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Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 105. 

Authority: Sec. 5106, Pub. L. 111–320, 

the Child Abuse Prevention and 

Treatment Act Reauthorization Act of 

2010, and titles IV–B and IV–E of the 

Social Security Act. 

Mary B. Jones, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10753 Filed 5–18–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–44–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

[OMB No. 0970–0476] 

Submission for OMB Review; Generic 

Clearance for Disaster Information 

Collection Forms 

AGENCY: Office of Human Services 

Emergency Preparedness and Response, 

Administration for Children and 

Families, HHS. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF) is 

requesting a 3-year extension of the 

Generic Clearance for Disaster 

Information Collection Forms (OMB 

#0970–0476) and the five forms 

currently approved for ACF programs. 

There are no changes requested to the 

umbrella generic and no substantial 

changes to the currently approved 

forms. 

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of 

publication. OMB must make a decision 

about the collection of information 

between 30 and 60 days after 

publication of this document in the 

Federal Register. Therefore, a comment 

is best assured of having its full effect 

if OMB receives it within 30 days of 

publication. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. You can also obtain 

copies of the proposed collection of 

information by emailing infocollection@

acf.hhs.gov. Identify all emailed 

requests by the title of the information 

collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description: The information 

collected through the forms approved 

under the Generic Clearance for Disaster 

Information Collection Forms is used to 

provide real-time updates during the 

response and recovery phases of a 

disaster. The same generic form has 

been tailored for each of the five 

following ACF offices or programs: The 

Children’s Bureau, the Family Violence 

Prevention and Services Program, the 

Office of Child Care, the Office of Head 

Start, and the Runaway and Homeless 

Youth (RHY) Program. It is possible that 

more program offices may request 

approval of a tailored version in the 

future. The requested information is 

submitted by ACF grantees, which 

includes states and tribes. 

Currently Approved Forms 

Family and Youth Services Bureau, 

Family Violence Prevention and 

Services Program. This form collects 

information on post-disaster impacts 

and disaster recovery, including 

requests for assistance from state 

administrators, tribes/tribal 

organizations, state coalitions, or 

resource centers comprising the 

Domestic Violence Resource Network; 

shelters that have been evacuated due to 

damage; shelter residents being served 

in alternate locations; reports of an 

increase in requests for assistance; 

capacity shortfalls; and reported 

increase in domestic violence postdisaster. 

Office of Child Care. The baseline 

information includes the number of 

licensed, regulated, and license-exempt 

child care providers in the state; the 

number of children who are served by 

the ACF Office of Child Care’s Child 

Care and Development Fund (CCDF); 

emergency contact information for the 

CCDF administrator, the licensing 

contacts, and resource and referral 

agencies; interruptions in systems that 

facilitate contacting the child care 

providers; contact person for state 

recordkeeping systems; number of 

children served; and damage assessment 

plans of the licensing agency. The 

disaster impact information includes the 

number and type of child care providers 

closed, the number of closed providers 

that serve children who benefit from 

ACF CCDF, the number of children with 

CCDF subsidies affected by the closures, 

total child care capacity lost, whether 

the providers whose facilities have 

closed will be able to reopen, whether 

damaged facilities have been able to 

remain open, degree of disruption in 

services; state decision to implement 

temporary operating standards for child 

care providers; and requests for 

behavioral and mental health services 

for children, families, and staff. Postdisaster recovery questions include 

ability of child care providers to reopen, 

number of service slots lost due to 

closures, total number of child care 

providers that are open in the disaster 

impact zone; and staff shortages. 

Family and Youth Services Bureau, 

Runaway and Homeless Youth Program. 

This form collects information on postdisaster impacts and disaster recovery, 

including requests from grantees for 

technical assistance; a safety and 

accountability report for children and 

youth in RHY programs; reports of 

damage to RHY facilities; and a report 

of any children or youth that have been 

relocated due to damages to facilities. 

Children’s Bureau. This form requests 

information on any disaster-caused 

disruptions of the child abuse/neglect 

reporting and investigation system; 

reports of unaccompanied children 

needing protection, identification, and 

reunification with legal caregivers; 

actions taken by the Child Welfare 

Agency; impacts to Chafee Foster Care 

Independence Program providers; 

accountability and safety report for 

youth receiving services; reports on any 

increase in the number of child abuse or 

neglect reports in the affected areas; 

impacts to Safe and Stable Families or 

Community Based Child Abuse 

Prevention providers; whether families 

receiving in-home services are being 

supported; displaced or temporarily 

relocated foster families; coordination of 

needed services and supervision by the 

Child Welfare Agency; new or increased 

interstate challenges; and compromised 

program records. 

Office of Head Start. Number of Head 

Start (HS) centers and service slots 

located in the disaster impact zone; 

number of centers and available service 

slots open and number closed postdisaster; number of HS centers with 

undetermined status; general access to 

services for children and families in the 

impacted areas; disruptions in 

transportation; ability of families to 

receive care elsewhere; number of HS 

centers closed post-disaster and number 

of service slots lost; and other program 

service interruptions. 

Respondents: ACF Grantees and State 

Administrators. 


