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search function. You can also obtain
copies of the proposed collection of
information by emailing infocollection@
acf.hhs.gov. Identify all emailed
requests by the title of the information
collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The MIECHV Program
authorizes the Secretary of HHS (in
section 511(h)(2)(A)) to award grants to
Indian tribes (or a consortium of Indian
tribes), tribal organizations, or urban
Indian organizations to conduct an early
childhood home visiting program. The
legislation set aside 3 percent of the
total MIECHV program appropriation for
grants to tribal entities. Tribal MIECHV
grants, to the greatest extent practicable,
are to be consistent with the
requirements of the MIECHV grants to
states and jurisdictions and include
conducting a needs assessment and
establishing quantifiable, measurable
benchmarks.
The ACF, Office of Ealy Childhood
Development (ECD), in collaboration
with the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Maternal and
Child Health Bureau (MCHB), awards
grants for the Tribal MIECHV Program.
The Tribal MIECHV grant awards
support 5-year cooperative agreements
to conduct community needs
assessments; plan for and implement
high-quality, culturally relevant,
evidence-based home visiting programs
in at-risk tribal communities; collect
and report on performance measures;
and participate in research and
evaluation activities to build the
knowledge base on home visiting among
Native populations.
Specifically, the MIECHV legislation
requires that State and Tribal MIECHV
grantees collect performance data to
measure improvements for eligible
families in six specified areas (referred
to as ‘‘benchmark areas’’) that
encompass the major goals of the
program. These include:
1. Improved maternal and newborn
health;
2. Prevention of child injuries, child
abuse, neglect, or maltreatment, and
reduction in emergency department
visits;
3. Improvement in school readiness
and achievement;
4. Reduction in crime or domestic
violence;
5. Improvement in family economic
self-sufficiency; and
6. Improvement in the coordination
and referrals for other community
resources and supports.
Tribal MIECHV grantees are required
to propose a plan for meeting the
benchmark requirements specified in
the legislation and must report on
improvement in constructs under each
benchmark area. Tribal Home Visiting
(HV) Form 2 will provide a template for
Tribal MIECHV grantees to report data
on their progress in improving
performance under the six benchmark
areas, as stipulated in the legislation.
ACF will continue to use Tribal HV
Form 2 to:
• Track and improve the quality of
benchmark measures data submitted by
the Tribal grantees;
• Improve program monitoring and
oversight;
• Improve rigorous data analyses that
help to assess the effectiveness of the
programs and enable ACF to better
monitor projects; and
• Ensure adequate and timely
reporting of program data to relevant
federal agencies and stakeholders
including Congress and members of the
public.
Respondents: Tribal MIECHV
Grantees.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Instrument
Total number
of respondents
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Annual burden
hours
Tribal MIECHV Form 2 ....................................................................................
23
1
500
11,500
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 11,500.
Authority: Public Law 115–123,
section 511(h)(2)(A) of Title V of the
Social Security Act.
Children and Families, U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Case Studies of Child Care
and Development Fund Lead Agencies’
Consumer Education Strategies (New
Collection)
Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation, Administration for
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The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) within the
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) is proposing to collect
qualitative data to examine innovative
and promising consumer education
strategies that Child Care and
Development Fund (CCDF) Lead
Agencies are using to help families
search for and select child care and
early education (CCEE). This
information collection aims to present
an internally valid description of the
experiences of up to six, purposively
selected case study sites, not to promote
statistical generalization to different
sites or service populations.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of
publication. In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, ACF is
soliciting public comment on the
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specific aspects of the information
collection described above.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the
proposed collection of information and
submit comments by emailing
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
Identify all requests by the title of the
information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The Consumer Education
and Parental Choice in Early Care and
Education project is proposing to
conduct qualitative case studies to
examine consumer education strategies
in up to six sites. Sites will be selected
based on a scan of innovative or
promising strategies being used to help
parents looking for and selecting CCEE.
In each site, we will conduct
interviews with CCDF administrators
and agency staff, consumer education
services staff, and other key informants
to collect information on select
consumer education strategies and
implementation successes and
challenges. We will conduct focus
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groups with parents of young children
to gather information about their
experiences looking for CCEE. The
study will collect information about (a)
the selected consumer education
strategies; (b) implementation successes
and challenges; and (c) parents’
experiences looking for CCEE, including
the resources they used and their
awareness of and perspectives on state/
local consumer education resources.
Respondents: State, Territory, and
Tribal CCDF program administrators
and agency staff, consumer education
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services staff, key informants who
interact with parents and provide a
state/local perspective, and parents/
guardians of children under age 6.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Instrument
Number of
respondents
(total
over request
period)
Number of
responses per
respondent
(total over
request
period)
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total/annual
burden
(in hours)
Interview Guide for State, Tribal, and Territory CCDF Administrators ............
Interview Guide for Consumer Education Services Staff ................................
