Title: Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Implementation Plan Guidance and Form 1: Demographic and Service Utilization Data.
OMB No.: 0970-0389 (expired).
Description: Social Security Act, Title V, Section 511 (42 U.S.C. 711), as amended by the Medicare Access and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Public Law (Pub. L.) 114-10), created the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV) and authorized 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 (authorized in Section 511(j)) 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 (authorized in Section 511(c)), and include conducting a needs assessment and establishing quantifiable, measurable benchmarks.
The Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Care and Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood Development, in collaboration with the Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, awarded grants for the Tribal MIECHV Program. The Tribal MIECHV grant awards support 5-year cooperative agreements to conduct community needs and readiness assessments, plan for and implement high-quality, culturally-relevant, evidence-based home visiting programs in at-risk Tribal communities, and engage in rigorous evaluation activities to build the knowledge base on home visiting among American Indian and Alaska Native populations.
In Year 1 of the cooperative agreement, grantees must (1) conduct a comprehensive community needs and readiness assessment and (2) develop a plan to respond to identified needs. Grantees will be required to conduct or update a needs and readiness assessment and develop an implementation plan to respond to those needs, including a plan for demographic and service utilization data, performance measurement, and continuous quality improvement, and participating in or conducting rigorous evaluation activities. Grantees are expected to submit the implementation plan by the end of Year 1 of the grant, with draft submission milestones throughout the first year. As part of the non-competing continuation application for Years 3-5 of the grant, Tribal MIECHV grantees will update their implementation plans as necessary to ensure that the plan accurately reflects activities to be completed throughout the remainder of the grant.
Following each year that Tribal MIECHV grantees implement home visiting services, they must also submit Form 1: Demographic and Service Utilization Data.
Respondents: Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Grantees. (The information collection does not include direct interaction with individuals or families that receive the services).
Annual Burden Estimates
| Instrument | Number of respondents | Number of responses per respondent | Average burden hours per response | Total burden hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Implementation Plan Guidance | 25 | 1 | 1000 | 25,000 |
| Tribal MIECHV Form 1 Demographic & Service Utilization Data & Service Data | 25 | 1 | 500 | 12,500 |
| Estimated Annual Burden Hours | 37,500 |
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 37,500.
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. Attention Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified by the title of the information collection. Email address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
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: OIRA_SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and Families.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-14244 Filed 6-15-16; 8:45 am]
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