May 4 -- The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services, invites comments by July 3, 2023 regarding the Maternal and Child Health Bureau Performance Measures for Discretionary Grant Information System.
HRSA is submitting a request for public comment on redesigned Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) Performance Measures for Discretionary Grant Information System (DGIS) forms. The purpose of the redesigned DGIS forms is to facilitate higher quality data collection and develop streamlined, clear DGIS metrics to support communications about the range of HRSA's maternal and child health (MCH) programs. Proposed revisions include eliminating 52 forms, adding 25 new forms, and revising 23 existing forms. In addition, three forms have not undergone substantive revisions since the previously approved Office of Management and Budget (OMB) package and are included in the time burden estimate.
Approval from OMB is sought to implement revisions to the MCHB Performance Measures for DGIS. The goals of the redesigned performance measures are to: (1) improve clarity and validity of DGIS forms; (2) increase alignment with MCHB's Strategic Plan and other performance measurement efforts; (3) produce timely, actionable data for program management; (4) support communications about the range of HRSA's MCH programs; (5) reduce the number and complexity of data collection forms; and (6) improve data quality.
The revised forms are grouped into two general categories: central measures and program specific measures. Central measures include basic, topical, activity, and outcome forms. There are also four sets of program-specific forms. Grant programs are assigned forms based on their activities and individual grantees respond to only a limited number of forms that are relevant to their specific program. Many of these forms are specific to certain types of programs and are not required of all grantees.
Forms are proposed to be added, removed, or revised beyond what was specified in the Federal Register notice (87 FR 35220) published on June 9, 2022. Many of the changes are a result of the redesigned categorization of measures. For example, the proposed set of activity forms capture common types of activities conducted across MCHB investments and replace the set of Population Domain forms (Adolescent Health, Capacity Building, Child Health, Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN), Life Course/Cross Cutting, Maternal/Women Health, and Perinatal/Infant Health). The proposed set of basic forms consolidate and simplify the set of financial forms (Form 1, 3, 5, 7, and 8). Other changes reflect efforts to reduce burden or the need to relocate measures from the Population Domain forms to program-specific forms (
i.e., Healthy Start). Specifically, HRSA is making the following changes to the current information collection for DGIS:
Removing the following 52 existing forms: Capacity Building (CB) 1 (State Capacity for Advancing the Health of MCH Populations), CB 3 (Impact Measurement), CB 4 (Sustainability), CB 5 (Scientific Publications), CB 6 (Products), CB 8 (Quality Improvement), Women's/Maternal Health (WMH) 1 (Prenatal Care), WMH 2 (Perinatal/Postpartum Care), WMH 3 (Well Woman Visit/Preventive Health Care), WMH 4 (Depression Screening), Perinatal Infant Health (PIH) 1 (Safe Sleep), PIH 2 (Breast Feeding), PIH 3 (Newborn Screening), Child Health (CH) 1 (Well Child Visit), CH 2 (Quality of Well Child Visit), CH 3 (Developmental Screening), CH 4 (Injury Prevention), CSHCN 1 (Family Engagement), CSHCN 2 (Access to and Use of Medical Home), CSHCN 3 (Transition to Adult Health Care), Adolescent Health (AH) 1 (Adolescent Well Visit), AH 2 (Injury Prevention), AH 3 (Screening for Major Depressive Disorder), Life Course/Cross Cutting (LC) 1 (Adequate Health Insurance Coverage), LC 2 (Tobacco and eCigarette Cessation), LC 3 (Oral Health), Division of Workforce Development (Training) 01 (MCH Training Program and Healthy Tomorrows Family Member/Youth/Community Member Participation), Training 05 (Policy), Training 06 (Diversity of Long-Term Trainees), Training 10 (Leadership), Training 11 (Work with MCH Populations), Training 12 (Interdisciplinary Practice), Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) 01 (Using NEMSIS Data to Identify Pediatric Patient Care Needs), EMSC 02 (Pediatric Emergency Care Coordination), EMSC 03 (Use of Pediatric-Specific Equipment), EMSC 05 (Pediatric Traumatic Emergencies), EMSC 06 (Written Inter-facility Transfer Guidelines that Contain All the Components as per the Implementation Manual), EMSC 07 (Written Inter-facility Transfer Agreements That Covers Pediatric Patients), Healthy Start (HS) 01 (Reproductive Life Plan), HS 02 (Usual Source of Care), HS 03 (Interconception Planning), HS 05 (Father/Partner Involvement during Pregnancy), HS 06 (Father and/or Partner Involvement with Child 0–24 Months), HS 07 (Daily Reading), HS 08 (CAN Implementation), HS 09 (CAN Participation), Form 3 (Budget Details by Types of Individuals Served), Form 5 (Number of Individuals Served (Unduplicated)), Form 7 (Discretionary Grant Project Summary Data and Demographics), Form 9 (Program-Specific Project Performance/Outcome Measures), Technical Assistance/Collaboration Form, and Continuing Education Form.
