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Number of
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Form name
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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: The Maternal,
Infant, and Early Childhood Home
Visiting Program Performance
Measurement Information System
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 June 3, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 14N39, 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 Joella Roland, the HRSA
SUMMARY:
368
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
responses
........................
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, at (301) 443–3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
The Maternal, Infant, and Early
Childhood Home Visiting Program
Performance Measurement Information
System, OMB No. 0906–0017, Revision.
Abstract: This request is for continued
approval of the Maternal, Infant, and
Early Childhood Home Visiting
(MIECHV) Program Performance
Measurement Information System. The
MIECHV Program is administered by the
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
within HRSA in partnership with the
Administration for Children and
Families and provides support to all 56
states and jurisdictions, as well as tribes
and tribal organizations. Through a
needs assessment, states, jurisdictions,
tribes, and tribal organizations identify
target populations and select the home
visiting service delivery model(s) that
best meet their needs. There is no
proposed change to the previously
approved information collection
instruments. Over the next 3 years, as
part of efforts to implement new
statutory provisions enacted as part of
reauthorization of the MIECHV program,
HRSA intends to engage with MIECHV
awardees, home visiting model
developers, and federal partners to
identify opportunities to reduce
administrative burden related to
performance reporting, to enhance
performance measures to measure
disparities, and to align performance
measures with other programs
administered by HRSA’s Maternal and
Child Health Bureau.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: HRSA uses performance
information to demonstrate program
accountability and continuously
976
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
........................
Total
burden hours
325.8
monitor and provide oversight to
MIECHV Program awardees. The
information is also used to provide
quality improvement guidance and
technical assistance to awardees and
help inform the development of early
childhood systems at the national, state,
and local level. HRSA is seeking to
continue collecting information on
demographic, service utilization, and
select clinical indicators for participants
enrolled in home visiting services and a
set of standardized performance and
outcome indicators that correspond
with the statutorily identified
benchmark areas. This information will
be used to demonstrate awardees’
compliance with statutory and
programmatic requirements. It will also
be used to monitor and provide
continued oversight for awardee
performance and to target technical
assistance resources to awardees.
Likely Respondents: MIECHV Program
awardees that are states, jurisdictions,
and, where applicable, nonprofit
organizations providing home visiting
services within states.
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.
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Total burden
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TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS—Continued
Number of
respondents
Form name
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
Form 2: Performance Indicators and Systems Outcome
Measures ..........................................................................
56
1
56
221
12,376
Total ..............................................................................
56
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56
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43,736
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.
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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 Title: Assessing the Use of
Informal Contacts To Promote
Caregivers’ Engagement and
Satisfaction With Home Visiting
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 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:
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responses per
respondent
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
DATES:
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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:
Assessing the Use of Informal Contacts
to Promote Caregivers’ Engagement and
Satisfaction with Home Visiting OMB
No. 0915–xxxx—NEW
Abstract: The Maternal, Infant, and
Early Childhood Home Visiting
(MIECHV) Program, authorized by
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 to provide home
visiting services to eligible families in
at-risk communities.
This information collection is part of
the Assessing and Describing Practice
Transitions Among Evidence-Based
Home Visiting Programs in Response to
the COVID–19 Public Health Emergency
Study, which aims to identify and study
practices implemented in response to
the COVID–19 public health emergency
that support evidence-based practice
and have the potential to enhance home
visiting programming. One of the
practices the study identified is the use
of informal contacts. Informal contacts
are any contacts between a home visitor
and family that occur between formal
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home visits (e.g., text messages, emails).
The purpose of this information
collection is to better understand,
through rapid cycle learning, how
MIECHV-funded home visiting
programs can use informal contacts to
improve service delivery and promote
caregiver’s engagement and satisfaction.
Information will be collected in four
phases designed to (1) identify informal
contact strategies (co-definition phase);
(2) pilot test and identify refinements to
improve the implementation of
strategies (installation phase); (3)
iteratively test the strategies with
refinements to their implementation
(refinement phase); and (4) assess the
potential of informal contact strategies
to improve service delivery and promote
family engagement and family
satisfaction with home visiting
programs (summary phase). Data
collection activities include focus
groups, online questionnaires, and
review of documents and administrative
data.
A 60-day notice published in the
Federal Register on December 5, 2023,
vol. 88, No. 232; pp. 84343–45. There
were no public comments. One home
visiting model developer requested
copies of the information collection
forms.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The onset of the COVID–19
public health emergency prompted
home visitors to use telephone, text, and
social media direct messaging to
informally contact families on a more
frequent basis—in some instances,
daily. This practice has continued for
some programs even after the end of the
public health emergency and the
transition back to in-person service
delivery. Current evidence suggests
considerable variation in strategies used
by home visiting programs with regards
to context, type, frequency, and purpose
of informal contacts. While increasing
contacts helped home visitors to build
rapport and further address family
needs, other findings suggest that
informal contacts can place pressure on
families to engage with home visitors
beyond what they have the capacity for
and increase the workloads of home
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[Notices]
[Pages 23028-23029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06998]
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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: The
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Performance
Measurement Information System
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 June 3,
2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N39, 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 Joella Roland, the
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at (301) 443-3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: The Maternal, Infant, and
Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Performance Measurement
Information System, OMB No. 0906-0017, Revision.
Abstract: This request is for continued approval of the Maternal,
Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program Performance
Measurement Information System. The MIECHV Program is administered by
the Maternal and Child Health Bureau within HRSA in partnership with
the Administration for Children and Families and provides support to
all 56 states and jurisdictions, as well as tribes and tribal
organizations. Through a needs assessment, states, jurisdictions,
tribes, and tribal organizations identify target populations and select
the home visiting service delivery model(s) that best meet their needs.
There is no proposed change to the previously approved information
collection instruments. Over the next 3 years, as part of efforts to
implement new statutory provisions enacted as part of reauthorization
of the MIECHV program, HRSA intends to engage with MIECHV awardees,
home visiting model developers, and federal partners to identify
opportunities to reduce administrative burden related to performance
reporting, to enhance performance measures to measure disparities, and
to align performance measures with other programs administered by
HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA uses performance
information to demonstrate program accountability and continuously
monitor and provide oversight to MIECHV Program awardees. The
information is also used to provide quality improvement guidance and
technical assistance to awardees and help inform the development of
early childhood systems at the national, state, and local level. HRSA
is seeking to continue collecting information on demographic, service
utilization, and select clinical indicators for participants enrolled
in home visiting services and a set of standardized performance and
outcome indicators that correspond with the statutorily identified
benchmark areas. This information will be used to demonstrate awardees'
compliance with statutory and programmatic requirements. It will also
be used to monitor and provide continued oversight for awardee
performance and to target technical assistance resources to awardees.
Likely Respondents: MIECHV Program awardees that are states,
jurisdictions, and, where applicable, nonprofit organizations providing
home visiting services within states.
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 Average burden
Form name Number of responses per Total per response Total burden
respondents respondent responses (in hours) hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Form 1: Demographic, Service 56 1 56 560 31,360
Utilization, and Select
Clinical Indicators............
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Form 2: Performance Indicators 56 1 56 221 12,376
and Systems Outcome Measures...
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Total....................... 56 .............. 56 .............. 43,736
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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. 2024-06998 Filed 4-2-24; 8:45 am]
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