Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 76786 [2024-21403]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 182 (Thursday, September 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 76786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21403]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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 
are requested regarding; 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; the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by October 
21, 2024 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for 
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days 
of the publication of this notice on the following website 
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. 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: SNAP-Ed Intervention Scoring Tool FNS-885 and Intervention 
Submission Form FNS-886.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0639.
    Summary of Collection: The SNAP-Ed Strategies and Interventions: An 
Obesity Prevention Toolkit for States (SNAP-Ed Toolkit) was developed 
collaboratively by FNS National and Regional Office SNAP-Ed staff, the 
National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Reduction (NCCOR), and the 
Association of SNAP Nutrition Education Administrators (ASNNA). The 
SNAP-Ed Toolkit website and resources were recently moved to the SNAP-
Ed Connection website to establish SNAP-Ed's online Clearinghouse, 
which includes evidence-based SNAP-Ed interventions. State agencies can 
use the evidence-based interventions in the SNAP-Ed Clearinghouse 
(formerly the SNAP-Ed Toolkit) to locate interventions for their 
implementation of SNAP-Ed programming.
    FNS updated the forms and burden estimates based on consultations 
with SNAP-Ed State and implementing agency partners, other Federal 
agencies, and users of the forms. FNS has refined and streamlined the 
forms, and included additional instructions, questions, or 
opportunities for response where users, trainers, and FNS partners 
indicated areas for improvement. FNS has also made wording changes to 
fix typographical errors and improve readability. Overall, the changes 
to the forms are focused on form improvements for the end user.
    The SNAP-Ed Intervention Submission Form: FNS-886 provides 
information about the intervention they are submitting for inclusion in 
the SNAP-Ed Clearinghouse. This information includes intervention 
materials (such as materials used to develop and test the intervention, 
evaluation materials, or reports), the intended audience, and the 
evidence base which illustrates their effectiveness. The FNS-886 
captures this information through a combination of multiple-choice 
boxes and text response areas. Submitters include members of SNAP-Ed 
State and implementing agencies, researchers from academic institutions 
and Federal agencies, and non-profit or private sector nutrition 
education and physical activity intervention developers.
    SNAP-Ed Intervention Scoring Tool Form FNS-885, is used to assess 
and rate each submission. The reviewers' assessments are collected 
through a combination of numerical and text entry fields.
    Need and Use of the Information: FNS collects the SNAP-Ed 
Intervention Submission Forms and attachments and provides them to 
intervention reviewers. Reviewers include FNS staff, staff from other 
Federal agencies, such as the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC), researchers from academic institutions, and SNAP-Ed 
State and implementing agency staff.
    The SNAP-Ed Intervention Submission Form, FNS-886 (Appendix C), and 
the SNAP-Ed Intervention Scoring Tool, FNS-885 (Appendix D), provide a 
uniform and transparent method for submission, review, and scoring of 
nutrition education, physical activity promotion, and obesity 
prevention interventions for inclusion in the SNAP-Ed Clearinghouse. 
SNAP-Ed State and implementing agencies, nutrition education and public 
health agencies, and other organizations use these voluntary forms to 
submit interventions for consideration. The SNAP-Ed Intervention 
Submission Form and Scoring Tool allows SNAP-Ed implementers and the 
review committee to determine if the intervention submitted for the 
SNAP-Ed Clearinghouse is evidence-based and uses one or more of the 
required approaches. These forms support FNS efforts to increase the 
selection of interventions available in the SNAP-Ed Clearinghouse, 
improve innovation in service delivery using interventions which 
reflect the latest research, and respond directly to agencies 
submitting interventions (submitters) for the SNAP-Ed Clearinghouse.
    Description of Respondents: State, Tribal, For profit and non-
profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 50.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Occasionally; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 320.

Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-21403 Filed 9-18-24; 8:45 am]
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