[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 16162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06004]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 17, 2022.
    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
are requested regarding; whether the collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by April 
21, 2022 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for 
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days 
of the publication of this notice on the following website 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this information collection by 
selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' 
or by using the search function.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB 
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to 
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not 
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

Food and Nutrition Service

    Title: WIC Nutrition Assessment and Tailoring Study In-Person Site 
Visit Data Collection.
    Control Number: 0584-0663.
    Summary of Collection: This is a revision to the currently approved 
information collection for the WIC Nutrition Assessment and Tailoring 
Study (WIC NATS). For this revision, the study has been renamed ``WIC 
Nutrition Assessment and Tailoring Study In-Person Site Visit Data 
Collection.'' It covers in-person site visits and accounts for the 
burden associated with collecting in-person data. This revision will 
collect data concerning the nutrition assessment process used by clinic 
sites in the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and 
Children (WIC) to identify nutrition risks and apply that information 
to the tailoring of participant benefits. This revision will collect 
data via in-person site visits, where the data collection activities 
for the currently approved remote site visits will be replicated for 
use with 30 WIC clinic sites for in-person site visits once these sites 
can safely resume in-person operations. This data collection will 
provide the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) with a comprehensive 
account of the WIC nutrition risk assessment and benefit tailoring 
processes provided during in-person clinic services. This study is an 
FNS priority resulting from policy changes from the publication in 2006 
of the ``Value Enhanced Nutrition Assessment (VENA) in WIC: The First 
Step in Quality Nutrition Services'' and the publication in October 
2009 of the interim final rule, ``Revisions in the WIC Food Packages,'' 
both of which affected the nutrition assessment or nutrition services 
process.
    Section 28 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act as 
amended by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-
296, Section 305) provides the general statutory authority for this 
study.
    Need and Use of the Information: This voluntary study will collect 
data from state and local government respondents in the WIC clinics; 
businesses and other for-profit and non-profit institutions that are 
WIC clinics, and WIC participants. FNS will use the information 
gathered from this study to inform program guidance and technical 
assistance related to the nutrition assessment process to support the 
implementation of best practices that meet the goals ensuring 
satisfaction with the program experience, promoting self-sufficiency, 
and improving the nutrition and health of women and children who 
participate in WIC. The study will identify specific practices or 
features of the nutrition services process associated with participant 
and staff satisfaction, reduced staff burden, and improved efficiency 
and will also provide FNS with a comprehensive, detailed description of 
the WIC nutrition risk assessment process, including how WIC staff 
apply the process to tailoring participant benefits during in-person 
clinic visits. FNS will compare data collected from in-person site 
visits to data collected from remote site visits to explore 
similarities and differences between remote and in-person nutrition 
services. This will allow FNS to better understand if there were 
differences in service quality or participant and staff satisfaction 
with WIC during remote appointments under the COVID-19 waiver 
flexibilities compared to traditional in-person clinic appointments. 
The data will be used to describe the nutrition assessment and benefit 
tailoring processes when conducted remotely and will be compared 
against the same processes used during in-person settings. It will also 
be used to investigate participant and staff perceptions of WIC 
nutrition services when provided remotely and will be compared against 
the perceptions observed during in-person WIC services.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government; 
businesses or other for-profit, non-profit institutions, and 
individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 1,050.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: One-time only.
    Total Burden Hours: 510.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-06004 Filed 3-21-22; 8:45 am]
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