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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request
Corporation for National and
Community Service.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Corporation for National
and Community Service (CNCS), as part
of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95) (44 U.S.C. Sec. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
This program helps to ensure that
requested data can be provided in the
desired format, reporting burden (time
and financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirement on respondents can be
properly assessed.
Currently, CNCS is soliciting
comments concerning its proposed data
collection for the Social Innovation
Fund (SIF) National Evaluation.
Research questions for the evaluation
are categorized into 5 major topic areas:
• Documenting SIF’s outcomes for
people served;
• Strengthening the evidence base;
• Expanding the reach of programs
that work;
• Using intermediaries to strengthen
the capacity of nonprofits to implement
and expand programs; and
• Assessing SIF’s influence on policy,
funding and practice.
The evaluation seeks to understand
whether and how the SIF has met its
intended goals by assessing the extent to
which: (1) Outcomes for those in need
have improved; (2) the evidence base
has been strengthened; (3) nonprofit
capacity to implement and expand
programs has increased; and, (4) SIF has
influenced the use of evidence, the flow
of capital and the scaling of promising
program models within the public,
philanthropic and nonprofit sectors.
The evaluation will focus on the initial
group of 11 intermediaries (grantees)
and 138 community nonprofits
(subgrantees) funded by the SIF in 2010.
These intermediaries and their
subgrantees will be providing
information for the SIF National
Evaluation.
Copies of the information collection
request can be obtained by contacting
the office listed in the addresses section
of this notice.
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Written comments must be
submitted to the individual and office
listed in the ADDRESSES section by July
23, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by the title of the information
collection activity, by any of the
following methods:
(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for
National and Community Service,
Attention: Joscelyn Silsby, Project
Director, SIF Evaluation, Office of
Strategy and Strategic Initiatives,
Corporation for National and
Community Service, 1201 New York
Avenue NW., Room 10906A
Washington, DC, 20525.
(2) By hand delivery or by courier to
the CNCS mailroom at Room 8100 at the
mail address given in paragraph (1)
above, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Eastern Time, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
(3) By fax to: (202) 606–3464
Attention: Joscelyn Silsby, Project
Director, SIF Evaluation.
(4) Electronically through the CNCS
email system: jsilsby@cns.gov.
Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TTY–TDD) may call 1–800–833–3722
between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern
Time, Monday through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joscelyn Silsby (202–606–6772), or by
email at jsilsby@cns.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CNCS is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of CNCS, including whether
the information will have practical
utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are expected to respond, including the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology
(e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses).
DATES:
Background
During 2010, 11 intermediaries
received SIF grants across the three
priority areas. As of July 1, 2011, the
2010 intermediaries had funded 138 sub
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grantees in 31 states and the District of
Columbia. These intermediaries and sub
grantees will be providing the
information for the SIF National
Evaluation. Some of the information
will be collected electronically and
other information will be collected from
intermediaries and subgrantees through
telephone or in-person interviews.
The following data collection
activities are planned for Year 2 of the
evaluation:
• Intermediaries will provide data on
the 138 sub grantees to document the
changes in outputs and outcomes that
occur as a result of SIF, beginning in the
fall of 2012. This will be an annual data
collection and will be conducted in
2013, 2014, and 2015. The information
that will be collected includes
characteristics of the populations
served, the number of clients receiving
each type of service, how new and
underserved populations are reached,
how people’s lives have potentially
changed with SIF-funded services, total
funding available for subgrantee
programs (including matching funds),
cost of providing services (including
direct costs and indirect costs), and
number of full-time equivalent (FTE)
staff members.
• Conduct brief telephone surveys
with 138 sub grantees to obtain
contextual and explanatory information
(clarification of the data received from
the annual program activity data
collection). This data collection will
occur in 2012, 2013, and 2015.
• Conduct in-depth discussions over
the telephone with 11 grantees in 2013.
These discussions will focus on the
capacity strengthening needs of the sub
grantees and how the grantees are or are
planning to meet those needs as well as
program expansion strategies the
subgrantees are or will be
implementing.
• Conduct in-person discussions with
selected sub grantees to better
understand the implementation of the
SIF. This will result in development of
15 case studies. The first set of case
studies will focus on understanding the
types of strategies used by
intermediaries and subgrantees to
expand program reach and the
subgrantee capacities that are needed or
are in place to do this effectively.
Current Action
This is a new information collection
request.
Type of Review: New.
Agency: Corporation for National and
Community Service.
Title: Social Innovation Fund (SIF)
National Evaluation.
OMB Number: TBD.
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Agency Number: NA.
Affected Public: The affected public
will be the intermediaries and the
subgrantees who received SIF funding
from CNCS, stakeholders
(representatives from partnering
organizations, volunteers, and perhaps
local evaluators).
Total Respondents: 250.
