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and to verify that the affiliations being
formed by teaching hospitals for the
purposes of sharing their Medicare GME
FTE cap slots are valid according to
CMS regulations. CMS will also use
these affiliation agreements as reference
materials when potential issues
involving specific affiliations arise.
While we have used hard copies of
affiliation agreements for those same
purposes in the past, we implemented
this electronic submission process in
order to expedite and ease the process
of retrieving, analyzing and evaluating
affiliation agreements. Form Number:
CMS–10326 (OMB control number:
0938–1111); Frequency: Annually;
Affected Public: Private Sector, Business
or other for profits, Not for profit
institutions; Number of Respondents:
125; Total Annual Responses: 125; Total
Annual Hours: 166. (For policy
questions regarding this collection
contact Shevi Marciano at 410–786–
2874.)
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Division of Information Collections
and Regulatory Impacts, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for Office of Management
and Budget Review; Refugee Support
Services (RSS) and RSS Set Aside
Sub-Agency List (Office of
Management and Budget #0970–0556)
Office of Refugee Resettlement,
Administration for Children and
Families, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) Office of
Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is
requesting a 3-year extension of the
Refugee Support Services (RSS) and
RSS Set Aside Sub-Agency List (Office
of Management and Budget #0970–
0556). ORR is not proposing any
changes to the form.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of
publication. OMB must make a decision
about the collection of information
between 30 and 60 days after
publication of this document in the
Federal Register. Therefore, a comment
is best assured of having its full effect
if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
SUMMARY:
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. You can also obtain
copies of the proposed collection of
information by emailing infocollection@
acf.hhs.gov. Identify all emailed
requests by the title of the information
collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The RSS and RSS Set
Aside Sub-Agency List requests grantees
to provide the agency name, city, state,
website, and funding amount for each
contracted sub-grantee.
The information will be used for
national resource mapping pertaining to
ORR RSS funding at the local level.
Improved communication and the
knowledge of all local providers is
important to ORR’s overall oversight of
the program. In addition to RSS formula
funding to states and state replacement
agencies who then issue sub-awards to
local providers, ORR also awards
discretionary grants that directly fund
local refugee service providers. This
report will continue to provide ORR a
complete picture of the availability all
ORR resources to assist newly arrived
refugees at the local level increasing our
ability to identify gaps or target areas of
need.
Respondents: State agencies and
replacement designees under 45 CFR
400.301(c) administering or supervising
the administration of programs.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Instrument
Total
number of
respondents
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Annual
burden hours
RSS and RSS Set Aside Sub-grantee List .....................................................
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1
2
118
Authority: Refugee Act of 1980
[Immigration and Nationality Act, title
IV, chapter 2, section 412 (e)] and 45
CFR 400.28.
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) Review; Community
Services Block Grant (CSBG) Annual
Progress Report (OMB No. 0970–0492)
Office of Community Services,
Administration for Children and
Families, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:
The Office of Community
Services (OCS), Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) requests
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an extension with minor changes to the
currently approved Community Services
Block Grant (CSBG) Annual Progress
Report, (OMB #0970–0492, expiration 6/
30/2024) and is submitting the Tribal
Annual Report and Tribal Short Form,
as well as removing supplemental
funding reports that are no longer in
use. Plans for further revisions to this
report are also discussed below.
Comments due July 29, 2024.
OMB must make a decision about the
collection of information between 30
and 60 days after publication of this
document in the Federal Register.
Therefore, a comment is best assured of
having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication.
DATES:
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Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. You can also obtain
copies of the proposed collection of
information by emailing infocollection@
acf.hhs.gov. Identify all emailed
requests by the title of the information
collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: Section 678E of the CSBG
Act requires states, including the
District of Columbia and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and U.S.
territories, to annually prepare and
submit a report on the measured
performance of the state and the eligible
entities in the state. Prior to the
participation of the state in the
performance measurement system, the
state shall include in the report any
information collected by the state
relating to such performance. Each state
shall also include in the report an
accounting of the expenditure of funds
received by the state through the CSBG
program, including an accounting of
funds spent on administrative costs by
the state and the eligible entities, and
funds spent by the eligible entities on
the direct delivery of local services, and
shall include information on the
number of and characteristics of clients
served under the subtitle in the state,
based on data collected from the eligible
entities. The state shall also include in
the report a summary describing the
training and technical assistance offered
by the state.
