[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 26, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66309-66310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-27611]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Affordable Care Act Tribal Maternal, Infant and Early 
Childhood Home Visiting Program Annual Report.
    OMB No.: New.

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 (1) Conducting a needs 
assessment similar to the assessment required for all States under the 
legislation and (2) establishing quantifiable, measurable 3- and 5-year 
benchmarks consistent with the legislation.
    The Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Care, 
in collaboration with the Health Resources and Services Administration, 
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, has awarded grants for the Tribal 
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (Tribal 
Home Visiting). The Tribal Home Visiting grant awards support 5-year 
cooperative agreements to conduct community needs assessments, plan for 
and implement (in accordance with an Implementation Plan submitted at 
the end of Year 1) high-quality, culturally-relevant, evidence-based 
and promising 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 the Affordable Care Act Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early 
Childhood Home Visiting Program Needs Assessment and Plan for 
Responding to Identified Needs (``Implementation Plan Guidance'') (OMB 
Control No. 0970-0389, Expiration Date 6/30/14), grantees were notified 
that in Years 2-5 of their grant they must comply with the requirement 
for submission of an Annual Report to the Secretary regarding the 
program and activities carried out under the program.

This Report Shall Address the Following

    Home Visiting Program Goals and Objectives.
    Implementation of Home Visiting Program in Targeted Community(ies).
    Progress toward Meeting Legislatively Mandated Benchmark 
Requirements.
    Research and Evaluation Update.
    Home Visiting Program Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Efforts.
    Administration of Home Visiting Program.
    Technical Assistance Needs.

Respondents

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                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                  Number of      Average burden
                 Instrument                      Number of      responses per      hours  per      Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent        response          hours
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Tribal Home Visiting Program Annual Report..              25                1               50            1,250
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours.....  ...............  ...............  ...............           1,250
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    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(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.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-27611 Filed 10-25-11; 8:45 am]
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