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collection burden.
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: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request; Information
Collection Request Title: Evaluation of
Programs Supporting the Mental
Health of the Health Professions
Workforce, OMB No. 0915–xxxx—New
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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 July 5, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 14N136B, 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 paperwork@hrsa.gov
or call Samantha Miller, the acting
HRSA Information Collection Clearance
Officer, at 301–594–4394.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Evaluation of Programs Supporting the
Mental Health of the Health Professions
Workforce, OMB No. 0915–xxxx—New.
Abstract: The Public Health Service
Act and the American Rescue Plan Act
of 2021 authorized three programs
administered by HRSA: (1) the Health
and Public Safety Workforce Resiliency
Training Program (the Training
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Program); (2) the Promoting Resilience
and Mental Health among Health
Professional Workforce Program (the
Workforce Program); and (3) the Health
and Public Safety Workforce Resiliency
Technical Assistance Center (the
Technical Assistance Center). The
Training Program funds resilience
training activities for the health
workforce in rural and underserved
communities. The Workforce Program
supports organizations’ programs or
protocols that foster resilience and
wellness among the health workforce in
these communities. The Technical
Assistance Center provides tailored
training and technical assistance to
Training Program and Workforce
Program awardees. The purpose of the
planned evaluation is to assess the three
programs with respect to their goals of
promoting resiliency and mental health
in the health workforce. Data collection
efforts will inform HRSA leadership
about the progress, costs and benefits,
and impact of these efforts to support
the delivery of health care in the United
States.
Methods of Collection
Quantitative and qualitative deidentified data will be collected from
awardees and their health care
workforce. Each instrument will be
administered twice over the 4-year
evaluation period; once mid-way
through the project period and once
after the project period has ended. There
will also be a one-time comparison
group survey. To achieve the evaluation,
the study will use the following
quantitative data collection instruments:
The Healthcare Workforce Survey is a
web-based survey intended to collect
data on the impact and implementation
of the Training Program and the
Workforce Program from individuals in
both programs’ target populations.
Respondents will only be asked
questions that are relevant to their
experience. The Healthcare Workforce
Survey includes questions about before
and after program participation to assess
self-reported change.
The Fielding Tracker is an Excelbased tool that Workforce Program and
Training Program awardees will help
populate with information on how they
distributed the Healthcare Workforce
Survey (e.g., type and frequency of
email communications sent to the target
populations of grant-funded activities,
number of individuals emailed, number
of undeliverable emails received, and
demographic information). It will also
gather aggregated demographic
information on the target population
required for a non-response bias
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analysis (this information is not
reported to HRSA elsewhere).
The Awardee Training and Services
Report is an Excel-based tool that will
be used to clarify how evaluators can
refer to each activity Training Program
and the Workforce Program grantees
implemented on the Healthcare
Workforce Survey so that respondents
will recognize the activities. The
Awardee Training and Services Report
will also request key descriptive
information for each activity. Each
report will include pre-populated
activities or training programs that have
been reported to HRSA to reduce
burden on the Training Program and
Workforce Program awardees, while
confirming, revising, or adding details,
as needed.
The Health and Public Safety
Workforce Resiliency Training Program
Comparison Group Survey is a webbased survey intended to assess key
outcomes among those in the health
workforce who did not have access to
Training Program-funded activities. A
third-party vendor will provide the
health workforce sample. Eligibility for
this survey will be assessed using a brief
web-based Screener. The purpose of the
screener is to identify respondents with
similar characteristics as the Training
Program participants.
The Awardee Survey about the
Technical Assistance Center is a webbased survey intended to assess the
Training Program and the Workforce
Program awardees’ experiences with
and perceptions of the impact from
technical assistance provided by the
Technical Assistance Center. In
addition, the Awardee Survey is
designed to gather details about program
implementation to inform future
programming.
The Awardee Cost Workbook is an
Excel-based tool that will be used to
conduct a cost-benefit analysis. It will
be pre-populated with existing data for
the Training Program and the Workforce
Program awardees to verify and update
as needed. Workforce Program awardees
are expected to have lower response
burden because they are required to
report staff turnover rates through
annual reporting; the Training Program
awardees are not.
The Awardee Interview Guide and
Organizational Assessment Interview
Protocol are qualitative data collection
instruments the evaluation team will
use as semi-structured interview guides
to understand the awardees’
perspectives on challenges, lessons
learned, and organizational change. The
Organizational Assessment interviews
will be conducted with the Workforce
Program awardees, given the grant
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program’s unique focus on
organizational change. Questions will be
tailored depending on the role of the
interviewee, which could include the
awardee project director, the manager,
an external partner, and up to three
workforce team members.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The information collected
for this evaluation will enable a
comprehensive evaluation of these
important HRSA-funded programs to
promote resiliency and improve mental
health in the health workforce. The
proposed data collection efforts are
critical to understanding program
outcomes and will inform leadership on
program progress and inform future
programming. Data collection will assist
in the development of actionable
strategies and methodologies to inform
future programs, investment strategies,
and ongoing workforce resiliency policy
development. Data collection will align
with parallel efforts across HRSA,
providing previously un-collected or
un-verified information critical to
understanding factors related to the
success of current HRSA programs. All
instruments have been designed to
leverage and not duplicate annual
performance reporting requirements and
data collected by the Technical
Assistance Center.
