[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 71 (Thursday, April 13, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22450-22451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-07845]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; 
Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program: 
Implementation Plan Guidance for Development and Implementation and 
Implementation and Expansion Grantees

AGENCY: Office of Early Childhood Development, Administration for 
Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Request for Public Comments.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of 
Early Childhood Development (ECD) is requesting Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) approval of Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early 
Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program Implementation Plan Guidance 
for Tribal Home Visiting Development and Implementation Grants (DIG) 
and Tribal Home Visiting Implementation and Expansion Grants (IEG).

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

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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(e)(8)(A) of Title V of the Social Security 
Act requires that grantees under the Tribal MIECHV program, in the 
first year of their grants, submit an implementation plan on how they 
will meet the requirements of the program. Section 511(h)(2)(A) further 
states that the requirements for the MIECHV grants to tribes, tribal 
organizations, and urban Indian organizations are to be consistent, to 
the greatest extent practicable, with the requirements for grantees 
under the MIECHV program for states and jurisdictions.
    The ACF Office of Early Childhood Development, in collaboration 
with the Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and 
Child Health Bureau awarded grants for the Tribal MIECHV Program to 
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.
    During the first grant year, Tribal Home Visiting DIG and IEG 
grantees must comply with the requirement to submit an implementation 
plan that should feature planned activities to be carried out under the 
program in years 2-5 of their cooperative agreements. To assist 
grantees with meeting these requirements, ACF created guidance for 
grantees to use when writing their plans. The DIG and IEG guidance 
specify that grantees must provide a plan to address the following 
areas:

 Community Needs and Readiness Assessment
 Program Design
 Program Blueprint
 Plan for Data Collection, Management and Performance 
Measurement
 Fidelity Monitoring and Quality Assurance

    Respondents: Tribal Home Visiting Managers (information collection 
does not include direct interaction with individuals or families that 
receive the services).

                                             Total Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                      Total number    responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                  of respondents    respondent     per response        hours
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Implementation Plan Guidance for Development and              13               1            1000          13,000
 Implementation Grantees........................
Implementation Plan Guidance for Implementation               35               1            1000          35,000
 and Expansion Grantees.........................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:........  ..............  ..............  ..............          48,000
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    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. 2023-07845 Filed 4-12-23; 8:45 am]
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