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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
January 5, 2022.
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments are requested regarding; whether
the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; the accuracy of
the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments regarding this information collection received by [INSERT DATE 30
DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER] will be
considered. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this information
collection by selecting "Currently under 30-day Review - Open for Public Comments" or
by using the search function.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless the
collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control number and the agency

informs potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.

Food and Nutrition Service
TITLE: WIC Infant and Toddler Feeding Practices Study-2 (WIC ITFPS-2):
Year 9 Extension
OMB CONTROL NUMBER: 0584-0580
SUMMARY OF COLLECTION: The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Public
Law 111-296, Sec. 305) mandates programs under its authorization, including WIC, to
cooperate with USDA program research and evaluation activities. The USDA Food and
Nutrition Service's (FNS) WIC ITFPS-2 provides information on the feeding practices of
children who received WIC benefits, from birth up to 6 years of age. The proposed data
collection will extend the longitudinal data collection of the current cohort of study
participants for one more interview at nine years of age, four years after the end of their
eligibility for WIC services. This proposed extension is needed to understand the
nutrition, health outcomes, and family feeding practices of school-aged children in the
period after WIC program eligibility ends.
NEED AND USE OF THE INFORMATION: The results will assist in the development
of appropriate and effective prevention strategies to improve the health of young
children. With nearly 45 percent of US infants participating in WIC, it is hoped that
prevention strategies implemented in WIC will have a substantial impact on the growth
and health of U.S. infants and children.
The data will be used to estimate the type and prevalence of various feeding practices
among children who received WIC program benefits, after their program eligibility ends.
This study will also examine the circumstances and influences that shape caregivers'

feeding decisions for their children, and will describe the impact of childhood WIC
participation on subsequent dietary and health outcomes. In addition, the study will
examine if those who left the longitudinal study are fundamentally different from those
who remain in the study.
DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS: Individuals/Households, State, Local, or Tribal
government, and Profit/Non-profit Business.
NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS: 3,555
FREQUENCY OF RESPONSES: Reporting: Once, On occasion
TOTAL BURDEN HOURS: 5,627

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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[FR Doc. 2022-00175 Filed: 1/7/2022 8:45 am; Publication Date: 1/10/2022]