[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 97 (Thursday, May 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31641-31642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11791]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting 
Program Implementation Plan Guidance and Form 1: Demographic and 
Service Utilization Data.
    OMB No.: 0970-0389.
    Description: Social Security Act, Title V, Section 511 (42 U.S.C. 
711), as amended by the Medicare Access and Children's Health Insurance 
Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Pub. L. 114-10), 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, awarded grants for 
the Tribal MIECHV Program. The Tribal MIECHV grant awards support 5-
year cooperative agreements to conduct community needs and readiness 
assessments, plan for and implement high-quality, culturally-relevant, 
evidence-based home visiting programs in at-risk Tribal communities, 
and engage in rigorous evaluation activities to build the knowledge 
base on home visiting among American Indian and Alaska 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. 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

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demographic and service utilization data, performance measurement, and 
continuous quality improvement, and participating in or conducting 
rigorous evaluation activities. Grantees are expected to submit the 
implementation plan by the end of Year 1 of the grant, with draft 
submission milestones throughout the first year. As part of the non-
competing continuation application for Years 3-5 of the grant, Tribal 
MIECHV grantees will update their implementation plans as necessary to 
ensure that the plan accurately reflects activities to be completed 
throughout the remainder of the grant.
    Following each year that Tribal MIECHV grantees implement home 
visiting services, they must also submit Form 1: Demographic and 
Service Utilization Data.
    Respondents: Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home 
Visiting Program Grantees. (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                        Number of     responses per     hours per     Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood                  25               1            1000          25,000
 Home Visiting Implementation Plan Guidance.....
Tribal MIECHV Form 1 Demographic & Service                    25               1             500          12,500
 Utilization Data & Service Data................
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    Estimated Annual Burden Hours:..............  ..............  ..............  ..............          37,500
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 37,500.
    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, 330 C Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20201. Attention 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, Email: 
[email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration 
for Children and Families.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-11791 Filed 5-18-16; 8:45 am]
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