The Mother and Infant Home Visiting
Program Evaluation (MIHOPE) is a longitudinal study providing
information about the effectiveness of the Maternal, Infant, and
Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program. The purpose of
MIHOPE-K is to conduct a follow-up study that assesses the
long-term impact of the MIECHV Program when the participating
children are in kindergarten. Since initially approved, data
collection for the first two cohorts (approximately 2,700 families)
has been completed. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated
public health emergency restrictions, the project was forced to
delay the planned data collection with MIHOPE families with
children in kindergarten in the 2020-2021 academic year. Completing
data collection has required the project team to develop an option
for virtually collecting data originally collected in-person in
participants’ homes. A pre-testing generic OMB package has
facilitated the preparation of this option (OMB #0970-0355). Data
collection for the approximately 1,400 families remaining is
planned to begin in January 2022. The MIHOPE-K team proposes
nonsubstantive COVID-19 pandemic-related changes to our data
collection activities (caregiver survey, teacher survey, and
activities we have been doing while in families’ homes [i.e., child
direct assessments, a direct assessment with the caregiver, and a
video-recorded caregiver-child interaction]) and related materials.
We have also made some minor non-pandemic related changes to
contact materials to address families’ reactions to contact
materials used to date. The current information collection is
approved through November 30, 2021. A full extension request is
currently in process.
This change request includes a
minor change in estimated time to complete the caregiver survey and
the direct assessments of children. Burden has also been updated to
reflect the remain time for approval. The current information
collection is approved through November 30, 2021. A full extension
request is currently in process.
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.
MIHOPE-K Cohort 3 4 Cover Memo_for nonsubstantive change.docx
School records: data file submission