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###### Department of Health and Human Services

###### Health Resources and Services Administration

###### Administration for Children and Families

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Any person interested in obtaining other relevant information can contact Ms. Billie Butler, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration; e-mail:                         *bbutler@hrsa.gov;*                         telephone: (301) 443-1149.                    

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

                    The Advisory Committee on the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Evaluation is authorized by subsection 511(g)(1) of Title V of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 701*et seq.*) as amended by section 2951 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-148) (Affordable Care Act). The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the design, plan, progress, and findings of the evaluation required for the home visiting program under the Affordable Care Act. More specifically, the Committee is to review, and make recommendations on, the design and plan for this evaluation; maintain and advise the Secretary regarding the progress of the evaluation; and comment, if the Committee so desires, on the report submitted to Congress under subsection 511(g)(3) of Title V.                

The study design options for this national evaluation will be formally presented to the Committee for review. The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has contracted with MDRC, formerly known as Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan education and social policy research organization, to develop the design options for the evaluation of the home visiting program.

As specified in the legislation, the evaluation will provide a state-by-state analysis of the needs assessments and the States' actions in response to the assessments. Additionally, as specified in the legislation, the evaluation will provide an assessment of: (a) The effect of early childhood home visiting programs on outcomes for parents, children, and communities with respect to domains specified in the Affordable Care Act (such as maternal and child health status, school readiness, and domestic violence, among others); (b) the effectiveness of such programs on different populations, including the extent to which the ability to improve participant outcomes varies across programs and populations; and (c) the potential for the activities conducted under such programs, if scaled broadly, to enhance health care practices, eliminate health disparities, improve health care system quality, and reduce costs.

Dated: March 4, 2011.

Mary K. Wakefield,

Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration.

Dated: March 4, 2011.

Mark Greenberg,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Administration for Children and Families.

[FR Doc. 2011-5508 Filed 3-7-11; 4:15 pm]

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