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• Validate the meal reimbursement 

claims submitted by FDCHs for the 

number of children who are CACFP 

eligible and present in the FDCHs 

during the time period(s) for which the 

meals/snacks were claimed. 

• Generate the data required for 

developing an estimate of improper 

payments, based on the meals claimed 

for reimbursement by FDCHs, that meet 

the requirements of the Improper 

Payments Information Act of 2002. 

• Be implemented nationwide in an 

efficient and cost effective method. 

A feasibility evaluation will be 

conducted of the parent-recall data 

collection methodology in validating 

meal claims submitted for 

reimbursement by FDCH providers. 

Observations conducted on-site in the 

homes of FDCH providers will be used 

in the feasibility evaluation. The 

methodology compares meal 

reimbursement claims submitted by 

FDCHs to their sponsors and data 

collected through each of the following 

two data collection methodologies: 

• Recollections of parents/guardians 

on their children’s attendance at the 

FDCHs during the days and times of the 

claims. 

• Observations made during on site 

visits to FDCHs during scheduled meal 

times. 

Based on the findings from the 

feasibility evaluation, FNS will 

determine the reliability of using parentrecall information in evaluating meal 

claims submitted by FDCH providers. If 

determined to be reliable, the parentrecall method of data collection shall be 

tested at a national level, and FNS will 

evaluate the feasibility of implementing 

it nationwide to validate the meals 

claimed for reimbursement. 

Affected Public: 1,024 Individual/ 

Households; 16 State, Local & Tribal 

Government and Business-for-profit (64 

CACFP Sponsors and 256 FDCH 

providers). 

Respondent type identified: Parent/ 

guardian of each of the sampled 

children attending a sample of FDCHs 

will be contacted by telephone. Request 

for child enrollment, sponsor agreement 

and meal claim information will be 

requested of the sampled CACFP 

sponsors and providers. In addition, 

observations will be conducted in the 

homes of the FDCH providers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

The estimated number of respondents 

included in the survey of parents is 

1,024. Sixty-four sponsors in 16 States 

and 256 FDCH providers will be 

sampled and requested to provide 

supporting program information. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: The number of responses 

per set of parents/guardians for a 

sampled child attending a FDCH is one. 

The number of responses per State, 

sponsor and FDCH provider is one. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

estimated average time to respond to the 

parent/guardian survey is 10.2 minutes 

(.17/Hour). The estimated average times 

for a State, sponsor and FDCH provider 

to respond are 45 minutes (.75/Hour), 

390 minutes (6.50/Hour), and 75 

minutes (1.25/Hour) respectively. Nonresponses or attempted interviews are 

estimated to take 6 minutes (0.10/hour). 

Respondent 

Estimated 

number of 

respondents 

Responses 

annually per 

respondent 

Total annual 

responses 

Estimated 

average number of hours 

per response 

Estimated total 

annual hours 

of response 

burden 

SFA Directors 

States: 

Completed interviews ................................................... 16 1.00 16 0.7500 12.00000 

Attempted interviews .................................................... 0 1.00 0 0.1000 .00000 

Sponsors: 

Completed interviews ................................................... 64 1.00 64 6.5000 416.00000 

Attempted interviews .................................................... 5 1.00 5 0.1000 0.50000 

FDCH Provider 

Completed interviews ................................................... 256 1.00 256 1.25 320.00000 

Attempted interviews .................................................... 13 1.00 13 0.1000 1.30000 

Parents: 

Completed interviews ................................................... 1,024 1.00 1,024 0.1700 174.08000 

Attempted interviews .................................................... 102 1.00 102 0.1000 10.20000 

Total Responding burden ............................................. 1,480 ........................ 1,480 ........................ 934.08000 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 934.08000 hours. 

Dated: March 4, 2011. 

Julia Paradis, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5620 Filed 3–10–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—WIC 

Breastfeeding Peer Counseling Study 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice invites the general public and 

other public agencies to comment on the 

proposed collection of data for the 

second phase of the WIC Breastfeeding 

Peer Counseling Study. The first phase 

of this study examined the 

implementation of the Loving Support 

peer counseling program in State and 

local WIC agencies across the country; 

the final report on this first phase of the 

study may be downloaded from http:// 

www.fns.usda.gov/ora/ (see ‘‘WIC 

studies’’). This second phase is a 

revision of a currently approved 

collection which will assess the impact 

of including in-person peer counseling 

as part of the Loving Support program 

on breastfeeding outcomes for WIC 

participants. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before May 10, 2011 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 


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information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions that 

were used; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments may be sent to: Steve 

Carlson, Director, Office of Research and 

Analysis, Food and Nutrition Service, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 

Park Center Drive, Room 1014, 

Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may 

also be submitted via fax to the attention 

of Steve Carlson at 703–305–2576 or via 

e-mail to Steve.Carlson@fns.usda.gov. 

