[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 204 (Monday, October 23, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62112-62113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17667]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA)

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publishes abstracts of information collection requests under review by 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a 
copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the 
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301)-443-1129.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:

Proposed Project: Ryan White CARE Act Title I Minority AIDS Initiative 
(MAI) Report: NEW (Title I MAI Report)

    The HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) administers the Title I CARE Act 
Program (codified under Title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act). 
The Title I Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) supplement is a component of 
the CARE Act Title I Program to ``address substantial need for care and 
support services for minority populations in eligible metropolitan 
areas (EMA).'' The overall goal of the MAI is to improve HIV/AIDS-
related health outcomes for communities of color by allowing 
communities to: (1) Expand local service capacity primarily through 
community-based organizations serving racial and ethnic minorities; (2) 
improve service delivery; and (3) support the development of new and 
innovative programs designed to reduce HIV/AIDS-related health 
disparities.
    The Title I MAI Report is designed to collect performance data from 
Title I MAI grantees, and has the following two components: (1) The 
Title I MAI Plan (Plan) and (2) the Title I MAI Year-End Annual Report 
(Report). The Plan and Report components will be linked to minimize the 
reporting burden, and designed to include check box responses, fields 
for reporting budget, expenditure and client data, and open-ended text 
boxes for describing client or service-level outcomes. Together, they 
will collect information from grantees on MAI-funded services, the 
number and demographics of clients served, and client-level outcomes. 
This information is needed to monitor and assess: (1) Increases and 
changes in the type and amount of HIV/AIDS health care and related 
services being provided to each disproportionately impacted community 
of color; (2) increases in the number of persons receiving HIV/AIDS 
services within each racial and ethnic community; and (3) the impact of 
Title I MAI-funded services in terms of client-level and service-level 
health outcomes. This information also will be used to plan new 
technical assistance and capacity development activities, and inform 
the HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) policy and program management functions.
    The Title I MAI Report form and instructions will be available for 
all grantees to download from the HRSA/HAB Web site. All grantees will 
submit completed data forms through a link on the HRSA/HAB Web site. 
Grantees may submit a hard copy form to the HRSA Call Center. The Title 
I MAI Report will be designed to include check box responses, numeric 
responses, and open-ended questions. All Title I grantees receiving MAI 
funds from HAB will be required to submit their service providers' data 
in an aggregate form by service category utilizing one Title I MAI 
Report.
    The estimated response burden for grantees is as follows:

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                                                 Estimated
                    Form                         number of      Responses per      Hours per       Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent        response          hours
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Title I MAI Report..........................              51                2                6              612
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
John Kraemer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: October 16, 2006.
Cheryl R. Dammons,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
 [FR Doc. E6-17667 Filed 10-20-06; 8:45 am]
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