Likely Respondents: For the
Healthcare Workforce Survey, all
individuals in the target population of
the Training Program and Workforce
Programs will be invited to complete the
survey. For the Training Program
Comparison Group Survey, the
following types of professionals across
the four census regions will be targeted:
nurses, physicians, physician assistants,
behavioral health providers, nursing
students, medical school students and
residents, and clinical social work or
psychology students. For the Awardee
Interviews and Awardee Training and
Services Reports Form, the Training
Program, Workforce Program, and
Technical Assistance Center awardees
will be invited to participate. For the
Awardee Survey about the Technical
Assistance Center and the Fielding
Tracker, the Training Program and
Workforce Program awardees will be
asked to participate. For the
Organizational Assessment Interviews,
multiple types of staff at each Workforce
Program awardee organization will be
targeted.
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
Number of
respondents
Form name
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
Healthcare Workforce Survey ..............................................
The Training Program Comparison Group Screener ..........
The Training Program Comparison Group Survey ..............
The Training Program Awardee Cost Workbook ................
Awardee Interview Guide .....................................................
Awardee Training and Services Report ...............................
Fielding Tracker ...................................................................
The Workforce Program Awardee Cost Workbook .............
The Workforce Program Organizational Assessment Interview Protocol ....................................................................
Awardee Survey about the Technical Assistance Center ...
29,359
180,000
2,600
34
44
44
44
10
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
29,359
180,000
2,600
34
44
44
44
10
0.25
0.05
0.17
5.00
1.50
1.00
4.00
3.50
7,340
9,000
442
170
66
44
176
35
50
44
1
1
50
44
1.00
1.00
50
44
Total ..............................................................................
212,229
10
212,229
17.47
17,367
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.
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responses per
respondent
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Solicitation of Nominations for
Membership To Serve on the Advisory
Committee on Interdisciplinary,
Community-Based Linkages
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
AGENCY:
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
ACTION:
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HRSA is seeking nominations
of qualified candidates for consideration
for appointment as members of the
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Interdisciplinary, Community-Based
Linkages (ACICBL or Committee).
DATES: Nominations for membership on
ACICBL must be received on or before
June 30, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Nomination packages must
be electronically submitted to the
Designated Federal Official, Shane
Rogers, at BHWAdvisoryCouncil@
hrsa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shane Rogers, Designated Federal
Official, Division of Medicine and
Dentistry, Bureau of Health Workforce,
email SRogers@hrsa.gov or telephone at
301–443–5260.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
ACICBL provides advice and
recommendations to the Secretary of
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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:
Evaluation of Programs Supporting the Mental Health of the Health
Professions Workforce, OMB No. 0915-xxxx--New
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 July 5,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N136B, 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 [email protected] or call Samantha Miller,
the acting HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at 301-594-
4394.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Evaluation of Programs
Supporting the Mental Health of the Health Professions Workforce, OMB
No. 0915-xxxx--New.
Abstract: The Public Health Service Act and the American Rescue
Plan Act of 2021 authorized three programs administered by HRSA: (1)
the Health and Public Safety Workforce Resiliency Training Program (the
Training Program); (2) the Promoting Resilience and Mental Health among
Health Professional Workforce Program (the Workforce Program); and (3)
the Health and Public Safety Workforce Resiliency Technical Assistance
Center (the Technical Assistance Center). The Training Program funds
resilience training activities for the health workforce in rural and
underserved communities. The Workforce Program supports organizations'
programs or protocols that foster resilience and wellness among the
health workforce in these communities. The Technical Assistance Center
provides tailored training and technical assistance to Training Program
and Workforce Program awardees. The purpose of the planned evaluation
is to assess the three programs with respect to their goals of
promoting resiliency and mental health in the health workforce. Data
collection efforts will inform HRSA leadership about the progress,
costs and benefits, and impact of these efforts to support the delivery
of health care in the United States.
Methods of Collection
Quantitative and qualitative de-identified data will be collected
from awardees and their health care workforce. Each instrument will be
administered twice over the 4-year evaluation period; once mid-way
through the project period and once after the project period has ended.
There will also be a one-time comparison group survey. To achieve the
evaluation, the study will use the following quantitative data
collection instruments:
The Healthcare Workforce Survey is a web-based survey intended to
collect data on the impact and implementation of the Training Program
and the Workforce Program from individuals in both programs' target
populations. Respondents will only be asked questions that are relevant
to their experience. The Healthcare Workforce Survey includes questions
about before and after program participation to assess self-reported
change.
