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few years. We attribute the decrease in
total annual responses to a decrease in
responses received under §§ 601.12(a)(5)
and 601.27(b) over the last few years.
Dated: January 8, 2020.
Lowell J. Schiller,
Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment
Request; Maternal, Infant, and Early
Childhood Home Visiting Program
Home Visiting Budget Assistance Tool,
OMB No. 0906–0025—Revision
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
HRSA has submitted an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. Comments
submitted during the first public review
of this ICR will be provided to OMB.
OMB will accept further comments from
the public during the review and
approval period. OMB may act on
HRSA’s ICR only after the 30-day
comment period for this Notice has
closed.
SUMMARY:
Comments on this ICR should be
received no later than February 18,
2020.
DATES:
Submit your comments,
including the ICR Title, to the desk
officer for HRSA, either by email to
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or by
fax to (202) 395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request a copy of the clearance requests
submitted to OMB for review, email Lisa
Wright-Solomon, the HRSA Information
Collection Clearance Officer at
paperwork@hrsa.gov or call (301) 443–
1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
information request collection title for
reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood
Home Visiting Program Home Visiting
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Abstract: HRSA is requesting
continued approval of the Home
Visiting Budget Assistance Tool (HV–
BAT), as modified by HRSA in response
to further testing and public comments,
as further described below. The tool
collects information on standardized
cost metrics from programs that deliver
home visiting services, as outlined in
the HV–BAT. During Fiscal Year (FY)
2020, prior to required use of the tool
by awardees starting in FY 2021, HRSA
intends to conduct a follow-up study to
test the feasibility of the HV–BAT for
universal implementation across
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood
Home Visiting (MIECHV) programs and
the tool’s capacity to support program
planning, budget forecasting, fiscal subrecipient monitoring and to estimate
national program costs. In addition,
HRSA will investigate the necessary
resources and support for successful
execution of the HV–BAT prior to
initiating the reporting requirement.
Upon successful completion of the FY
2020 feasibility study, beginning in FY
2021, HRSA will require reporting of
HV–BAT data for one-third of awardees
in each 3-year cycle, resulting in
collection of data from all awardees over
a 3-year time period, to inform program
planning and budgeting.
The MIECHV Program, authorized by
section 511 of the Social Security Act,
42 U.S.C. 711, and administered by
HRSA in partnership with the
Administration for Children and
Families, supports voluntary, evidencebased home visiting services during
pregnancy and to parents with young
children up to kindergarten entry.
States, Tribal entities, and certain
nonprofit organizations are eligible to
receive funding from the MIECHV
Program and have the flexibility to tailor
the program to serve the specific needs
of their communities. Funding
recipients may subaward grant funds to
local implementing agencies (LIAs) in
order to provide services to eligible
families in at-risk communities.
HRSA is revising its originally
described HV–BAT data collection
purpose. Original clearance under this
OMB control number was for pilot
testing the reliability of a standardized
cost-reporting tool among evidencebased home visiting programs. HRSA
has revised the data collection tool to
reflect findings and recommendations
from the pilot study and in response to
public comments to ensure clarity,
usability and fidelity, including changes
to instructions, definitions and
estimated burden.
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A 60-day notice was published in the
Federal Register on August 1, 2019, vol.
84, No. 148, pp. 37655–56. There were
eight public comments.
HRSA announced a 60-day public
comment period to solicit input on its
HV–BAT data collection efforts. In
response to this notice, HRSA received
feedback on the following aspects:
• Utilization of Data Collection
• Documentation and Reporting
Requirements
• Accuracy of the Estimated Burden
• Implementation
HRSA carefully reviewed the
comments received and used them to
guide the development of the a followup HV–BAT feasibility study to be
conducted in FY 2020 that will further
inform the FY 2021 HV–BAT reporting
requirements.
Responses to Comments on the
Proposed MIECHV HV–BAT
HRSA received eight responses to the
request for public comment. Four
commenters are current MIECHV
awardees, two are home visiting model
developers, one is a national
association, and one is an individual
respondent. Comments are summarized
below.
