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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: Proposed Collection: Public 

Comment Request; Information 

Collection Request Title: Assessing 

Strategies To Promote Children’s 

Engagement and Active Participation 

in Virtual Home Visits 

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 February 5, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 

paperwork@hrsa.gov 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 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 ICR title 

for reference. 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Assessing Strategies to Promote 

Children’s Engagement and Active 

Participation in Virtual Home Visits 

OMB No. 0915–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 to provide 

home visiting services to eligible 

families in at-risk communities. 

This information collection is part of 

the Assessing and Describing Practice 

Transitions Among Evidence-Based 

Home Visiting Programs in Response to 

the COVID–19 Public Health Emergency 

Study, which aims to identify and study 

practices implemented in response to 

the COVID–19 public health emergency 

that support evidence-based practice 

and have the potential to enhance home 

visiting programming. One of the 

practices the study identified is 

strategies home visitors use to engage 

children and promote their active 

engagement during virtual visits. The 

purpose of this information collection is 

to better understand, through rapid 

cycle learning, how MIECHV-funded 

home visiting programs can implement 

virtual strategies improve child 

engagement and how home visitors can 

apply these strategies during in-person 

service delivery. 

Information will be collected in four 

phases designed to (1) identify virtual 

child engagement strategies (codefinition phase); (2) pilot test and 

identify refinements to improve the 

implementation of strategies 

(installation phase); (3) iteratively test 

the strategies with refinements to their 

implementation (refinement phase); and 

(4) assess the potential of these child 

engagement strategies to improve 

service delivery and promote family 

engagement and family satisfaction with 

home visiting programs in both virtual 

and in-person settings (summary phase). 

Data collection activities include focus 

groups, online questionnaires, and 

review of documents and administrative 

data. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: With the end of the 

COVID–19 public health emergency, 

most MIECHV-funded home visiting 

programs have transitioned back to 

some level of in-person service delivery. 

However, many continue to offer 

occasional virtual home visits if 

warranted and appropriate, such as 

during inclement weather or due to 

family and staff health concerns. 

Understanding the virtual strategies that 

home visitors used or are using to 

address the challenges of engaging 

children during virtual home visits, how 

these strategies can be implemented, 

how these strategies and learned lessons 

can be applied to in-person settings, and 

how children and families respond to 

these strategies will be valuable to the 

field. HRSA intends to use collected 

information to share evidence-informed 

resources and strategies that MIECHV 

awardees can use to optimize children’s 

engagement and active participation and 

strengthen their home visiting services. 

Likely Respondents: Respondents 

include (1) families who receive home 

visiting services and (2) MIECHVfunded home visiting program staff, 

which may include program directors, 

managers, supervisors, and home 

visitors. 

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. 


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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 

Program Eligibility Protocol .................................................. 16 1 16 1.00 16.0 

Program Staff Focus Group Protocol 1 (Co-definition 

Phase) .............................................................................. 24 1 24 1.50 36.0 

Program Staff Focus Group Protocol 2 (Co-definition 

Phase) .............................................................................. 24 1 24 1.50 36.0 

Program Staff Focus Group Protocol (Installation & Refinement Phases) ............................................................. 24 3 72 1.00 72.0 

Program Staff Focus Group Protocol (Summary Phase) .... 24 1 24 1.00 24.0 

Family Focus Group Protocol (Co-definition & Summary 

Phases) ............................................................................ 48 1 48 1.00 48.0 

Home Visitor Questionnaire (Installation & Refinement 

Phases) ............................................................................ 40 9 360 0.17 61.2 

Family Post-Visit Questionnaire (Refinement Phase) ......... 48 6 288 0.08 23.0 

Focus Group Participant Characteristics Form (All Phases) 120 1 120 0.08 9.6 

Total .............................................................................. 368 ........................ 976 ........................ 325.8 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26582 Filed 12–4–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4165–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection: Public 

Comment Request; Information 

Collection Request Title: Home Visiting 

Assessment of Implementation Quality 

Study: Better Addressing Disparities 

Through Home Visiting 

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 February 5, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 

paperwork@hrsa.gov 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 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 ICR title 

for reference. 

Information Collection Request Title: 

Home Visiting Assessment of 

Implementation Quality Study: Better 

Addressing Disparities through Home 

Visiting, OMB No. 0915–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 

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 addressing disparities. HRSA will 

explore how families that experience 

disparities in outcomes targeted by the 

MIECHV Program experience home 

visiting services. The requested 

information collection is an initial step 

in understanding those experiences and 

will provide a better understanding of 

how MIECHV-funded home visiting 

programs currently address disparities 

and promote equity. Data collection 

activities include interviews, focus 

groups, online surveys, program 

observations, and review of documents 

and management information systems 

data. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: HRSA is seeking additional 

information about families’ experiences 

within home visiting and strategies the 

MIECHV Program has used to address 

disparities in their work with families. 

HRSA intends to use this information to 

identify actionable strategies that 

MIECHV awardees and LIAs could take 

to remove potential obstacles to family 

enrollment in home visiting services 

and to help address health disparities. 

Likely Respondents: MIECHV Program 

awardees that are states, nonprofit 

organizations, and tribes; LIA staff 

(program directors, coordinators, 

supervisors, and home visitors); and 

families that experience greater 


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