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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—Child and Adult
Care Food Program (CACFP) Family
Day Care Home Meal Claim Feasibility
Study
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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 new collection for
estimating erroneous payments due to
meals claimed improperly by family day
care home providers participating in the
CACFP.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before February 9, 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: Veronica
Uzoebo, Food and Nutrition Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101
Park Center Drive, Room 1014,
Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may
also be submitted via fax to the attention
of Veronica Uzoebo at 703–305–2576 or
via email to Veronica.Uzoebo@
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
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should be directed to Veronica Uzoebo
at 703–305–2105.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Child and Adult Care Food
Program (CACFP) Family Day Care
Homes Meal Claim Feasibility Study
Form Number: N/A
OMB Number: Not Yet Assigned.
Expiration Date: Not Yet Determined.
Type of Request: New collection.
Abstract: The objective of this
feasibility study is to design and test a
data collection method that enables FNS
to estimate erroneous payments due to
meals claimed improperly by family day
care home providers participating in the
CACFP. Specifically, the study focuses
on accurately estimating meals that are
claimed but not served.
The study relies on data from four
sources: (1) State agencies that
administer the program for FNS, (2)
sponsors who manage CACFP on behalf
of State agencies, (3) providers that
operate family day care homes, and (4)
parents with children enrolled in a
participating provider’s facility. State
agencies will provide lists of sponsors
including administrative information
about them. Sponsors will prepare
extant administrative records of
participating providers. Providers and
parents will provide primary data on
meal services and child attendance.
Providers will report meal service
information via a smart phone
application (app) or a reporting Web
site; parents will report child attendance
via text messaging or a reporting Web
site. These data, in combination with
extant administrative records collected
from sponsors, will be used to estimate
improper payments.
The study activities subject to this
notice include collecting administrative
records and meal serving information
from 300 providers associated with 15
sponsors in two States.
For a period of one month, providers
selected and assigned to the study group
will report meal serving times in
addition to their regular meal claims for
reimbursement purposes; parents whose
children are attending these providers’
facilities will report the drop-off and
pick-up times of their children on a
daily basis. Providers selected and
assigned to the control group will take
part under the business-as-usual
condition and will have no direct
involvement in the study as their meal
claims will be obtained directly from
the sponsors.
Providers and parents in the study
group will receive study materials with
full details of what they will be asked
to do. They will also receive contact
information to contact the study team
for additional questions.
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Affected Public: This study includes
three respondent groups: State and local
government (state agencies), for-profit or
non-profit businesses (CACFP sponsors
and family day care home providers),
and individuals/households (parents of
children enrolled in selected family day
care homes).
Estimated Number of Respondents:
The total estimated respondents is 917
(2 State agencies, 15 sponsors, 150
family day care providers, and 750
parents).
Selected States agencies, sponsors and
providers are required to support this
federally funded study. Upon FNS’s
approval of the two States selected for
this study, a purposive sample of 15
sponsors will be selected to represent
sponsors of varying sizes in urban,
suburban, and rural areas.
With each selected sponsor, 20
providers will be randomly selected and
evenly assigned to a study or control
group, i.e., 10 providers to the study
group and the other 10 to the control
group. Therefore, there will be a total of
300 providers in the study, i.e., 20
providers per sponsor × 15 sponsors.
Since the providers assigned to the
control group will not be contacted for
this study, the respondents will only
include the 150 providers in the study
group.
Parents can voluntarily participate in
the study if their children attend
participating providers’ day care homes.
Assuming an average of five families per
provider, the study group will include
an initial sample of 750 parents, i.e., 5
families × 10 providers in the study
group × 15 sponsors. Assuming that
20% of these parents refuse to
participate in the study or fail to report
attendance data on the daily basis
during the study month, the final
analytic sample include approximately
600 parents, i.e., 750 parents × 20%.
Estimated Frequency of Responses per
Respondent: FNS estimates that the
frequency of responses per respondent
will average an estimated 24 responses
per respondent across the entire
collection. Each State agency will
provide two responses for the study: (1)
Attend an orientation conference call,
including reading an advance letter and
study materials in preparation for the
call and any follow-up communication
with the study team after the call; and
(2) provide requested information about
sponsors, including communication
regarding the data request and transfer.
Each sponsor will provide four types
of responses: (1) Attend a study
orientation conference call including
reading an advance letter and study
materials before the call and any followup communication with the study team
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after the call; (2) provide monthly meal
claim data for November 2016, January
2017, and March 2017 (3 times),
including communication about the
data transfer; (3) provide administrative
records for CACFP day care providers
including communication about the
data transfer; and (4) facilitate study
recruitment as needed.
Each day care home provider selected
for the study will provide three types of
responses: (1) Review an advance letter
and study materials to provide
requested child enrollment information,
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information; (2) report meal service
information via the smart phone app or
the reporting Web site (22 times); and
(3) facilitate parent recruitment as
needed.
