Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program: Cost Reporting Tool for Pilot Test in Select Local Implementing Agencies
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Approved without change
06/12/2023
03/02/2023
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
06/30/2026
36 Months From Approved
06/30/2023
247
0
247
9,880
0
4,446
0
0
0
The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV) is authorized by the Social Security Act, Title V, § 511(c), as amended by Section 6101 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (P.L. 117-328). The MIECHV Program brings decades of research to fruition in supporting voluntary, evidence-based home visiting programs for expectant families and families with children up to kindergarten entry. States, certain non-profit organizations, and Tribal entities are eligible to receive funding from the MIECHV Program and have the flexibility to tailor the program to serve the specific needs of their communities. Awardees provide sub-awards to Local Implementing Agencies (LIAs) to provide evidence-based home visiting services to eligible families in at-risk communities. These programs are a critical component of a coordinated and cohesive system of support for families and young children.
The MIECHV Program works to improve maternal and child health, prevent child abuse and neglect, encourage positive parenting, and promote child development and school readiness by implementing evidence-based home visiting models. Although there is strong evidence on the effectiveness of these models, limited consistent information about the costs to implement home visiting models and deliver services to families is available to guide policy decisions. The HV-BAT was developed to address this need by collecting standardized information about the real costs of delivering home visiting in a given reporting year.
The request to increase the annual burden to 9,880 hours from the 4,446 hours currently approved is to be responsive to feedback received from the respondents and public comments, and not due to any changes to data collection tool.
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.