Frequency: The annual program
activity data collection instrument will
be completed once annually during
2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. Telephone
surveys with subgrantees will occur in
2012, 2013, and 2015. Site visits and
discussions will occur once in 2013 and
2015 with approximately 15 subgrantees
(program director and staff), and
stakeholders to develop case studies
focused on program expansion strategies
and capacity strengthening work.
Average Time per Response: Average
response time of the 11 grantees to
compile the data for each sub grantee for
the annual program activity data
collection instrument will be 3 hours
Number of
respondents
per subgrantee. The follow-up survey
with sub grantees will be 30 minutes;
interviews with SIF intermediaries will
take 1.5 hours; and the discussions with
SIF Program directors and staff, and
stakeholders for the case studies will be
1 hour per respondent.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 589.5
hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
None.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): None.
Frequency of
response
Burden hours
per Response
Total annual
burden hours
Data collection activity
Respondents
Annual program activity data collection instrument.
Follow-up telephone surveys ............
In-depth interviews ............................
Case studies of 15 sub grantee programs.
SIF intermediaries ............................
138
1
3.0
414
SIF subgrantees ...............................
SIF intermediaries ............................
SIF Program director and staff, and
stakeholders.
138
11
90
1
1
1
0.5
1.5
1
69
16.5
90
Total ...........................................
...........................................................
250
........................
6.0
589.5
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: May 16, 2012.
Marlene Zakai,
Deputy Chief of Staff, Management.
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Information Collection; Submission for
OMB Review, Comment Request
Corporation for National and
Community Service.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Corporation for National
and Community Service (CNCS), has
submitted a public information
collection request (ICR) entitled
National Performance Measurement
Assessment for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–
13, (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Copies of
this ICR, with applicable supporting
documentation, may be obtained by
calling the Corporation for National and
Community Service, Joscelyn Silsby, at
(202) 606–6772, or email to
jsilsby@cns.com. Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TTY–TDD) may call 1–800–833–3722
between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern
Time, Monday through Friday.
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ADDRESSES:
Comments
The OMB
is particularly interested in comments
which:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of CNCS, including whether
the information will have practical
utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• Propose ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
• Propose 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, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
A 60-day public comment Notice was
published in the Federal Register on
March 16, 2012. This comment period
ended May 15, 2012. No public
comments were received from this
Notice.
Description: CNCS is seeking approval
for two surveys and an interview
protocol that will be used to assess the
National Performance Measurement
Pilot. The purpose of this data
collection is for CNCS to understand
how grantees have selected,
implemented, and reported program
performance using pilot measures
developed for programs receiving
AmeriCorps grants in 2010 and 2011.
CNCS will use the results of this
assessment to inform the ongoing
development of AmeriCorps grantee
measures as well as new performance
measurement efforts within other CNCS
programs. Completion of this
information collection is considered
completely voluntary and is not
required to be considered for or to
obtain grant funding support from any
CNCS program.
Type of Review: New.
Agency: Corporation for National and
Community Service.
Title: National Performance
Measurement Assessment.
OMB Number: New.
Agency Number: None.
Affected Public: AmeriCorps State
and National State Service Commissions
and grantees.
Estimated Number of Total
Respondents: 214.
Comments may be
submitted, identified by the title of the
information collection activity, to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attn: Ms. Sharon Mar, OMB
Desk Officer for the Corporation for
National and Community Service, by
any of the following two methods
within 30 days from the date of
publication in the Federal Register:
(1) By fax to: (202) 395–6974,
Attention: Ms. Sharon Mar, OMB Desk
Officer for the Corporation for National
and Community Service; and
(2) Electronically by email to:
smar@omb.eop.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), as
part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the
general public and federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C. Sec.
3506(c)(2)(A)). This program helps to ensure that requested data can be
provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial
resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood,
and the impact of collection requirement on respondents can be properly
assessed.
Currently, CNCS is soliciting comments concerning its proposed data
collection for the Social Innovation Fund (SIF) National Evaluation.
Research questions for the evaluation are categorized into 5 major
topic areas:
Documenting SIF's outcomes for people served;
Strengthening the evidence base;
Expanding the reach of programs that work;
Using intermediaries to strengthen the capacity of
nonprofits to implement and expand programs; and
Assessing SIF's influence on policy, funding and practice.
The evaluation seeks to understand whether and how the SIF has met
its intended goals by assessing the extent to which: (1) Outcomes for
those in need have improved; (2) the evidence base has been
strengthened; (3) nonprofit capacity to implement and expand programs
has increased; and, (4) SIF has influenced the use of evidence, the
flow of capital and the scaling of promising program models within the
public, philanthropic and nonprofit sectors. The evaluation will focus
on the initial group of 11 intermediaries (grantees) and 138 community
nonprofits (subgrantees) funded by the SIF in 2010. These
intermediaries and their subgrantees will be providing information for
the SIF National Evaluation.
