[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30254-30255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12693]
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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 Guidance.
OMB No.: 0970-0409.
Description: Section 511(e)(8)(A) of the Social Security Act, as
added by Section 2951 of the Affordable Care Act and amended by the
Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 and the Medicare Access and
CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, requires that grantees under the
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program
for states and jurisdictions submit an annual and final 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. 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.
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
Home Visiting). The Tribal Home Visiting discretionary grants support
cooperative agreements to conduct community needs assessments; plan for
and implement high-quality, culturally-relevant, evidence-based home
visiting programs in at-risk tribal communities; establish, measure,
and report on progress toward meeting performance measures in six
legislatively-mandated benchmark areas; and participate in rigorous
evaluation activities to build the knowledge base on home visiting
among Native populations.
Tribal Home Visiting grantees have been notified that in every year
of their grant, after the first year, they must comply with the
requirement for submitting an Annual Report to the Secretary that
should feature activities carried out under the program during the past
reporting period. In order to assist grantees with meeting the
requirements of the Annual Report to the Secretary, ACF created
guidance for grantees to use when writing their annual reports. ACF is
requesting approval to renew and update the existing Tribal Home
Visiting Guidance for Submitting an Annual Report to the Secretary (OMB
Control No. 0970-0409) that will include instructions for grantees to
submit either an annual or final report (in the final year of the
grant) on the progress of their program to the Secretary, depending on
the reporting period.
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)
Update on progress toward meeting Legislatively Mandated
Benchmark Requirements
Update on Rigorous Evaluation Activities
Update on Home Visiting Program Continuous Quality Improvement
(CQI) Efforts
Update on Dissemination Activities
Update on Technical Assistance Needs
Respondents: Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home
Visiting Program Managers (The information collection does not include
direct interaction with individuals or families that receive the
services).
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Annual number of responses per Total responses hours per Total annual
respondents respondent response burden hours
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Annual/Final Report to the Secretary (depending on 25 1 1 50 1250
reporting period).......................................
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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
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the Administration for Children and Families.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-12693 Filed 5-26-15; 8:45 am]
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