[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 208 (Wednesday, October 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66008-66009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27416]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Project: Implementation Plan Guidance for the Tribal 
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Grant Program.
    Title: Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting 
Program Needs Assessment and Implementation Plan.
    OMB No.: 0970-0389.
    Description: Social Security Act, Title V, Section 511 (42 U.S.C. 
711), as added by Sec.  2951 of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act (Pub. L. 111-148), created the Maternal, Infant, and Early 
Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV) and authorized the Secretary 
of HHS (in Section 511(h)(2)(A)) to award grants to Indian tribes (or a 
consortium of Indian tribes), tribal organizations, or urban Indian 
organizations to conduct an early childhood home visiting program. The 
legislation set aside 3 percent of the total MIECHV program 
appropriation (authorized in Section 511(j)) for grants to tribal 
entities. Tribal MIECHV grants, to the greatest extent practicable, are 
to be consistent with the requirements of the MIECHV grants to states 
and jurisdictions (authorized in Section 511(c)), and include 
conducting a needs assessment and establishing quantifiable, measurable 
benchmarks.
    The Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Care 
and Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood 
Development, in collaboration with the Health Resources and Services 
Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, plans to awarded 
grants for the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home 
Visiting Program (Tribal Home Visiting). The Tribal Home Visiting grant 
awards will support 5-year 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, and participate in research and evaluation activities to 
build the knowledge base on home visiting among Native populations.
    In Year 1 of the cooperative agreement, grantees must (1) conduct a 
comprehensive community needs and readiness assessment and (2) develop 
a plan to respond to identified needs. Specifically, grantees will be 
required to conduct or update a needs and readiness assessment, and 
develop an implementation plan to respond to those needs, including a 
plan for performance measurement and CQI and participating in or 
conducting rigorous evaluation activities. Grantees will be expected to 
submit the needs assessment and implementation plan within 10 months of 
the Year 1 award date.
    Respondents: Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home 
Visiting Program Year 1 Grantees.

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                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood                  25               1             100           2,500
 Home Visiting Program Needs Assessment and Plan
 for Responding to Identified Needs.............
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours.........  ..............  ..............  ..............           2,500
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    In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
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. Email 
address: [email protected]. All requests should be identified 
by the title of the information collection.
    The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection 
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology. 
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted 
within 60 days of this publication.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-27416 Filed 10-27-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4184-01-P