[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 175 (Monday, September 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45630-45631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19561]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting 
Program Quarterly Performance Reporting Form.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 
Office of Child Care, in collaboration with the Health Resources and 
Services Administration (HRSA), Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 
administers the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting 
(MIECHV) Program, as authorized by Title V, Section 511 of the Social 
Security Act. The Administration for Children and Families administers 
the Tribal MIECHV Program while HRSA administers the State/Territory 
MIECHV Program. Tribal MIECHV discretionary grants support 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; establish, measure, 
and report on progress toward meeting performance measures in six 
legislatively-mandated benchmark areas; and conduct rigorous evaluation 
activities to build the knowledge base on home visiting among Native 
populations.
    The proposed data collection form is as follows: In order to 
continuously monitor, provide grant oversight, quality improvement 
guidance, and technical assistance to Tribal MIECHV grantees, ACF is 
seeking to collect services utilization data on a quarterly basis. The 
Tribal MIECHV Quarterly Data Performance Reporting Form, is made up of 
five categories of data--program capacity, place-based services, family 
engagement, staff recruitment and retention and staff vacancies. This 
form will be used by Tribal MIECHV grantees that receive grants under 
the Tribal MIECHV Program to collect data in order to determine the 
caseload capacity grantees are achieving, where services are being 
delivered, the retention and attrition of enrolled families, and the 
retention and attrition of program staff on a quarterly basis.
    Respondents: Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home 
Visiting Program Managers. 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
      Type of respondent            Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)         hours
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Tribal MIECHV Grantees........  Tribal MIECHV                 25               4              24           2,400
                                 Quarterly
                                 Reporting Form.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           2,400
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,400.
    In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chap 35), 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: 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

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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 A. Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-19561 Filed 9-7-18; 8:45 am]
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