80_FR_55313 80 FR 55136 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

80 FR 55136 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

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

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 177 (September 14, 2015)

Page Range55136-55137
FR Document2015-23033

In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has 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.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 177 (Monday, September 14, 2015) 
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

Administration for Children and Families


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS. 
Administration for Children and Families, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) and the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has 
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.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than October 
14, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the Information Collection 
Request Title, to the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to 
[email protected] or by fax to 202-395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance 
requests submitted to OMB for review, email the HRSA Information 
Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or call (301) 594-
4306.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Information Collection Request Title: The Maternal, Infant, and 
Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Quarterly Data Request.
    OMB No. 0906-xxxx--NEW.
    Abstract: The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting 
Program (MIECHV), administered by HRSA in close partnership with the 
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), supports voluntary, 
evidence-based home visiting services during pregnancy and to parents 
with young children up to kindergarten entry. States, Territories, 
nonprofit organizations (in some circumstances), and Tribal entities 
are eligible to receive funding from the MIECHV Program and have the 
flexibility to tailor the program to serve the specific needs of the 
communities that they serve.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: In order to continuously 
monitor and provide oversight, quality improvement guidance, and 
technical assistance to MIECHV grantees, HHS is seeking to collect two 
categories of information: Service Utilization Data and Corrective 
Action Benchmark Data. This information will be used to monitor and 
provide continued oversight for grantee performance and to target 
technical assistance resources to grantees.
    Service Utilization Data is made up of four data categories:
    (1) Program Capacity: HHS is seeking to collect information related 
to the overall home visiting service capacity (i.e., number of 
families) that grantees are able to provide to the communities they 
work in, the actual capacity being utilized at certain points in time, 
as well as updates of home visiting enrollment in number of families.
    (2) Place-Based Services: HHS is seeking to collect information to 
identify the geographic areas where home visiting services are being 
provided. Specifically, data on zip code and locally defined 
communities are being requested from MIECHV grantees in order to allow 
grantees an opportunity to provide data that identifies geographic 
areas that are most salient to their respective programs. Currently, 
HHS collects information related to service area zip code on an annual 
basis (OMB-0915-0357, expiration 7/31/2017). HHS plans to allow the 
grantee to describe the service community at the neighborhood, town, or 
city level where services are provided based on their judgment of local 
salience, rather than solely at the county level, which is how 
geographic services are currently reported.
    (3) Family Engagement: Currently HHS collects information related 
to family engagement (attrition) on an annual basis (OMB-0915-0357, 
expiration 7/31/2017). However, HHS has learned through grants 
monitoring and technical assistance efforts that family engagement is 
an ongoing and complex issue for home visiting service providers. In 
order to monitor grantee performance and target technical assistance 
efforts most effectively, HHS proposes that, in addition to annual 
reporting, MIECHV grantees will report quarterly on the existing family 
engagement metrics they are currently required to submit to HHS. These 
metrics are currently defined as the number of participants currently 
receiving services who have completed the program, who stopped services 
before completion, and other participants.
    (4) Staff Recruitment and Retention: HHS is seeking to collect 
information related to the number of home visitors and other support 
staff who are currently employed directly or through sub-contracted 
grant funds. Staff recruitment and retention is a key component to the 
successful delivery of home visiting services and to maximizing the 
number of cases each local implementing agency can reach. MIEHCV 
grantees will report quarterly on the actual number of staff and 
current vacancies in three categories: home visitors, home visiting 
supervisors, and other staff.
    Corrective Action Benchmark Data (Improvement Action Benchmark 
Data): Corrective Action Constructs consist of one category of data. 
MIECHV grantees that have not shown improvement in four of six 
Benchmark areas identified in the authorizing legislation after 3 years 
of grant funding are required to complete corrective action plans 
(Improvement Action Technical Assistance Plans), subject to approval by 
the Secretary, in order to show how they plan to achieve improvement in 
deficient areas. Currently HHS collects information related to selected 
Benchmark areas from all MIECHV grantees on an annual basis (OMB-0915-
0357, expiration 7/31/2017). In order to monitor grantee improvement 
toward meeting these Benchmarks, HHS is seeking to collect information 
from grantees on implementation of their Improvement Action Plans on a 
more frequent basis. HHS proposes that state, territory, and nonprofit 
organization grantees with Improvement Action Plans report the 
Benchmark measures for which they were deemed as not showing 
improvement on a quarterly basis. It is estimated that approximately 9 
grantees per year will require this more frequent reporting. Tribal 
grantees that did not demonstrate improvement after 3 years will 
continue to develop program improvement plans as currently required.
    Likely Respondents: MIECHV grantees.
    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

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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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Service Utilization Form--State,         \1\ 125               4             500              24          12,000
 Territory, and Tribal MIECHV
 Grantees.......................
Improvement Action Benchmark               \2\ 9               4              36              40           1,440
 Form--State and Territory
 MIECHV Grantees................
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    Total.......................             125  ..............             536  ..............          13,440
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\1\ This figures includes two responses for jurisdictions which received both formula and competitive funding in
  FY 2015.
\2\ Only includes MIECHV state, territory, and non-profit grantees that did not demonstrate improvement in 4 of
  6 Benchmark areas after 3 years of grant funding.


