[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 46 (Friday, March 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 8528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04266]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[OMB No.: 0970-0389]


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Project: Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home 
Visiting Program Demographic and Service Utilization Data Form.
    Title: Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting 
Program Form 1: Demographic and Service Utilization Data.
    Description: The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-123). 
Section 511(h)(2)(A) of Title V of the Social Security Act, 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 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 and include conducting a needs assessment and 
establishing quantifiable, measurable benchmarks.
    The Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Care, 
in collaboration with the Health Resources and Services Administration, 
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, awards grants for the Tribal MIECHV 
Program. The Tribal MIECHV grant awards 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. Following each year that Tribal 
MIECHV grantees implement home visiting services, they must submit Form 
1: Demographic and Service Utilization Data. The Form 1 data are used 
to help ACF better understand the population receiving services from 
Tribal MIECHV grantees and the degree to which they are using services, 
as well as better understanding of the Tribal MIECHV workforce. 
Overall, this information collection will provide valuable information 
to HHS that will guide understanding of the Tribal MIECHV Program and 
the provision of technical assistance to Tribal MIECHV Program 
grantees.
    Respondents: Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home 
Visiting Program Grantees.

                                             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 MIECHV Form 1............................              25               1             500          12,500
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours.........  ..............  ..............  ..............          12,500
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    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 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 B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-04266 Filed 3-7-19; 8:45 am]
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