[Federal Register: September 10, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 175)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
In compliance with the requirement for the opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, Public Law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To request more
information on the proposed project, call the HRSA Reports Clearance
Officer on (301) 443-1129.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the grantee, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (c) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Proposed Project: Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) Report Form: New
The purpose of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources
Emergency (CARE) Act is to provide emergency assistance to localities
that are disproportionately affected by the Human Immunodeficiency
Virus (HIV) epidemic, and to make financial assistance available for
the development, organization, coordination, and operation of more
effective and cost-efficient systems for the delivery of essential
services to persons with HIV disease. The CARE Act also provides grants
to states, eligible metropolitan areas, community-based programs, and
early intervention programs for the delivery of service to individuals
and families with HIV infection.
The HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) administers Titles I, II, III, and
IV of the Ryan White CARE Act of 1990, as amended by the Ryan White
CARE Act Amendments of 1996 and 2000 (codified under Title XXVI of the
Public Health Services Act).
The Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) was established in fiscal year
1999 to specifically address the needs of communities of color
disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. Funded through a congressional
appropriation and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Secretary's MAI Fund, this Initiative supplements Ryan White CARE Act
funding to allow communities to expand local service capacity primarily
through minority-serving community-based organizations, improve service
delivery, and support the development of new and innovative programs
designed to reduce HIV/AIDS-related health disparities. In addition to
HRSA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the
National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Office of the HHS Secretary,
the Indian Health Service (IHS), and the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) are recipients of MAI funds.
The MAI Report Form is designed to collect performance data from
MAI grantees, and is divided into six sections specific to Titles I-IV
and Division of Training and Technical Assistance (DTTA) grantees, as
follows: (1) Planned MAI Activities for the Grant Year (Title I, Title
II, Title III and Title IV grantees); (2) Six-Month Progress Report
(Title III and Title IV grantees); (3) End of Year Report (Title I,
Title II, Title III and Title IV grantees); (4) Outcomes Planned and
Achieved by MAI Grantees (Title I, Title II, Title III and Title IV
grantees); (5) Planned MAI Activities of the Division of Training and
Technical Assistance (DTTA) Capacity Development Grantees for the Grant
Year (DTTA grantees only); and (6) End of Grant Year MAI Activities of
DTTA Capacity Development Grantees (DTTA grantees only).
The MAI Report Form will be available for all grantees to submit
their data via a HRSA Web site or by hard copy paper form. Grantees
will complete relevant sections of the MAI Report Form and submit any
hard copy forms to the HRSA Call Center. The MAI Report Form will be
designed to include
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check box responses, numeric responses and open-ended questions. All
grantees receiving MAI funds from HAB will be required to identify
organizations funded to provide services with MAI dollars, using the
specified MAI Report Form.
The estimated annual burden is as follows:
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Estimated
Form number of Responses per Hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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MAI Report Grantee Form..................... 365 2 18 13,140
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Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance
Officer, Room 14-45, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Dated: September 3, 2004.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
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