Copies of the information collection request can be obtained by
contacting the office listed in the addresses section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the individual and office
listed in the ADDRESSES section by July 23, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by the title of the
information collection activity, by any of the following methods:
(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for National and Community
Service, Attention: Joscelyn Silsby, Project Director, SIF Evaluation,
Office of Strategy and Strategic Initiatives, Corporation for National
and Community Service, 1201 New York Avenue NW., Room 10906A
Washington, DC, 20525.
(2) By hand delivery or by courier to the CNCS mailroom at Room
8100 at the mail address given in paragraph (1) above, between 9:00
a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
(3) By fax to: (202) 606-3464 Attention: Joscelyn Silsby, Project
Director, SIF Evaluation.
(4) Electronically through the CNCS email system: jsilsby@cns.gov.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TTY-TDD)
may call 1-800-833-3722 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time,
Monday through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joscelyn Silsby (202-606-6772), or by
email at jsilsby@cns.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CNCS is particularly interested in comments
that:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of CNCS,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are expected to respond, including the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology (e.g., permitting
electronic submissions of responses).
Background
During 2010, 11 intermediaries received SIF grants across the three
priority areas. As of July 1, 2011, the 2010 intermediaries had funded
138 sub grantees in 31 states and the District of Columbia. These
intermediaries and sub grantees will be providing the information for
the SIF National Evaluation. Some of the information will be collected
electronically and other information will be collected from
intermediaries and subgrantees through telephone or in-person
interviews.
The following data collection activities are planned for Year 2 of
the evaluation:
Intermediaries will provide data on the 138 sub grantees
to document the changes in outputs and outcomes that occur as a result
of SIF, beginning in the fall of 2012. This will be an annual data
collection and will be conducted in 2013, 2014, and 2015. The
information that will be collected includes characteristics of the
populations served, the number of clients receiving each type of
service, how new and underserved populations are reached, how people's
lives have potentially changed with SIF-funded services, total funding
available for subgrantee programs (including matching funds), cost of
providing services (including direct costs and indirect costs), and
number of full-time equivalent (FTE) staff members.
Conduct brief telephone surveys with 138 sub grantees to
obtain contextual and explanatory information (clarification of the
data received from the annual program activity data collection). This
data collection will occur in 2012, 2013, and 2015.
Conduct in-depth discussions over the telephone with 11
grantees in 2013. These discussions will focus on the capacity
strengthening needs of the sub grantees and how the grantees are or are
planning to meet those needs as well as program expansion strategies
the subgrantees are or will be implementing.
Conduct in-person discussions with selected sub grantees
to better understand the implementation of the SIF. This will result in
development of 15 case studies. The first set of case studies will
focus on understanding the types of strategies used by intermediaries
and subgrantees to expand program reach and the subgrantee capacities
that are needed or are in place to do this effectively.
Current Action
This is a new information collection request.
Type of Review: New.
Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
Title: Social Innovation Fund (SIF) National Evaluation.
OMB Number: TBD.
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Agency Number: NA.
Affected Public: The affected public will be the intermediaries and
the subgrantees who received SIF funding from CNCS, stakeholders
(representatives from partnering organizations, volunteers, and perhaps
local evaluators).
Total Respondents: 250.
Frequency: The annual program activity data collection instrument
will be completed once annually during 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.
Telephone surveys with subgrantees will occur in 2012, 2013, and 2015.
Site visits and discussions will occur once in 2013 and 2015 with
approximately 15 subgrantees (program director and staff), and
stakeholders to develop case studies focused on program expansion
strategies and capacity strengthening work.
Average Time per Response: Average response time of the 11 grantees
to compile the data for each sub grantee for the annual program
activity data collection instrument will be 3 hours per subgrantee. The
follow-up survey with sub grantees will be 30 minutes; interviews with
SIF intermediaries will take 1.5 hours; and the discussions with SIF
Program directors and staff, and stakeholders for the case studies will
be 1 hour per respondent.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 589.5 hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): None.
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Number of Frequency of Burden hours Total annual
Data collection activity Respondents respondents response per Response burden hours
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Annual program activity data SIF 138 1 3.0 414
collection instrument. intermediaries.
Follow-up telephone surveys... SIF subgrantees. 138 1 0.5 69
In-depth interviews........... SIF 11 1 1.5 16.5
intermediaries.
Case studies of 15 sub grantee SIF Program 90 1 1 90
programs. director and
staff, and
stakeholders.
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Total..................... ................ 250 .............. 6.0 589.5
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Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a
matter of public record.
Dated: May 16, 2012.
Marlene Zakai,
Deputy Chief of Staff, Management.
[FR Doc. 2012-12394 Filed 5-21-12; 8:45 am]
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