[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 52 (Thursday, March 17, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14670-14671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6068]
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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 Needs Assessment and Plan for
Responding to Identified Needs.
OMB No.: New Collection.
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 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 conducting a needs assessment and
establishing benchmarks.
The Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Care,
in
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collaboration with the Health Resources and Services Administration,
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, recently awarded grants for the
Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program
(Tribal Home Visiting). The Tribal Home Visiting grant awards will
support 5-year cooperative agreements to conduct community needs
assessments, plan for and implement high-quality, culturally-relevant,
evidence-based 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.
In Phase 1 (Year 1) of the cooperative agreement, grantees must (1)
conduct a comprehensive community needs assessment and (2) develop a
plan and begin to build capacity to respond to identified needs.
Grantees will be expected to submit the needs assessment and plan for
responding to identified needs through an evidence-based home visiting
program within 10 months of the Year 1 award date. Grantees may engage
in needs assessment, planning, and capacity-building activities during
Phase 1, but will not fully implement their plan and/or begin serving
children and families through high-quality, evidence-based home
visiting programs. Pending successful Phase 1 activities and submission
(within 10 months of Year 1 award date) of a non-competing continuation
application that includes a needs assessment and approvable plan for
responding to identified needs, funds will be provided for Phase 2
(Implementation Phase, Years 2-5)
Respondents: Affordable Care Act Tribal Maternal, Infant, andEarly
Childhood Home Visiting Year 1 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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Needs Assessment and Plan................... 18 1 100 1,800
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,800.
Additional Information:
Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the
Administration for Children and Families, Office of Administration,
Office of Information Services, 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. E-mail
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, E-mail: [email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the
Administration for Children and Families.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-6068 Filed 3-16-11; 8:45 am]
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