Section 3(b) of the Government
Performance and Results (GPRA)
Modernization Act of 2010 (GPRAMA)
requires OCS, as an office under the
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, to collect performance
ADDRESSES:
information for the CSBG. This current
request includes CSBG Annual Report
2.1. OCS is requesting an extension of
the current Annual Report with
clarification revisions to be used in
federal fiscal year (FY) 2024 as a
requirement to satisfy section 678E of
the CSBG Act and then as an optional
collection instrument in FY 2025 to
support an incremental implementation.
OCS also plans to discontinue the
currently approved Supplemental
Funding Reports under this OMB
control number. OCS is introducing the
CSBG Annual Report 3.0 Tribal Annual
Report—a modified annual report to
collect performance information from
CSBG directly funded tribal grant
recipients receiving more than $50,000.
Tribes would be required to report using
the Tribal Annual Report to fulfill FY
2024 to FY 2026 reporting requirements
due each year on March 31; and the
CSBG Annual Report 3.0 Tribal Short
Form for use by tribes directly funded
by CSBG below the $50,000 funding
threshold. Both the Tribal Annual
Report and Tribal Short Form were
developed using the revisions of the
CSBG Annual Report to provide a
comparable reporting schema for
directly funded CSBG tribes
commensurate with their funding levels
to minimize burden while collecting
performance data. Tribes receiving less
than $50,000 annual would be required
to report using the Tribal Short Form to
fulfill FY 2024 to FY 2026 reporting
requirements due each year on March
31.
OCS has also updated the Annual
Report for future years, the CSBG
Annual Report 3.0. This updated
version was originally planned to be
submitted in conjunction with the
extension of version 2.1, but in an effort
to be responsive to the public comments
received during the 60-day comment
period (89 FR 29339), OCS is delaying
submission of that version. Once all
comments are reviewed, addressed and
Total number
of respondents
Instrument
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CSBG
CSBG
CSBG
a final proposed version 3.0 is ready, a
subsequent notice will be published in
the Federal Register announcing the
opportunity to provide comments in
conjunction with submission to OMB.
This will provide a 30-day comment
period. The future request is expected to
include the following:
1. CSBG Annual Report 3.0—a
substantial revision of the current
Annual Report form. This updated
version continues to streamline state
administrative information, as well as
National Performance Indicators for
individuals and families as reported by
eligible entities. The proposed revisions
seek to lessen the burden of the
previous iteration of the report by
decreasing the amount of data points
collected, clarifying data points by using
clearer language, removing items not
pertinent to annual report data
collection, and improving data points to
reflect industry standards in measuring
the reduction of poverty. This revision
would be an optional collection
instrument in FY 2026 to support
incremental implementation and
minimize burden to the public and
would become the required sole
collection instrument in FY 2027.
Copies of the proposed collections of
information can be obtained by visiting:
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/
programs/csbg.
Respondents: State governments,
including the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S.
territories, directly funded federally and
state-recognized tribes and CSBG
eligible entities.
Annual Burden Estimates
Estimated Burden—FY24
In FY24, states and tribal grant
recipients would be required to
complete the current versions of the
Annual Reports.
Total number
of responses
per respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Annual
burden hours
Annual Report 2.1 (States) ..............................................................
Annual Report 2.1 (Eligible Entities) ................................................
Tribal Annual Report ........................................................................
Tribal Annual Report Short Form .....................................................
56
1,000
24
30
1
1
1
1
198
493
111
40
11,088
493,000
2,664
1,200
FY24 Total Annual Burden Estimates ..................................................
..........................
..........................
........................
507,952
Comments: The Department
specifically requests comments on the
following:
1. Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
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performance measurement of Federal,
State, or local agencies.
2. The quality of the information to be
collected.
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3. The clarity of the information to be
collected.
4. Does the information to be
collected produce significant burden? If
so, how could the burden be minimized
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on respondents, including using
automated collection techniques or
other forms of technology?
5. The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information.
6. What, if any, additions, revisions,
or modifications to the information
collection would you suggest?
Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted
within 30 days of this publication.
Authority: 112 Stat. 2729; 42 U.S.C.
9902(2).
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Intent to Award a Single-Source
Supplement for the Expanding ACL
Innovation Lab
Administration for Community
Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Community Living (ACL) announces the
intent to award a single-source
supplement to the current cooperative
agreement held by the National Council
on Aging for the ACL Innovation Lab
(‘‘the Lab’’) program. The purpose of the
Lab is to support research,
demonstration, and evaluation efforts
related to falls prevention amongst older
adults and older adults with disabilities.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information or comments
regarding this program supplement,
contact Shannon Skowronski, U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services, Administration for
Community Living, Center for Policy
and Evaluation, Office of Performance
and Evaluation; telephone (202) 795–
7438 email shannon.skowronski@
acl.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
primary activities of the ACL Innovation
Lab include:
• Developing a taxonomy for falls
prevention research.
