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the information to identify 

opportunities for strengthening its 

dissemination channels and resources to 

improve care and health outcomes for 

program participants. A 60-day notice 

was published in the Federal Register 

on July 12, 2023, Vol. 88, No. 132, pp. 

44371–44373 (88 FR 44371). HRSA 

received no comments. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: Currently, HRSA does not 

systematically gather information about 

the resources accessed by RWHAP 

providers, RWHAP recipients, or AIDS 

Education and Training Center (AETC) 

staff and the extent to which they use 

those resources to inform 

implementation of interventions. 

The mixed-methods RUDI evaluation 

will help HRSA systematically assess 

and understand (1) how, where, and 

why recipients of RWHAP funding 

access and use its disseminated 

resources and products; and (2) the 

utility and effectiveness of the 

disseminated resources and products in 

caring for and treating people with HIV. 

HRSA will use the findings from the 

RUDI evaluation to develop strategies to 

maximize the uptake and impact of its 

disseminated resources and products, 

contributing to ending the HIV epidemic 

in the United States. 

Likely Respondents: The mixedmethods RUDI evaluation includes a 

web-based survey of all RWHAP 

recipients and subrecipients nationally, 

individual and small group interviews 

with a sample of RWHAP recipients, 

virtual site visits with a sample of 

RWHAP providers, and individual 

interviews with all AETCs. The RUDI 

web-based survey design includes two 

versions of the survey that will be 

administered to non-overlapping 

respondents—the RUDI Recipients 

Survey for RWHAP Part A and B 

recipient administrative entities—and 

the RUDI Providers Survey for Part A 

and B subrecipients and Part C, D, and 

F recipients who provide direct care. 

Both versions ask about respondents’ 

use of HRSA-disseminated resources, 

how they were helpful, what could be 

improved, and reasons for non-use 

where applicable. In addition, the RUDI 

Recipients Survey asks about the 

recipients’ role in guiding their 

subrecipients to needed resources, and 

the RUDI Providers Survey asks about 

the providers’ experience implementing 

interventions for which they used the 

resources. Both surveys are designed to 

be followed up with additional sets of 

interviews with a sample of the survey 

respondents to provide deeper 

understanding of their experience to 

support development of actionable 

recommendations pertaining to 

dissemination. Virtual site visits to 

RWHAP providers include interviews 

with an average of three staff within 

each provider organization that were 

part of an intervention implementation 

with assistance from HRSA resources. 

Individual interviews for Part A and B 

recipient administrative entities and 

AETCs will generate a complete picture 

of how those organizations use HRSA 

resources and how the resources or their 

dissemination could be improved for 

the future, especially when considered 

together with the survey responses and 

virtual site visit data from the RWHAP 

providers. 

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. 

TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Respondent Data collection 

Number of 

respondents 

(RWHAP 

sites) 

Number of 

responses 

per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

RWHAP recipients .............. RUDI—Recipient Survey .... 56 1 56 0.33 18.48 

RWHAP provider ................. RUDI—Provider Survey ..... 1,066 1 1,066 0.33 351.78 

RWHAP recipients .............. Interviews ........................... 20 3 60 0.75 45.00 

RWHAP provider ................. Virtual site visit interviews .. 40 3 120 1.00 120.00 

AETC providers ................... Interviews ........................... 8 1 8 1.00 8.00 

1,190 1,310 543.26 

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: Bureau of 

Health Workforce Performance Data 

Collection, OMB No. 0915–0061— 

Revision 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: 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 December 18, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 

paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA 


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Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Room 14N136B, 5600 Fishers 

Lane, Rockville, MD 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 paperwork@hrsa.gov 

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 

information request collection title for 

reference. 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Bureau of Health Workforce 

Performance Data Collection, OMB No. 

0915–0061—Revision. 

Abstract: Over 50 Bureau of Health 

Workforce (BHW) programs award 

grants to health professions schools and 

training programs across the United 

States to develop, expand, and enhance 

training, and to strengthen the 

distribution of the health workforce. 

These programs are governed by titles 

III, VII, and VIII of the Public Health 

Service Act. Performance information is 

collected in the HRSA Performance 

Report for Grants and Cooperative 

Agreements. Data collection activities 

consisting of an annual progress report 

and an annual performance report 

satisfy statutory and programmatic 

requirements for performance 

measurement and evaluation (including 

specific title III, VII and VIII 

requirements), as well as Government 

Performance and Results Act of 1993 

(GPRA), the GPRA Modernization Act of 

2010, and the Foundations for EvidenceBased Policymaking Act of 2018 

requirements. The performance 

measures were last revised in 2022 to 

ensure they addressed programmatic 

changes, met evolving program 

management needs, and responded to 

emerging workforce concerns. As these 

changes were successful, BHW will 

continue with its current performance 

management strategy and make 

additional changes that reduce burden, 

simplify reporting, reflect new 

Department of Health and Human 

Services and HRSA priorities, and 

enable longitudinal analysis of program 

performance. Specifically, an Excel 

upload feature was implemented for all 

programs to reduce burden. Questions 

on partnerships were revised and 

standardized across forms to understand 

the type and purposes of partnerships 

associated with grant funding. 

Employment-related questions were 

standardized across programs and forms 

to provide consistent outcomes on 

employment location, type of 

employment, and hiring organization. 

New questions were added for programs 

using apprenticeships. Specifically, 

questions were added to measure 

additional employment outcomes 

including role at the employment site 

and vulnerable populations served and 

to measure program satisfaction and 

types of competencies graduates were 

ready to perform. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: The purpose of the 

proposed data collection is to continue 

analysis and reporting of grantee 

training activities and education, 

identify details about the practice 

locations where trainees work (or plan 

to work) after program completion, and 

report outcomes of funded initiatives. 

Data collected from these grant 

programs will also provide a description 

of the program activities of 

approximately 1,828 reporting grantees 

to inform policymakers on the barriers, 

opportunities, and outcomes involved 

in health care workforce development. 

The proposed measures focus on four 

key outcomes: 

(1) increasing the workforce supply of 

well-educated practitioners in needed 

professions, 

(2) increasing the number of 

practitioners that practice in 

underserved and rural areas, 

(3) enhancing the quality of 

education, and 

(4) supporting educational 

infrastructure to increase the capacity to 

train more health professionals in high 

demand areas. 

Likely Respondents: Respondents are 

awardees of BHW health professions 

grant programs. 

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. 

Total Estimated Annualized Burden 

Hours: 

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total 

burden hours 

Direct Financial Support Program ....................................... 619 1 619 2.7 1,671.3 

Infrastructure Program ......................................................... 219 1 219 4.8 1,051.2 

Multipurpose or Hybrid Program .......................................... 1,044 1 1,044 3.1 3,236.4 

Total .............................................................................. 1,882 ........................ 1,882 ........................ 5,958.9 

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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BILLING CODE 4165–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

[Document Identifier: OS–4040–0010] 

Agency Information Collection 

Request. 30-Day Public Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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