[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34953-34954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-14185]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Affordable Care Act Tribal Maternal, Infant and Early
Childhood Home Visiting Program Annual Report.
OMB No.: 0970-NEW.
Description: Section 511(h)(2)(A) of Title V of the Social Security
Act, as added by Section 2951 of the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act or ACA),
authorizes the Secretary of HHS 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 sets aside 3 percent of the total ACA Maternal,
Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program
appropriation (authorized in Section 511(j)) for grants to Tribal
entities and requires that the Tribal grants, to the greatest extent
practicable, be consistent with the requirements of the Maternal,
Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program grants to States and
territories (authorized in Section 511(c)), and include (1) Conducting
a needs assessment similar to the assessment required for all States
under the legislation and (2) establishing quantifiable, measurable 3-
and 5-year benchmarks consistent with the legislation.
The Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Care,
in collaboration with the Health Resources and Services Administration,
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, has awarded grants for the Tribal
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (Tribal
MIECHV). The Tribal MIECHV grant awards support 5-year cooperative
agreements to conduct community needs assessments, plan for and
implement (in accordance with an Implementation Plan submitted at the
end of Year 1) high-quality, culturally-relevant, evidence-based and
promising home visiting programs in at-risk Tribal communities, and
participate in research and evaluation activities to build the
knowledge base on home visiting among Native populations.
Section 511(e)(8)(A) of the Social Security Act, as added by
Section 2951 of the Affordable Care Act, requires that grantees under
the MIECHV program for States and Jurisdictions submit an annual report
to the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding the program and
activities carried out under the program, including such data and
information as the Secretary shall require. As described above, Section
511(h)(2)(A) further states that the requirements for the MIECHV grants
to Tribes, Tribal Organizations, and Urban Indian Organizations are to
be consistent, to the greatest extent practicable, with the
requirements for grantees under the MIECHV program for States and
Jurisdictions. In the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home
Visiting Program Guidance for Submitting a Needs Assessment and Plan
for Responding to Identified Needs (Phase 2 Implementation Plan) (OMB
Control No. 0970-0389, Expiration Date 6/30/14), Tribal MIECHV grantees
were notified that in Years 2-5 of their grant
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they must comply with the requirement for submission of an Annual
Report to the Secretary regarding the program and activities carried
out under the program. This report shall be submitted to HHS by Tribal
MIECHV grantees 90 days following the end of Years 2-5 of the grant.
This report shall address the following:
Update on Home Visiting Program Goals and Objectives.
Update on the Implementation of Home Visiting Program in Targeted
Community(ies).
Progress toward Meeting Legislatively Mandated Benchmark
Requirements.
Update on Rigorous Evaluation Activities.
Home Visiting Program Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Efforts.
Administration of Home Visiting Program.
Technical Assistance Needs.
Respondents: Affordable Care Act Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early
Childhood Home Visiting Program Year 2-5 Grantees.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Affordable Care Act Tribal Maternal, Infant, 25 1 50 1,250
and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program
Guidance for Submitting an Annual Report to
the Secretary..............................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,250.
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, 370 L'Enfant Promenade
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF 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, Fax: 202-395-
7285, Email: [email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the
Administration for Children and Families.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-14185 Filed 6-11-12; 8:45 am]
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