[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 198 (Thursday, October 14, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 63188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25841]


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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) 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, e-mail 
[email protected] or call the HRSA Reports Clearance Office at (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 Title: Evaluation of the National Healthy Start 
Program--[NEW]

    Background: The National Healthy Start Program, funded through the 
Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Maternal and 
Child Health Bureau (MCHB), was developed in 1991 with the goal of 
reducing infant mortality disparities in high-risk populations through 
community-based interventions. The program originally began as a five-
year demonstration project within 15 communities that had infant 
mortality rates 1.5 to 2.5 times above the national average.
    The National Healthy Start Program has since expanded in size and 
mission to include 102 grantees across the nation, emphasizing a 
community-based, culturally competent approach to the delivery of care 
for women and their babies. MCHB seeks to conduct a cross-site 
evaluation of all Healthy Start grantees to document the 
accomplishments made by the National Healthy Start Program.
    Purpose: The purpose of the survey is to collect consistent data on 
the services and activities of all 102 Healthy Start grantees. The data 
collected though this survey will be used to:
     Evaluate the grantees' performance and progress toward 
achieving short-term and long-term goals;
     Evaluate the relationship of performance and progress to 
implementation features of Healthy Start Program components;
     Assist MCHB in determining on a national level where 
technical assistance may be needed to improve program performance, set 
future priorities for program activities, and contribute to the overall 
strategic planning activities of MCHB; and
     Provide foundation data for future measurement of the 
initiative's long-term impact.
    Respondents: The project directors of Healthy Start grants funded 
by HRSA will be the respondents for this data collection activity. The 
estimated response burden is as follows:

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                                                                                  Average  hours
                                      No. of       Responses per       Total            per        Total burden
                                    respondents     respondent       responses      respondent         hours
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Healthy Start Grantee Web Survey             102               1             102             4.0             408
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    Total.......................             102               1             102             4.0             408
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to 
the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974. Please direct all 
correspondence to the ``attention of the desk officer for HRSA.''

    Dated: October 7, 2010.
Wendy Ponton,
Director, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2010-25841 Filed 10-13-10; 8:45 am]
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