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 participantsâ 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 familiesâ 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 familiesâ 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
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