Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Older Americans Act, Title VI Grant Application, 39339 [2019-17072]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
• Administration for Community Living

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 154 (Friday, August 9, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 39339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17072]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Community Living


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Older Americans Act, Title VI Grant Application

AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is announcing an 
opportunity for the public to comment on the proposed collection of 
information listed above. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish a notice in the Federal 
Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including 
each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and 
to allow 30 days for public comment in response to the notice.
    This notice solicits comments on the Proposed New Collection and 
solicits comments on the information collection requirements related to 
the Application for Older Americans Act, Title VI Parts A/B and C 
Grants.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information must be submitted 
electronically by 11:59 p.m. (EST) or postmarked by September 9, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by:
    (a) Email to: [email protected], Attn: OMB Desk Officer 
for ACL;
    (b) fax to 202.395.5806, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACL; or
    (c) by mail to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
OMB, New Executive Office Bldg., 725 17th St. NW, Rm. 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACL.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rhonda Schwartz, Administration for 
Community Living, Washington, DC 20201, Rhonda Schwartz, 
[email protected], (617) 565-1165.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, ACL has 
submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for 
review and clearance.
    ACL is responsible for administering the Title VI A/B (Nutrition 
and Supportive Service) and C (Caregiver) grants. The purpose of this 
data collection is to improve and standardize the format of the 
application. The instrument will collect data as prescribed by the 
Older Americans Act Section 612(a), 614(a) and 45 CFR 1326.19 related 
to the eligibility of Federally-recognized Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations for grant funds under this program and their capacity to 
deliver services to elders.
    The Application for Older Americans Act, Title VI A/B and C Grants 
collects information on the ability of federally-recognized American 
Indian, Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian organizations to provide 
nutrition, supportive, and caregiver services to elders within their 
service area. Applicants are required to provide a description of their 
organization's service area, the number of eligible elders in their 
service area, and their ability to deliver services and sign assurances 
that the organization will comply with all applicable laws and 
regulations.
    This is a new data collection. In prior grant cycles, AoA used 
ACL's generic clearance for the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) 
information collection currently approved under OMB control number 
0985-0018. The proposed data collection materials have been updated to 
better align with the requirements of the Older Americans Act and 
Federal regulations, as well as to improve data quality and grantee 
accountability. Furthermore, this grantee application will better line 
up with the revised Title VI Program Performance Report under 0985-0059 
and will eliminate duplicate reporting requirements for grantees. This 
data collection will also support ACL in tracking performance outcomes 
and efficiency measures with respect to the annual and long-term 
performance targets established in compliance with the Government 
Performance Results Modernization Act (GPRMA).
    A notice was published in the Federal Register on June 3, 2019, 
Vol. 84, No. 106, pp. 25546-25547.
    The proposed data collection tools may be found on the ACL website 
for review at https://www.acl.gov/about-acl/public-input.

Estimated Program Burden

    Title VI grant applications are required once every three (3) 
years, so an annual response is not required for this instrument (the 
annual burden below reflects this calculation). Additionally, Title VI 
funding is broken into three categories.
    Parts A and B are for nutritional and supportive programming, with 
Part A being restricted to American Indian and Alaska Native grantees, 
and Part B restricted to Native Hawaiian grantees. Part C is for 
caregiver programming. All Part C grantees must have Part A/B funding, 
but not all Part A/B grantees will have Part C programs. Therefore, 
there are likely to be 295 unique respondents, but only 250 will have 
to complete all three portions of the application. This application 
covers all three parts of Title VI.
    ACL estimates the burden associated with this collection of 
information as follows:

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                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per     Annual burden
       Respondent/data collection activity          respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Title VI Application Part A/B...................             295               1            2.75           270.4
Title VI Application Part C.....................             250               1             1.5             125
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............            4.25           395.4
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    The number of burden hours associated with the Title VI, Part C, 
data collection was calculated as 811.25. However, since this 
instrument is used only once every 3 years, this number was annualized 
by dividing it into thirds. This resulted in an annualized number of 
270.4 hours. Similarly, the total hours associated with the Title VI, 
Part C, application is 375. This number was annualized by dividing it 
by three, resulting in an annual burden hours of 125.

    Dated: August 5, 2019.
Mary Lazare,
Principal Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2019-17072 Filed 8-8-19; 8:45 am]
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