Bureaucrats Tweak Tribal Baby Visit Data Forms for Efficiency
Published Date: 2/25/2026
Notice
Summary
The Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program is updating how it collects annual data from tribal grant recipients. They’re simplifying the Demographic and Service Utilization Data Report to make reporting easier, keeping the Performance Measurement Data Report the same, and stopping the Quarterly Performance Report. These changes help save time and keep the program running smoothly, with public comments open until April 27, 2026.
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
DSUR Streamlined for Tribal Grantees
The Demographic and Service Utilization Data Report (DSUR) for Tribal MIECHV grant recipients is being streamlined to reduce reporting burden and clarify terminology as part of a 3-year extension under OMB Control #: 0970-0614. The DSUR for grant recipients lists 68 respondents with an average burden of 146 hours per response and a total annual burden of 9,928 hours.
PMR Extended; Burden Estimates Updated
The Performance Measurement Data Report (PMR) is being extended for 3 years under OMB Control #: 0970-0614 with no content changes, but the agency updated estimated reporting burden based on a 2024 administrative burden assessment. The PMR lists 68 respondents with an average burden of 151.2 hours per response and a total annual burden of 10,282 hours.
Quarterly Report Discontinued; Monthly Calls Replace It
The Quarterly Performance Report (QPR) has been removed from OMB Control #: 0970-0614 and replaced by a smaller set of operational questions collected via monthly calls, approved under OMB Control #: 0970-0490. The agency states this change "significantly reduces burden" while maintaining monitoring functions.
Family DSUR: Very Small Time Burden
Families participating in Tribal MIECHV will report on the Demographic and Service Utilization Data Report with a very small time cost: 2,087 family respondents at about 30 seconds per response, totaling about 17 annual burden hours.
Personalized for You
How does this regulation affect your finances?
Personalize government policy and PRIA will tell you what this federal register document means for your household, plus every other regulation we track. PRIA reads each provision against your financial profile to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.
Key Dates
Department and Agencies
Related Federal Register Documents
2026-16414, Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System
This document withdraws a proposed rule that was published in the Federal Register on January 11, 2008. The proposed rule would have amended the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) regulations at 45 CFR 1355.40 and the appendices to Part 1355 to modify the requirements for States to collect and report data to ACF on children in out-of-home care and in subsidized adoption or guardianship arrangements with the State. This document also withdraws the provision of the 2008 proposed rule that implemented the AFCARS penalty requirements of the Adoption Promotion Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108-145).
2026-11530, Employment and Training Services for Noncustodial Parents in the Child Support Program; Rescission
The government plans to cancel a recent rule that let child support agencies offer job training to noncustodial parents using federal funds. This change affects agencies and parents involved in the child support program and could shift how support services are funded and delivered. Comments on this proposal are open until August 10, 2026, so folks have time to weigh in before it’s final.
2026-09383, Restoring Flexibility To Support Head Start Program Access
The government wants to give Head Start programs more freedom by removing some strict rules about staff wages and benefits. This change aims to save over $2 billion and help programs serve more kids better. If you want to share your thoughts, make sure to comment by June 11, 2026!
2026-06632, Work Participation Rate Calculation Changes: Recalibration of the Caseload Reduction Credit and Prohibition of Small Checks in Work Participation Rate Calculation
The government is updating how it measures work participation for families getting help through TANF. They’re changing the base year for counting caseload drops from 2005 to 2015 and won’t count tiny monthly payments under $35 in work rate calculations. These changes, required by a 2023 law, affect states and could impact funding starting soon, so everyone should pay attention and share their thoughts by May 6, 2026.
2026-16933, Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is delaying the effective date of the new routine use under the modified system of records maintained by the Office of Family Assistance (OFA) within HHS' Administration for Children and Families (ACF), System No. 09-80-0375, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Data that appeared in the Federal Register of June 23, 2026.
2026-16392, Announcement of the Intent To Award Sole-Source Awards to the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands
The ACF, OHS announces the intent to award two sole-source grants in the total amount of up to $7,200,000, or $3,600,000 each, to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) to support the establishment and provision of Early Head Start (EHS) and/or Head Start Preschool (HSP) services. These awards are made pursuant to new statutory authority and recent appropriations providing $8 million to extend Head Start eligibility and services in the Freely Associated States, as authorized under the Compacts of Free Association Amendments Act of 2024 (Division G, Title II of Public Law 118-42), and the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
Previous / Next Documents
Previous: 2026-03711, Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension
The Federal Trade Commission wants to keep collecting info under the Used Car Rule for three more years, helping buyers get clear info when shopping for used cars. This affects used car dealers and involves about 3.17 million hours of work and $88.5 million in costs each year. If you have thoughts, speak up by March 27, 2026!
Next: 2026-03713, Considerations for the Use of the Plausible Mechanism Framework To Develop Individualized Therapies That Target Specific Genetic Conditions With Known Biological Cause; Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability
The FDA just dropped a draft guide to help drug makers create personalized treatments for genetic conditions with known causes. This new approach focuses on proving these therapies work and are safe using a smart, science-based method. Companies and patients can weigh in by April 27, 2026, shaping how these life-changing treatments get developed and approved faster.