Comments will also be accepted through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, and follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments electronically. 

All written comments will be open for 

public inspection at the office of the 

Food and Nutrition Service during 

regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 

5 p.m., Monday through Friday) at, 3101 

Park Center Drive, Room 1014, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22302. All 

electronic comments can be viewed 

through http://www.regulations.gov. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

be a matter of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of this information collection 

should be directed to Steve Carlson at 

703–305–2017. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: WIC Breastfeeding Peer 

Counseling Study. 

OMB Approval Number: 0584–0548. 

Expiration Date: 7/31/2011. 

Type Of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: Beginning in Fiscal Year 

(FY) 2004 and continuing through to the 

present, Congress appropriated about 

$15 million per year for States to 

support breastfeeding peer counseling 

in the Special Supplemental Nutrition 

Program for Women, Infants and 

Children (WIC); in FY2010 Congress 

increased this amount to $80 million 

per year. Prior research has suggested 

that peer counseling may increase 

breastfeeding duration rates and is 

associated with positive outcomes in 

groups that have proven difficult for 

WIC to support in the initiation and 

continuation of breastfeeding. The first 

phase of the WIC Breastfeeding Peer 

Counseling study, published in spring 

2010, developed a comprehensive and 

detailed picture of how the Loving 

Support Peer Counseling Program was 

implemented in States and local WIC 

agencies (LWAs) throughout the 

country. One important finding of this 

first phase was that there is variation in 

the implementation of the Loving 

Support peer counseling program in 

local WIC agencies, particularly 

variation in the frequency, timing and 

location of in-person peer counseling 

offered to WIC participants pre- and 

post-partum. The proposed second 

phase of the study will examine how 

specific variations in implementing peer 

counseling using the Loving Support 

model affect breastfeeding outcomes. Up 

to eight local WIC agencies will be 

invited to participate in this phase of 

the study. From these eight local WIC 

agencies, approximately 1,800 first-time 

expectant mothers who certify for WIC 

benefits and sign-up to receive peer 

counseling will be randomly assigned to 

one of two conditions: a control group 

of 900 will receive their local WIC 

agency’s regular Loving Support peer 

counseling services; a treatment group 

of 900 will be offered Loving Support 

peer counseling services that more 

strongly emphasizes in-person contact 

with peer counselors than the agency’s 

regular Loving Support program. In 

particular, women in the treatment 

group will be offered in-person peer 

counseling during the first ten days after 

giving birth. 

Affected Public: Individual/ 

Household, State, Local and Tribal 

Government. The proposed data 

collection activities will require two 

types of respondent groups: staff at the 

participating local WIC agencies; and 

individual WIC participants who 

consent to participate in the study. 

Multiple respondents from the 

participating local WIC agencies may be 

required to complete each data 

collection instrument to be used with 

local WIC agency staff. These 

respondents will include the local WIC 

director, breastfeeding and peer 

counseling coordinators, peer 

counselors, and the local WIC agency 

database manager, as well as individual 

WIC participants who consent to 

participate in the study. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

The maximum total estimated number 

of respondents is 2,110. This total 

includes eight local WIC Peer 

Counseling Coordinators who will 

participate in two interviews and 

complete ten progress reporting forms, 

one per month for ten months. The 

Coordinators will be assisted by eight 

local WIC directors, eight local WIC 

breastfeeding coordinators, and eight 

local WIC database managers. Up to 64 

Peer Counselors (roughly eight per 

participating local WIC agency) will 

complete a background questionnaire 

and participate in an individual 

interview (or will complete the 

interview as part of a focus group). 

Finally, assuming a 100% response rate, 

1,800 WIC participants will participate 

in two telephone-administered 

questionnaires. 

Number of Responses per 

Respondent: The local WIC Peer 

Counseling Coordinators at each 

participating WIC agency will 

participate in two interviews, assisted 

by their local WIC agency’s director, 

breastfeeding coordinator, and database 

manager. Each local WIC Peer 

Counseling Coordinator will provide ten 

responses on a progress reporting form 

with the assistance of their local WIC 

agency’s database manager. Up to 64 

Peer Counselors (roughly eight per local 

WIC site) will complete a background 

questionnaire and participate in an 

interview. Each WIC participant will 

respond to two telephone-administered 

questionnaires. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses 

per Respondent: 3,958. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 1,648 hours. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.42 of 

an hour or 25 minutes. 

