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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request: Uniform Grant
Application Package for Discretionary
Grant Programs
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on
this proposed information collection.
This collection is a revision of a
currently approved collection.
The purpose of the Uniform Grant
Application Package for Discretionary
Grant Programs is to provide a
standardized format for the
development of all Requests for
Applications for discretionary grant
programs released by the Food and
Nutrition Service (FNS) Agency and to
allow for a more expeditious OMB
clearance process.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before January 22, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions that
were used; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
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collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments may be sent to: Lael
Lubing, Food and Nutrition Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101
Park Center Drive, Room 732,
Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may
also be submitted via fax to the attention
of Lael Lubing at 703–605–0363 or via
email to Lael.Lubing@fns.usda.gov.
Comments will also be accepted through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to
https://www.regulations.gov, and follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments electronically.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for Office of Management and Budget
approval. All comments will be a matter
of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection
should be directed to Lael Lubing at
703–305–2048.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Uniform Grant Application
Package for Discretionary Grant
Programs.
Form Number: SF–424 Form Family.
OMB Number: 0584–0512.
Expiration Date: August 31, 2016.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: FNS has a number of
discretionary grant programs.
(Consistent with the definition in 2 CFR
part 200, the term ‘‘grant’’ as used in
this notice includes cooperative
agreements.) The authorities for these
grants vary and will be cited as part of
each grant application solicitation. The
purpose of the revision to the currently
approved collection for the Uniform
Grant Application Package for
Discretionary Grant Programs is to
continue the authority for the
established uniform grant application
package and to update the number of
collection burden hours. The uniform
collection package is useable for all of
FNS’ discretionary grant programs to
collect information from grant
applicants that are needed to evaluate
and rank applicants and protect the
integrity of the grantee selection
process. All FNS discretionary grant
programs will be eligible, but not
required, to use the uniform grant
application package. Before soliciting
applications for a discretionary grant
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program, FNS will decide whether the
uniform grant application package will
meet the needs of that grant program. If
FNS decides to use the uniform grant
application package, FNS will note in
the grant solicitation that applicants
must use the uniform grant application
package and that the information
collection has already been approved by
OMB. If FNS decides not to use the
uniform grant application package or
determines that it needs grant
applicants to provide additional
information not contained in the
uniform package, then FNS will publish
a notice soliciting comments on its
proposal to collect different or
additional information before making
the grant solicitation.
The uniform grant application
package will include general
information and instructions; a
checklist; a requirement for the program
narrative statement describing how the
grant objectives will be reached; the
Standard Form (SF) 424 series that
request basic information, budget
information, and a disclosure of
lobbying activities certification. The
proposed information collection
covered by this notice is related to the
requirements for the program narrative
statement. The requirements for the
program narrative statement are based
on the requirements for program
narrative statements described in 2 CFR
part 200, Appendix I, and will apply to
all types of grantees—State and Local
governments, Indian Tribal
organizations, Non-Profit organizations,
Institutions of Higher Education, and
For-Profit organizations. The
information collection burden related to
the SF–424 series, and the lobbying
certification forms have been separately
approved by OMB.
Affected Public: State and local
governments, Indian Tribal
organizations, Non-Profit organizations,
Institutions of Higher Education, and
For-Profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,594.
Number of Responses per
Respondent: 18.03.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
28,742.
Hours per Response: 3.94 Average.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 113,137.
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Annual grant opportunities
Number of
respondents
Pre-Award Annual Total Reporting Burden
Frequency of
responses
950
Total annual
responses
1
Estimated time
per response
950
60
Estimated
total annual
burden hours
57,000
Annual post award reporting burden totals
Number of
respondents
Post-Award Total Reporting Burden ............
644
Grand Total Annual Reporting Burden
Post Award Recordkeeping Total Burden
Estimates ..................................................
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—Review of
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program/Medicaid Eligibility
Technology Integration
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on
this proposed information collection.
This is a new collection for the purpose
of identifying best practices and
informing future FNS policy decisions
pertaining to State eligibility system
integration.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before January 22, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions that
SUMMARY:
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2.26
55,307
25,422
4.42
112,307
Estimated
total annual
records
10
18.03
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection
should be directed to Jennifer McNabb
at 703–305–2142.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Hours per
recordkeeper
Total burden
3,320
were used; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments may be sent to: Sasha
Gersten-Paal, Food and Nutrition
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
3101 Park Center Drive, Room 812,
Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may
also be submitted via fax to the attention
of Sasha Gersten-Paal at 703–305–2454
or via email to Sasha.Gersten-Paal@
fns.usda.gov. Comments will also be
accepted through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal. Go to https://
www.regulations.gov, and follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments electronically.
All written comments will be open for
public inspection at the office of the
Food and Nutrition Service during
regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00
p.m., Monday through Friday) at 3101
Park Center Drive, Room 1014
Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for Office of Management and Budget
approval. All comments will be a matter
of public record.
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Estimated
total annual
burden hours
24,472
Annual number
records per
respondent
1,594
Dated: November 16, 2015.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
Estimated time
per response
15.95
332
Grand Total ...........................................
