0906-0098_OMB NonSubstantive Change Request_2-2025

DATE: May 20, 2025

TO: Dan Cline, Office of Management and Budget Desk Officer

FROM: Samantha Miller, Health Resources and Services Administration Information Collection Clearance Officer

Office of Planning, Analysis and Evaluation

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Request: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau requests approval for changes to Assessing the Use of Informal Contacts to Promote Caregivers’ Engagement and Satisfaction with Early Childhood Home Visiting Through Rapid Cycle Learning (OMB 0906-0098 expiration date July 31, 2027).

Purpose: HRSA is requesting a change request to revise focus group participant survey questions to align with Executive Order 14168 Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government. This memorandum explains the changes and supporting rationale.

Changes: This request updates question 2 in the Focus Group Participant Characteristics Form and involves the following:

• Revision of an existing questions

Changes are outlined in detail in the table below and in a track changes version of the Focus Group Participant Characteristics Form.

Time Sensitivity: HRSA requests approval within the standard 10-day period to avoid any delay to data collection under 0906-0098.

Burden: The proposed changes are not expected to have any impact on burden.

PROPOSED CLARIFICATIONS AND NON-SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES:

Form (File Location)	Type of Change	Question/Item	Requested Change
Focus Group Participant Characteristics Form – Form A	Revise question Revise response options	2. Are you: Select all that apply. Female Male Transgender, non-binary, or another gender I identify another way (please specify): _______	Remove “Select all that apply” from question. Remove “Transgender, non-binary, or another gender” and “I identify another way (please specify):” from response options.
Focus Group Participant Characteristics Form – Form B	Revise question Revise response options	2. Are you: Select all that apply. Female Male Transgender, non-binary, or another gender I identify another way (please specify): _______	Remove “Select all that apply” from question. Remove “Transgender, non-binary, or another gender” and “I identify another way (please specify):” from response options.

Attachment:

1. 0906-0098_MCHB_Focus Group Participant Characteristics Form_Redline_02282025