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16162 

Vol. 87, No. 55 

Tuesday, March 22, 2022 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

March 17, 2022. 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments are 

requested regarding; whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by April 21, 2022 

will be considered. Written comments 

and recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Title: WIC Nutrition Assessment and 

Tailoring Study In-Person Site Visit 

Data Collection. 

Control Number: 0584–0663. 

Summary of Collection: This is a 

revision to the currently approved 

information collection for the WIC 

Nutrition Assessment and Tailoring 

Study (WIC NATS). For this revision, 

the study has been renamed ‘‘WIC 

Nutrition Assessment and Tailoring 

Study In-Person Site Visit Data 

Collection.’’ It covers in-person site 

visits and accounts for the burden 

associated with collecting in-person 

data. This revision will collect data 

concerning the nutrition assessment 

process used by clinic sites in the 

Supplemental Nutrition Program for 

Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to 

identify nutrition risks and apply that 

information to the tailoring of 

participant benefits. This revision will 

collect data via in-person site visits, 

where the data collection activities for 

the currently approved remote site visits 

will be replicated for use with 30 WIC 

clinic sites for in-person site visits once 

these sites can safely resume in-person 

operations. This data collection will 

provide the Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS) with a comprehensive account of 

the WIC nutrition risk assessment and 

benefit tailoring processes provided 

during in-person clinic services. This 

study is an FNS priority resulting from 

policy changes from the publication in 

2006 of the ‘‘Value Enhanced Nutrition 

Assessment (VENA) in WIC: The First 

Step in Quality Nutrition Services’’ and 

the publication in October 2009 of the 

interim final rule, ‘‘Revisions in the WIC 

Food Packages,’’ both of which affected 

the nutrition assessment or nutrition 

services process. 

Section 28 of the Richard B. Russell 

National School Lunch Act as amended 

by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 

2010 (Public Law 111–296, Section 305) 

provides the general statutory authority 

for this study. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

This voluntary study will collect data 

from state and local government 

respondents in the WIC clinics; 

businesses and other for-profit and nonprofit institutions that are WIC clinics, 

and WIC participants. FNS will use the 

information gathered from this study to 

inform program guidance and technical 

assistance related to the nutrition 

assessment process to support the 

implementation of best practices that 

meet the goals ensuring satisfaction 

with the program experience, promoting 

self-sufficiency, and improving the 

nutrition and health of women and 

children who participate in WIC. The 

study will identify specific practices or 

features of the nutrition services process 

associated with participant and staff 

satisfaction, reduced staff burden, and 

improved efficiency and will also 

provide FNS with a comprehensive, 

detailed description of the WIC 

nutrition risk assessment process, 

including how WIC staff apply the 

process to tailoring participant benefits 

during in-person clinic visits. FNS will 

compare data collected from in-person 

site visits to data collected from remote 

site visits to explore similarities and 

differences between remote and inperson nutrition services. This will 

allow FNS to better understand if there 

were differences in service quality or 

participant and staff satisfaction with 

WIC during remote appointments under 

the COVID–19 waiver flexibilities 

compared to traditional in-person clinic 

appointments. The data will be used to 

describe the nutrition assessment and 

benefit tailoring processes when 

conducted remotely and will be 

compared against the same processes 

used during in-person settings. It will 

also be used to investigate participant 

and staff perceptions of WIC nutrition 

services when provided remotely and 

will be compared against the 

perceptions observed during in-person 

WIC services. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local, or Tribal Government; businesses 

or other for-profit, non-profit 

institutions, and individuals or 

households. 

Number of Respondents: 1,050. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

One-time only. 

Total Burden Hours: 510. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06004 Filed 3–21–22; 8:45 am] 

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