[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 24, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 14165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6437]
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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: Evaluation of the State Early Childhood Comprehensive
Systems Grant (ECCS) Program: New
HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) is conducting an
assessment of MCHB's State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Grant
(ECCS) Program. The purpose of the ECCS Program is to assist States and
Territories in their efforts to build and implement statewide Early
Childhood Comprehensive Systems that support families and communities
in their development of children that are healthy and ready to learn at
school entry. These systems must be multi-agency and be comprised of
the key public and private agencies that provide services and resources
to support families and communities in providing for the healthy
physical, social, and emotional development of all young children.
Grantees are also charged with addressing seven key elements of early
childhood comprehensive systems: (1) Governance, (2) financing, (3)
communications, (4) family leadership development, (5) provider/
practitioner support, (6) standards, and (7) monitoring/accountability.
ECCS funding is offered to 52 States and Jurisdictions.
An evaluation will be conducted to: (1) Identify and analyze the
strategies that grantees and partners are using to build comprehensive
early childhood systems, (2) measure the level of progress grantees
have made in meeting both the overarching Federal goals and objectives
for ECCS grantees and those of their statewide plans, and (3) assess
the effectiveness of grantees' early childhood systems development
activities. The information from the evaluation will supplement and
enhance MCHB's current data collection efforts by providing a
quantifiable, standardized, systematic mechanism for collecting
information across the funded implementation grantees. The results will
also provide MCHB with timely feedback on the achievements of the ECCS
Program and identify potential areas for improvement which will inform
program planning and operational decisions.
Data collection tools for which OMB approval is being requested
include Web-based surveys, telephone interviews, and a Web-based
indicator reporting system. Web-based surveys are intended to collect
information from all grantees regarding the structure and functioning
of the State Team, the nature of activities, and perceptions of
progress made in achieving outcomes. One survey will be directed at
ECCS Coordinators while a second similar, but shorter survey will be
directed at selected State Team members (5 State Team members from each
State). The telephone interviews will be conducted with ECCS
Coordinators to collect more detailed information on how early
childhood services have been integrated, challenges and successes of
implementation, and how the activities are designed to improve the
lives of children and families. ECCS Coordinators will also be asked to
enter information on three early child and family outcome indicators
and provide a theory of change, or rationale, on how a specific ECCS
activity or set of related activities will produce a measurable change
in each outcome indicator.
Respondents: ECCS Coordinators and State Team members from the 52
grantees will be the primary respondents for the instruments. The
estimated response burden is as follows:
Estimate Annualized Burden Table
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Number of Average burden
Forms Type of respondent Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Web-based Survey............................... ECCS Coordinators...................... 52 1 0.75 39
Web-based Survey............................... State Team Members..................... 260 1 0.3 78
Telephone Interview............................ ECCS Coordinators...................... 52 1 1.75 91
Indicator Reporting System..................... ECCS Coordinators...................... 52 1 1.5 78
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Total...................................... ....................................... 416 .............. .............. 286
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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 OIRA
[email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974. Please direct all
correspondence to the ``attention of the desk officer for HRSA.''
Dated: March 15, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Director, Division of Policy and Information and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2010-6437 Filed 3-23-10; 8:45 am]
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