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visitors. Given these initial findings and
the increased use of informal contacts
since the public health emergency, there
is a need for more information about
how home visitors contact families
outside of home visits, variations in
strategies, how families perceive the
strategies, and how to address
challenges around informal contacts.
HRSA intends to use collected
information to provide evidenceinformed resources and strategies that
MIECHV awardees can use to effectively
engage and communicate with families
between scheduled home visits.
Likely Respondents: Respondents
include families who receive home
visiting services and MIECHV-funded
home visiting program staff, which may
include program directors, managers,
supervisors, and home visitors.
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
Program Eligibility Protocol ..................................................
Program Staff Focus Group Protocol 1 (Co-definition
Phase) ..............................................................................
Program Staff Focus Group Protocol 2 (Co-definition
Phase) ..............................................................................
Program Staff Focus Group Protocol (Installation & Refinement Phases) .............................................................
Program Staff Focus Group Protocol (Summary Phase) ....
Family Focus Group Protocol (Co-definition & Summary
Phases) ............................................................................
Home Visitor Questionnaire (Installation & Refinement
Phases) ............................................................................
Family Post-Visit Form (Refinement Phase) .......................
Focus Group Participant Characteristics Form (All Phases)
Total ..............................................................................
Number of
responses per
respondent
16
1.00
16.00
24
1
24
1.50
36.00
24
1
24
1.50
36.00
24
24
3
1
72
24
1.00
1.00
72.00
24.00
48
1
48
1.00
48.00
40
48
120
9
6
1
360
288
120
0.17
0.08
0.08
61.20
23.00
9.60
368
........................
976
........................
325.80
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
AGENCY:
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request Information
Collection Request Title: Home Visiting
Assessment of Implementation Quality
Study: Better Addressing Disparities
Through Home Visiting
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
HRSA 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
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Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
16
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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comment period for this notice has
closed.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be
received no later than May 3, 2024.
ADDRESSES: 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 Review—Open for
Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request a copy of the clearance requests
submitted to OMB for review, email
Joella Roland, the HRSA Information
Collection Clearance Officer, at
paperwork@hrsa.gov or call (301) 443–
3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title:
Home Visiting Assessment of
Implementation Quality Study: Better
Addressing Disparities Through Home
Visiting, OMB No. 0915-xxxx—NEW.
Abstract: The Maternal, Infant, and
Early Childhood Home Visiting
(MIECHV) program, authorized by
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Social Security Act, Title V, § 511 (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 for
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) to
provide home visiting services to
eligible families in at-risk communities.
HRSA aims to explore how families
that experience disparities in outcomes
targeted by the MIECHV program
experience home visiting services. This
study is an initial step in understanding
those experiences and will provide a
better understanding of how MIECHVfunded home visiting programs
currently address disparities and
promote equity. Data collection
activities include interviews, focus
groups, online surveys, program
observations, and review of documents
and management information systems
data.
A 60-day notice was published in the
Federal Register on December 5, 2023,
vol. 88, No. 84339; pp. 84341–42. HRSA
received one response to the request for
public comment from a home visiting
model developer. The commentor
expressed concerns about the estimated
burden for focus groups and the request
for information from programs and over
surveying families, suggesting using
previously collected data, and made
suggestions for language changes
including use of plain language,
clarifying instructions, and providing
questions in advance. In response to
these comments, the burden hours were
increased for focus groups, clarifying
instructions were added to the LIA
Leadership Interview Protocol and edits
were made to plain language. The
burden estimate was not increased for
the information form for LIAs as it did
not fall under the definition for public
burden. The suggestion of using
information already collected from
families was not taken as there is not
currently existing data of this nature. In
addition, Family Focus Group Protocol
and Family Case Study Focus Group
Protocol have been combined to one
form as the protocols were similar.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: HRSA is seeking additional
information about families’ experiences
within home visiting and strategies the
MIECHV program has used to address
disparities in their work with families.
This information collection is part of the
Home Visiting Assessment of
Implementation Quality Study, which
will examine specific components of the
Home Visiting Implementation Quality
Conceptual Framework, to inform
strategies for implementing high quality
home visiting programs. HRSA intends
to use this information to identify
actionable strategies that MIECHV
awardees and LIAs could take to remove
potential obstacles to family enrollment
in home visiting services and to help
address health disparities.
