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related cases. Findings will be
distributed via the APS–TARC website,
a technical assistance resource center
for APS programs. ACL will also explore
other opportunities where findings can
be shared via blogs, briefs, conference
presentations and webinars.
soliciting public comments on this
request. The 60-day FRN published on
December 1, 2020, Vol. 85, No. 231 page
77217. There were no public comments
received.
Comments in Response to the 60-Day
Federal Register Notice
ACL published a 60-day Federal
Register Notice in the Federal Register
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
responses
Average
burden
per response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
APS Administrator Interview Guide .....................................
APS Local Staff Interview Guide .........................................
12
60
1
1
12
60
.75
.75
9
45
Total ..............................................................................
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54
Dated: February 19, 2021.
Alison Barkoff,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary
for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2021–03867 Filed 2–24–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Public Comment Request;
Inventory of Adult Protective Services
Practices and Service Innovations
Administration for Community
Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Community Living is announcing that
the proposed collection of information
listed above has been submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance as
required under section 506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
This 30-Day notice collects comments
on the information collection
requirements related to requirements
related to a new information collection
0985-New Inventory of Adult Protective
Services Practices and Service
Innovations.
SUMMARY:
Submit written comments on the
collection of information by March 29,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
and recommendations for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of
publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find the information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
DATES:
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by using the search function. 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:
Stephanie Whittier Eliason,
Administration for Community Living,
Washington, DC 20201 Phone: (202)
795–7467, Email:
Stephanie.WhittierEliason@acl.hhs.gov.
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. The
Administration for Community Living
(ACL) is requesting approval for a new
information collection 0985–New
Inventory of Adult Protective Services
Practices and Service Innovations. The
Elder Justice Act of 2009 requires the
Secretary of the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services to carry out
a number of activities related to adult
protective services (APS) (42 U.S.C.
1397m–1), including developing and
disseminating information on APS best
practices and conducting research
related to the provision of APS.
Furthermore, the Elder Justice
Coordinating Council included as its
third recommendation for increasing
federal involvement in addressing elder
abuse, neglect, and exploitation:
‘‘develop a national APS system based
upon standardized data collection and a
core set of service provision standards
and best practices.’’
Background
The Administration for Community
Living (ACL) in the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS)
plans to initiate an Inventory of Adult
Protective Services Practices and
Service Innovations (APS Practice
Survey) in early 2021. Under a contract
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with ACL, the National Adult Protective
Services Technical Assistance Resource
Center (APS TARC) is conducting a
national program evaluation of APS
programs. As part of this evaluation, the
APS Practice Survey will identify
barriers to meeting policy mandates,
and practice innovations and model
programs that address such barriers and
community-identified needs. It also
seeks to identify practice variations in
the way APS programs serve older
adults and adults with disabilities. The
results of the survey will serve to
advance the field of APS and will be
useful to many audiences. It will
provide baseline information regarding
the status of APS programs and services,
and the resulting information will help
states and territories compare their
program characteristics with those of
other states and territories. The survey
will provide a context for other
researchers examining APS programs. It
will inform ACL’s efforts to support
improvement of APS programs through
activities such as innovation grants.
Finally, it will inform the APS TARC
team’s efforts to develop resources to
enhance APS programs around the
country. This survey has been
developed to gather information on APS
practices that is not available from other
sources. As part of the National Adult
Maltreatment Reporting System
(NAMRS), ACL collects descriptive data
on state and territory agency policies
through the Agency Component of that
data collection.
Therefore, the proposed survey will
not collect any background policy or
data items. As part of the APS Program
Evaluation, the APS TARC also
conducted a detailed examination of
state APS policies through development
of individual state policy profiles. The
profiles were based exclusively on
extant information sources obtained
without additional data requests from
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the states. Information on practices
gathered in this survey will
complement, but will not duplicate,
these policy profiles.
Finally, the National Adult Protective
Services Association (NAPSA)
conducted a survey of State APS
programs in 2012, and the National
Association of State Units on Aging and
Disability (NASUAD) fielded a survey to
its members, which are not APS
programs, in January 2018 intended to
update findings from the NAPSA 2012
survey. Since the survey replicates the
original NAPSA survey, the questions in
it are not focused on APS practice and
are not directed at the same respondents
as the proposed survey. As noted, a few
topics in the original survey overlap
with the proposed instrument, but the
wording and focus of the few questions
on similar topics are different. From this
analysis, we conclude the proposed APS
Practice Survey will yield vital
information on APS practice not
available from other sources.