Utilization of Data Collection
Summary of Comments
Commenters expressed concern over
the utility of the HV–BAT as a budget
planning tool and its ability to account
for variables that differ across models,
program populations, providers and
settings which could impact cost
comparisons. In addition, respondents
requested more information on the
intended long-term use of the HV–BAT
data.
Response
HRSA intends the HV–BAT to inform
future budget planning, monitoring, and
review of the costs of implementing
home visiting at the LIA level in a state
and support other programmatic
priorities such as cost-benefit analysis
and reimbursement policies. The tool in
its current state provides information to
permit calculation of certain cost
metrics, such as cost per family, which
can be used to assist in program
planning and budget forecasting.
Further, the HV–BAT feasibility study
will examine the use of the HV–BAT to
conduct cost benefit calculations. The
feasibility study will also examine how
the HV–BAT accounts for other types of
cost variation, such as cost of living and
inflation. Information collected in the
feasibility study will be used to
establish standards for implementation.
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calculations. Additional burden due to
the potential competing demands of
model fidelity and federal reporting
requirements were also noted.
Documentation and Reporting
Requirements
Summary of Comments
Commenters requested clarification
around obligations to report cost data
for home visiting services funded
through sources other than the MIECHV
program. In addition, a number of
commenters cautioned that the home
visiting model used, target population
served, and geographic location are all
factors that could have a significant
impact on cost variation, making it
difficult to compare data across models
and locations/LIAs.
Response
HRSA intends that use of the HV–
BAT is limited to HRSA MIECHVfunded programs. The HV–BAT
includes variables that are used to
capture variations in demographic
information (e.g., percent of families
living in rural areas, percent of families
of living in poverty). Such variation was
not found to be significant in the pilot
study, although the HV–BAT feasibility
study will further explore how different
explanatory variables may affect cost
variation in order to better understand
how program features drive cost
variation to support useful and
meaningful comparisons.
Accuracy of Estimated Burden
Summary of Comments
Several commenters indicated that
HRSA’s estimated burden was too low.
In particular, while LIA burden was
accounted for, the administrative
burden of state awardees was not
included. These commenters suggested
that HV–BAT reporting requirements
would add an administrative burden to
state awardees in addition to the burden
on LIAs and offered alternative
Response
In response to these comments, HRSA
has increased the estimated burden to
18 hours per agency (including both
LIAs and state-level recipients). HRSA
will also explore the ability to adjust the
timing of the HV–BAT reporting
requirement to accommodate for modelspecific quality and fidelity review and
reporting conditions.
Implementation
Summary of Comments
Commenters requested HRSA offer
more clear and specific guidance on the
cost categories and program
characteristic data (e.g., defining fulltime equivalent, turnover, and program
activities) to be collected as part of the
HV–BAT to ensure consistency across
LIAs and states.
Response
HRSA plans to provide technical
assistance materials, such as user
guides, frequently asked questions,
instrument instructions and definitions
of data points for MIECHV awardees to
assist recipients in providing data
consistent with this notice.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: Immediately following
OMB clearance, during FY 2020, HRSA
plans to make the tool available for
optional use by MIECHV state awardees
prior to requiring its use in FY 2021.
Awardees who utilize the HV–BAT
during FY 2020 will submit the data
collected directly to HRSA. This will
allow HRSA to further test the
feasibility of collecting comprehensive
cost data at the state level; estimate
national level costs for use in
conducting research and analysis of
home visiting costs; understand cost
variation; assess how comprehensive
program cost data can inform other
policy priorities, such as innovative
financing strategies; review the data to
ensure accuracy; and analyze the data
for the purpose of federal research.
Beginning in FY 2021, HRSA will
require reporting of HV–BAT data for
MIECHV awardees to inform program
planning and budgeting as part of their
annual formula funding application.
HRSA anticipates that one-third of the
awardees will participate in this data
collection each year as a component of
their operational site visit and HRSA
will identify the awardees with the HV–
BAT reporting requirement in that year.
