81 FR 62511 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Cost Reporting Pilot Study

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 175 (September 9, 2016)

In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA 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 81, Number 175 (Friday, September 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62511-62512]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21734]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Maternal, Infant, and 
Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Cost Reporting Pilot Study

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA 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

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the public during the review and approval period.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than October 
11, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the ICR 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) 443-
1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Information Collection Request Title: Maternal, Infant, and Early 
Childhood Home Visiting Program Cost Reporting Pilot Study
    OMB No. 0906-xxxx--NEW
    Abstract: The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting 
Program (Federal Home Visiting Program), 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, Tribal 
entities, and certain nonprofit organizations are eligible to receive 
funding from the Federal Home Visiting Program and have the flexibility 
to tailor the program to serve the specific needs of their communities. 
Funding recipients may subaward grant funds to organizations, otherwise 
known as Local Implementing Agencies (LIAs), in order to provide 
services to eligible families in at-risk communities.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: This information 
collection is requested to conduct a pilot study to test the 
reliability of a standardized cost reporting tool for the provision of 
evidence-based home visiting services. The information collected will 
be used to: Test the reliability and feasibility of implementing a 
proposed set of standardized cost metrics and organizational 
characteristics across various contexts; estimate preliminary total 
costs for implementing evidence-based home visiting services, including 
ranges, and; further refine cost metrics and the cost reporting tool 
based on feedback received through the pilot study. Proposed standard 
cost metrics have been developed based on a review of the existing 
literature for measures of home visiting costs, as well as from ongoing 
discussions with developers of evidence-based home visiting models.
    HRSA received comments from one respondent during the public 
comment period which estimated the hourly burden per response to be 16 
hours. The estimated burden has been revised to reflect this feedback. 
Further, the commenter expressed an interest in using the tool to 
analyze the cost-benefit and overall value of home visiting programs. 
While the cost reporting tool may be useful in collecting information 
that will lead to additional cost-benefit analyses, those analyses are 
outside the scope of the current project. A full response to the 
comments can be accessed in Part A of the Supporting Statement.
    Likely Respondents: Organizations, including LIAs providing 
evidence-based home visiting services through the Federal Home Visiting 
Program.
    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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                                                                                      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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Cost Elements Table.............              90               1              90            15.5           1,395
Organizational Characteristics                90               1              90             0.5              45
 Table..........................
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    Total.......................          \1\ 90  ..............              90  ..............           1,440
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\1\ The same 90 individuals complete the Cost Elements Table and the Organizational Characteristics Table.


Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2016-21734 Filed 9-8-16; 8:45 am]
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