[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84339-84340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26577]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title: Home 
Visiting Assessment of Implementation Quality Study: Exploring Family 
Voice and Leadership in Home Visiting

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection 
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the 
public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other aspect of the 
ICR.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than February 
5, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N39, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
draft instruments, email [email protected] or call Joella Roland, the 
HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at (301) 443-3983.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the ICR title for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Home Visiting Assessment of 
Implementation Quality Study: Exploring Family Voice and Leadership in 
Home Visiting, OMB No. 0915-xxxx--[NEW]
    Abstract: The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting 
(MIECHV) Program, authorized by Social Security Act, title V, section 
511 (42 U.S.C. 711) and administered by HRSA in partnership with the 
Administration for Children and Families, supports voluntary, evidence-
based home visiting services during pregnancy and for parents with 
young children up to kindergarten entry. States, tribal entities, and 
certain nonprofit organizations are eligible to receive funding from 
the MIECHV Program and have the flexibility to tailor the program to 
serve the specific needs of their communities. Funding recipients may 
subaward grant funds to local implementing agencies (LIAs) to provide 
home visiting services to eligible families in at-risk communities.
    Through the Home Visiting Assessment of Implementation Quality 
Study, HRSA aims to examine specific components of the Home Visiting 
Implementation Quality Conceptual Framework to inform strategies for 
implementing high quality home visiting programs. One of the three 
quality components the study will focus on is family voice and 
leadership (FVL), which involves including families in decisions 
related to program implementation. The requested information collection 
will provide a better understanding of how MIECHV-funded home visiting 
programs currently engage families and will provide preliminary 
information on how FVL may influence home visiting implementation and 
program quality. Data collection activities include an online survey, 
focus groups, and interviews.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA is seeking 
additional information about how the MIECHV Program engages and 
supports families in leadership opportunities to inform and improve 
programs. HRSA intends to use this information to identify actionable 
strategies that MIECHV awardees and LIAs could take to engage families 
meaningfully and effectively in program decisions and to ensure that 
families' unique strengths, needs, cultures, and preferences drive 
service delivery.
    Likely Respondents: MIECHV Program awardees that are states, 
nonprofit organizations, and Tribes, LIA staff (program directors, 
coordinators, supervisors, and home visitors); and families who have 
been engaged in FVL activities by MIECHV-funded home visiting programs.
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide the 
information requested. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating, and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information; to search data sources; to complete and 
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for 
this ICR are summarized in the table below.

                                     Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                     Number of                    Average burden
            Form name                Number of     responses per       Total       per response    Total burden
                                    respondents     respondent       responses      (in hours)         hours
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MIECHV Program FVL Online Survey           1,000               1           1,000            0.33             330
Family Focus Group Protocol.....              48               1              48            1.00              48
Tribal and State MIECHV                       12               1              12            1.00              12
 Administrators Interview Guide.
LIA Program Staff Focus Group                 48               1              48            1.00              48
 Protocol.......................
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    Total.......................           1,108  ..............           1,108  ..............             438
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    HRSA specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and 
utility of the proposed information collection for the proper 
performance of the agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the 
estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance

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the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, 
and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology to minimize the information collection burden.

Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2023-26577 Filed 12-4-23; 8:45 am]
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