201,
Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. Email address:
[email protected]. All requests should be identified by
the title of the information collection.
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.
Mary Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-28374 Filed 1-2-18; 8:45 am]
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