[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5823-5824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02157]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[OMB #0970-0389]
Submission for OMB Review; Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early
Childhood Home Visiting Program Form 1: Demographic and Service
Utilization Data
AGENCY: Office of Child Care, Administration for Children and Families,
HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of
Child Care (OCC) is requesting a 3-year extension of the Tribal
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program's
Form 1: Demographic and Service Utilization
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Data (OMB #0970-0389; expiration 6/30/2022). There are minor updates to
the existing Form 1.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB must make a
decision about 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.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. You can
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by
emailing [email protected]. Identify all emailed requests by
the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: Section 511(h)(2)(A) of Title V of the Social Security
Act created the MIECHV Program and authorizes the Secretary of HHS 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. ACF's OCC, 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 understand 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. Changes from
the previous form are minor, including adding a virtual home visit
field and revising certain terms and definitions to make reporting on
the areas more concise and easier for grantees to report.
Respondents: Tribal MIECHV Program Grantees.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Annual number Average burden
Instrument Total number of responses per hours per Annual burden
of respondents respondent response hours
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Tribal MIECHV Form 1....................... 23 1 500 11,500
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 11,500.
Authority: Title V of the Social Security Act, sections
511(e)(8)(A) and 511(h)(2)(A).
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-02157 Filed 2-1-22; 8:45 am]
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