    Dated: September 2, 2015.
Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat, Health Resources and 
Services Administration.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer, Administration for Children and Families.
[FR Doc. 2015-23033 Filed 9-11-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4165-15-P

55136 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 177 / Monday, September 14, 2015 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND to serve the specific needs of the before completion, and other HUMAN SERVICES communities that they serve. participants. Need and Proposed Use of the (4) Staff Recruitment and Retention: Health Resources and Services Information: In order to continuously HHS is seeking to collect information Administration monitor and provide oversight, quality related to the number of home visitors improvement guidance, and technical and other support staff who are Administration for Children and assistance to MIECHV grantees, HHS is currently employed directly or through Families seeking to collect two categories of sub-contracted grant funds. Staff information: Service Utilization Data recruitment and retention is a key Agency Information Collection and Corrective Action Benchmark Data. component to the successful delivery of Activities: Submission to OMB for This information will be used to home visiting services and to Review and Approval; Public Comment monitor and provide continued maximizing the number of cases each Request oversight for grantee performance and to local implementing agency can reach. target technical assistance resources to MIEHCV grantees will report quarterly AGENCY: Health Resources and Services grantees. on the actual number of staff and Administration, HHS. Administration Service Utilization Data is made up of current vacancies in three categories: for Children and Families, HHS. four data categories: home visitors, home visiting ACTION: Notice. (1) Program Capacity: HHS is seeking supervisors, and other staff. to collect information related to the Corrective Action Benchmark Data SUMMARY: In compliance with Section overall home visiting service capacity (Improvement Action Benchmark Data): 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork (i.e., number of families) that grantees Corrective Action Constructs consist of Reduction Act of 1995, the Health are able to provide to the communities one category of data. MIECHV grantees Resources and Services Administration they work in, the actual capacity being that have not shown improvement in (HRSA) and the Administration for utilized at certain points in time, as well four of six Benchmark areas identified Children and Families (ACF) has as updates of home visiting enrollment in the authorizing legislation after 3 submitted an Information Collection in number of families. years of grant funding are required to Request (ICR) to the Office of (2) Place-Based Services: HHS is complete corrective action plans Management and Budget (OMB) for seeking to collect information to (Improvement Action Technical review and approval. Comments identify the geographic areas where Assistance Plans), subject to approval by submitted during the first public review home visiting services are being the Secretary, in order to show how they of this ICR will be provided to OMB. provided. Specifically, data on zip code plan to achieve improvement in OMB will accept further comments from and locally defined communities are deficient areas. Currently HHS collects the public during the review and being requested from MIECHV grantees information related to selected approval period. in order to allow grantees an Benchmark areas from all MIECHV DATES: Comments on this ICR should be opportunity to provide data that grantees on an annual basis (OMB– received no later than October 14, 2015. identifies geographic areas that are most 0915–0357, expiration 7/31/2017). In ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, salient to their respective programs. order to monitor grantee improvement including the Information Collection Currently, HHS collects information toward meeting these Benchmarks, HHS Request Title, to the desk officer for related to service area zip code on an is seeking to collect information from HRSA, either by email to OIRA_ annual basis (OMB–0915–0357, grantees on implementation of their submission@omb.eop.gov or by fax to expiration 7/31/2017). HHS plans to Improvement Action Plans on a more 202–395–5806. allow the grantee to describe the service frequent basis. HHS proposes that state, community at the neighborhood, town, territory, and nonprofit organization FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To or city level where services are provided grantees with Improvement Action request a copy of the clearance requests based on their judgment of local Plans report the Benchmark measures submitted to OMB for review, email the salience, rather than solely at the county for which they were deemed as not HRSA Information Collection Clearance level, which is how geographic services showing improvement on a quarterly Officer at paperwork@hrsa.gov or call are currently reported. basis. It is estimated that approximately (301) 594–4306. (3) Family Engagement: Currently 9 grantees per year will require this SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HHS collects information related to more frequent reporting. Tribal grantees Information Collection Request Title: family engagement (attrition) on an that did not demonstrate improvement The Maternal, Infant, and Early annual basis (OMB–0915–0357, after 3 years will continue to develop Childhood Home Visiting Program expiration 7/31/2017). However, HHS program improvement plans as Quarterly Data Request. has learned through grants monitoring currently required. OMB No. 0906–xxxx—NEW. and technical assistance efforts that Likely Respondents: MIECHV Abstract: The Maternal, Infant, and family engagement is an ongoing and grantees. Early Childhood Home Visiting Program complex issue for home visiting service Burden Statement: Burden in this (MIECHV), administered by HRSA in providers. In order to monitor grantee context means the time expended by close partnership with the performance and target technical persons to generate, maintain, retain, Administration for Children and assistance efforts most effectively, HHS disclose or provide the information Families (ACF), supports voluntary, proposes that, in addition to annual requested. This includes the time evidence-based home visiting services reporting, MIECHV grantees will report needed to review instructions; to tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES during pregnancy and to parents with quarterly on the existing family develop, acquire, install and utilize young children up to kindergarten engagement metrics they are currently technology and systems for the purpose entry. States, Territories, nonprofit required to submit to HHS. These of collecting, validating and verifying organizations (in some circumstances), metrics are currently defined as the information, processing and and Tribal entities are eligible to receive number of participants