Total annual
responses
38
1,594
Number of
recordkeepers
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Frequency of
responses
0.25
830
28,742
3.94
113,137
Title: Review of Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program/Medicaid
Eligibility Technology Integration.
Form Number: N/A.
OMB Number: 0584–NEW.
Expiration Date: Not Yet Determined.
Type of Request: New information
collection request.
Abstract: The Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP), (The Food
and Nutrition Act of 2008 [As Amended
Through Pub. L. 113–128, Enacted July
22, 2014]) provides nutrition assistance
benefits to millions of eligible, lowincome individuals and families
nationwide. SNAP is administered by
FNS, but operates at the State and local
level. States have varying degrees of
integration across their health and
human service programs. To meet
statutory requirements of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act
(Pub. L. 111–148), many States have
altered their technical platforms and
business processes. In order to assess
how these changes may have positively
or negatively impacted SNAP, FNS
proposes to collect information on State
agency structure, staffing, and
operations; eligibility system and
business process functions; application
procedures; the nature of relationships
and connections between Medicaid and
SNAP; and other details relevant to
understanding how clients engage State
systems and ways in which their access
to SNAP can be enhanced. Specifically,
this information collection will be
undertaken through administration of a
voluntary Integration/Operations Survey
to 50 States, the District of Columbia,
Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Based on previous experience, we
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or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request: Uniform Grant Application Package for Discretionary
Grant Programs
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment
on this proposed information collection. This collection is a revision
of a currently approved collection.
The purpose of the Uniform Grant Application Package for
Discretionary Grant Programs is to provide a standardized format for
the development of all Requests for Applications for discretionary
grant programs released by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Agency
and to allow for a more expeditious OMB clearance process.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before January 22, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions that were used; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to: Lael Lubing, Food and Nutrition Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 732,
Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may also be submitted via fax to the
attention of Lael Lubing at 703-605-0363 or via email to
Lael.Lubing@fns.usda.gov. Comments will also be accepted through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to https://www.regulations.gov, and
follow the online instructions for submitting comments electronically.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will
be a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection should be directed to Lael Lubing
at 703-305-2048.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Uniform Grant Application Package for Discretionary Grant
Programs.
Form Number: SF-424 Form Family.
OMB Number: 0584-0512.
Expiration Date: August 31, 2016.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: FNS has a number of discretionary grant programs.
(Consistent with the definition in 2 CFR part 200, the term ``grant''
as used in this notice includes cooperative agreements.) The
authorities for these grants vary and will be cited as part of each
grant application solicitation. The purpose of the revision to the
currently approved collection for the Uniform Grant Application Package
for Discretionary Grant Programs is to continue the authority for the
established uniform grant application package and to update the number
of collection burden hours. The uniform collection package is useable
for all of FNS' discretionary grant programs to collect information
from grant applicants that are needed to evaluate and rank applicants
and protect the integrity of the grantee selection process. All FNS
discretionary grant programs will be eligible, but not required, to use
the uniform grant application package. Before soliciting applications
for a discretionary grant program, FNS will decide whether the uniform
grant application package will meet the needs of that grant program. If
FNS decides to use the uniform grant application package, FNS will note
in the grant solicitation that applicants must use the uniform grant
application package and that the information collection has already
been approved by OMB. If FNS decides not to use the uniform grant
application package or determines that it needs grant applicants to
provide additional information not contained in the uniform package,
then FNS will publish a notice soliciting comments on its proposal to
collect different or additional information before making the grant
solicitation.
The uniform grant application package will include general
information and instructions; a checklist; a requirement for the
program narrative statement describing how the grant objectives will be
reached; the Standard Form (SF) 424 series that request basic
information, budget information, and a disclosure of lobbying
activities certification. The proposed information collection covered
by this notice is related to the requirements for the program narrative
statement. The requirements for the program narrative statement are
based on the requirements for program narrative statements described in
2 CFR part 200, Appendix I, and will apply to all types of grantees--
State and Local governments, Indian Tribal organizations, Non-Profit
organizations, Institutions of Higher Education, and For-Profit
organizations. The information collection burden related to the SF-424
series, and the lobbying certification forms have been separately
approved by OMB.
Affected Public: State and local governments, Indian Tribal
organizations, Non-Profit organizations, Institutions of Higher
Education, and For-Profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,594.
Number of Responses per Respondent: 18.03.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 28,742.
Hours per Response: 3.94 Average.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 113,137.
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Annual grant opportunities
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Estimated total
Number of Frequency of Total annual Estimated time annual burden
respondents responses responses per response hours
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Pre-Award Annual Total Reporting Burden..................... 950 1 950 60 57,000
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Annual post award reporting burden totals
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Number of Frequency of Total annual Estimated time Estimated
respondents responses responses per response total annual
burden hours
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Post-Award Total Reporting Burden........................... 644 38 24,472 2.26 55,307
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Grand Total Annual Reporting Burden..................... 1,594 15.95 25,422 4.42 112,307
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Number of Annual number Estimated Hours per Total burden
recordkeepers records per total annual recordkeeper
respondent records
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Post Award Recordkeeping Total Burden Estimates............. 332 10 3,320 0.25 830
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Grand Total............................................. 1,594 18.03 28,742 3.94 113,137
Dated: November 16, 2015.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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