[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84341-84342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26580]


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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: Better Addressing 
Disparities Through 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: Better Addressing Disparities through 
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 addressing disparities. 
HRSA will explore how families that experience disparities in outcomes 
targeted by the MIECHV Program experience home visiting services. The 
requested information collection is an initial step in understanding 
those experiences and will provide a better understanding of how 
MIECHV-funded home visiting programs currently address disparities and 
promote equity. Data collection activities include interviews, focus 
groups, online surveys, program observations, and review of documents 
and management information systems data.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA is seeking 
additional information about families' experiences within home visiting 
and strategies the MIECHV Program has used to address disparities in 
their work with families. HRSA intends to use this information to 
identify actionable strategies that MIECHV awardees and LIAs could take 
to remove potential obstacles to family enrollment in home visiting 
services and to help address health disparities.
    Likely Respondents: MIECHV Program awardees that are states, 
nonprofit organizations, and tribes; LIA staff (program directors, 
coordinators, supervisors, and home visitors); and families that 
experience greater

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disparities in maternal and newborn health (families participating in 
MIECHV-funded home visiting services).
    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 \1\
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                                                                                      Average
                                     Number of       Number of         Total        burden per     Total burden
            Form name               respondents    responses per     responses     response (in        hours
                                                    respondent                        hours)
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Request for Information about                 28               1              28            0.25               7
 LIAs...........................
LIA and Family Nomination Form..              70               1              70            2.00             140
Family Online Survey............             210               1             210            0.50             105
Family Focus Group Protocol.....              52               1              52            1.00              52
Home Visitor Group Interview                  10               1              10            1.00              10
 Protocol.......................
LIA Leadership Interview                       6               1               6            1.00               6
 Protocol.......................
Family Case Study Focus Group                 12               1              12            1.00              12
 Protocol.......................
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    Total.......................             388  ..............             388  ..............             332
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\1\ There may be variation in the number of study participants (e.g., some programs may have fewer home
  visitors). The total burden hours presented here provide information assuming the maximum number of
  respondents in each community.

    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 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. 2023-26580 Filed 12-4-23; 8:45 am]
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