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coordination and support and; (2) paid
opportunities for youth advisory board
members to be more deeply engaged in
project activities.
• Continued support for two
additional staff members from grant
partner Self-Advocates Becoming
Empowered who have joined the youth
ambassador training team.
• Support for travel for youth
ambassadors and youth advisors to
participate in conference presentations.
• Supervisory support for the youth
trainer position that will begin. This
youth trainer joined the Youth
Ambassador workgroup and is a part of
the training team that facilitates the
third cohort of youth ambassadors from
Texas, California, and New York.
• Continued enhancement to the
project website, which includes a
dedicated page for each of the 40+ youth
ambassadors, youth-friendly products
and videos, and plain language
documents.
The administrative supplement for FY
2024 will amount to $200,000, bringing
the total award for FY 2024 to $500,000.
Program Name: Center for Youth
Voice Youth Choice (CYVYC)
Alternatives to Guardianship Youth
Resource Center.
Recipient: University of
Massachusetts, Boston.
Period of Performance: The
supplement award will be issued during
the fifth year of the five-year project
period of September 1, 2024, through
August 31, 2025.
Total Supplement Award Amount:
$200,000.
Award Type: Cooperative Agreement.
Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C.
15081(2).
Basis for award: The University of
Massachusetts is currently funded to
carry out the CYVYC Project for the
period of September 1, 2020 through
August 31, 2025. Much work has
already been completed and further
tasks are currently being accomplished.
It would be unnecessarily time
consuming and disruptive to the
CYVYC project and the beneficiaries
being served for ACL to establish a new
grantee at this time when critical
services are presently being provided in
an efficient manner.
Dated: September 22, 2024.
Alison Barkoff,
Principal Deputy Administrator for the
Administration for Community Living,
performing the delegable duties of the
Administrator and the 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;
ACL Administration on Aging Formula
Grant Programs (OMB Control Number
0985–New)
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
new information collection
requirements relating to the ACL
Administration on Aging Formula Grant
Programs (OMB Control Number 0985–
New).
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information must be submitted
electronically by 11:59 p.m. (EST) or
postmarked by October 28, 2024.
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,
Attention: OMB Desk Officer for ACL.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Adam Mosey, ACL Administration on
Aging, phone: 202–795–7631 and email:
Adam.Mosey@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. This
announcement solicits comments on the
ACL Administration on Aging Formula
Grant Programs. As a center in the
Administration for Community Living,
the Administration on Aging (AoA)
provides expertise on program
development, advocacy, initiatives for
older Americans, their caregivers, and
families. Working with state agencies,
local agencies, grantees, and community
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providers, AoA directs programs
authorized by the Older Americans Act
(OAA) of 1965 as amended (42 U.S.C
3001 et seq.). The OAA provides the
foundation for the National Aging
Network, which includes ACL/AoA,
state units on aging (SUA), area agencies
on aging (AAA), Tribal organizations,
service providers, and volunteers. SUAs
are an integral part of the network
responsible for developing and
administering a multi-year state plan
that advocates and aids older residents,
their families, caregivers, and adults
with disabilities. The Elder Justice Act
(42 U.S.C. 1397j), passed in 2010 is the
first comprehensive legislation to
address the abuse, neglect, and
exploitation of older adults at the
federal level. The law authorized a
variety of programs and initiatives to
better coordinate federal responses to
elder abuse, promote elder justice
research and innovation, support Adult
Protective Services (APS) systems, and
provide additional protections for
residents of long-term care facilities.
The importance of these services at the
state-level and local-level is
demonstrated by the fact that states
significantly leverage OAA funds to
obtain other funding for these activities.
Through these programs, multi-year
state plans, assurances, and other
financial forms are needed to provide
approval and oversight of grant
recipients. ACL is seeking approval for
a new information collection which will
collect data related to AoA formula
grant programs. This information
collection will include data collection
activity for state plans on aging and
assurances, financial forms, and a
corrective action plan (CAP) template
each associated with aging formula
grant management. The purpose of this
information collection is for
programmatic and financial
management of the aging and APS
formula grants. The state plan on aging
documents and provides the
opportunity report achievements and
planned activities for the multi-year
plan period. A wide range of
constituents use or will use the state
plans on aging to coordinate, monitor,
evaluate, and improve aging network by
using the state plans on aging as a
blueprint for service planning and
delivery. Additionally, ACL leverages
state plans on aging to understand the
numerous services older adults use, and
to utilize the information for advocating
the needs of older adults, and for
requesting additional funding. The
financial forms will assist in the
facilitation of OAA formula grant
management.