Participating parents will provide two
types of responses: (1) Review an
advanced letter and study materials to
decide whether to participate in the
study, including communication with
the study team about the study; and (2)
if they agree to participate, report child
attendance via text messages on their
personal mobile phone or a reporting
Web site (22 times).
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
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Estimated Time per Response: The
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on respondent group, as shown in the
table below, with an average estimated
time of 0.11 hours for respondents and
0.05 hours for non-respondents.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: The total public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated at 1,875.50 hours. The
estimated burden for each type of
participant is detailed in the table
below.
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(a) State agencies, sponsors and day care home providers receive federal funding and, therefore, are required to support this study per Section 305 of the Healthy
Hunger Free Kids Act of2010.
(b) Based on our experience with similar populations and the results from the pilot test, we assume 83% of parents will agree to participate in the study.
(c) We assume 96% of participants will remain eligible and emolled at the same providers' day care homes at the time of the study.
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Dated: December 3, 2015.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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December 7, 2015.
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
regarding (a) 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;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; (d) 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 should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov
or fax (202) 395–5806 and to
Departmental Clearance Office, USDA,
OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC
20250–7602. Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received
within 30 days of this notification.
Copies of the submission(s) may be
obtained by calling (202) 720–8958.
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: Annual State Report on
Verification of Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program Participation.
OMB Control Number: 0584—NEW.
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Summary of Collection: The purpose
of the Annual State Report of
Verification of Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) Participants
is to ensure that no person who is
deceased, or has been permanently
disqualified from SNAP, improperly
received SNAP benefits. Section 4032 of
the Agriculture Act of 2014 mandates
that States will ‘‘submit to the Secretary
a report containing sufficient
information for the Secretary to
determine whether the State agency has,
for the most recently concluded fiscal
year preceding that annual date, verified
that the State agency in that fiscal
year—(1) did not issue benefits to a
deceased individual; and (2) did not
issue benefits to an individual who had
been permanently disqualified from
receiving benefits.’’
Need and Use of the Information: To
ensure that benefits are not issued to
deceased individuals or those
permanently disqualified from SNAP.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 53.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting
and Recordkeeping: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 57.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Notice of Intent To Request Revision
and Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
National Agricultural Statistics
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the
National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS) to request revision and
extension of a currently approved
information collection for the Residue
and Biomass Field Survey.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by February 9, 2016 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number 0535–0251,
Residue and Biomass Field Survey by
any of the following methods:
• Email: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov .
Include docket number and title above
in the subject line of the message.
SUMMARY:
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• Efax: (855) 838–6382
• Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD–
ROM submissions to: David Hancock,
NASS Clearance Officer, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Room 5336
South Building, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250–
2024.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand
deliver to: David Hancock, NASS
Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Room 5336, South
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20250–2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R.
Renee Picanso, Associate Administrator,
National Agricultural Statistics Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, (202)
720–4333. Copies of this information
collection and related instructions can
be obtained without charge from David
Hancock, NASS Clearance Officer, at
(202) 690–2388 or at ombofficer@
nass.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Residue and Biomass Field
Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535—0251.
Type of Request: Intent to Seek
Approval to Revise and Extend an
Information Collection for 3 years.
Abstract: The primary objectives of
the National Agricultural Statistics
Service are to prepare and issue State
and national estimates of crop
production, livestock production,
economic statistics, and environmental
statistics related to agriculture and to
conduct the Census of Agriculture and
its follow-on surveys. This project is
conducted as a cooperative effort with
USDA’s Agricultural Research Service
(ARS).
The Residue and Biomass Field
Survey will use as a sampling universe,
fields in the South Fork watershed in
central Iowa (Buckeye, IA). This study
will investigate the effect crop residue
removal has on soil and water quality.
Measurements of crop residues will be
compared with remotely sensed data to
measure crop residue cover and soil
tillage intensity for the entire watershed.
The survey will be conducted in several
phases. The farm operators will only be
involved in three parts of the complete
survey process. After obtaining the
operators’ permission, field enumerators
will return several times during the
growing season to measure and collect
samples from the target areas. The farm
operators will be contacted two other
times to collect some additional data
relating to cropping practices performed
during the growing season.
Authority: These data will be
collected under the authority of 7 U.S.C.
2204(a). Individually identifiable data
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Family Day
Care Home Meal Claim Feasibility Study
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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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 new
collection for estimating erroneous payments due to meals claimed
improperly by family day care home providers participating in the
CACFP.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before February 9, 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: Veronica Uzoebo, Food and Nutrition
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room
1014, Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may also be submitted via fax to
the attention of Veronica Uzoebo at 703-305-2576 or via email to
Veronica.Uzoebo@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
should be directed to Veronica Uzoebo at 703-305-2105.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Family Day Care
Homes Meal Claim Feasibility Study
Form Number: N/A
OMB Number: Not Yet Assigned.