Proposed Collection Efforts
The APS Practice Survey will collect
state- and territory-specific practices for
all aspects of APS casework practice,
including staffing, intake, investigation,
service planning and delivery, and
quality assurance. Across these areas,
the survey will collect information on
practices such as community
partnerships and use of assessment
tools.
The APS Practice Survey will be
administered online using
SurveyMonkey or a similar commercial
survey-programming tool. The online
survey will include data validation
routines to minimize errors or
unintentional omissions and will
include appropriate skip patterns to
reduce burden. Respondents will be
state and territory APS agencies,
including APS agencies in the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern
Marianas Islands, Virgin Islands, and
American Samoa. No personally
identifiable information will be
collected.
Number of
respondents
Instrument
A pilot version of The APS Practice
Survey was tested in nine (9) diverse
states between July and September
2017. Following their pretest of the
survey instrument, pilot respondents
participated in focus groups in which
they provided recommendations on data
collection procedures, views on the
availability of data being requested, and
estimates of the burden to each state and
territory for completion of the survey. It
is assumed that nearly every state and
territory will participate and that time to
develop a response will be similar to the
experience of states during the pilot test.
ACL has calculated the following
burden estimates based on the results of
the survey pilot test.
Comments in Response to the 60-Day
Federal Register Notice
A notice published in the Federal
Register on December 1, 2020 in 85 FR
77218.
Estimated Program Burden: ACL
estimates the annual burden associated
with this collection of information as
follows:
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total
burden
hours
APS Practice Survey .......................................................................................
56
1
3.50
196
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours .....................................................
........................
........................
........................
196
Dated: February 19, 2021.
Alison Barkoff,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary
for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2021–03863 Filed 2–24–21; 8:45 am]
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Administration for Community Living
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Public Comment Request;
Independent Living Services (ILS)
Program Performance Report (PPR)
0985–0043
Administration for Community
Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Community Living (ACL) is announcing
that the proposed collection of
information listed above has been
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
clearance as required under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
SUMMARY:
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30-Day notice collects comments on the
information collection requirements
related to the Independent Living
Services (ILS) Program Performance
Report (PPR) 0985–0043.
DATES: Submit written comments on the
collection of information by 11:59 p.m.
(EST) or postmarked by March 29, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information by:
(a) Email to: OIRA_submission@
omb.eop.gov, 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:
Peter Nye at OILPPRAComments@
acl.hhs.gov. Administration for
Community Living, Washington, DC
20201, Attention: Peter Nye Phone:
(202) 795–7606.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, ACL
has submitted the following proposed
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collection of information to OMB for
review and clearance.
The Independent Living Services
(ILS) program provides financial
assistance, through formula grants, to
states, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, American Samoa, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, Guam, and the US Virgin
Islands for expanding, and improving
the provision of, independent living (IL)
services. The Designated State Entity
(DSE) is the agency that, on behalf of the
state, receives, accounts for, and
disburses funds received under Part B of
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as
amended (the Act). Funds are also made
available for the provision of training
and technical assistance to Statewide
Independent Living Councils (SILCs).
The Act permits an annual program
performance report (PPR).
This request is for the ILS PPR, which
is submitted annually by the SILC and
DSE in every state, territory, and
commonwealth. ACL uses the ILS PPR
to assess grantee compliance with title
VII of the Act, with 45 CFR part 1329
of the Code of Federal Regulations, and
with applicable provisions of the HHS
Regulations at 45 CFR part 75. The ILS
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Public Comment Request; Inventory of Adult Protective Services
Practices and Service Innovations
AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living is announcing that the
proposed collection of information listed above has been submitted to
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance as
required under section 506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. This 30-Day notice collects comments on the information
collection requirements related to requirements related to a new
information collection 0985-New Inventory of Adult Protective Services
Practices and Service Innovations.
DATES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by
March 29, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find the information collection by
selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments''
or by using the search function. 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: Stephanie Whittier Eliason,
Administration for Community Living, Washington, DC 20201 Phone: (202)
795-7467, Email: [email protected].
