[Federal Register: October 23, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 204)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA)
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publishes abstracts of information collection requests under review by
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a
copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301)-443-1129.
The following request has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995:
Proposed Project: Ryan White CARE Act Title I Minority AIDS Initiative
(MAI) Report: NEW (Title I MAI Report)
The HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) administers the Title I CARE Act
Program (codified under Title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act).
The Title I Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) supplement is a component of
the CARE Act Title I Program to ``address substantial need for care and
support services for minority populations in eligible metropolitan
areas (EMA).'' The overall goal of the MAI is to improve HIV/AIDS-
related health outcomes for communities of color by allowing
communities to: (1) Expand local service capacity primarily through
community-based organizations serving racial and ethnic minorities; (2)
improve service delivery; and (3) support the development of new and
innovative programs designed to reduce HIV/AIDS-related health
disparities.
The Title I MAI Report is designed to collect performance data from
Title I MAI grantees, and has the following two components: (1) The
Title I MAI Plan (Plan) and (2) the Title I MAI Year-End Annual Report
(Report). The Plan and Report components will be linked to minimize the
reporting burden, and designed to include check box responses, fields
for reporting budget, expenditure and client data, and open-ended text
boxes for describing client or service-level outcomes. Together, they
will collect information from grantees on MAI-funded services, the
number and demographics of clients served, and client-level outcomes.
This information is needed to monitor and assess: (1) Increases and
changes in the type and amount of HIV/AIDS health care and related
services being provided to each disproportionately impacted community
of color; (2) increases in the number of persons receiving HIV/AIDS
services within each racial and ethnic community; and (3) the impact of
Title I MAI-funded services in terms of client-level and service-level
health outcomes. This information also will be used to plan new
technical assistance and capacity development activities, and inform
the HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) policy and program management functions.
The Title I MAI Report form and instructions will be available for
all grantees to download from the HRSA/HAB Web site. All grantees will
submit completed data forms through a link on the HRSA/HAB Web site.
Grantees may submit a hard copy form to the HRSA Call Center. The Title
I MAI Report will be designed to include check box responses, numeric
responses, and open-ended questions. All Title I grantees receiving MAI
funds from HAB will be required to submit their service providers' data
in an aggregate form by service category utilizing one Title I MAI
Report.
The estimated response burden for grantees 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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Title I MAI Report.......................... 51 2 6 612
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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to:
John Kraemer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503.
Dated: October 16, 2006.
Cheryl R. Dammons,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E6-17667 Filed 10-20-06; 8:45 am]
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