[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39122-39123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16697]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments 
submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided 
to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the 
review and approval period.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than August 7, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the Information Collection 
Request Title, to the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to 
[email protected] or by fax to 202-395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance 
requests submitted to OMB for review, email the HRSA Information 
Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or call (301) 594-
4306.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Information Collection Request Title: Maternal, Infant, and 
Childhood Home Visiting (Home Visiting) Program Fiscal Year (FY) 2015, 
FY2016, FY2017 Non-Competing Continuation Annual Progress Report for 
Formula Grant.
    OMB No.: 0915-0355--Extension.
    Abstract: The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting 
(Home Visiting) Program, administered by the Health Resources and 
Services Administration (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. The purpose of this 
formula grant program is to: support the delivery of coordinated and 
comprehensive voluntary early childhood home visiting program services 
and effective implementation of high-quality evidence-based practices. 
The fifty states, District of Columbia, and 5 territories and nonprofit 
organizations that would provide services in jurisdictions that have 
not directly applied for or been approved for a grant are eligible for 
formula grants and submit non-competing continuation progress reports 
annually. There are 56 jurisdictions eligible for formula awards and 56 
formula awards are issued annually.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: This information 
collection is needed for eligible entities to report progress under the 
Home Visiting Program annually. On March 23, 2010, the President signed 
into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Section 
2951 of the ACA amended Title V of the Social Security Act by adding a 
new section, 511, which authorized the creation of the Home Visiting 
Program (http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h3590enr.txt.pdf, pages 216-
225). A portion of funding under this program is awarded to 
participating states and eligible jurisdictions by formula. The purpose 
of formula funding is to support the delivery of coordinated and 
comprehensive voluntary early childhood home visiting program services 
and effective implementation of high-quality evidence-based practices.
    The information collected will be used to review grantee progress 
on proposed project plans sufficient to permit project officers to 
assess whether the project is performing adequately to achieve the 
goals and objectives that were previously approved. This report will 
also provide implementation plans for the upcoming year, which project 
officers can use to assess to whether the plan is consistent with the 
grant as approved, and will result in implementation of a high-quality 
project that will complement the home visiting program as a whole. 
Progress Reports are submitted to project officers through the 
Electronic HandBooks (EHB). Failure to collect this information would 
result in the inability of the project officers to exercise due 
diligence in monitoring and overseeing the use of grant funds in 
keeping with legislative, policy, and programmatic requirements. 
Grantees are required to provide a performance narrative with the 
following sections: project identifier

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information, accomplishments and barriers, home visiting program goals 
and objectives, update on the home visiting program promising approach, 
implementation of the home visiting program in targeted at-risk 
communities, progress toward meeting legislatively-mandated reporting 
on benchmark areas, home visiting quality improvement efforts, and 
updates on the administration of the home visiting program.
    In the event a new Funding Opportunity Announcement is issued 
annually for the formula grant program, the application for new grant 
funds may take the place of completion of a non-competing continuation 
progress report.
    Likely Respondents: Grantees with Home Visiting Formula Awards 
Awarded in Federal FYs 2013--2017.
    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 ICR are summarized in the table below.
    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours: The burden estimates 
presented in the table below are based on consultations with a few 
states on the guidance. Grantees receive a new formula grant annually 
and are expected to report on progress annually, so the expectation is 
that grantees would submit non-competing continuation progress reports 
four times between federal fiscal years 2015 and 2018. Only seven 
grantees are currently implementing a promising approach and require an 
annual update on the promising approach.

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                                                     Number of
            Form name                Number of     responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
                                    respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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Formula Grant Award.............              56               4             224              42            9408
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    Total.......................              56               4             224              42            9408
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Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2015-16697 Filed 7-7-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4165-15-P