Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 21233 [2024-06494]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 21233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06494]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
are requested regarding; whether the collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by April 
26, 2024 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for 
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days 
of the publication of this notice on the following website 
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. An agency may not 
conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless the collection of 
information displays a currently valid OMB control number and the 
agency informs potential persons who are to respond to the collection 
of information that such persons are not required to respond to the 
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number.

Food and Nutrition Service

    Title: WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2024 & 2026 
Study.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0609.
    Summary of Collection: This is a reinstatement, with changes, of a 
previously approved information collection that was discontinued on 12/
31/2022. This data collection effort for the Special Supplemental 
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children Participant and 
Program Characteristics Study (WIC PC) is authorized by 7 CFR 
246.25(b)(3) (2011). The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for 
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is administered by the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). 
WIC provides supplemental foods, health care referrals, breastfeeding 
promotion and support, and nutrition education to nutritionally at-
risk, income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding and non-breastfeeding 
postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five years. WIC is 
administered through 89 State agencies consisting of the 50 States, the 
District of Columbia, 5 territories, and 33 Indian Tribal Organizations 
(ITOs).
    Since 1988, FNS has produced the biennial WIC Participant and 
Program Characteristics Study (PC) report that describes demographic, 
income, breastfeeding, and health-related information of a census of 
WIC participants as well as information on the benefits they receive 
through WIC. Data used to produce the PC reports are collected from 
participants by State agencies at the time of participant certification 
in WIC and then submitted to FNS biennially. FNS uses the regularly 
updated PC reports to evaluate the impact of the program, support State 
agencies, estimate budgets, submit civil rights reporting, identify 
research needs, and review current and proposed WIC policies and 
procedures.
    Need and Use of the Information: The main purpose of this biennial 
data collection is to provide FNS with information on a census of WIC 
participants in April of the reporting years (2024 and 2026) to produce 
the biennial WIC PC 2024 and WIC PC 2026 reports. This study also will 
include two new data collection efforts that will enhance the utility 
of the traditional WIC PC data and allow for novel assessment of 
participant-level program retention, participant health outcomes over 
time, program utilization, and program cost. One effort will be the 
collection of up to four years total (two years for each round of WIC 
PC) of longitudinal, retrospective WIC PC data (longitudinal WIC PC 
data). The second element will consist of collecting longitudinal, 
retrospective data on participant redemption of the WIC food package 
benefits (longitudinal EBT data) from State agencies.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local and Tribal Governments.
    Number of Respondents: 356.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Biennially.
    Total Burden Hours: 6,066.

Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Acting Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-06494 Filed 3-26-24; 8:45 am]
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