The Fielding Tracker is an Excel-based tool that Workforce Program
and Training Program awardees will help populate with information on
how they distributed the Healthcare Workforce Survey (e.g., type and
frequency of email communications sent to the target populations of
grant-funded activities, number of individuals emailed, number of
undeliverable emails received, and demographic information). It will
also gather aggregated demographic information on the target population
required for a non-response bias analysis (this information is not
reported to HRSA elsewhere).
The Awardee Training and Services Report is an Excel-based tool
that will be used to clarify how evaluators can refer to each activity
Training Program and the Workforce Program grantees implemented on the
Healthcare Workforce Survey so that respondents will recognize the
activities. The Awardee Training and Services Report will also request
key descriptive information for each activity. Each report will include
pre-populated activities or training programs that have been reported
to HRSA to reduce burden on the Training Program and Workforce Program
awardees, while confirming, revising, or adding details, as needed.
The Health and Public Safety Workforce Resiliency Training Program
Comparison Group Survey is a web-based survey intended to assess key
outcomes among those in the health workforce who did not have access to
Training Program-funded activities. A third-party vendor will provide
the health workforce sample. Eligibility for this survey will be
assessed using a brief web-based Screener. The purpose of the screener
is to identify respondents with similar characteristics as the Training
Program participants.
The Awardee Survey about the Technical Assistance Center is a web-
based survey intended to assess the Training Program and the Workforce
Program awardees' experiences with and perceptions of the impact from
technical assistance provided by the Technical Assistance Center. In
addition, the Awardee Survey is designed to gather details about
program implementation to inform future programming.
The Awardee Cost Workbook is an Excel-based tool that will be used
to conduct a cost-benefit analysis. It will be pre-populated with
existing data for the Training Program and the Workforce Program
awardees to verify and update as needed. Workforce Program awardees are
expected to have lower response burden because they are required to
report staff turnover rates through annual reporting; the Training
Program awardees are not.
The Awardee Interview Guide and Organizational Assessment Interview
Protocol are qualitative data collection instruments the evaluation
team will use as semi-structured interview guides to understand the
awardees' perspectives on challenges, lessons learned, and
organizational change. The Organizational Assessment interviews will be
conducted with the Workforce Program awardees, given the grant
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program's unique focus on organizational change. Questions will be
tailored depending on the role of the interviewee, which could include
the awardee project director, the manager, an external partner, and up
to three workforce team members.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The information collected
for this evaluation will enable a comprehensive evaluation of these
important HRSA-funded programs to promote resiliency and improve mental
health in the health workforce. The proposed data collection efforts
are critical to understanding program outcomes and will inform
leadership on program progress and inform future programming. Data
collection will assist in the development of actionable strategies and
methodologies to inform future programs, investment strategies, and
ongoing workforce resiliency policy development. Data collection will
align with parallel efforts across HRSA, providing previously un-
collected or un-verified information critical to understanding factors
related to the success of current HRSA programs. All instruments have
been designed to leverage and not duplicate annual performance
reporting requirements and data collected by the Technical Assistance
Center.
Likely Respondents: For the Healthcare Workforce Survey, all
individuals in the target population of the Training Program and
Workforce Programs will be invited to complete the survey. For the
Training Program Comparison Group Survey, the following types of
professionals across the four census regions will be targeted: nurses,
physicians, physician assistants, behavioral health providers, nursing
students, medical school students and residents, and clinical social
work or psychology students. For the Awardee Interviews and Awardee
Training and Services Reports Form, the Training Program, Workforce
Program, and Technical Assistance Center awardees will be invited to
participate. For the Awardee Survey about the Technical Assistance
Center and the Fielding Tracker, the Training Program and Workforce
Program awardees will be asked to participate. For the Organizational
Assessment Interviews, multiple types of staff at each Workforce
Program awardee organization will be targeted.
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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Number of Average burden
Form name Number of responses per Total per response Total burden
respondents respondent responses (in hours) hours
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Healthcare Workforce Survey..... 29,359 1 29,359 0.25 7,340
The Training Program Comparison 180,000 1 180,000 0.05 9,000
Group Screener.................
The Training Program Comparison 2,600 1 2,600 0.17 442
Group Survey...................
The Training Program Awardee 34 1 34 5.00 170
Cost Workbook..................
Awardee Interview Guide......... 44 1 44 1.50 66
Awardee Training and Services 44 1 44 1.00 44
Report.........................
Fielding Tracker................ 44 1 44 4.00 176
The Workforce Program Awardee 10 1 10 3.50 35
Cost Workbook..................
The Workforce Program 50 1 50 1.00 50
Organizational Assessment
Interview Protocol.............
Awardee Survey about the 44 1 44 1.00 44
Technical Assistance Center....
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Total....................... 212,229 10 212,229 17.47 17,367
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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. 2023-09599 Filed 5-4-23; 8:45 am]
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