[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 163 (Thursday, August 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67948-67949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18840]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request; The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home 
Visiting Program Quarterly Performance Report

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA 
submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted 
during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB 
will accept further comments from the public during the review and 
approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day 
comment period for this notice has closed.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than September 
23, 2024.

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 Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance 
requests submitted to OMB for review, email Joella Roland, the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, at [email protected] or call 
(301) 443-3983.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Information Collection Request Title: The Maternal, Infant, and 
Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Quarterly Performance Report, OMB 
No. 0906-0016, Revision.
    Abstract: This request is for continued approval of the Maternal, 
Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program Quarterly 
Performance Report. The MIECHV Program is administered by the Maternal 
and Child Health Bureau within HRSA in partnership with the 
Administration for Children and Families, and provides support to all 
56 states and jurisdictions, as well as tribes and tribal 
organizations. Through a needs assessment, states, jurisdictions, 
tribes, and tribal organizations identify target populations and select 
the home visiting service delivery model(s) that best meet their needs. 
In response to awardee feedback, HRSA is proposing the following 
revisions to the data collection forms to reduce administrative burden 
related to this performance report:

 Form 4, Table A.2: Remove Column D: ZIP Codes
 Form 4, Definition of Key Terms: Update definitions for Table 
A.2
 Form 4: Remove Section B

    A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on May 2, 2024, 
vol. 89, No. 86; pp. 35841-42. HRSA received one comment from an 
awardee. The commentor discussed the usefulness of collecting ZIP codes 
of families served by MIECHV-funded sites, suggested considering 
collection of data on Tables A.2, A.3, and A.4 on an annual basis, and 
supported the burden estimate. While HRSA recognizes the value of 
collecting participant ZIP code data, after weighing the significant 
burden awardees have reported on collecting and reporting this data, 
and considering that its continued collection of participant county 
data supports its data needs, HRSA has decided to make no changes to 
the proposed information

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collection tools in response to this comment. HRSA intends to re-assess 
the current performance measurement system over the next 3 years 
including identifying opportunities to reduce administrative burden 
related to performance reporting and will consider frequency of the 
proposed information collection in the future.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA uses quarterly 
performance information to demonstrate program accountability and 
continuously monitor and provide oversight to MIECHV Program awardees. 
The information is also used to provide quality improvement guidance 
and technical assistance to awardees and help inform the development of 
early childhood systems at the national, state, and local level. HRSA 
is seeking to remove collection of a variable and update key terms 
given this deletion.
    Likely Respondents: MIECHV Program awardees that are states, 
jurisdictions, and where applicable, nonprofit organizations providing 
home visiting services within states.
    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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Form 4: Section A--Quarterly                  56               4             224              21           4,704
 Performance Report.............
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    Total.......................              56  ..............             224  ..............           4,704
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Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-18840 Filed 8-21-24; 8:45 am]
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