80 FR 53518 - Notice of Meeting: 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 172 (September 4, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 172 (Friday, September 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53518-53519]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21332]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

Health Resources and Services Administration


Notice of Meeting: Advisory Committee on the Maternal, Infant and 
Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Evaluation

ACTION: Notice of meeting: Advisory Committee on the Maternal, Infant 
and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Evaluation (MIECHVPE).

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    Authority: Section 511(g)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
711(g)) and Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(Pub. L. 92-463).
    Name: Advisory Committee on the Maternal, Infant, and Early 
Childhood Home Visiting Program Evaluation.
    Date and Time: Monday, September 21, 2015, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. EST.
    Place: Webinar.
    The Advisory Committee on the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood 
Home Visiting Program Evaluation (Committee) will meet for its fifth 
session on Monday, September 21, 2015, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. ET. The purpose 
of the meeting is to allow the Committee to comment on the analysis 
plan of the MIHOPE project. The general public (``attendees'') can join 
the meeting via webinar by logging onto https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8910471186935462146, and then follow 
the instructions for registering. Attendees should launch the webinar 
no later than 10:45 a.m. ET in order for the logistics to be 
established for participation in the call. If there are technical 
problems gaining access to the call or webinar, please call 888-569-
3848 or press *0, and for GoToWebinar technical support call 800-263-
6317.
    Meeting Registration: Attendees are asked to register for the 
conference by going to the registration Web site at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8910471186935462146.
    Special Accommodations: Attendees with special needs requiring 
accommodations such as large print materials or other accommodations 
may make requests when registering at the online Web site by answering 
the ``Special accommodations'' question on the registration page: 
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8910471186935462146.
    Agenda: The meeting will include updates on the progress of the 
evaluation and will present the evaluation's impact, implementation, 
impact variation, and cost data analysis plans. Agenda items are 
subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Public Comments: Members of the public may submit written comments 
that will be distributed to Committee members prior to the meeting. 
Written comments must be received by Monday, September 14, 2015 for 
consideration. Comments can be submitted to Nancy Margie at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any person interested in obtaining 
other information relevant to joining the webinar can contact Carolyn 
Swaney at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Committee on the Maternal, 
Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program Evaluation

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is authorized by subsection 511(g)(1) of Title V of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 711(g)(1)) as added by section 2951 of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-148) 
(Affordable Care Act) and amended by Public Law 114-10 (Medicare Access 
and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015), Section 218.
    The purpose of the Committee is to review, and make recommendations 
on, the design and plan for the evaluation required under paragraph 
511(g)(2); maintain and advise the Secretary regarding the progress of 
the evaluation; and comment, if the Committee so desires, on the report 
submitted to Congress under subsection 511(g)(3).
    The Department of Health and Human Services has contracted with 
MDRC (formerly known as Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation), a 
nonprofit, nonpartisan education and social policy research 
organization, to conduct the evaluation of the MIECHV program.
    As specified in the legislation, the evaluation provided a state-
by-state analysis of the needs assessments and the States' actions in 
response to the assessments. Additionally, as specified in the 
legislation, the evaluation will provide an assessment of: (a) The 
effect of early childhood home visiting programs on outcomes for 
parents, children, and communities with respect to domains specified in 
the authorizing legislation (such as maternal and child health status, 
school readiness, and domestic violence, among others); (b) the 
effectiveness of such programs on different populations, including the 
extent to which the ability to improve participant outcomes varies 
across programs and populations; and (c) the potential for the 
activities conducted under such programs, if scaled broadly, to enhance 
health care practices, eliminate health disparities, improve health 
care system quality, and reduce costs.

Naomi Goldstein,
Director, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, ACF.
Michael Lu,
Associate Administrator, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, HRSA.
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