[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 16, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3432-3433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00592]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation: Follow-
up data collection on family outcomes.
    OMB No.: 0970-0402.
    Description: In 2011, 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) launched a 
national evaluation called the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program 
Evaluation (MIHOPE). This evaluation, mandated by the Affordable Care 
Act, will inform the federal government about the effectiveness of the 
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program in 
its first few years of operation, and provide information to help 
states develop and strengthen home visiting programs in the future. 
MIHOPE has two phases. Phase 1 includes baseline data collection and 
implementation data; Phase 2 includes follow up data collection. OMB 
approved a data collection package for Phase 1 in July 2012. The 
purpose of the current document is to request approval of data 
collection efforts for Phase 2.
    Data collected during Phase 2 will include the following: (1) A 
one-hour family follow-up survey, (2) 30-minutes of observed 
interactions between the parent and child, (3) a direct assessment of 
child development, (4) measurement of mother's weight and child's 
height and weight, (5) collection of saliva from the mother and child 
for purposes measuring cotinine, an indicator of smoking behavior and 
exposure to second-hand smoke, and cortisol, an indicator stress 
exposure and regulation, and (6) extend collection of weekly home 
visitor logs on home visiting services until a family is no longer 
receiving services.
    Data collected during Phase 2 will be used to estimate the effects 
of MIECHV-funded programs on seven domains specified for the evaluation 
in the ACA: (1) Prenatal, maternal, and newborn health; (2) child 
health and development, including maltreatment, injuries, and 
development; (3) parenting; (4) school readiness and academic 
achievement; (5) crime or domestic violence; (6) family economic self-
sufficiency; and (7) use of other community resources. Data collected 
during Phase 2 will also be used to assess the differences in services 
used between families who receive home visiting and a comparison group, 
and to assess the quantity of home visiting services received by 
families.
    Respondents: The respondents in Phase 2 will include 4335 parents 
who are enrolled in the study. Data collection activities will take 
place over a three-year period.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                  Annual  number     Number of    Average burden
                   Instrument                           of         responses per     hours per     Total annual
                                                    respondents     respondent       response      burden hours
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Home visitor logs...............................             170              50            0.09             765
Family follow-up survey.........................            1445               1            1.0             1445
Direct parent-child interactions................            2890               1            0.5             1445
Direct child assessments........................            1445               1            0.7             1012

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Collecting saliva to measure cotinine and                   2890               1            0.3              867
 cortisol, and measuring height and weight......
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,334
    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.

Steven M. Hanmer,
Reports Clearance, Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-00592 Filed 1-15-13; 8:45 am]
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