[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 71 (Tuesday, April 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19993-19994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08485]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) announces plans to submit an Information 
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks 
comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any 
other aspect of the ICR.

DATES: Comments on this Information Collection Request must be received 
no later than June 15, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 10C-03, Parklawn 
Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
draft instruments, email [email protected] or call the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the information request collection title 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Maternal, Infant, and Early 
Childhood Home Visiting (Home Visiting) Program, Competitive Funding 
Opportunity Announcement OMB No. 0915-0351--Extension
    Abstract: The Home Visiting Program, administered by HRSA in close 
partnership with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 
supports voluntary, evidence-based home visiting services during 
pregnancy and to parents with young children up to kindergarten entry. 
All fifty (50) states, the District of Columbia, five U.S. territories, 
and eligible nonprofit organizations are eligible for Home Visiting 
Competitive Funding.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The purpose of this 
announcement is to solicit applications for the fiscal year 2016 (FY16) 
Home Visiting Competitive Grant program. The Competitive Grants provide 
funds to eligible entities that are states and certain territories that 
continue to make significant progress toward implementing a high-
quality home visiting program as part of a comprehensive, high-quality 
early childhood system and are ready and able to take effective 
programs to scale to address unmet need. Grantees will use the funds to 
provide ongoing support to high-quality evidence-based home visiting 
programs and for the incremental expansion of evidence-based home 
visiting programs funded to achieve greater enrollment and retention of 
families eligible for home visiting. Additionally, this funding 
opportunity will continue the program's emphasis on rigorous research 
by grounding the proposed work in relevant empirical literature and by 
including requirements to evaluate work proposed under this grant.

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    Likely Respondents: Applicants to the FY16 Home Visiting 
Competitive Funding Opportunity Announcement.
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the 
information requested. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information; to search data sources; to complete and 
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for 
this Information Collection Request are summarized in the table below.

                                     Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                     Number of
     Summary progress on the         Number of     responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
      following activities          respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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Introduction....................              47               1              47              10             470
Needs Assessment................              47               1              47              14             658
Methodology.....................              47               1              47              15             705
Work plan.......................              47               1              47              15             705
Resolution of Challenges........              47               1              47              14             658
Evaluation and Technical Support              47               1              47              48            2256
 Capacity.......................
Organizational Information......              47               1              47              10             470
Additional Attachments..........              47               1              47              13             611
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    Total.......................             376               8             376             139            6533
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HRSA specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and utility of 
the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the 
agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden, (3) ways 
to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected, and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection 
burden.

Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2015-08485 Filed 4-13-15; 8:45 am]
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