The Rural Health Network Development
Planning program supports one year of planning with the primary
goal of helping networks create a foundation for their
infrastructure and focusing member efforts to address important
regional or local community health needs. Performance measures were
drafted to provide data to the program and to enable HRSA to
provide aggregate program data. These measures cover the principal
topic areas of interest to the Office of Rural Health Policy,
including (a) network infrastructure; (b) network collaboration;
(c) sustainability; and (d) network assessment. Several measures
will be used for this program. The respondents would be Rural
Health Network Development Planning grant recipients.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.