[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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