[Federal Register: March 2, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 41)]
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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 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 Health Law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects
being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call
the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (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 Agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) 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: Assessment of the State Maternal and Child Health
Comprehensive Systems Grant (SECCS) Program (NEW)
HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) is conducting an
assessment of MCHB's State Maternal and Child Health Comprehensive
Systems Grant (SECCS) Program. The purpose of the SECCS Program is to
support state and local communities in their efforts to build
comprehensive and coordinated early childhood service systems and to
increase the leadership and participation of State MCH Title V programs
in multi-agency early childhood systems development initiatives.
The SECCS funding is offered to states, jurisdictions, or Territory
Title V agencies in two stages: Planning and Implementation. This
assessment will only focus on Implementation Grantees awarded in 2005
(approximately 18 grantees) and 2006 (approximately 42 grantees). The
purpose of the assessment is to determine: (1) Progress of
implementation grantees in meeting the goals and objectives set forth
in their plans developed during the planning phase and in building
program infrastructure and capacity to improve early childhood services
in their states/jurisdictions/territories, (2) programmatic, policy,
and systemic barriers and facilitators that affect program
implementation, and (3) quality and effectiveness of the technical
assistance (TA) provided to the grantees. The results of the assessment
will provide MCHB with timely feedback on the achievements of the SECCS
Program and identify potential areas for improvement, which will inform
program planning and operational decisions.
As part of the study, all implementation grantees will be asked to
complete a Minimum Data Set (MDS) survey, which will primarily include
closed-ended questions addressing grantees' progress in achieving the
requirements outlined in the implementation grant guidance. The MDS
will primarily capture quantitative data on implementation grantees'
progress in increasing the State MCH Program's role and leadership in
multi-agency early childhood systems development initiatives and
building partnerships and system capacity to improve early childhood
services in their States.
This survey will supplement and enhance the MCHB's current data
collection efforts by providing a quantifiable, standardized,
systematic mechanism for collecting information across the funded
implementation grantees. For the 2005 cohort of implementation
grantees, the MDS will be administered once in 2006 to gather baseline
data, and again in the second year of implementation (2007) to gather
follow-up data on progress made. For the 2006 cohort of grantees, the
MDS will be administered once in 2007.
Respondents: The SECCS implementation grantees (Title V agencies)
funded in 2005 and 2006 will be the primary respondents of the
instrument. Approximately 60 implementation grantees will respond to
the MDS survey. The estimated response burden is as follows:
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Number of Responses per Hours per Total hour
Cohort respondents respondent response burden
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2005 Cohort..................................... 18 2 2 72
2006 Cohort..................................... 42 1 2 84
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Total....................................... 60 3 .............. 156
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Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance
Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Dated: February 23, 2006.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E6-2943 Filed 3-1-06; 8:45 am]
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