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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: The Maternal,
Infant, and Early Childhood Home
Visiting Program Statewide Needs
Assessment Update
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
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 July 23, 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:
The Maternal, Infant, and Early
Childhood Home Visiting Program
Statewide Needs Assessment Update—
OMB No. 0906–0038—Revision
Abstract: HRSA is requesting
approval to collect amended statewide
needs assessment updates from
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood
Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program
awardees. The 2020 statewide needs
assessment update approved under
OMB control number 0906–0038
expired November 30, 2021, and is
discontinued. The prior approval was
discontinued as the requirement was for
a one-time data collection in response to
the 2018 reauthorizing statute. This
request will reinstate this information

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collection with no changes. Eligible
entities that are states, jurisdictions, and
non-profit organizations submitted
statewide needs assessment updates in
response to the 2020 Needs Assessment
Update Supplemental Information
Request (SIR) (and a corresponding SIR
for jurisdiction awardees). Eligible
entities that wish to amend their
previously submitted needs assessment
updates will have the opportunity to do
so prior to submitting their fiscal year
2025 base and matching grant funding
application and in response to new
instructions provided by the agency for
this purpose.
The MIECHV Program, authorized by
section 511 of the Social Security Act,
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 to parents with young
children up to kindergarten entry.
States, jurisdictions, and tribal entities,
and nonprofit organizations, in certain
circumstances, are eligible to receive
funding through MIECHV and have the
flexibility, within the parameters of the
authorizing statute, to tailor the program
to serve the specific needs of their
communities.
The statewide needs assessment is a
critical and foundational resource that
assists awardees in identifying and
understanding how to meet the needs of
eligible families living in at-risk
communities in their states.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: Congress, through
enactment of the Social Security Act,
Title V, Section 511 (42 U.S.C. 711), as
amended, established the MIECHV
Program. The MIECHV Program is
designed to: (1) strengthen and improve
the programs and activities carried out
under Title V of the Social Security Act;
(2) improve coordination of services for
at risk communities; and (3) identify
and provide comprehensive services to
improve outcomes for families who
reside in at risk communities. Section
511(b)(1) of the Social Security Act
requires that states review and update
their statewide needs assessments
(which may be separate from, but in
coordination with, the Title V statewide
needs assessment) no later than October
1, 2020, as a condition of receiving
payments from Title V Block Grant
allotments. Since completing the needs
assessment update, state and
jurisdiction awardees may wish to
amend their needs assessment update to
identify communities where families
with the most need are located in their
state or jurisdiction.

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In response to the 2020 Needs
Assessment Update SIR, state and
jurisdiction awardees were required to
submit an updated statewide needs
assessment that identified all the
following information, as required by
the MIECHV authorizing statute:
(1) Communities with concentrations
of (a) premature birth, low-birth weight
infants, and infant mortality, including
infant death due to neglect, or other
indicators of at-risk prenatal, maternal,
newborn, or child health; (b) poverty; (c)
crime; (d) domestic violence; (e) high
rates of high-school drop-outs; (f)
substance abuse; (g) unemployment; or
(h) child maltreatment.
(2) The quality and capacity of
existing programs or initiatives for early
childhood home visitation in the state
including: the number and types of
individuals and families who are
receiving services under such programs
or initiatives; the gaps in early
childhood home visitation in the state;
and the extent to which such programs
or initiatives are meeting the needs of
eligible families.
(3) The state’s capacity for providing
substance abuse treatment and
counseling services to individuals and
families in need of such treatment or
services.
The SIR provided guidance to states
in updating their statewide needs
assessments and submitting the required
information to HRSA. States that elected
not to apply or be awarded MIECHV
funds were encouraged to work with
nonprofit organizations that received
awards to provide MIECHV services
within the state and indicate whether
they will submit their needs
assessments directly or through the
nonprofit organization awardee. HRSA
and recipients providing MIECHV
services within states used the
information collected through the needs
assessment update to reaffirm the
provision of MIECHV home visiting
services in at-risk communities. The
information is also used to support
program planning, improvement, and
decision-making. States wishing to
amend their needs assessment will be
asked to provide new information and
supporting data. HRSA will provide
specific instructions to awardees who
request to amend their needs assessment
update in advance of their fiscal year
2025 funding application. HRSA is not
proposing any changes to the previously
approved Needs Assessment SIR.
Likely Respondents: MIECHV Program
Awardees that are states, jurisdictions,
and, where applicable, nonprofit
organizations providing services within
states.

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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
Number of
respondents

Form name

Average
burden per
response
(in hours)

Total
responses

Total burden
hours

Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Statewide Needs Assessment Update—Amended

35

1

35

30

1,050

Total ..............................................................................

35

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

35

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

1,050

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: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment
Request; Home Visiting Assessment of
Implementation Quality Study:
Understanding Supervisor Supports in
Home Visiting
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
HRSA submitted an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. Comments
submitted during the first public review
of this ICR will be provided to OMB.
OMB will accept further comments from
the public during the review and
approval period. OMB may act on
HRSA’s ICR only after the 30-day

SUMMARY:

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Number of
responses per
respondent

hours estimated for this ICR are
summarized in the table below. Burden
hours reflect that existing needs
assessments will be amended rather
than fully developed.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden
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comment period for this notice has
closed.
Comments on this ICR should be
received no later than June 24, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under Review—Open for
Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request a copy of the clearance requests
submitted to OMB for review, email
Joella Roland, the HRSA Information
Collection Clearance Officer, at
[email protected] or call (301) 443–
3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title:
Home Visiting Assessment of
Implementation Quality Study:
Understanding Supervisor Supports in
Home Visiting OMB No. 0906–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 (LIAs) to
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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 support for supervisors of home
visitors. A qualified, stable, and
supported home visitor workforce is an
important quality component of home
visiting, and supervision is a key part of
supporting that workforce. The
requested information collection will
explore how training for supervisors
may be linked to home visitor job
satisfaction. It will also examine how
supervisor training in important content
areas (e.g., substance use, intimate
partner violence) may affect the extent
to which home visitors talk to families
about these topics. Data collection will
include an online recruitment survey,
interviews, and focus groups.
A 60-day notice was published in the
Federal Register on February 2, 2024 at
89 FR 7400–01. There were no public
comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: HRSA is seeking additional
information about how the MIECHV
Program can train and support
supervisors of home visitors to provide
high-quality supervision. HRSA intends
to use this information to identify
practices that MIECHV awardees and
LIAs could use to best support home
visiting supervisors, improving home
visitors’ ability to deliver high-quality
home visiting services.
Likely Respondents: MIECHV-funded
LIA staff, including program directors,
coordinators, supervisors, and home
visitors.

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