This process will ease burden on
awardees by requiring data collection
for each awardee once every 3 years and
allowing HRSA to capture a national
data set every 3 years.
Likely Respondents: MIECHV Program
Awardees (n=56).
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 Information
Collection Request are summarized in
the table below.
TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
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Instrument
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
responses
Average
burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Budget Assistance Tool ..........................................
19
13
247
18
4,446
Total ..............................................................................
19
........................
247
........................
4,446
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Maternal, Infant, and
Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Home Visiting Budget Assistance
Tool, OMB No. 0906-0025--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 Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA
has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted
during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB
will accept further comments from the public during the review and
approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day
comment period for this Notice has closed.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than February
18, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the ICR Title, to the desk
officer for HRSA, either by email to [email protected] or by
fax to (202) 395-5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance
requests submitted to OMB for review, email Lisa Wright-Solomon, the
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or
call (301) 443-1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the information request collection title
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Maternal, Infant, and Early
Childhood Home Visiting Program Home Visiting Budget Assistance Tool,
OMB No. 0906-0025--Revision.
Abstract: HRSA is requesting continued approval of the Home
Visiting Budget Assistance Tool (HV-BAT), as modified by HRSA in
response to further testing and public comments, as further described
below. The tool collects information on standardized cost metrics from
programs that deliver home visiting services, as outlined in the HV-
BAT. During Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, prior to required use of the tool by
awardees starting in FY 2021, HRSA intends to conduct a follow-up study
to test the feasibility of the HV-BAT for universal implementation
across Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV)
programs and the tool's capacity to support program planning, budget
forecasting, fiscal sub-recipient monitoring and to estimate national
program costs. In addition, HRSA will investigate the necessary
resources and support for successful execution of the HV-BAT prior to
initiating the reporting requirement. Upon successful completion of the
FY 2020 feasibility study, beginning in FY 2021, HRSA will require
reporting of HV-BAT data for one-third of awardees in each 3-year
cycle, resulting in collection of data from all awardees over a 3-year
time period, to inform program planning and budgeting.
The MIECHV Program, authorized by section 511 of the Social
Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 711, and administered by HRSA in partnership
with the Administration for Children and Families, supports voluntary,
evidence-based home visiting services during pregnancy and to parents
with young children up to kindergarten entry. States, Tribal entities,
and certain nonprofit organizations are eligible to receive funding
from the MIECHV Program and have the flexibility to tailor the program
to serve the specific needs of their communities. Funding recipients
may subaward grant funds to local implementing agencies (LIAs) in order
to provide services to eligible families in at-risk communities.
HRSA is revising its originally described HV-BAT data collection
purpose. Original clearance under this OMB control number was for pilot
testing the reliability of a standardized cost-reporting tool among
evidence-based home visiting programs. HRSA has revised the data
collection tool to reflect findings and recommendations from the pilot
study and in response to public comments to ensure clarity, usability
and fidelity, including changes to instructions, definitions and
estimated burden.
A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register on August 1,
2019, vol. 84, No. 148, pp. 37655-56. There were eight public comments.
HRSA announced a 60-day public comment period to solicit input on
its HV-BAT data collection efforts. In response to this notice, HRSA
received feedback on the following aspects:
Utilization of Data Collection
Documentation and Reporting Requirements
Accuracy of the Estimated Burden
Implementation
HRSA carefully reviewed the comments received and used them to
guide the development of the a follow-up HV-BAT feasibility study to be
conducted in FY 2020 that will further inform the FY 2021 HV-BAT
reporting requirements.
Responses to Comments on the Proposed MIECHV HV-BAT
HRSA received eight responses to the request for public comment.
Four commenters are current MIECHV awardees, two are home visiting
model developers, one is a national association, and one is an
individual respondent. Comments are summarized below.
Utilization of Data Collection
Summary of Comments
Commenters expressed concern over the utility of the HV-BAT as a
budget planning tool and its ability to account for variables that
differ across models, program populations, providers and settings which
could impact cost comparisons. In addition, respondents requested more
information on the intended long-term use of the HV-BAT data.
