83 FR 22269 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 93 (May 14, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 93 (Monday, May 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22269-22270]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10169]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[OMB NO.: 0970-0402]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation (MIHOPE): 
Long-Term Follow-Up.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), in 
partnership with the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA), both of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), 
is proposing a data collection activity as part of the Mother and 
Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation Long-Term Follow-Up project 
(MIHOPE-LT). The purpose of MIHOPE-LT is to conduct follow-up studies 
that assess the long-term impact of the Maternal, Infant, and Early 
Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program. The design of MIHOPE-LT calls 
for multiple follow-up points including when the participating children 
are in kindergarten, 3rd grade, early adolescence, and late 
adolescence. This Federal Register Notice is specific to the first 
follow-up study. Data collected during the first follow-up study (when 
the children from the MIHOPE sample are of kindergarten age) will 
include the following: (1) A one-hour survey with the child's primary 
caregiver (who will be the mother if she is available), (2) direct 
assessments of child development, (3) a semi-structured interview with 
the caregiver, (4) surveys with the child's teacher, (5) a direct 
assessment of the caregiver, and (6) 15 minutes of videotaped 
interactions between the caregiver and child. In addition to collecting 
these data, the MIHOPE-LT project will also maintain up-to-date consent 
forms for the collection of administrative data. Future information 
collection requests and related Federal Register Notices will describe 
future data collection efforts for this project.
    Data collected during the kindergarten follow-up study will be used 
to estimate the effects of MIECHV-funded programs on seven domains: (1) 
Maternal health; (2) child health; (3) child development and school 
performance; (4) child maltreatment; (5) parenting; (6) crime or 
domestic violence; and (7) family economic self-sufficiency.
    Respondents: The respondents in this follow-up study will include 
4,115 families who participated in MIHOPE and 4,115 teachers of the 
focal children from those families.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                  Annual  number     Number of        Average
           Instrument              Total number         of         responses per   burden hours    Annual burden
                                  of respondents    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Survey of caregivers............            4115            1372               1               1            1372
Direct assessments of children..            4115            1372               1             1.5            2058
Semi-structured interview with               100              33               1               2              66
 caregivers.....................
Survey of the focal children's              4115            1372               1             0.5             686
 teachers.......................
Direct assessments of caregivers            4115            1372               1            0.25             343
Videotaped caregiver-child                  8230            2743               1            0.25             686
 interactions...................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,211.
    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, 
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW, 
Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All 
requests should be identified by the title of the information 
collection. Email address: [email protected].
    OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the 
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of 
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best 
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of 
publication.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent directly to the following: Office of 
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Email: 
[email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration 
for Children and Families.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-10169 Filed 5-11-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4184-77-P