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Financial forms provide statutorily
required information regarding each
state’s contribution to programs to
ensure compliance with legislative
requirements, pertinent federal
regulations, and other applicable
instructions and guidelines issued by
ACL. This information will be used for
federal oversight of the aging programs.
OAA and APS grantees are required to
comply with all terms and conditions
contained in notices of award (NOA)
issued by ACL.
Organization
Commonwealth of Virginia, Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services.
Section
Noted that the burden estimates for
State Plans on Aging, and State
Plans on APS are too low. Recommended identification of ways to
reduce reporting requirements, as
well as revising burden estimates.
Recommended survey of states to
inform future burden estimates.
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56
75
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1
80
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280
600
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2,056
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Public Comment Request;
ACL Consolidated Program
Performance Report (OMB Control
Number 0985–New)
Administration for Community
Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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Average
burden
hours per
response
State Plan on Aging ...............................
Financial Forms ......................................
Corrective Action Plan ............................
Dated: September 21, 2024.
Alison Barkoff,
Principal Deputy Administrator for the
Administration for Community Living,
performing the delegable duties of the
Administrator and the Assistant Secretary for
Aging.
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
SUMMARY:
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0985–0009 and adds new state plans on
aging and assurances, financial forms,
and a corrective action plan (CAP)
template, each associated with aging
formula grant management.
ACL estimates the burden of this
collection of information as follows:
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total Estimated Burden ...................
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ACL appreciates the comment
but declines to make changes
at this time.
Number of
respondents
State Unit on Aging (SUA) .....................
State Unit on Aging (SUA) .....................
OAA or APS Grantee .............................
VerDate Sep<11>2014
Response
Estimated Program Burden
This new information collection
incorporates ACL AoA formula grant
programs previously approved under
OMB control numbers: 0985–0004 and
Form
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In accordance with 5 CFR 1320.8(d),
ACL published a 60-day notice in the
Federal Register on Wednesday,
October 18, 2023, at 88 FR 71869 with
a comment period that closed on
December 18, 2023. ACL received one
comment. The comment and ACL
response is provided below:
on this information collection as a
generic information collection request.
Data collection activity
[FR Doc. 2024–22034 Filed 9–25–24; 8:45 am]
Comments in Response to the 60-Day
Federal Register Notice
Comment
Estimated Annualized Burden
Table.
This 30-day notice publication makes
correction to the information collection
type in the previous 30-day notice
published in the Federal Register on
Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at 89 FR 46123.
That notice requested public comment
at achieving full compliance to continue
with permission from ACL to operate
under a CAP.
When it is determined that a grantee
is not in compliance with one or more
of these requirements, ACL may require
a grantee submit a plan to enter
compliance under a CAP. Any such
CAP may require ACL’s prior written
approval, as determined by ACL. The
CAP process is intended to be
collaborative. Under a CAP, a grantee
and ACL will jointly identify progress
milestones and a feasible timeline for
the grantee to come into compliance
with the applicable requirement.
Grantees must make a good faith effort
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Total
burden
hours
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
new information collection relating to
the ACL Consolidated Program
Performance Report (OMB Control
Number 0985–New).
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information must be submitted
electronically by 11:59 p.m. (EST) or
postmarked by October 28, 2024.
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
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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; ACL Administration on Aging Formula
Grant Programs (OMB Control Number 0985-New)
AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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 new
information collection requirements relating to the ACL Administration
on Aging Formula Grant Programs (OMB Control Number 0985-New).
DATES: Comments on the collection of information must be submitted
electronically by 11:59 p.m. (EST) or postmarked by October 28, 2024.