• Funding a cohort of sub-awards to
community-based entities across the
nation to conduct research to
understand and measure the extent to
which existing interventions reduce
falls and risk factors.
• Developing a secure, dynamic
system to house the data collected and
evidence developed by sub-awardees.
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• Serving as a national focal point for
technical assistance that supports the
delivery and scaling of effective falls
prevention interventions across the
aging network.
The supplement for FY 2024 will be
approximately $4,441,320 and will not
be used for projects or activities outside
the scope of the approved award. The
supplement will provide sufficient
resources for:
• increasing the number and
geographic reach of sub-awards to
community-based entities.
• providing enhanced technical
assistance, with a particular focus on
individually tailored supports for subawardees, data collection, navigating
and securing Institutional Review Board
approval, and expanding dissemination.
Program Name: ACL Innovation Lab.
Recipient: The National Council on
Aging.
Period of Performance: September 1,
2023 through August 31, 2026 (fullyfunded).
Award Amount: Approximately
$4,441,320.
Award Type: Cooperative Agreement
Supplement.
Statutory Authority: Older Americans
Act of 1965, sections 201 and 411, as
amended through Pub. L. 116–131 (42
U.S.C. 3011, 42 U.S.C. 3032).
Basis for Award: The National
Council on Aging (NCOA) is currently
funded to serve as the first-ever ACL
Innovation Lab (‘‘the Lab’’) for the
period of September 1, 2023 through
August 31, 2026. Since project
implementation began in September
2023, the grantee has accomplished a
great deal. This supplement will enable
the grantee to carry their work even
further, providing additional sub-grants
and enhanced technical assistance to
advance falls prevention efforts across
the nation.
The NCOA is uniquely positioned to
complete the work called for under this
project. NCOA’s primary partners on
this project include Impact Genome and
a Research Advisory Committee,
comprised of experts in the fields of
falls prevention, community-based
participatory research, and related areas.
Establishing an entirely new grant
project for this program would be
potentially disruptive to efforts
currently underway. The Lab was
authorized in 2020, but not funded and
established until FY2023. Work is
currently underway to build a solid
foundation and infrastructure for the
Lab. If this supplement were not
provided, this would make it difficult to
build the comprehensive and dynamic
infrastructure needed to advance the
goals and efforts of this program for
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years to come. Building a parallel
infrastructure this early in the process
would likely result in duplication of
effort. In addition, it has become evident
that sub-awardee technical assistance
needs will exceed initial estimates.
Providing this supplement to NCOA
will allow for the greater realization of
Congress’ intent in Titles II and IV of the
Older Americans Act (OAA), which
calls for the establishment of a Research,
Demonstration, and Evaluation Center
(‘‘the Lab’’) for the purposes of
‘‘[conducting] research, research
dissemination, evaluation,
demonstration projects, and related
activities . . .; ‘‘[providing] assessment
of the programs and interventions
authorized under [the OAA]; and
‘‘[increasing the repository of
information on evidence-based
programs and interventions available to
the aging network . . .’’ (Title II) and
supporting ‘‘applied social research,
aligned with evidence-based practice,
and analysis to improve access to and
delivery of services for older individuals
. . .’’ (Title IV).
Dated: June 24, 2024.
Alison Barkoff,
Principal Deputy Administrator for the
Administration for Community Living,
performing the delegable duties of the
Administrator and Assistant Secretary for
Aging.
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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; the
State Plan for Assistive Technology
(OMB Control Number 0985–0048)
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 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 the proposed
extension of the information collection
requirements relating to the State Plan
of Assistive Technology (OMB Control
Number 0985–0048).
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review;
Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Annual Progress Report (OMB No.
0970-0492)
AGENCY: Office of Community Services, Administration for Children and
Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Community Services (OCS), Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) requests an extension with minor changes to
the currently approved Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Annual
Progress Report, (OMB #0970-0492, expiration 6/30/2024) and is
submitting the Tribal Annual Report and Tribal Short Form, as well as
removing supplemental funding reports that are no longer in use. Plans
for further revisions to this report are also discussed below.
DATES: Comments due July 29, 2024. OMB must make a decision about the
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication.
