[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34953-34954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-14185]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Affordable Care Act Tribal Maternal, Infant and Early 
Childhood Home Visiting Program Annual Report.
    OMB No.: 0970-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 (MIECHV) 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 
MIECHV). The Tribal MIECHV 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.
    Section 511(e)(8)(A) of the Social Security Act, as added by 
Section 2951 of the Affordable Care Act, requires that grantees under 
the MIECHV program for States and Jurisdictions submit an annual report 
to the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding the program and 
activities carried out under the program, including such data and 
information as the Secretary shall require. As described above, Section 
511(h)(2)(A) further states that the requirements for the MIECHV grants 
to Tribes, Tribal Organizations, and Urban Indian Organizations are to 
be consistent, to the greatest extent practicable, with the 
requirements for grantees under the MIECHV program for States and 
Jurisdictions. In the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home 
Visiting Program Guidance for Submitting a Needs Assessment and Plan 
for Responding to Identified Needs (Phase 2 Implementation Plan) (OMB 
Control No. 0970-0389, Expiration Date 6/30/14), Tribal MIECHV grantees 
were notified that in Years 2-5 of their grant

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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 be submitted to HHS by Tribal 
MIECHV grantees 90 days following the end of Years 2-5 of the grant.
    This report shall address the following:
    Update on Home Visiting Program Goals and Objectives.
    Update on the Implementation of Home Visiting Program in Targeted 
Community(ies).
    Progress toward Meeting Legislatively Mandated Benchmark 
Requirements.
    Update on Rigorous Evaluation Activities.
    Home Visiting Program Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Efforts.
    Administration of Home Visiting Program.
    Technical Assistance Needs.
    Respondents: Affordable Care Act Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early 
Childhood Home Visiting Program Year 2-5 Grantees.

                                             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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Affordable Care Act Tribal Maternal, Infant,              25                1               50            1,250
 and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program
 Guidance for Submitting an Annual Report to
 the Secretary..............................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,250.
    Additional Information: 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: ACF 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, Fax: 202-395-
7285, Email: [email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the 
Administration for Children and Families.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-14185 Filed 6-11-12; 8:45 am]
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