currently maintaining information, and disclosing funding from the MIECHV Program and receiving services who have completed and providing information; to train have the flexibility to tailor the program the program, who stopped services personnel and to be able to respond to VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:15 Sep 11, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\14SEN1.SGM 14SEN1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 177 / Monday, September 14, 2015 / Notices 55137 a collection of information; to search transmit or otherwise disclose the hours estimated for this ICR are data sources; to complete and review information. The total annual burden summarized in the table below. the collection of information; and to TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS Average Number of Number of Total burden per Total burden Form name responses per respondents responses response hours respondent (in hours) Service Utilization Form—State, Territory, and Tribal MIECHV Grantees ............................................................ 1 125 4 500 24 12,000 Improvement Action Benchmark Form—State and Terri- tory MIECHV Grantees .................................................... 29 4 36 40 1,440 Total .............................................................................. 125 ........................ 536 ........................ 13,440 1 Thisfigures includes two responses for jurisdictions which received both formula and competitive funding in FY 2015. 2 Only includes MIECHV state, territory, and non-profit grantees that did not demonstrate improvement in 4 of 6 Benchmark areas after 3 years of grant funding. Dated: September 2, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To is needed for eligible entities to report Jackie Painter, request a copy of the clearance requests progress under the Home Visiting Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat, submitted to OMB for review, email the Program annually. On March 23, 2010, Health Resources and Services HRSA Information Collection Clearance the President signed into law the Patient Administration. Officer at paperwork@hrsa.gov or call Protection and Affordable Care Act Robert Sargis, (301) 594–4306. (ACA). Section 2951 of the ACA Reports Clearance Officer, Administration for SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: amended Title V of the Social Security Children and Families. Information Collection Request Title: Act by adding a new section, 511, which [FR Doc. 2015–23033 Filed 9–11–15; 8:45 am] Maternal, Infant, and Childhood Home authorized the creation of the Home BILLING CODE 4165–15–P Visiting (Home Visiting) Program for Visiting Program (http:// Non-Competing Continuation Progress frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/ Report OMB No. 0915–0356—Extension getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_ DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND A 30-day notice was previously bills&docid=f:h3590enr.txt.pdf, pages HUMAN SERVICES published on July 22, 2015 for this 216–2250). A portion of funding under information collection request but it this program is awarded to participating Health Resources and Services contained incorrect burden figures. states and eligible jurisdictions Administration Abstract: The Maternal, Infant, and competitively. The purpose of the Early Childhood Home Visiting competitive funding is to provide Agency Information Collection additional support to entities that have (MIECHV) Program, administered by the Activities: Submission to OMB for already made significant progress Health Resources and Services Review and Approval; Public Comment towards establishing a high-quality Administration (HRSA) in close Request home visiting program and also want to partnership with the Administration for AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Children and Families (ACF), supports implement innovative home visiting Administration, HHS. voluntary, evidence-based home visiting strategies in their states and services during pregnancy and to jurisdictions. ACTION: Notice. parents with young children up to The information collected will be SUMMARY: In compliance with Section kindergarten entry. Competitive grants used to review grantee progress on 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork support the efforts of eligible entities proposed project plans sufficient to Reduction Act of 1995, the Health that have already made significant permit project officers to assess whether Resources and Services Administration progress towards establishing a high the project is performing adequately to (HRSA) has submitted an Information quality home visiting program or achieve the goals and objectives that Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of embedding their home visiting program were previously approved. This report Management and Budget (OMB) for into a comprehensive, high-quality early will also provide implementation plans review and approval. Comments childhood system. All fifty states, the for the upcoming year, which project submitted during the first public review District of Columbia, five territories, and officers can assess to determine whether of this ICR will be provided to OMB. nonprofit organizations that would the plan is consistent with the grant as OMB will accept further comments from provide services in jurisdictions that approved, and will result in the public during the review and have not directly applied for or been implementation of a high-quality project approval period. approved for a grant are eligible for that will complement the home visiting competitive grants and if awarded, are program as a whole. Progress Reports DATES: Comments on this ICR should be required to submit non-competing are submitted to project officers through received no later than October 14, 2015. tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES continuation progress reports annually. the Electronic HandBooks (EHB). ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, There are currently 48 entities with Failure to collect this information including the Information Collection competitive grant awards. Some eligible would result in the inability of the Request Title, to the desk officer for entities have been awarded more than project officers to exercise due diligence HRSA, either by email to OIRA_ one competitive grant. in monitoring and overseeing the use of submission@omb.eop.gov or by fax to Need and Proposed Use of the grant funds in keeping with legislative, 202–395–5806. Information: This information collection policy, and programmatic requirements. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:15 Sep 11, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\14SEN1.SGM 14SEN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesComments on this ICR should be received no later than October 14, 2015.
ContactTo request a copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, email the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at [email protected] or call (301) 594- 4306.
FR Citation80 FR 55136 
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