[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 204 (Friday, October 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65351-65352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26560]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Affordable Care Act Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early 
Childhood Home Visiting Program Needs Assessment and Plan for 
Responding to Identified Needs.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: Section 511(h)(2)(A) of Title V of the Social Security 
Act, as added by Section 2951 of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act or ACA), 
authorizes the Secretary of HHS to award grants to Indian Tribes (or a 
consortium of Indian Tribes), Tribal Organizations, or Urban Indian 
Organizations to conduct an early childhood home visiting program. The 
legislation sets aside 3 percent of the total ACA Maternal, Infant, and 
Early Childhood Home Visiting Program appropriation (authorized in 
Section 511(j)) for grants to Tribal entities and requires that the 
Tribal grants, to the greatest extent practicable, be consistent with 
the requirements of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home 
Visiting Program grants to States and territories (authorized in 
Section 511(c)), and include conducting a needs assessment and 
establishing benchmarks.
    The Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Care, 
in collaboration with the Health Resources and Services Administration, 
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, recently awarded grants for the 
Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program 
(Tribal Home Visiting). The Tribal Home Visiting grant awards will 
support 5-year cooperative agreements to conduct community needs 
assessments, plan for and implement high-quality, culturally-relevant, 
evidence-based home visiting programs in at-risk Tribal communities, 
and participate in research and evaluation activities to build the 
knowledge base on home visiting among Native populations.
    In Phase 1 (Year 1) of the cooperative agreement, grantees must (1) 
conduct a comprehensive community needs assessment and (2) develop a 
plan and begin to build capacity to respond to identified needs. 
Grantees will be expected to submit the needs assessment and plan for 
responding to identified needs through an evidence-based home visiting 
program within 10 months of the Year 1 award date. Grantees may engage 
in needs assessment, planning, and capacity-building activities during 
Phase 1, but will not fully implement their plan and/or begin serving 
children and families through high-quality, evidence-based home 
visiting programs. Pending successful Phase 1 activities and submission 
(within 10 months of Year 1 award date) of a non-competing continuation 
application that includes a needs assessment and approvable plan for 
responding to identified needs, funds will be provided for Phase 2 
(Implementation Phase, Years 2-5).
    Respondents: Affordable Care Act Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early 
Childhood Home Visiting Program Year 1 Grantees.

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                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Affordable Care Act Tribal Maternal, Infant, and              18               1             100           1,800
 Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Needs
 Assessment and Plan for Responding to
 Identified Needs...............................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,800.
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of 
Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, 
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail 
address: [email protected]. All requests should be identified 
by the title of the information collection.
    The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection 
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology. 
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted 
within 60 days of this publication.

    Dated: October 18, 2010.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-26560 Filed 10-21-10; 8:45 am]
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