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ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. You can
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by
emailing [email protected]. Identify all emailed requests by
the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: Section 678E of the CSBG Act requires states,
including the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
and U.S. territories, to annually prepare and submit a report on the
measured performance of the state and the eligible entities in the
state. Prior to the participation of the state in the performance
measurement system, the state shall include in the report any
information collected by the state relating to such performance. Each
state shall also include in the report an accounting of the expenditure
of funds received by the state through the CSBG program, including an
accounting of funds spent on administrative costs by the state and the
eligible entities, and funds spent by the eligible entities on the
direct delivery of local services, and shall include information on the
number of and characteristics of clients served under the subtitle in
the state, based on data collected from the eligible entities. The
state shall also include in the report a summary describing the
training and technical assistance offered by the state.
Section 3(b) of the Government Performance and Results (GPRA)
Modernization Act of 2010 (GPRAMA) requires OCS, as an office under the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to collect performance
information for the CSBG. This current request includes CSBG Annual
Report 2.1. OCS is requesting an extension of the current Annual Report
with clarification revisions to be used in federal fiscal year (FY)
2024 as a requirement to satisfy section 678E of the CSBG Act and then
as an optional collection instrument in FY 2025 to support an
incremental implementation. OCS also plans to discontinue the currently
approved Supplemental Funding Reports under this OMB control number.
OCS is introducing the CSBG Annual Report 3.0 Tribal Annual Report--a
modified annual report to collect performance information from CSBG
directly funded tribal grant recipients receiving more than $50,000.
Tribes would be required to report using the Tribal Annual Report to
fulfill FY 2024 to FY 2026 reporting requirements due each year on
March 31; and the CSBG Annual Report 3.0 Tribal Short Form for use by
tribes directly funded by CSBG below the $50,000 funding threshold.
Both the Tribal Annual Report and Tribal Short Form were developed
using the revisions of the CSBG Annual Report to provide a comparable
reporting schema for directly funded CSBG tribes commensurate with
their funding levels to minimize burden while collecting performance
data. Tribes receiving less than $50,000 annual would be required to
report using the Tribal Short Form to fulfill FY 2024 to FY 2026
reporting requirements due each year on March 31.
OCS has also updated the Annual Report for future years, the CSBG
Annual Report 3.0. This updated version was originally planned to be
submitted in conjunction with the extension of version 2.1, but in an
effort to be responsive to the public comments received during the 60-
day comment period (89 FR 29339), OCS is delaying submission of that
version. Once all comments are reviewed, addressed and a final proposed
version 3.0 is ready, a subsequent notice will be published in the
Federal Register announcing the opportunity to provide comments in
conjunction with submission to OMB. This will provide a 30-day comment
period. The future request is expected to include the following:
1. CSBG Annual Report 3.0--a substantial revision of the current
Annual Report form. This updated version continues to streamline state
administrative information, as well as National Performance Indicators
for individuals and families as reported by eligible entities. The
proposed revisions seek to lessen the burden of the previous iteration
of the report by decreasing the amount of data points collected,
clarifying data points by using clearer language, removing items not
pertinent to annual report data collection, and improving data points
to reflect industry standards in measuring the reduction of poverty.
This revision would be an optional collection instrument in FY 2026 to
support incremental implementation and minimize burden to the public
and would become the required sole collection instrument in FY 2027.
Copies of the proposed collections of information can be obtained
by visiting: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/programs/csbg.
Respondents: State governments, including the District of Columbia,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, directly funded
federally and state-recognized tribes and CSBG eligible entities.
Annual Burden Estimates
Estimated Burden--FY24
In FY24, states and tribal grant recipients would be required to
complete the current versions of the Annual Reports.
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Total number of Average burden
Instrument Total number of responses per hours per Annual burden
respondents respondent response hours
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CSBG Annual Report 2.1 (States)............... 56 1 198 11,088
CSBG Annual Report 2.1 (Eligible Entities).... 1,000 1 493 493,000
CSBG Tribal Annual Report..................... 24 1 111 2,664
CSBG Tribal Annual Report Short Form.......... 30 1 40 1,200
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FY24 Total Annual Burden Estimates........ ............... ............... .............. 507,952
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Comments: The Department specifically requests comments on the
following:
1. Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance measurement of Federal, State, or local
agencies.
2. The quality of the information to be collected.
3. The clarity of the information to be collected.
4. Does the information to be collected produce significant burden?
If so, how could the burden be minimized
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on respondents, including using automated collection techniques or
other forms of technology?
5. The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information.
6. What, if any, additions, revisions, or modifications to the
information collection would you suggest?
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 30 days of this publication.
Authority: 112 Stat. 2729; 42 U.S.C. 9902(2).
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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