Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Data Reports: Demographic and Service Utilization, Grantee Performance Measures and Quarterly Performance Reports
Tribal Maternal, Infant, and
Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Data Reports: Demographic and
Service Utilization, Grantee Performance Measures and Quarterly
Performance Reports
No
material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved
collection
Section 511 Title V of the Social
Security Act created the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home
Visiting (MIECHV) Program and authorized the Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to
Indian tribes (or a consortium of Indian tribes), tribal
organizations, or urban Indian organizations. The most recent
reauthorization of the MIECHV program set aside 6 percent of the
total MIECHV program appropriation for grants to tribal entities
and indicates that the Tribal MIECHV grants, to the greatest extent
practicable, be consistent with the requirements of the MIECHV
grants to states and territories and include conducting a needs
assessment and establishing benchmarks. This nonsubstantive change
request is specific to the Tribal MIECHV Demographic and Service
Utilization Data Report (DSUR). The Tribal MIECHV DSUR is designed
to collect demographic and service utilization data to ensure
grantees are serving families that are the most in need of home
visiting services including data on the number of newly enrolled
and continuing participants, educational level and poverty status
of participants, education level of staff and number of home
visits. On August 11, 2023, the DSUR was approved by OMB with an
expiration date of 8/31/2026. A need for clarification was recently
discovered. The description for Table 1(a): Pregnant Participants
Who Remained in the Program After Giving Birth During the Reporting
Period in the body of the report is worded differently than the
definition at the back of the document in the Instructions and
Definitions of Key Terms. This non-substantive change will reduce
inconsistencies in reporting and is in alignment with the way
grantees currently collect data for this indicator. Specifically,
the proposed change is to change the Table 1(a) description to
match the definition: from "Number of pregnant participants who
gave birth during the reporting period and were still enrolled at
the end of the reporting period" to "Number of pregnant
participants who received at least one home visit after giving
birth during the reporting period." This change would clarify
reporting requirements for grantees by decreasing confusion and
aligning the table description on page 3 with the Instructions and
Definitions of Key Terms on Page 16. We do not think this minor
change would constitute a change in burden for grantees since it is
the clarification of an error. The definition already exists in the
form, it just needs to be made consistent throughout.
PL:
Pub.L. 117 - 328 511 Name of Law: Title V of SSA (Maternal and
Child Health Services Block Grant)
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.