[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 102 (Friday, May 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45903-45904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11489]



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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: The 
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Statewide 
Needs Assessment Update

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 July 23, 
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: The Maternal, Infant, and 
Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Statewide Needs Assessment 
Update--OMB No. 0906-0038--Revision
    Abstract: HRSA is requesting approval to collect amended statewide 
needs assessment updates from Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood 
Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program awardees. The 2020 statewide needs 
assessment update approved under OMB control number 0906-0038 expired 
November 30, 2021, and is discontinued. The prior approval was 
discontinued as the requirement was for a one-time data collection in 
response to the 2018 reauthorizing statute. This request will reinstate 
this information collection with no changes. Eligible entities that are 
states, jurisdictions, and non-profit organizations submitted statewide 
needs assessment updates in response to the 2020 Needs Assessment 
Update Supplemental Information Request (SIR) (and a corresponding SIR 
for jurisdiction awardees). Eligible entities that wish to amend their 
previously submitted needs assessment updates will have the opportunity 
to do so prior to submitting their fiscal year 2025 base and matching 
grant funding application and in response to new instructions provided 
by the agency for this purpose.
    The MIECHV Program, authorized by section 511 of the Social 
Security Act, 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 to parents 
with young children up to kindergarten entry. States, jurisdictions, 
and tribal entities, and nonprofit organizations, in certain 
circumstances, are eligible to receive funding through MIECHV and have 
the flexibility, within the parameters of the authorizing statute, to 
tailor the program to serve the specific needs of their communities.
    The statewide needs assessment is a critical and foundational 
resource that assists awardees in identifying and understanding how to 
meet the needs of eligible families living in at-risk communities in 
their states.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Congress, through 
enactment of the Social Security Act, Title V, Section 511 (42 U.S.C. 
711), as amended, established the MIECHV Program. The MIECHV Program is 
designed to: (1) strengthen and improve the programs and activities 
carried out under Title V of the Social Security Act; (2) improve 
coordination of services for at risk communities; and (3) identify and 
provide comprehensive services to improve outcomes for families who 
reside in at risk communities. Section 511(b)(1) of the Social Security 
Act requires that states review and update their statewide needs 
assessments (which may be separate from, but in coordination with, the 
Title V statewide needs assessment) no later than October 1, 2020, as a 
condition of receiving payments from Title V Block Grant allotments. 
Since completing the needs assessment update, state and jurisdiction 
awardees may wish to amend their needs assessment update to identify 
communities where families with the most need are located in their 
state or jurisdiction.
    In response to the 2020 Needs Assessment Update SIR, state and 
jurisdiction awardees were required to submit an updated statewide 
needs assessment that identified all the following information, as 
required by the MIECHV authorizing statute:
    (1) Communities with concentrations of (a) premature birth, low-
birth weight infants, and infant mortality, including infant death due 
to neglect, or other indicators of at-risk prenatal, maternal, newborn, 
or child health; (b) poverty; (c) crime; (d) domestic violence; (e) 
high rates of high-school drop-outs; (f) substance abuse; (g) 
unemployment; or (h) child maltreatment.
    (2) The quality and capacity of existing programs or initiatives 
for early childhood home visitation in the state including: the number 
and types of individuals and families who are receiving services under 
such programs or initiatives; the gaps in early childhood home 
visitation in the state; and the extent to which such programs or 
initiatives are meeting the needs of eligible families.
    (3) The state's capacity for providing substance abuse treatment 
and counseling services to individuals and families in need of such 
treatment or services.
    The SIR provided guidance to states in updating their statewide 
needs assessments and submitting the required information to HRSA. 
States that elected not to apply or be awarded MIECHV funds were 
encouraged to work with nonprofit organizations that received awards to 
provide MIECHV services within the state and indicate whether they will 
submit their needs assessments directly or through the nonprofit 
organization awardee. HRSA and recipients providing MIECHV services 
within states used the information collected through the needs 
assessment update to reaffirm the provision of MIECHV home visiting 
services in at-risk communities. The information is also used to 
support program planning, improvement, and decision-making. States 
wishing to amend their needs assessment will be asked to provide new 
information and supporting data. HRSA will provide specific 
instructions to awardees who request to amend their needs assessment 
update in advance of their fiscal year 2025 funding application. HRSA 
is not proposing any changes to the previously approved Needs 
Assessment SIR.
    Likely Respondents: MIECHV Program Awardees that are states, 
jurisdictions, and, where applicable, nonprofit organizations providing 
services within states.

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    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. Burden hours reflect that 
existing needs assessments will be amended rather than fully developed.
    Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours:

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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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Maternal, Infant, and Early                   35               1              35              30           1,050
 Childhood Home Visiting Program
 Statewide Needs Assessment
 Update--Amended................
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    Total.......................              35  ..............              35  ..............           1,050
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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 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. 2024-11489 Filed 5-23-24; 8:45 am]
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