[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23772-23773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10450]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under
review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in compliance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request
a copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 443-1129.
The following request has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995:
Proposed Project: Combating Autism Act Initiative Evaluation (New)
.
Background: In response to the growing need for research and
resources devoted to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other
developmental disorders (DD), the U.S. Congress passed the Combating
Autism Act (CAA) in 2006. This Act authorized Federal programs to
combat ASD and other DD through research, screening, intervention, and
education. Through the CAA, the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) is tasked with increasing awareness of ASD and
other DD, reducing barriers to screening and diagnosis, promoting
evidence-based interventions, and training health care professionals in
the use of valid and reliable screening and diagnostic tools.
Purpose: HRSA's activities under this legislation are conducted by
the Maternal and Child Health Bureau
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(MCHB), which is implementing the Combating Autism Act Initiative
(CAAI) in response to the legislative mandate. The purpose of this
evaluation is to design and implement a three-year assessment of the
effectiveness of MCHB's activities in meeting the goals and objectives
of the CAAI, and to provide sufficient data to inform MCHB and the
Congress as to the utility of the grant programs funded under the
Initiative. To address the requirements for the Report to Congress, the
evaluation will focus on short-term indicators related to: (1)
Increasing awareness of ASD and other DD among health care providers,
other MCH professionals and the general public; (2) reducing barriers
to screening and diagnosis; (3) supporting research on evidence-based
interventions; (4) promoting the development of evidence-based
guidelines and tested/validated intervention tools; and (5) training
professionals.
Respondents: Grantees funded by HRSA under the CAAI will be the
respondents for this data collection activity. The programs to be
evaluated are listed below.
1. Training Programs
Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
(LEND) training programs with thirty nine grantees; and
Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics (DBP) training
programs with six grantees.
2. Research Programs
Two Autism Intervention Research Networks that focus on
intervention research, guideline development, and information
dissemination;
Five R40 Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Autism
Intervention Research Program grantees that support research on
evidence-based practices for interventions to improve the health and
well-being of children and adolescents with ASD and other DD; and
Two R40 MCH Autism Intervention Secondary Data Analysis
Study (SDAS) Program grantees that support research on evidence-based
practices for interventions to improve the health and well-being of
children and adolescents with ASD and other DD, utilizing exclusively
the analysis of existing secondary data.
3. State Implementation Program Grants for Improving Services for
Children and Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Other
Developmental Disabilities (DD)
Nine grantees will implement state autism plans and
develop models for improving the system of care for children and youth
with ASD and other DD.
The data gathered through this evaluation will be used to:
Evaluate the grantees' performance in achieving the
objectives of the CAAI during the three year grant period;
Assess the short- and intermediate-term impacts of the
grant programs on children and
families affected by ASD and other DD;
Measure the CAAI outputs and outcomes for the Report to
Congress; and
Provide foundation data for future measurement of the
initiative's long-term impact.
The estimated response burden is shown in Table 1.
Table 1--Estimated Hour and Cost Burden of the Data Collection
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Responses Average
Grant program No. of per Total hours per Total hour Wage rate Total hour
respondents respondent responses response burden cost
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LEND......................................................... 39 6 234 .75 175.5 $39.36 $6907.68
DBP.......................................................... 6 6 36 .75 27 39.36 1062.72
State Implementation Program................................. 9 6 54 .75 40.5 38.22 1547.91
Research Program............................................. 9 6 54 .75 40.5 39.36 1594.08
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Total.................................................... 63 ........... 378 ........... 283.5 ........... 11,112.39
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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to
the desk officer for HRSA, either by e-mail to [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974. Please direct all
correspondence to the ``attention of the desk officer for HRSA.''
Dated April 28, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2010-10450 Filed 5-3-10; 8:45 am]
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