[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4208-4209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01683]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation (MIHOPE): 
Long-Term Follow-Up.
    OMB No.: 0970-0402.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), in 
partnership with the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA), both of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), 
is proposing a data collection activity as part of the Mother and 
Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation Long-Term Follow-Up project 
(MIHOPE-LT). The purpose of MIHOPE-LT is to conduct follow-up studies 
that assess the long-term impact of the Maternal, Infant, and Early 
Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program. The design of MIHOPE-LT calls 
for multiple follow-up points including when the participating children 
are in kindergarten, 3rd grade, early adolescence, and late 
adolescence. This Federal Register Notice is specific to the first 
follow-up study. Data collected during the first follow-up study (when 
the children from the MIHOPE sample are of kindergarten age) will 
include the following: (1) A one-hour survey with

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the child's primary caregiver (who will be the mother if she is 
available), (2) direct assessments of child development, (3) a semi-
structured interview with the caregiver, (4) surveys with the child's 
teacher, (5) a direct assessment of the caregiver, and (6) 15 minutes 
of videotaped interactions between the caregiver and child. In addition 
to collecting these data, the MIHOPE-LT project will also maintain up-
to-date consent forms for the collection of administrative data. Future 
information collection requests and related Federal Register Notices 
will describe future data collection efforts for this project.
    Data collected during the kindergarten follow-up study will be used 
to estimate the effects of MIECHV-funded programs on seven domains: (1) 
Maternal health; (2) child health; (3) child development and school 
performance; (4) child maltreatment; (5) parenting; (6) crime or 
domestic violence; and (7) family economic self-sufficiency.
    Respondents: The respondents in this follow-up study will include 
4,115 families who participated in MIHOPE and 4,115 teachers of the 
focal children from those families.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                  Annual  number     Number of        Average
           Instrument              Total number         of         responses per   burden hours    Annual burden
                                  of respondents    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Survey of caregivers............            4115            1372               1               1            1372
Direct assessments of children..            4115            1372               1             1.5            2058
Semi-structured interview with               100              33               1               2              66
 caregivers.....................
Survey of the focal children's              4115            1372               1             0.5             686
 teachers.......................
Direct assessments of caregivers            4115            1372               1            0.25             343
Videotaped caregiver-child                  8230            2743               1            0.25             686
 interactions...................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,211.
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(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, 330 C Street SW, Washington, DC 
20201, Attn: OPRE 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.

Mary Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-01683 Filed 1-29-18; 8:45 am]
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