Announcing the Intent To Award a Single-Source Supplement for University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Core Function Activities, 81919-81920 [2024-23377]
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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 196 / Wednesday, October 9, 2024 / Notices
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specifically requests comments on the
following:
1. Whether the proposed collection of
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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
on respondents, including using
automated collection techniques or
other forms of technology?
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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
Announcing the Intent To Award a
Single-Source Supplement for
University Center for Excellence in
Developmental Disabilities Core
Function Activities
Administration for Community
Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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The Administration for
Community Living (ACL) announces the
intent to award a single-source
supplement to the current grant held by
the Oregon Health and Science
University Center for Excellence in
Developmental Disabilities. The
purpose of this supplemental funding is
SUMMARY:
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burden hours
per response
to support one or more core function
activities to address the needs of and
provide support for individuals with
intellectual and developmental
disabilities (I/DD) who use
Augmentative and Alternative
Communication (AAC) or could benefit
from AAC to ensure access to needed
community services, individualized
supports, and other forms of assistance
that promote self-determination,
independence, productivity, and
integration and inclusion in all facets of
community life. The administrative
supplement for fiscal year 2024 will
amount to $270,000.
For
further information or comments
regarding this program supplement,
contact Pamela O’Brien, U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services, Administration for
Community Living, Administration on
Disabilities, (202) 795–7417 or via email
Pamela.OBrien@acl.hhs.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
This
supplementary funding will expand the
engagement and technical assistance
efforts around supporting people who
use AAC devices to live well in the
community. It will increase the capacity
of the Oregon Health and Science
University for Excellence in
Developmental Disabilities (OHSU
UCEDD) to broaden its reach and
increase its impact by carrying out
activities that address the needs of an
unserved/underserved population—
people with I/DD who use AAC or could
benefit from AAC.
As a result of this funding, ACL
expects the OHSU UCEDD will carry out
one or more of the four core functions
activities, which could include but are
not limited to:
• Interdisciplinary Training: Training
of future practitioners about the benefits
of AAC and how to support access to
AAC.
• Community Service: Supporting a
community of AAC users for peer-topeer networking, support, and exchange
of ideas for addressing barriers to
accessing AAC.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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• Research: Conducting research such
as research on the benefits of peer
connections amongst AAC users.
• Information Dissemination:
Developing and disseminating materials
to assist others in accessing AAC and
sharing findings from research with the
UCEDD network and DD Community.
This supplement will fund enhanced
efforts related to developing a network
of AAC users to connect them where
they otherwise would not be able to
connect with each other.
Program Name: University Center for
Excellence in Developmental
Disabilities Education, Research and
Service.
Recipient: Oregon Health and Science
University Center for Excellence in
Developmental Disabilities.
Period of Performance: The
supplement award will be issued from
September 30, 2024, through September
29, 2025.
Total Supplement Award Amount:
$270,000.
Award Type: Grant.
Statutory Authority: This program is
authorized under 42 U.S.C 15062(d).
Basis for Award: Due to the low
incidence of communication disabilities
associated with the use of AAC, there
are very few experts in this specialty
area. OHSU is a designated UCEDD with
extensive expertise and experience in
AAC. The UCEDD has conducted
research and led teams on development
of assistive technology, intervention
planning, AAC peer support models,
and assessment protocols for both
children and adults. The UCEDD
completed several AAC externally
funded innovative projects that
addressed public health, device
development and evaluation, and
interventions for young children. The
UCEDD is currently developing a
network of AAC users to connect them
where they otherwise would not be able
to connect with each other. The
supplemental funding will leverage the
experience and expertise of the OHSU
UCEDD to focus on this unserved/
underserved population and strengthen
the UCEDD’s work in this area.
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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 196 / Wednesday, October 9, 2024 / Notices
Dated: October 3, 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.
[FR Doc. 2024–23377 Filed 10–8–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment
Request; Evaluation of the Maternal
and Child Health Bureau Pediatric
Mental Health Care Access Program
and the Screening and Treatment for
Maternal Mental Health and Substance
Use Disorders Program
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
HRSA submitted an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. Comments
submitted during the first public review
of this ICR will be provided to OMB.
OMB will accept further comments from
the public during the review and
approval period. OMB may act on
HRSA’s ICR only after the 30-day
comment period for this notice has
closed.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be
received no later than November 8,
2024.