Key Informant Interview Guide ........................................................................
Parent Focus Group Facilitator’s Guide ..........................................................
Focus Group Brief Questionnaire ....................................................................
12
30
18
120
120
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
.75
1.5
.1
12
30
14
180
12
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 248.
Comments: 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.
Authority: Child Care and
Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act
of 1990, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9857 et
seq.)
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking
Program Data (OMB #0970–0542)
Office on Trafficking in
Persons, Administration for Children
and Families, Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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The Office on Trafficking in
Persons (OTIP), Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), is requesting renewal
with revisions of an approved
information collection: Domestic
Victims of Human Trafficking (DVHT)
Program Data (OMB #0970–0542;
expiration date 3/31/2023).
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of
publication. OMB must make a decision
about the collection of information
between 30 and 60 days after
publication of this document in the
Federal Register. Therefore, a comment
is best assured of having its full effect
if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication.
SUMMARY:
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. You can also obtain
copies of the proposed collection of
information by emailing infocollection@
acf.hhs.gov. Identify all emailed
requests by the title of the information
collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The Trafficking Victims
Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA), as
amended, authorizes the HHS Secretary
to expand benefits and services to
victims of severe forms of trafficking in
persons in the United States, without
regard to their immigration status. The
TVPA also authorizes HHS to establish
and strengthen programs to assist
United States citizens and lawful
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permanent residents who have
experienced sex trafficking or severe
forms of trafficking in persons (22
U.S.C. 7105(f)(1)). Acting under a
delegation of authority from the
Secretary of HHS, ACF awards
cooperative agreements to organizations
to establish a program to assist United
States citizens and lawful permanent
residents who have experienced human
trafficking, the DVHT Program. The
DVHT Program is inclusive of two
distinct programs: the Domestic Victims
of Human Trafficking Services and
Outreach Program (DVHT–SO), and the
Demonstration Grants to Strengthen the
Response to Victims of Human
Trafficking in Native Communities
Program (VHT–NC). Through the DVHT
Program, grant recipients provide
comprehensive case management to
domestic survivors of human trafficking
in traditional case management and
Native community settings.
OTIP proposes to continue to collect
information to measure grant project
performance, provide technical
assistance to grant recipients, assess
program outcomes, inform program
evaluation, respond to congressional
inquiries and mandated reports, and
inform policy and program development
that is responsive to the needs of
victims.
The information collection captures
information on participant
demographics (e.g., age, gender identity,
race/ethnicity), type of trafficking
experienced (sex, labor, or both), types
of services and benefits provided, along
with aggregate information on outreach
activities conducted, subrecipients
enrolled, and the types of trainings
provided to relevant audiences. Minor
updates have been made to performance
indicators under this collection in
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[FR Doc No: 2022-22759]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Case Studies of Child
Care and Development Fund Lead Agencies' Consumer Education Strategies
(New Collection)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration
for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) within the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing to
collect qualitative data to examine innovative and promising consumer
education strategies that Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Lead
Agencies are using to help families search for and select child care
and early education (CCEE). This information collection aims to present
an internally valid description of the experiences of up to six,
purposively selected case study sites, not to promote statistical
generalization to different sites or service populations.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, ACF is
soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information
collection described above.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of
information and submit comments by emailing
[email protected]. Identify all requests by the title of
the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The Consumer Education and Parental Choice in Early
Care and Education project is proposing to conduct qualitative case
studies to examine consumer education strategies in up to six sites.
Sites will be selected based on a scan of innovative or promising
strategies being used to help parents looking for and selecting CCEE.
In each site, we will conduct interviews with CCDF administrators
and agency staff, consumer education services staff, and other key
informants to collect information on select consumer education
strategies and implementation successes and challenges. We will conduct
focus
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groups with parents of young children to gather information about their
experiences looking for CCEE. The study will collect information about
(a) the selected consumer education strategies; (b) implementation
successes and challenges; and (c) parents' experiences looking for
CCEE, including the resources they used and their awareness of and
perspectives on state/local consumer education resources.
Respondents: State, Territory, and Tribal CCDF program
administrators and agency staff, consumer education services staff, key
informants who interact with parents and provide a state/local
perspective, and parents/guardians of children under age 6.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Number of responses per
respondents respondent Average burden Total/annual
Instrument (total over (total over per response burden (in
request period) request (in hours) hours)
period)
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Interview Guide for State, Tribal, and 12 1 1 12
Territory CCDF Administrators..............
Interview Guide for Consumer Education 30 1 1 30
Services Staff.............................
Key Informant Interview Guide............... 18 1 .75 14
Parent Focus Group Facilitator's Guide...... 120 1 1.5 180
Focus Group Brief Questionnaire............. 120 1 .1 12
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 248.
Comments: 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.
Authority: Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of
1990, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.)
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-22759 Filed 10-19-22; 8:45 am]
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