Expiration Date: Not Yet Determined.
Type of Request: New collection.
Abstract: The objective of this feasibility study is to design and
test a data collection method that enables FNS to estimate erroneous
payments due to meals claimed improperly by family day care home
providers participating in the CACFP. Specifically, the study focuses
on accurately estimating meals that are claimed but not served.
The study relies on data from four sources: (1) State agencies that
administer the program for FNS, (2) sponsors who manage CACFP on behalf
of State agencies, (3) providers that operate family day care homes,
and (4) parents with children enrolled in a participating provider's
facility. State agencies will provide lists of sponsors including
administrative information about them. Sponsors will prepare extant
administrative records of participating providers. Providers and
parents will provide primary data on meal services and child
attendance. Providers will report meal service information via a smart
phone application (app) or a reporting Web site; parents will report
child attendance via text messaging or a reporting Web site. These
data, in combination with extant administrative records collected from
sponsors, will be used to estimate improper payments.
The study activities subject to this notice include collecting
administrative records and meal serving information from 300 providers
associated with 15 sponsors in two States.
For a period of one month, providers selected and assigned to the
study group will report meal serving times in addition to their regular
meal claims for reimbursement purposes; parents whose children are
attending these providers' facilities will report the drop-off and
pick-up times of their children on a daily basis. Providers selected
and assigned to the control group will take part under the business-as-
usual condition and will have no direct involvement in the study as
their meal claims will be obtained directly from the sponsors.
Providers and parents in the study group will receive study
materials with full details of what they will be asked to do. They will
also receive contact information to contact the study team for
additional questions.
Affected Public: This study includes three respondent groups: State
and local government (state agencies), for-profit or non-profit
businesses (CACFP sponsors and family day care home providers), and
individuals/households (parents of children enrolled in selected family
day care homes).
Estimated Number of Respondents: The total estimated respondents is
917 (2 State agencies, 15 sponsors, 150 family day care providers, and
750 parents).
Selected States agencies, sponsors and providers are required to
support this federally funded study. Upon FNS's approval of the two
States selected for this study, a purposive sample of 15 sponsors will
be selected to represent sponsors of varying sizes in urban, suburban,
and rural areas.
With each selected sponsor, 20 providers will be randomly selected
and evenly assigned to a study or control group, i.e., 10 providers to
the study group and the other 10 to the control group. Therefore, there
will be a total of 300 providers in the study, i.e., 20 providers per
sponsor x 15 sponsors. Since the providers assigned to the control
group will not be contacted for this study, the respondents will only
include the 150 providers in the study group.
Parents can voluntarily participate in the study if their children
attend participating providers' day care homes. Assuming an average of
five families per provider, the study group will include an initial
sample of 750 parents, i.e., 5 families x 10 providers in the study
group x 15 sponsors. Assuming that 20% of these parents refuse to
participate in the study or fail to report attendance data on the daily
basis during the study month, the final analytic sample include
approximately 600 parents, i.e., 750 parents x 20%.
Estimated Frequency of Responses per Respondent: FNS estimates that
the frequency of responses per respondent will average an estimated 24
responses per respondent across the entire collection. Each State
agency will provide two responses for the study: (1) Attend an
orientation conference call, including reading an advance letter and
study materials in preparation for the call and any follow-up
communication with the study team after the call; and (2) provide
requested information about sponsors, including communication regarding
the data request and transfer.
Each sponsor will provide four types of responses: (1) Attend a
study orientation conference call including reading an advance letter
and study materials before the call and any follow-up communication
with the study team
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after the call; (2) provide monthly meal claim data for November 2016,
January 2017, and March 2017 (3 times), including communication about
the data transfer; (3) provide administrative records for CACFP day
care providers including communication about the data transfer; and (4)
facilitate study recruitment as needed.
Each day care home provider selected for the study will provide
three types of responses: (1) Review an advance letter and study
materials to provide requested child enrollment information, including
communication about the study and the requested enrollment information;
(2) report meal service information via the smart phone app or the
reporting Web site (22 times); and (3) facilitate parent recruitment as
needed.
Participating parents will provide two types of responses: (1)
Review an advanced letter and study materials to decide whether to
participate in the study, including communication with the study team
about the study; and (2) if they agree to participate, report child
attendance via text messages on their personal mobile phone or a
reporting Web site (22 times).
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 17,644 (see table below)
Estimated Time per Response: The estimated time of response varies
from three minutes to two hours depending on respondent group, as shown
in the table below, with an average estimated time of 0.11 hours for
respondents and 0.05 hours for non-respondents.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: The total public
reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated at
1,875.50 hours. The estimated burden for each type of participant is
detailed in the table below.
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Dated: December 3, 2015.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-31199 Filed 12-10-15; 8:45 am]
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