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, Attention: OMB Desk Officer for ACL.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adam Mosey, ACL Administration on
Aging, phone: 202-795-7631 and 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. This announcement solicits comments on the ACL
Administration on Aging Formula Grant Programs. As a center in the
Administration for Community Living, the Administration on Aging (AoA)
provides expertise on program development, advocacy, initiatives for
older Americans, their caregivers, and families. Working with state
agencies, local agencies, grantees, and community providers, AoA
directs programs authorized by the Older Americans Act (OAA) of 1965 as
amended (42 U.S.C 3001 et seq.). The OAA provides the foundation for
the National Aging Network, which includes ACL/AoA, state units on
aging (SUA), area agencies on aging (AAA), Tribal organizations,
service providers, and volunteers. SUAs are an integral part of the
network responsible for developing and administering a multi-year state
plan that advocates and aids older residents, their families,
caregivers, and adults with disabilities. The Elder Justice Act (42
U.S.C. 1397j), passed in 2010 is the first comprehensive legislation to
address the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older adults at the
federal level. The law authorized a variety of programs and initiatives
to better coordinate federal responses to elder abuse, promote elder
justice research and innovation, support Adult Protective Services
(APS) systems, and provide additional protections for residents of
long-term care facilities. The importance of these services at the
state-level and local-level is demonstrated by the fact that states
significantly leverage OAA funds to obtain other funding for these
activities.
Through these programs, multi-year state plans, assurances, and
other financial forms are needed to provide approval and oversight of
grant recipients. ACL is seeking approval for a new information
collection which will collect data related to AoA formula grant
programs. This information collection will include data collection
activity for state plans on aging and assurances, financial forms, and
a corrective action plan (CAP) template each associated with aging
formula grant management. The purpose of this information collection is
for programmatic and financial management of the aging and APS formula
grants. The state plan on aging documents and provides the opportunity
report achievements and planned activities for the multi-year plan
period. A wide range of constituents use or will use the state plans on
aging to coordinate, monitor, evaluate, and improve aging network by
using the state plans on aging as a blueprint for service planning and
delivery. Additionally, ACL leverages state plans on aging to
understand the numerous services older adults use, and to utilize the
information for advocating the needs of older adults, and for
requesting additional funding. The financial forms will assist in the
facilitation of OAA formula grant management.
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Financial forms provide statutorily required information regarding
each state's contribution to programs to ensure compliance with
legislative requirements, pertinent federal regulations, and other
applicable instructions and guidelines issued by ACL. This information
will be used for federal oversight of the aging programs. OAA and APS
grantees are required to comply with all terms and conditions contained
in notices of award (NOA) issued by ACL.
When it is determined that a grantee is not in compliance with one
or more of these requirements, ACL may require a grantee submit a plan
to enter compliance under a CAP. Any such CAP may require ACL's prior
written approval, as determined by ACL. The CAP process is intended to
be collaborative. Under a CAP, a grantee and ACL will jointly identify
progress milestones and a feasible timeline for the grantee to come
into compliance with the applicable requirement. Grantees must make a
good faith effort at achieving full compliance to continue with
permission from ACL to operate under a CAP.
Comments in Response to the 60-Day Federal Register Notice
In accordance with 5 CFR 1320.8(d), ACL published a 60-day notice
in the Federal Register on Wednesday, October 18, 2023, at 88 FR 71869
with a comment period that closed on December 18, 2023. ACL received
one comment. The comment and ACL response is provided below:
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Organization Section Comment Response
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Commonwealth of Virginia, Department Estimated Annualized Noted that the burden ACL appreciates the
for Aging and Rehabilitative Burden Table. estimates for State comment but declines
Services. Plans on Aging, and to make changes at
State Plans on APS are this time.
too low. Recommended
identification of ways
to reduce reporting
requirements, as well
as revising burden
estimates. Recommended
survey of states to
inform future burden
estimates.
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This 30-day notice publication makes correction to the information
collection type in the previous 30-day notice published in the Federal
Register on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at 89 FR 46123. That notice
requested public comment on this information collection as a generic
information collection request.
Estimated Program Burden
This new information collection incorporates ACL AoA formula grant
programs previously approved under OMB control numbers: 0985-0004 and
0985-0009 and adds new state plans on aging and assurances, financial
forms, and a corrective action plan (CAP) template, each associated
with aging formula grant management.
ACL estimates the burden of this collection of information as
follows:
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Average
Number of Number of burden Total
Data collection activity Form respondents responses per hours per burden
respondent response hours
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State Unit on Aging (SUA)......... State Plan on Aging.. 15 1 80 1,200
State Unit on Aging (SUA)......... Financial Forms...... 56 5 1 280
OAA or APS Grantee................ Corrective Action 75 1 8 600
Plan.
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Total Estimated Burden........ ..................... ........... .............. ........... 2,056
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Dated: September 21, 2024.
Alison Barkoff,
Principal Deputy Administrator for the Administration for Community
Living, performing the delegable duties of the Administrator and the
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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