[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 238 (Monday, December 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77236-77237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31597]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Title: Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting
Evaluation: Baseline survey data collection.
OMB No.:
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACE) and
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) within the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have launched a national
evaluation called the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home
Visiting Evaluation (MIECE). This evaluation, mandated by the
Affordable Care Act, will inform the federal government about the
effectiveness of the newly established MIECHV program in its first few
years of operation, and provide information to help states develop and
strengthen home visiting programs in the future. By systematically
estimating the effects of home visiting programs across a wide range of
outcomes and studying the variation in how programs are implemented,
MIECE will provide valuable information on the effects of these
programs on parents and children. This includes investigating the
effects of home visiting on maternal and child well-being, how those
effects vary for different home visiting approaches, and how variations
in program design and implementation influence program fidelity and
impacts.
The MIECE study includes two phases: Phase 1 includes baseline data
collection and implementation data; Phase 2 includes follow up data
collection. The purpose of the current document is to request approval
of data collection efforts needed for Phase 1 of MIECE and to request a
waiver for subsequent 60 day notices for Phase 2. Phase I will include
data collected about families when they enter the study as well as data
on program implementation. Those data collection efforts include the
following: (1) Obtaining consent to collect data from all Phase 1
respondents, (2) surveys of parents when they enter the study, (3)
annual semi-structured interviews with state MIECHV administrators, (4)
annual surveys of home visiting program site managers, (5) annual
surveys of home visiting program site supervisors, (6) annual surveys
of program site home visitors, (7) annual surveys of administrators of
community resources that provide services relevant to home visited
families; (8) logs maintained by supervisors on supervisory activities,
(9) logs maintained by home visitors on service delivery, (10) self-
completed questionnaires by parents during selected home visits, (11)
self-completed questionnaires by home visitors during selected home
visits, and (12) qualitative interviews and focus groups with staff at
participating program sites in each state. These data will be used to
measure characteristics of participating families at the time of
enrollment into the study; characteristics of program staff; factors
for service delivery; and program implementation, fidelity, and costs.
In addition to data collected during Phase 1, the evaluation will
collect information on family outcomes around the time of the child's
first birthday. These data will include a one-hour interview with the
parent and 30-minutes of observed interactions between the parent and
child. This notice does not seek comment on these follow-up data
collection activities.
The baseline family survey will be used to collect information on
background and experiences when families enter the study. The remaining
data collection will be used to collect information on organizational
and individual-level factors that influence how home visiting services
are delivered. The visit logs for families participating in NIECE and
assigned to the home visiting group and the videotaped home visits will
be used to
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collect information on the services provided to families.
Respondents: The respondents, who will be the same in Phases 1 and
2 of the evaluation, will include enrolled parents; state MIECHV
administrators; home visiting program managers, supervisors, and home
visitors; and administrators of community resources. Data collection
activities will take place over a three-year period.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Annual number responses per hours per Total annual
of respondents respondent response burden hours
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Consent for all Phase 1 respondents............. 2040 1 0.2 408
Baseline survey of parents in the study......... 1700 1 1.0 1700
Semi-structured interviews with state MIECHV 8 1 2.0 16
administrators.................................
Surveys of program site managers................ 28 2 3.0 168
Surveys of program site supervisors............. 33 2 1.25 85
Surveys of program site home visitors........... 170 2 1.25 425
Surveys of community resource administrators.... 567 1 0.1 57
Supervisor logs................................. 33 48 0.5 792
Home visitor logs............................... 170 48 0.5 4080
Self-completed questionnaires by parents........ 255 1 0.2 51
Self-completed questionnaires by home visitors.. 85 3 0.2 51
Qualitative interviews and focus groups with 232 1 1.0 232
staff at participating program sites in each
state..........................................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours......... .............. .............. .............. 8,065
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In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. Email
address: [email protected]. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information collection.
The Department specifically requests comments on (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Dated: December 5, 2011.
Steven M. Hanmer,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-31597 Filed 12-9-11; 8:45 am]
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