Likely Respondents: MIECHV
awardees that are states, nonprofit
organizations, and tribes; LIA staff
(program directors, coordinators,
supervisors, and home visitors); and
families that experience greater
disparities in maternal and newborn
health (families participating in
MIECHV-funded home visiting
services).
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 1
Number of
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
Request for Information about LIAs .....................................
LIA and Family Nomination Form ........................................
Family Online Survey ...........................................................
Family Focus Group Protocol ..............................................
Home Visitor Group Interview Protocol ...............................
LIA Leadership Interview Protocol .......................................
56
70
210
64
10
6
1
1
1
1
1
1
56
70
210
64
10
6
0.25
2.00
0.33
1.00
1.50
1.50
14.0
140.0
69.3
64.0
15.0
9.0
Total ..............................................................................
416
........................
416
........................
311.3
1 There
may be variation in the number of study participants (e.g., some programs may have fewer home visitors). The total burden hours presented here provide information assuming the maximum number of respondents in each community.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
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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: Home
Visiting Assessment of Implementation Quality Study: Better Addressing
Disparities Through Home Visiting
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
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 May 3,
2024.
ADDRESSES: 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 Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance
requests submitted to OMB for review, email Joella Roland, the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, at [email protected] or call
(301) 443-3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title: Home Visiting Assessment of
Implementation Quality Study: Better Addressing Disparities Through
Home Visiting, OMB No. 0915-xxxx--NEW.
Abstract: The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting
(MIECHV) program, authorized by
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Social Security Act, Title V, Sec. 511 (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 for 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) to provide home visiting services
to eligible families in at-risk communities.
HRSA aims to explore how families that experience disparities in
outcomes targeted by the MIECHV program experience home visiting
services. This study is an initial step in understanding those
experiences and will provide a better understanding of how MIECHV-
funded home visiting programs currently address disparities and promote
equity. Data collection activities include interviews, focus groups,
online surveys, program observations, and review of documents and
management information systems data.
A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register on December
5, 2023, vol. 88, No. 84339; pp. 84341-42. HRSA received one response
to the request for public comment from a home visiting model developer.
The commentor expressed concerns about the estimated burden for focus
groups and the request for information from programs and over surveying
families, suggesting using previously collected data, and made
suggestions for language changes including use of plain language,
clarifying instructions, and providing questions in advance. In
response to these comments, the burden hours were increased for focus
groups, clarifying instructions were added to the LIA Leadership
Interview Protocol and edits were made to plain language. The burden
estimate was not increased for the information form for LIAs as it did
not fall under the definition for public burden. The suggestion of
using information already collected from families was not taken as
there is not currently existing data of this nature. In addition,
Family Focus Group Protocol and Family Case Study Focus Group Protocol
have been combined to one form as the protocols were similar.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA is seeking
additional information about families' experiences within home visiting
and strategies the MIECHV program has used to address disparities in
their work with families. This information collection is part of the
Home Visiting Assessment of Implementation Quality Study, which will
examine specific components of the Home Visiting Implementation Quality
Conceptual Framework, to inform strategies for implementing high
quality home visiting programs. HRSA intends to use this information to
identify actionable strategies that MIECHV awardees and LIAs could take
to remove potential obstacles to family enrollment in home visiting
services and to help address health disparities.
Likely Respondents: MIECHV awardees that are states, nonprofit
organizations, and tribes; LIA staff (program directors, coordinators,
supervisors, and home visitors); and families that experience greater
disparities in maternal and newborn health (families participating in
MIECHV-funded home visiting services).
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 \1\
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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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Request for Information about 56 1 56 0.25 14.0
LIAs...........................
LIA and Family Nomination Form.. 70 1 70 2.00 140.0
Family Online Survey............ 210 1 210 0.33 69.3
Family Focus Group Protocol..... 64 1 64 1.00 64.0
Home Visitor Group Interview 10 1 10 1.50 15.0
Protocol.......................
LIA Leadership Interview 6 1 6 1.50 9.0
Protocol.......................
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Total....................... 416 .............. 416 .............. 311.3
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\1\ There may be variation in the number of study participants (e.g., some programs may have fewer home
visitors). The total burden hours presented here provide information assuming the maximum number of
respondents in each community.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-06991 Filed 4-2-24; 8:45 am]
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