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the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected, and (4) the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request; Information
Collection Request Title: Assessing
Strategies To Promote Children’s
Engagement and Active Participation
in Virtual Home Visits
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.

AGENCY:

ACTION:

Notice.

In compliance with the
requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection
projects of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, HRSA announces plans to
submit an Information Collection
Request (ICR), described below, to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to
OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the
public regarding the burden estimate,
below, or any other aspect of the ICR.

SUMMARY:

Comments on this ICR should be
received no later than February 5, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
[email protected] or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 14N39, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and draft
instruments, email [email protected]
or call Joella Roland, the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, at (301) 443–3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting

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information, please include the ICR title
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Assessing Strategies to Promote
Children’s Engagement and Active
Participation in Virtual Home Visits
OMB No. 0915–xxxx [New].
Abstract: The Maternal, Infant, and
Early Childhood Home Visiting
(MIECHV) Program, authorized by
Social Security Act, title V, section 511
(42 U.S.C. 711) and administered by
HRSA in partnership with the
Administration for Children and
Families, supports voluntary, evidencebased home visiting services during
pregnancy and for parents with young
children up to kindergarten entry.
States, Tribal entities, and certain
nonprofit organizations 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. Funding
recipients may subaward grant funds to
local implementing agencies to provide
home visiting services to eligible
families in at-risk communities.
This information collection is part of
the Assessing and Describing Practice
Transitions Among Evidence-Based
Home Visiting Programs in Response to
the COVID–19 Public Health Emergency
Study, which aims to identify and study
practices implemented in response to
the COVID–19 public health emergency
that support evidence-based practice
and have the potential to enhance home
visiting programming. One of the
practices the study identified is
strategies home visitors use to engage
children and promote their active
engagement during virtual visits. The
purpose of this information collection is
to better understand, through rapid
cycle learning, how MIECHV-funded
home visiting programs can implement
virtual strategies improve child
engagement and how home visitors can
apply these strategies during in-person
service delivery.
Information will be collected in four
phases designed to (1) identify virtual
child engagement strategies (codefinition phase); (2) pilot test and
identify refinements to improve the
implementation of strategies
(installation phase); (3) iteratively test
the strategies with refinements to their
implementation (refinement phase); and
(4) assess the potential of these child
engagement strategies to improve

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service delivery and promote family
engagement and family satisfaction with
home visiting programs in both virtual
and in-person settings (summary phase).
Data collection activities include focus
groups, online questionnaires, and
review of documents and administrative
data.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: With the end of the
COVID–19 public health emergency,
most MIECHV-funded home visiting
programs have transitioned back to
some level of in-person service delivery.
However, many continue to offer
occasional virtual home visits if
warranted and appropriate, such as
during inclement weather or due to
family and staff health concerns.
Understanding the virtual strategies that
home visitors used or are using to
address the challenges of engaging
children during virtual home visits, how
these strategies can be implemented,
how these strategies and learned lessons
can be applied to in-person settings, and
how children and families respond to
these strategies will be valuable to the
field. HRSA intends to use collected
information to share evidence-informed
resources and strategies that MIECHV
awardees can use to optimize children’s
engagement and active participation and
strengthen their home visiting services.
Likely Respondents: Respondents
include (1) families who receive home
visiting services and (2) MIECHVfunded home visiting program staff,
which may include program directors,
managers, supervisors, and home
visitors.
Burden Statement: Burden in this
context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose, or provide the information
requested. This includes the time
needed to review instructions; to
develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purpose
of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information; to search
data sources; to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information. The total annual burden
hours estimated for this ICR are
summarized in the table below.

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TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents

Form name

Program Eligibility Protocol ..................................................
Program Staff Focus Group Protocol 1 (Co-definition
Phase) ..............................................................................
Program Staff Focus Group Protocol 2 (Co-definition
Phase) ..............................................................................
Program Staff Focus Group Protocol (Installation & Refinement Phases) .............................................................
Program Staff Focus Group Protocol (Summary Phase) ....
Family Focus Group Protocol (Co-definition & Summary
Phases) ............................................................................
Home Visitor Questionnaire (Installation & Refinement
Phases) ............................................................................
Family Post-Visit Questionnaire (Refinement Phase) .........
Focus Group Participant Characteristics Form (All Phases)
Total ..............................................................................

HRSA specifically requests comments
on (1) the necessity and utility of the
proposed information collection for the
proper performance of the agency’s
functions, (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected, and (4) the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request; Information
Collection Request Title: Home Visiting
Assessment of Implementation Quality
Study: Better Addressing Disparities
Through Home Visiting
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection
projects of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, HRSA announces plans to
submit an Information Collection
Request (ICR), described below, to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to

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Number of
responses per
respondent

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Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Total burden
hours

16

1

16

1.00

16.0

24

1

24

1.50

36.0

24

1

24

1.50

36.0

24
24

3
1

72
24

1.00
1.00

72.0
24.0

48

1

48

1.00

48.0

40
48
120

9
6
1

360
288
120

0.17
0.08
0.08

61.2
23.0
9.6

368

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976

........................

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OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the
public regarding the burden estimate,
below, or any other aspect of the ICR.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be
received no later than February 5, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
[email protected] or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 14N39, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and draft
instruments, email [email protected]
or call Joella Roland, the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, at (301) 443–3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the ICR title
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Home Visiting Assessment of
Implementation Quality Study: Better
Addressing Disparities through Home
Visiting, OMB No. 0915–xxxx—[NEW]
Abstract: The Maternal, Infant, and
Early Childhood Home Visiting
(MIECHV) Program, authorized by
Social Security Act, title V, section 511
(42 U.S.C. 711) and administered by
HRSA in partnership with the
Administration for Children and
Families, supports voluntary, evidencebased home visiting services during
pregnancy and for parents with young
children up to kindergarten entry.
States, tribal entities, and certain
nonprofit organizations 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. Funding
recipients may subaward grant funds to

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local implementing agencies (LIAs) to
provide home visiting services to
eligible families in at-risk communities.
Through the Home Visiting
Assessment of Implementation Quality
Study, HRSA aims to examine specific
components of the Home Visiting
Implementation Quality Conceptual
Framework to inform strategies for
implementing high quality home
visiting programs. One of the three
quality components the study will focus
on is addressing disparities. HRSA will
explore how families that experience
disparities in outcomes targeted by the
MIECHV Program experience home
visiting services. The requested
information collection is an initial step
in understanding those experiences and
will provide a better understanding of
how MIECHV-funded home visiting
programs currently address disparities
and promote equity. Data collection
activities include interviews, focus
groups, online surveys, program
observations, and review of documents
and management information systems
data.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: HRSA is seeking additional
information about families’ experiences
within home visiting and strategies the
MIECHV Program has used to address
disparities in their work with families.
HRSA intends to use this information to
identify actionable strategies that
MIECHV awardees and LIAs could take
to remove potential obstacles to family
enrollment in home visiting services
and to help address health disparities.
Likely Respondents: MIECHV Program
awardees that are states, nonprofit
organizations, and tribes; LIA staff
(program directors, coordinators,
supervisors, and home visitors); and
families that experience greater

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