FNS estimates that a total reporting 

and recordkeeping burden of 1,655 

hours will result from activities to 

implement the data collection 

instruments. The estimated average 

response time is 0.42 of an hour or 25 

minutes. See Table 1 below for the 

estimated total burden for each type of 

respondent by instrument type. 


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TABLE 1 

Affected public Respondent type Instrument Number 

respondents 

Avg. number 

responses 

per 

respondent 

Total annual 

responses 

Hours per 

response Total burden 

State, Local and Tribal Government.Local WIC Agency Director ...... Interview .......... 8 2.00 16.00 0.50 8.00 

(non-response) .......................... Pre-screening .. 2 1.00 2.00 0.0835 0.17 

Local WIC Breastfeeding Coordinator.Interview .......... 8 2.00 16.00 1.00 16.00 

(non-response) .......................... Interview .......... 2 1.00 2.00 0.0835 0.17 

Local Peer Counseling Coordinator.Interview .......... 8 2.00 16.00 2.00 32.00 

(non-response) .......................... Pre-screening .. 2 1.00 2.00 0.0835 0.17 

Local Peer Counseling Coordinator.Progress Reporting Form.8 10.00 80.00 3.00 240.00 

Local WIC Agency Database 

Manager.

Interview .......... 8 1.00 8.00 0.50 4.00 

(non-response) .......................... Pre-screening .. 2 1.00 2.00 0.0835 0.17 

Local WIC Agency Database 

Manager.

Progress Reporting Form.8 10.00 80.00 0.50 40.00 

Peer Counselor ......................... Interview .......... 64 1.00 64.00 1.50 96.00 

(non-response) .......................... Pre-screening .. 6 1.00 6.00 0.0835 0.50 

Peer Counselor ......................... Questionnaire .. 64 1.00 64.00 0.25 16.00 

Total SA Reporting burden ................................................... ......................... 110 3.25 358.00 1.22 436.67 

Individual/Household .................. WIC Participant ......................... Questionnaire .. 1,800 2.00 3,600.00 0.334 1,202.40

(non-response) .......................... Pre-screening .. 200 1.00 200.00 0.0835 16.70 

Total I/H Burden ................. ................................................... ......................... 2,000.00 1.90 3,800.00 0.32 1,219.10 

Total burden ................. ................................................... ......................... 2,110.00 1.88 3,958.00 0.42 1,655.77 

Dated: March 4, 2011. 

Julia Paradis, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5624 Filed 3–10–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—National School 

Lunch Program (NSLP) Direct 

Certification Improvement Study 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice invites the general public and 

other public agencies to comment on 

this proposed information collection. 

This collection for ‘‘National School 

Lunch Program Direct Certification 

Improvement Study’’ is a reinstatement 

with change of a previously approved 

data collection for ‘‘Feasibility of 

Computer Matching in the National 

School Lunch Program.’’ It builds on the 

data collection for ‘‘Feasibility of 

Computer Matching in the National 

School Lunch Program.’’ This study will 

collect information from State child 

nutrition (CN) and education agencies, 

as well as local education agencies 

(LEAs). The information collection will 

build on existing knowledge by 

examining current methods of direct 

certification used by State and local 

agencies and the challenges facing 

States and LEAs in attaining high 

matching rates. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before May 10, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on 

(1) whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

and (3) ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments may be sent to Steven 

Carlson, Associate Administrator, Office 

of Research, Analysis, Communications, 

and Strategic Support, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition 

Service, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 

1014, Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments 

may also be submitted via fax to the 

attention of Steve Carlson at 703–305– 

2020 or via e-mail to 

Steve.Carlson@fns.usda.gov. Comments 

will also be accepted through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, and follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments electronically. 

All written comments will be open for 

public inspection at the office of the 

Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) 

during regular business hours (8:30 a.m. 

to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday) at 

3101 Park Center Drive, Room 1014, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22302. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approval. All comments will be 

a matter of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the proposed information 

collection forms should be directed to 

Sheku Kamara at 703–305–2130. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: National School Lunch Program 

Direct Certification Improvement Study, 

which is an update to a previously 

approved data collection for ‘‘Feasibility 

of Computer Matching in the National 

School Lunch Program.’’ 

OMB Number: 0584–0529. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Expiration Date: Not yet determined. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement with 

change of previously approved data 

collection. 

Abstract: Direct certification was 

required of States and LEAs in the Child 

Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act 

of 2004. Direct certification enables 


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