Adding the following 25 new forms: Direct and Enabling Services, Training and Workforce Development, Partnerships and Collaboration, Engagement of Persons with Lived Experience, Technical Assistance, Outreach and Education, Research, Guidelines and Policy, Data and Information Systems, Quality Improvement and Evaluation, Knowledge Change, Behavior Change, EMSC 10 (Prehospital Emergency Medical Services Pediatric Readiness Recognition Program), HS 10 (Prenatal Care), HS 11 (Perinatal/Postpartum Care), HS 12 (Well Woman Visit/Preventive Health Care), HS 13 (Depression Screening), HS 14 (Safe Sleep), HS 15 (Breastfeeding), HS 16 (Well Child Visit), HS 17 (Adequate Health Insurance Coverage), HS 18 (Prenatal Tobacco and eCigarette Use), HS 19 (Low Birthweight), HS 20 (Preterm Birth), and HS 21 (Infant Mortality).
Revising the following 23 existing forms: Health Equity, Healthy Start Site Form, Family to Family Form 1, Financial Form (MCHB Project Budget Details), Project Abstract (MCH Discretionary Grant Project Abstract), Project Abstract-Research Projects Only, Form 10 (Program-Specific and Project Developed Measures), Products, Publications, and Submissions Data Collection Form, Faculty and Staff Information, Short-Term Trainees, Medium-Term Trainees, Long-Term Trainees, Former Long-Term Trainees, LEAP Trainee Information, Training 02 (MCH Training Program and Healthy Tomorrows Cultural Competence), Training 03 (Healthy Tomorrows Title V Collaboration), Training 04 (Title V Collaboration), Training 07 (MCH Pipeline Program-Work with MCH Populations), Training 08 (MCH Pipeline Program-Work with underserved or vulnerable populations), Training 09 (MCH Pipeline-Graduate Program Enrollment), Training 15 (Consultation and Training for Mental and Behavioral Health), HS 04 (Intimate Partner Violence Screening), and EMSC 04 (Pediatric Medical Emergencies).
The following 3 forms are included with no substantive changes from the prior approved OMB package: Training 14 (Medium-Term Trainees Skill and Knowledge), EMSC 08 (Established Permanence of EMSC), and EMSC 09 (Established Permanence of EMSC by Integrating EMSC Priorities into Statutes/Regulations).
Additional non-substantive revisions include updates to terminology, goals, benchmark data sources, and significance sections included in the measures' detail sheets. A performance measure detail sheet defines and describes each performance measure. Forms and detail sheets showing the proposed revisions are available upon request.
The performance data collected through the DGIS serves several purposes, including grantee monitoring, program planning, and performance reporting, and the ability to demonstrate alignment between MCHB discretionary programs and the Title V MCH Services Block Grant program. This revision will facilitate higher quality data collection; streamlined, clear DGIS metrics; and support communications about the range of HRSA's MCH programs.
MCH Performance Reporting Resources:
https://mchb.hrsa.gov/programs-impact/focus-areas/building-mch-leaders-mch-workforce/performance-reporting-resources
Draft data collection instruments and technical documentation requested of MCHB by AEAStat.
FRN:
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-09466