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. The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is
requesting approval for a new information collection 0985-New Inventory
of Adult Protective Services Practices and Service Innovations. The
Elder Justice Act of 2009 requires the Secretary of the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services to carry out a number of activities
related to adult protective services (APS) (42 U.S.C. 1397m-1),
including developing and disseminating information on APS best
practices and conducting research related to the provision of APS.
Furthermore, the Elder Justice Coordinating Council included as its
third recommendation for increasing federal involvement in addressing
elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation: ``develop a national APS system
based upon standardized data collection and a core set of service
provision standards and best practices.''
Background
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) in the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to initiate an
Inventory of Adult Protective Services Practices and Service
Innovations (APS Practice Survey) in early 2021. Under a contract with
ACL, the National Adult Protective Services Technical Assistance
Resource Center (APS TARC) is conducting a national program evaluation
of APS programs. As part of this evaluation, the APS Practice Survey
will identify barriers to meeting policy mandates, and practice
innovations and model programs that address such barriers and
community-identified needs. It also seeks to identify practice
variations in the way APS programs serve older adults and adults with
disabilities. The results of the survey will serve to advance the field
of APS and will be useful to many audiences. It will provide baseline
information regarding the status of APS programs and services, and the
resulting information will help states and territories compare their
program characteristics with those of other states and territories. The
survey will provide a context for other researchers examining APS
programs. It will inform ACL's efforts to support improvement of APS
programs through activities such as innovation grants. Finally, it will
inform the APS TARC team's efforts to develop resources to enhance APS
programs around the country. This survey has been developed to gather
information on APS practices that is not available from other sources.
As part of the National Adult Maltreatment Reporting System (NAMRS),
ACL collects descriptive data on state and territory agency policies
through the Agency Component of that data collection.
Therefore, the proposed survey will not collect any background
policy or data items. As part of the APS Program Evaluation, the APS
TARC also conducted a detailed examination of state APS policies
through development of individual state policy profiles. The profiles
were based exclusively on extant information sources obtained without
additional data requests from
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the states. Information on practices gathered in this survey will
complement, but will not duplicate, these policy profiles.
Finally, the National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA)
conducted a survey of State APS programs in 2012, and the National
Association of State Units on Aging and Disability (NASUAD) fielded a
survey to its members, which are not APS programs, in January 2018
intended to update findings from the NAPSA 2012 survey. Since the
survey replicates the original NAPSA survey, the questions in it are
not focused on APS practice and are not directed at the same
respondents as the proposed survey. As noted, a few topics in the
original survey overlap with the proposed instrument, but the wording
and focus of the few questions on similar topics are different. From
this analysis, we conclude the proposed APS Practice Survey will yield
vital information on APS practice not available from other sources.
Proposed Collection Efforts
The APS Practice Survey will collect state- and territory-specific
practices for all aspects of APS casework practice, including staffing,
intake, investigation, service planning and delivery, and quality
assurance. Across these areas, the survey will collect information on
practices such as community partnerships and use of assessment tools.
The APS Practice Survey will be administered online using
SurveyMonkey or a similar commercial survey-programming tool. The
online survey will include data validation routines to minimize errors
or unintentional omissions and will include appropriate skip patterns
to reduce burden. Respondents will be state and territory APS agencies,
including APS agencies in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam,
Northern Marianas Islands, Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. No
personally identifiable information will be collected.
A pilot version of The APS Practice Survey was tested in nine (9)
diverse states between July and September 2017. Following their pretest
of the survey instrument, pilot respondents participated in focus
groups in which they provided recommendations on data collection
procedures, views on the availability of data being requested, and
estimates of the burden to each state and territory for completion of
the survey. It is assumed that nearly every state and territory will
participate and that time to develop a response will be similar to the
experience of states during the pilot test. ACL has calculated the
following burden estimates based on the results of the survey pilot
test.
Comments in Response to the 60-Day Federal Register Notice
A notice published in the Federal Register on December 1, 2020 in
85 FR 77218.
Estimated Program Burden: ACL estimates the annual burden
associated with this collection of information as follows:
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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APS Practice Survey............................. 56 1 3.50 196
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours......... .............. .............. .............. 196
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Dated: February 19, 2021.
Alison Barkoff,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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