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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Annual 

burden hours 

Children’s Bureau Disaster Information Collection Form ................................ 10 1 1 10 

Family Violence Prevention and Services Program Disaster Information Collection Form ................................................................................................. 10 1 1 10 

Office of Child Care Disaster Information Collection Form ............................. 7 1 2 14 

Office of Head Start Disaster Information Collection Form ............................. 10 1 2 20 

Runaway and Homeless Youth Program Disaster Information Collection 

Form ............................................................................................................. 10 1 1 10 

Future Program Office Disaster Information Collection Forms ....................... 40 1 1.5 60 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 124. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 68 Disaster 

Relief; 42 U.S.C. Section 5121; Pub. L. 

113–5. 

Mary B. Jones, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10786 Filed 5–18–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4182–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Criteria for Determining Maternity Care 

Health Professional Target Areas 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Final response. 

SUMMARY: Section 332 of the Public 

Health Service Act (PHSA) directs the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS), through the Health 

Resources and Services Administration 

(HRSA), to identify Maternity Care 

Target Areas (MCTA), or geographic 

areas within health professional 

shortage areas that have a shortage of 

maternity care health professionals, for 

the purpose of providing maternity 

health care assistance to such health 

professional shortage areas. On 

September 21, 2021, the Health 

Resources and Services Administration 

(HRSA) published a Federal Register 

notice soliciting feedback on proposed 

criteria to be used to identify Maternity 

Care Target Areas (MCTAs). HRSA 

requested feedback on six proposed 

criteria for inclusion in a composite 

scale to identify MCTAs with the 

greatest shortage of maternity care 

health professionals: (1) Ratio of females 

ages 15–44 -to-full time equivalent 

maternity care health professional ratio; 

(2) percentage of females 15–44 with 

income at or below 200 percent of the 

federal poverty level (FPL); (3) travel 

time and distance to the nearest 

provider location with access to 

comprehensive maternity care services; 

(4) fertility rate; (5) the Social 

Vulnerability Index; and (6) four 

Maternal Health Indicators (prepregnancy obesity, pre-pregnancy 

diabetes, pre-pregnancy hypertension, 

and prenatal care initiation in the first 

trimester). This notice summarizes and 

responds to the comments received 

during the 60-day comment period and 

presents the final criteria which will be 

used to identify and score MCTAs. 

ADDRESSES: Additional information 

about MCTAs is available at https://

bhw.hrsa.gov/workforce-shortage-areas/ 

shortage-designation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Janelle McCutchen, Chief, Shortage 

Designation Branch, Division of Policy 

and Shortage Designation, Bureau of 

Health Workforce, HRSA, 5600 Fishers 

Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, 

sdmp@hrsa.gov, or 301.443.9156. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

332 of the Public Health Service Act 

(PHSA), 42 U.S.C. 254e, provides that 

the Secretary designate Health 

Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) 

based on criteria established by 

regulation. HPSAs are defined in section 

332 to include (1) urban and rural 

geographic areas which the Secretary 

determines have shortages of health 

professionals, (2) population groups 

with such shortages, and (3) public or 

private medical facilities or other public 

facilities with such shortages. The 

required regulations setting forth the 

criteria for designating HPSAs are 

codified at 42 CFR part 5. 

Section 332(k)(1) provides that the 

Secretary, acting through the 

Administrator of HRSA, identify 

shortages of maternity care services 

‘‘within health professional shortage 

areas.’’ Section 332(k)(1) further 

requires HRSA to identify MCTAs and 

distribute maternity care health 

professionals within HPSAs using the 

MCTAs so identified. HRSA must also 

collect and publish data in the Federal 

Register comparing the availability and 

need of maternity care health services in 

HPSAs and must seek input from 

relevant provider organizations and 

other stakeholders. 

In a September 21, 2021, Federal 

Register notice (86 FR 53324), HRSA 

requested feedback on six proposed 

criteria to identify MCTAs: (1) Ratio of 

females ages 15–44 -to-full time 

equivalent maternity care health 

professional ratio; (2) percentage of 

females 15–44 with income at or below 

200 percent of the federal poverty level 

(FPL); (3) travel time and distance to the 

nearest provider location with access to 

comprehensive maternity care services; 

(4) fertility rate; (5) the Social 

Vulnerability Index; and (6) four 

Maternal Health Indicators (prepregnancy obesity, pre-pregnancy 

diabetes, pre-pregnancy hypertension, 

and prenatal care initiation in the first 

trimester). 

HRSA carefully evaluated and 

analyzed the comments received and 

used them to guide the development of 

the final MCTA criteria. 

Comments on the Proposed Criteria for 

Identifying Maternity Care Target 

Areas 

HRSA received 21 responses to the 

request for comments. Comments and 

responses are summarized below. 

Health Care Capacity Factors 

Summary of Comments 

Population-to-Provider Ratio 

All commenters supported the 

inclusion of a population-to-provider 

ratio and agreed with HRSA’s proposal 

of a population ratio of females ages 15– 

44 -to-full time equivalent maternity 

care health professional ratio. However, 

several commenters questioned the use 

of only Obstetrician/Gynecologists (OB/ 

GYNs) and Certified Nurse Midwives 

(CNMs) in the provider ratio and 

recommended the inclusion of family 

medicine physicians, physician 

assistants, and nurse practitioners. 

Specifically, one commenter indicated 


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