Submission for OMB Review; Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Form 2: Grantee Performance Measures (OMB #0970-0500)

Published date16 January 2020
Citation85 FR 2744
Record Number2020-00593
SectionNotices
CourtChildren And Families Administration
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 11 (Thursday, January 16, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 11 (Thursday, January 16, 2020)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 2744-2745]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2020-00593]
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                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
                Administration for Children and Families
                Submission for OMB Review; Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early
                Childhood Home Visiting Program Form 2: Grantee Performance Measures
                (OMB #0970-0500)
                AGENCY: Office of Child Care; Administration for Children and Families;
                HHS.
                ACTION: Request for public comment.
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                SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is
                requesting a 3-year extension of the ACF--Tribal Maternal, Infant, and
                Early Childhood Home Visiting (Tribal MIECHV) Program Form 2: Grantee
                Performance Measures (OMB #0970-0500; Expiration date 8/31/2020). There
                are no changes requested to the form.
                DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. 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.
                ADDRESSES: 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.
                 Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by emailing
                [email protected]. Alternatively, copies can also 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: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests, emailed or
                written, should be identified by the title of the information
                collection.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                 Description: The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home
                Visiting Program (MIECHV) authorizes the Secretary of HHS (in Section
                511(h)(2)(A)) to award grants to Indian tribes (or a consortium of
                Indian tribes), tribal organizations, or urban Indian organizations to
                conduct an early childhood home visiting program. The legislation set
                aside 3 percent of the total MIECHV program appropriation for grants to
                tribal entities. Tribal MIECHV grants, to the greatest extent
                practicable, are to be consistent with the requirements of the MIECHV
                grants to states and jurisdictions and include conducting a needs
                assessment and establishing quantifiable, measurable benchmarks.
                 The ACF, Office of Child Care, in collaboration with the Health
                Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health
                Bureau, awards grants for the Tribal MIECHV Program. The Tribal MIECHV
                grant awards support 5-year cooperative agreements to conduct community
                needs assessments; plan for and implement high-quality, culturally
                relevant, evidence-based home visiting programs in at-risk tribal
                communities; collect and report on performance measures; and
                participate in research and evaluation activities to build the
                knowledge base on home visiting among Native populations.
                 Specifically, the MIECHV legislation requires that State and Tribal
                MIECHV grantees collect performance data to measure improvements for
                eligible families in six specified areas (referred to as ``benchmark
                areas'') that encompass the major goals for the program. These include:
                 1. Improved maternal and newborn health;
                 2. Prevention of child injuries, child abuse, neglect, or
                maltreatment, and reduction in emergency department visits;
                 3. Improvement in school readiness and achievement;
                 4. Reduction in crime or domestic violence;
                 5. Improvement in family economic self-sufficiency; and
                 6. Improvement in the coordination and referrals for other
                community resources and supports.
                 Tribal MIECHV grantees are required to propose a plan for meeting
                the benchmark requirements specified in the legislation and must report
                on improvement on constructs under each benchmark area. Tribal Home
                Visiting (HV) Form 2 will provide a template for Tribal MIECHV grantees
                to report data on their progress in improving performance under the six
                benchmark areas, as stipulated in the legislation.
                 ACF will continue to use Tribal HV Form 2 to:
                 Track and improve the quality of benchmark measures data
                submitted by the Tribal grantees;
                 Improve program monitoring and oversight;
                 Improve rigorous data analyses that help to assess the
                effectiveness of the programs and enable ACF to better monitor
                projects; and
                 Ensure adequate and timely reporting of program data to
                relevant federal agencies and stakeholders including Congress and
                members of the public.
                 Respondents: Tribal MIECHV Program Grantees.
                 Annual Burden Estimates
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                 Annual number Average burden
                 Instrument Total number of of responses hours per Annual burden
                 respondents per respondent response hours
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                Tribal MIECHV Form 2........................ 23 1 500 11,500
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                 Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 11,500.
                 Authority: Public Law 115-123, Section 511(h)(2)(A) of Title V
                of the Social Security Act.
                Mary B. Jones,
                ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
                [FR Doc. 2020-00593 Filed 1-15-20; 8:45 am]
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