[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 78 (Friday, April 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22713-22714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9756]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

Administration for Children and Families


Advisory Committee on the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood 
Home Visiting Program Evaluation; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C. appendix 2), notice is hereby 
given of the following meeting:

    Name: Advisory Committee on the Maternal, Infant and Early 
Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program Evaluation.
    Date and Time: Thursday, May 5, 2011: 9 a.m.-5:15 p.m. EST. Friday, 
May 6, 2011: 9 a.m.-2:15 p.m. EST.
    Place: Hilton Alexandria Old Town, 1767 King Street, Alexandria, 
Virginia 22314. (703) 837-0440.
    This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory 
committee of the Health Resources and Services Administration and the 
Administration for Children and Families. The meeting will be open to 
the public. This notice is being published less than 15 days prior to 
the meeting due to difficulties in securing adequate and accessible 
space to accommodate the public.
    Meeting Registration: To register for the meeting, the public can 
contact Carolyn Swaney at [email protected].
    Agenda: The purpose of this meeting is to gather comments from the 
Committee on the design of the MIECHV

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program evaluation. Topics to be discussed include an overview of the 
impact and implementation study designs, sampling design, analysis of 
state needs assessments, and cost effectiveness study.
    Public Comments: The public can submit comments for the Committee 
on the design of the national evaluation of the home visiting program 
to Carlos Cano, Health Resources and Services Administration, at 
[email protected]. Comments should be submitted by May 2, 2011.
    Special Accommodations: Individuals who plan to attend and need 
special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other 
reasonable accommodations, should notify the contact person listed 
above at least 10 days prior to the meeting.
    For Further Information Contact: T'Pring Westbrook, Administration 
for Children and Families, [email protected].
    Supplementary Information: The Advisory Committee on the Maternal, 
Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Evaluation is 
authorized by subsection 511(g)(1) of Title V of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 701 et seq.) as amended by section 2951 of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-148) (the 
Affordable Care Act). The purpose of the Committee is to advise the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services on the design, plan, progress, 
and findings of the evaluation required for the home visiting program 
under the Affordable Care Act. More specifically, the Committee is to 
review, and make recommendations on, the design and plan for this 
evaluation; maintain and advise the Secretary regarding the progress of 
the evaluation; and comment, if the Committee so desires, on the report 
submitted to Congress under subsection 511(g)(3) of Title V.
    Under a government contract, the MDRC, formerly known as Manpower 
Demonstration Research Corporation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan education 
and social policy research organization, developed the design options 
for the evaluation of the home visiting program. These study design 
options for this national evaluation will be formally presented to the 
Committee for review. As specified in the legislation, the evaluation 
will provide a state-by-state analysis of the needs assessments and the 
States' actions in response to the assessments. Additionally, as 
specified in the legislation, the evaluation will provide an assessment 
of: (a) The effect of early childhood home visiting programs on 
outcomes for parents, children, and communities with respect to domains 
specified in the Affordable Care Act (such as maternal and child health 
status, school readiness, and domestic violence, among others); (b) the 
effectiveness of such programs on different populations, including the 
extent to which the ability to improve participant outcomes varies 
across programs and populations; and (c) the potential for the 
activities conducted under such programs, if scaled broadly, to enhance 
health care practices, eliminate health disparities, improve health 
care system quality, and reduce costs.

    Dated: April 18, 2011.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration.
    Dated: April 18, 2011.
Joan Lombardi,
Deputy Assistant Secretary and Inter-Departmental Liaison for Early 
Childhood Development, Administration for Children and Families.
[FR Doc. 2011-9756 Filed 4-21-11; 8:45 am]
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