80 FR 18627 - Advisory Committee on the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Evaluation

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Health Resources and Services Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 66 (April 7, 2015)

ACF and HRSA announce the renewal of the Advisory Committee on the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Evaluation to provide advice to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (``the Secretary'') on the design, plan, progress, and findings of the evaluation required under the Act.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 7, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 18627]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07978]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

Health Resources and Services Administration


 Advisory Committee on the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood 
Home Visiting Program Evaluation

AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families (ACF), HHS; Health 
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS.

ACTION: Notice to announce the renewal of the Advisory Committee on the 
Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Evaluation.

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    Authority:  Sec. 511(g)(1) of Title V of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 711, et seq.). The Committee is governed by provisions of 
Public Law 92-463, as amended, (5 U.S.C. App. 2), which sets forth 
standards for the formation and use of advisory committees.

SUMMARY: ACF and HRSA announce the renewal of the Advisory Committee on 
the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program 
Evaluation to provide advice to the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (``the Secretary'') on the design, plan, progress, and 
findings of the evaluation required under the Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: T'Pring Westbrook, Administration for 
Children and Families; [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sec. 511(g)(1) of Title V of the Social 
Security Act mandates an Advisory Committee to review, and make 
recommendations on, the design and plan for the evaluation required 
under the Act. To comply with the authorizing directive and guidelines 
under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), a charter has been 
filed with the Committee Management Secretariat in the General Services 
Administration (GSA), the appropriate committees in the Senate and U.S. 
House of Representatives, and the Library of Congress to establish the 
Advisory Board as a non-discretionary federal advisory committee. The 
charter was filed on January 27, 2015.

Objectives and Scope of Activitie

    The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice and make 
recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through 
the Assistant Secretary, ACF, and the Administrator, HRSA, with respect 
to the design, plan, progress, and results of the evaluation.

Membership and Designation

    The Committee shall consist of up to 25 members appointed by the 
Secretary. Members shall be experts in the areas of program evaluation 
and research, education, and early childhood development. Members shall 
be appointed as Special Government Employees. The committee shall also 
include ex-officio members representing ACF, HRSA, and other agencies 
of the federal government designated by the Secretary as ex-officio 
members. The ACF Assistant Secretary and HRSA Administrator each shall 
recommend nominees for Co-Chairs of the Committee.
    Members shall be invited to a 3-year term; such terms are 
contingent upon the renewal of the Committee by appropriate action 
prior to its termination.

Administrative Management and Support

    Coordination, management, and operational services shall be 
provided by ACF, with assistance from HRSA.
    A copy of the Committee charter can be obtained from the designated 
contact or by accessing the FACA database that is maintained by the GSA 
Committee Management Secretariat. The Web site for the FACA database is 
http://fido.gov/facadatabase/.

    Dated: March 25, 2015.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator, HRSA.
Mark H. Greenberg,
Acting Assistant Secretary, ACF.
[FR Doc. 2015-07978 Filed 4-6-15; 8:45 am]
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