Response
HRSA intends the HV-BAT to inform future budget planning,
monitoring, and review of the costs of implementing home visiting at
the LIA level in a state and support other programmatic priorities such
as cost-benefit analysis and reimbursement policies. The tool in its
current state provides information to permit calculation of certain
cost metrics, such as cost per family, which can be used to assist in
program planning and budget forecasting. Further, the HV-BAT
feasibility study will examine the use of the HV-BAT to conduct cost
benefit calculations. The feasibility study will also examine how the
HV-BAT accounts for other types of cost variation, such as cost of
living and inflation. Information collected in the feasibility study
will be used to establish standards for implementation.
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Documentation and Reporting Requirements
Summary of Comments
Commenters requested clarification around obligations to report
cost data for home visiting services funded through sources other than
the MIECHV program. In addition, a number of commenters cautioned that
the home visiting model used, target population served, and geographic
location are all factors that could have a significant impact on cost
variation, making it difficult to compare data across models and
locations/LIAs.
Response
HRSA intends that use of the HV-BAT is limited to HRSA MIECHV-
funded programs. The HV-BAT includes variables that are used to capture
variations in demographic information (e.g., percent of families living
in rural areas, percent of families of living in poverty). Such
variation was not found to be significant in the pilot study, although
the HV-BAT feasibility study will further explore how different
explanatory variables may affect cost variation in order to better
understand how program features drive cost variation to support useful
and meaningful comparisons.
Accuracy of Estimated Burden
Summary of Comments
Several commenters indicated that HRSA's estimated burden was too
low. In particular, while LIA burden was accounted for, the
administrative burden of state awardees was not included. These
commenters suggested that HV-BAT reporting requirements would add an
administrative burden to state awardees in addition to the burden on
LIAs and offered alternative calculations. Additional burden due to the
potential competing demands of model fidelity and federal reporting
requirements were also noted.
Response
In response to these comments, HRSA has increased the estimated
burden to 18 hours per agency (including both LIAs and state-level
recipients). HRSA will also explore the ability to adjust the timing of
the HV-BAT reporting requirement to accommodate for model-specific
quality and fidelity review and reporting conditions.
Implementation
Summary of Comments
Commenters requested HRSA offer more clear and specific guidance on
the cost categories and program characteristic data (e.g., defining
full-time equivalent, turnover, and program activities) to be collected
as part of the HV-BAT to ensure consistency across LIAs and states.
Response
HRSA plans to provide technical assistance materials, such as user
guides, frequently asked questions, instrument instructions and
definitions of data points for MIECHV awardees to assist recipients in
providing data consistent with this notice.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Immediately following OMB
clearance, during FY 2020, HRSA plans to make the tool available for
optional use by MIECHV state awardees prior to requiring its use in FY
2021. Awardees who utilize the HV-BAT during FY 2020 will submit the
data collected directly to HRSA. This will allow HRSA to further test
the feasibility of collecting comprehensive cost data at the state
level; estimate national level costs for use in conducting research and
analysis of home visiting costs; understand cost variation; assess how
comprehensive program cost data can inform other policy priorities,
such as innovative financing strategies; review the data to ensure
accuracy; and analyze the data for the purpose of federal research.
Beginning in FY 2021, HRSA will require reporting of HV-BAT data
for MIECHV awardees to inform program planning and budgeting as part of
their annual formula funding application. HRSA anticipates that one-
third of the awardees will participate in this data collection each
year as a component of their operational site visit and HRSA will
identify the awardees with the HV-BAT reporting requirement in that
year. This process will ease burden on awardees by requiring data
collection for each awardee once every 3 years and allowing HRSA to
capture a national data set every 3 years.
Likely Respondents: MIECHV Program Awardees (n=56).
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 Information Collection Request are summarized in the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per Total hours per Total burden
respondents respondent responses response hours
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Maternal, Infant, and Early 19 13 247 18 4,446
Childhood Home Visiting Program
Budget Assistance Tool.........
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Total....................... 19 .............. 247 .............. 4,446
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
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