[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 131 (Thursday, July 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39442-39443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16735]


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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 10, 
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 Early 
Childhood Home Visiting (Home Visiting) Program, Competitive Funding 
Opportunity Announcement OMB No. 0915-0351--Extension.
    Abstract: The 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 50 states, District 
of Columbia, and 5 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 Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16) applications for the 
Home Visiting Competitive Grant program. 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. This information collection is 
needed for eligible entities to apply for competitive funding 
opportunities under the MIECHV. As noted above, this program is 
authorized under the Social Security Act, Title V, Section 511 (42 
U.S.C. 701), as amended by Section 2951 of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-148). A portion of funding 
under this program is awarded to participating states and eligible 
jurisdictions \1\ by formula.

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However, an additional portion of funds is awarded competitively.
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    \1\ The 50 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, 
American Samoa, the Northern Marianas, District of Columbia, and 
Guam.
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    The information collected will be used to collect applicant 
information regarding proposed project plans sufficient to inform peer 
review and subsequent grant award and monitoring. Peer reviewers will 
be selected from among experts in the relevant fields to assess and 
score applicant proposals. On the basis of reviewer scores, 
applications will be ranked, and the highest scoring applications will 
be funded according to availability of funds. Applications approved for 
funding are entered into HRSA's Electronic Handbook (EHB).
    Subsequent to award, the approved plans set forth in the 
applications in the EHB will be monitored by Federal Project Officers 
to ensure implementation according to these plans, as submitted in this 
data collection instrument. Failure to collect this information would 
result in either a failure to make awards to eligible entities as 
required by law, or would necessitate award of all funds by formula, 
which is inconsistent with established program policy and 
implementation, as competitive awards have been made a part of this 
program's administration.
    Likely Respondents: Applicants to 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 ICR are summarized in the table below.

                                                        Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                                  Number of
     Summary of progress  on the following activities          Number of        responses per     Total responses       Hours per         Total burden
                                                              respondents         respondent                             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
Organizational Information...............................                 47                  1                 47                 10                470
Additional Attachments...................................                 47                  1                 47                 13                611
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    Total................................................                 47                  8                376                139               6533
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Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2015-16735 Filed 7-8-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4165-15-P