[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 5, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33225-33226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13531]


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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, email 
[email protected] or call the HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 
443-1984.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:

Proposed Project: Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting 
Program FY 2012 Competitive Funding Opportunity Announcement (OMB No. 
0915-xxxx)--[New]

    On March 23, 2010, the President signed into law the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act (the Act). Section 2951 of the Act 
amended Title V of the Social Security Act by adding a new section, 
511, which authorized the creation of the Maternal, Infant, and Early 
Childhood Home Visiting Program (http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_billsdocid=f:h3590enr.txt.pdf, pages 
216-225). The Act responds to the diverse needs of children and 
families in communities at risk and provides an unprecedented 
opportunity for collaboration and partnership at the federal, state, 
and community levels to improve health and development outcomes for at-
risk children through evidence-based home visiting programs.
    Under this program $91 million was made available to eligible 
States and territories by formula in FY 2010, and in FY 2011, $125 
million was made available by formula. Additionally, a competitive 
funding opportunity announcement (FOA) was issued in June 2011 to allow 
interested States to apply for one of two possible grant types: 
Development Grants and Expansion Grants. Development Grants are 
intended to support States and jurisdictions with modest evidence-based 
home visiting programs to expand the depth and scope of these efforts. 
Expansion Grants are intended to recognize States and jurisdictions 
that have already made significant progress towards a high-quality home 
visiting program or towards embedding their home visiting program into 
a comprehensive, high-quality early childhood system. Of State 
applicants to the competitive grant program, 13 States were awarded 
Development Grants, and nine States were awarded Expansion Grants. 
Currently, the 54 States and jurisdictions participating in the 
formula-funded program have begun implementing their State Home 
Visiting Plans.
    Because the FY 2011 formula grants were for 2 years, no additional 
FOA will be issued this year for such grants, but the State grantees 
will be completing non-competing progress reports in order to secure 
the release of their FY 2012 allocations. The 22 States that received 
competitive grant funding have also begun to carry out these proposed 
programs, integrating them with their formula-based programming. These 
competitive grants are for 2 years (Development Grants) and 4 years 
(Expansion Grants) respectively, and those grantees will also be 
completing non-competitive progress reports for FY 2012.
    An additional $83.9 million is available in FY 2012 for the 2-year 
Development and Expansion Grants. Ten Expansion Grants, totaling $71.9 
million, have been awarded by rank order from among high-ranking 
applicants under the FY 2011 announcement. An FY 2012 competitive FOA 
will announce approximately $12 million for new Development Grants. The 
intent of these Development Grants, as announced in FY 2011, is to 
support States and jurisdictions with modest evidence-based home 
visiting programs to expand the depth and scope of these efforts, with 
the intent to develop the infrastructure and capacity to sustain

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successful home visiting programs. It is anticipated that between four 
and eight Development Grants will be awarded. The total grant award may 
range between $1 million to $3 million annually. Applicants may apply 
for a ceiling amount of up to $3 million per year. The project period 
is 2 years.
    The annual estimate of burden associated with the FY2012 
competitive Development Grant Funding Opportunity Announcement is as 
follows:

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                                     Number of    Responses  per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
           Instrument               respondents      respondent      responses       response          hours
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Introduction....................              20               1              20              10             200
Needs Assessment................              20               1              20              14             280
Methodology.....................              20               1              20              31             620
Work Plan.......................              20               1              20              31             620
Resolution of Challenges........              20               1              20              14             280
Evaluation and Technical Support              20               1              20              48             960
 Capacity.......................
Organizational Information......              20               1              20              10             200
Additional Attachments..........              20               1              20              13             260
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    Total.......................             160  ..............             160             171           3,420
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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: May 29, 2012.
Reva Harris,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2012-13531 Filed 6-4-12; 8:45 am]
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