Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Form 1: Demographic and Service Utilization Data
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
No
Regular
05/02/2022
Requested
Previously Approved
04/30/2025
04/30/2025
23
23
11,500
11,500
0
0
Section 511 of the Social Security Act, created the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV) and authorized the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (in Section 511(h)(2)(A)) to award grants to Indian tribes (or a consortium of Indian tribes), tribal organizations, or urban Indian organizations to conduct an early childhood home visiting program. The legislation set aside 3 percent of the total MIECHV program appropriation for grants to tribal entities. Tribal MIECHV grants, to the greatest extent practicable, are to be consistent with the requirements of the MIECHV grants to states and jurisdictions and include conducting a needs assessment and establishing quantifiable, measurable benchmarks. In Years 2-5 when Tribal MIECHV grantees are implementing home visiting services, they must submit to ACF Form 1: Demographic and Service Utilization Data to satisfy the legislative requirements of the program. Overall, this information collection provides valuable information to HHS that will guide understanding of Tribal MIECHV grantees and the provision of technical assistance (TA) needed to support the Tribal MIECHV Program.
The Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Form 1: Demographic and Service Utilization Data (OMB #0970-0389) was renewed on April 1, 2022. The categories of staff listed under the recently approved Instructions and Definitions of Key Terms include 4 categories: Home Visitors, Project Directors/Managers/Coordinators, Data/Evaluation Staff and Project Support Staff. After submitting a nonsubstantive change request, category fields were added to the actual form to match the approved Instructions and Definitions of Key Terms.
Further analysis of costs associated with modifying and adding the Data/Evaluation Staff and Project Support Staff fields in the Tribal Home Visiting Reporting System (THVRS) to match the Form 1 nonsubstantive change is not the best value to the Government at this time. The data has been determined not to be necessary for the overall purpose/use of the data collection. The change request is to eliminate rows in Form 1 that cover the 2 staff categories (Data/Evaluation Staff and Project Support Staff) that are included in the approved Instructions and Definitions of Key Terms portion of the information collection under Section B Program Staff Characteristics. The change request is minor and ensures accurate reporting. A sentence has been added in the Instructions and Definitions of Key Terms appendix to assist grantees when reporting in the system under Section B Program Staff Characteristics.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
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