[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 57 (Friday, March 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17074-17075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6977]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation: Baseline 
survey data collection.
    OMB No.: 0970-0402.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and 
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) within the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have launched a national 
evaluation called the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program 
Evaluation (MIHOPE, formerly called the Maternal, Infant, and Early 
Childhood Home Visiting Evaluation). This evaluation, mandated by the 
Affordable Care Act, will inform the federal government about the 
effectiveness of the newly established MIECHV program in its first few 
years of operation, and provide information to help states develop and 
strengthen home visiting programs in the future. By systematically 
estimating the effects of home visiting programs across a wide range of 
outcomes and studying the variation in how programs are implemented, 
MIHOPE will provide valuable information on the effects of these 
programs on parents and children. This includes investigating the 
effects of home visiting on maternal and child well-being, how those 
effects vary for

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different home visiting approaches, and how variations in program 
design and implementation influence program fidelity and impacts.
    MIHOPE includes two phases: Phase 1 includes site recruitment, 
baseline data collection for families, and collection of data on 
program implementation; Phase 2 includes follow up data collection for 
families. The purpose of the current document is to request approval of 
data collection efforts needed for Phase 1 of MIHOPE and to request a 
waiver for subsequent 60 day notices for Phase 2. Phase I will include 
data collected on state plans for MIECHV funds, data on families when 
they enter the study, and data on program implementation. For site 
recruitment, information will come from discussions with MIECHV state 
administrators, and program managers of local MIECHV programs. 
Activities related to site recruitment have begun under emergency 
clearance authorization (0970-0402). For baseline data on families and 
program implementation, those data collection efforts include the 
following: (1) Surveys of parents when they enter the study, (2) annual 
semi-structured interviews with state MIECHV administrators, (3) annual 
surveys of home visiting program site managers, (4) annual surveys of 
home visiting program site supervisors, (5) annual surveys of program 
site home visitors, (6) annual surveys of administrators of community 
resources that provide services relevant to home visited families; (7) 
logs maintained by supervisors on supervisory activities, (8) logs 
maintained by home visitors on service delivery, and (9) qualitative 
interviews and focus groups with staff at participating program sites 
in each state. These data will be used to measure characteristics of 
participating families at the time of enrollment into the study; 
characteristics of program staff; factors for service delivery; and 
program implementation, fidelity, and costs. Phase 2 will collect 
information on family outcomes around the time of the child's first 
birthday. This notice does not seek comment on these follow-up data 
collection activities. The baseline family survey will be used to 
collect information on background and experiences when families enter 
the study. The remaining data collection will be used to collect 
information on organizational and individual-level factors that 
influence how home visiting services are delivered.
    Respondents: Enrolled parents; state MIECHV administrators; home 
visiting program managers, supervisors, and home visitors; and 
administrators of community resources.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                   Instrument                      Annual number   resopnses per     hours per     Total annual
                                                  of respondents    respondent      respondent     burden hours
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Telephone contact with state administrators.....              49               1            1                 49
First round visits with state administrators....              18               1            1.5               27
Second round visits with state administrators...              15               1            1.5               23
Visits and calls with local program directors...             120               1            3                360
Family baseline survey..........................            1700               1            1               1700
Baseline state administrator interview..........               8               1            2                 16
12-month state administrator interview..........               8               1            2                 16
Baseline survey of program managers, part 1.....              29               1            0.5               15
Baseline survey of program managers, part 2.....              29               1            1                 29
Baseline survey of program managers, part 3.....              29               1            1                 29
12-month survey of program managers.............              29               1            2                 58
Baseline supervisor survey......................              33               1            1.25              42
12-month supervisor survey......................              33               1            1.25              42
Baseline home visitor survey....................             170               1            1.25             213
12-month home visitor survey....................             170               1            1.25             213
Community service providers survey..............             510               1            0.1               51
Other home visiting programs survey.............             142               1            0.1               15
Supervisor logs.................................              33              60            0.2              396
Home visitor logs...............................             170              16            0.2             2040
Program manager group interview.................              29               1            1.5               44
Supervisor group interview......................              33               1            1.5               50
Home visitor group interview....................              85               1            1.5              128
Home visitor individual interview...............              85               1            1.5              128
Interview participant questionnaire.............             232               1            0.05              12
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,696.
    Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the 
Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research 
and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, 
Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified 
by the title of the information collection. Email address: 
[email protected].
    OMB Comment:
    OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collection of 
information between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document 
in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best assured of having 
its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent directly to the following:
    Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 
Email: [email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the 
Administration for Children and Families.

    Dated: March 19, 2012.
Steven M. Hanmer,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-6977 Filed 3-22-12; 8:45 am]
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