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 Review—Open for
Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request a copy of the clearance requests
submitted to OMB for review, email
Joella Roland, the HRSA Information
Collection Clearance Officer, at
paperwork@hrsa.gov or call (301) 443–
3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title:
Evaluation of the Maternal and Child
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Health Bureau Pediatric Mental Health
Care Access Program and the Screening
and Treatment for Maternal Mental
Health and Substance Use Disorders
Program, OMB No. 0906–xxxx—New.
Abstract: This notice describes
information collection requests for two
of HRSA’s Maternal and Child Health
Bureau programs: the Pediatric Mental
Health Care Access (PMHCA) program
and the Screening and Treatment for
Maternal Mental Health and Substance
Use Disorders (MMHSUD) program. The
PMHCA program aims to promote
behavioral health integration into
pediatric primary care by developing
and supporting state, regional, and tribal
pediatric mental health care
teleconsultation access programs. The
MMHSUD program aims to support
maternity care providers and clinical
practices by supporting the
development, improvement, and/or
maintenance of statewide or regional
behavioral health networks. Both
programs support health professionals
(HPs) 1 in their delivery of high-quality
and timely screening, assessment,
treatment, and referrals for their targeted
populations (e.g., children, adolescents,
and young adults for PMHCA programs;
pregnant and postpartum people for
MMHSUD programs) through the
provision of clinical behavioral health
teleconsultation, care coordination
support/navigation (i.e., resource
identification and referrals), and
training and education. Additionally,
the PMHCA and MMHSUD programs
focus on reducing racial, ethnic, and
geographic disparities in access to care,
especially in rural and other
underserved areas.
The information will be collected
from PMHCA and MMHSUD award
recipient programs funded in 2021,
2022, or 2023 and from participants in
and stakeholders of those programs:
• The 2021 and 2022 PMHCA
programs are authorized by 42 U.S.C.
254c–19 (sec. 330M of the Public Health
Service Act), using funding provided by
Section 2712 of the American Rescue
Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. 117–2).
• The 2023 PMHCA programs are
authorized by 42 U.S.C. 254c–19 (sec.
330M of the Public Health Service Act),
as amended by Section 11005 of the
Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (Pub.
L. 117–159).
1 HPs may include, but are not limited to,
pediatricians, family physicians, adult primary care
clinicians, obstetrician-gynecologists, physician
assistants, advanced practice nurses/nurse
practitioners, licensed practical nurses, registered
nurses, nurse midwives, counselors, behavioral
health clinicians, social workers, care coordinators,
medical assistants, and patient care navigators.
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• The 2023 MMHSUD programs are
authorized by 42 U.S.C. 247b–13a (sec.
317L–1 of the Public Health Service
Act).
To evaluate progress made toward the
programs’ goals, this data collection will
use the following eight instruments: (1)
HP Survey, (2) Practice-Level Survey,
(3) Program Implementation Survey, (4)
Behavioral Health Consultation Provider
Semi-Structured Interview (SSI), (5)
Care Coordinator SSI, (6) Champion SSI,
(7) Community-Based and Other
Resources SSI, and (8) Program
Implementation SSI.
A 60-day notice was published in the
Federal Register on May 28, 2024, 89
FR 46143–44. HRSA received two
public comments, which included 13
recommendations. All
recommendations were considered, as
detailed below, and no changes were
made to the current information
collection described in this notice as a
result of the recommendations.
Two recommendations focused on
defining terms. One recommended use
of the term ‘‘mental and behavioral
health’’ in place of ‘‘behavioral health’’
and ‘‘infant, child, and adolescent’’ in
place of ‘‘child and adolescent’’ in any
survey language. HRSA selected
‘‘behavioral health’’ as the most concise
and accepted term after consideration of
definitions from national associations,
federal agencies, and experts in the
field. HRSA noted that the ‘‘child and
adolescent’’ terminology is not used in
the surveys for the HRSA evaluation of
the PMHCA and MMHSUD programs.
Another recommended that HRSA
define PMHCA program training
activities. In the Notices of Funding
Opportunity that awardees responded
to, HRSA describes various modalities/
formats for training (e.g., Project
Extension for Community Health Care
Outcomes, Resource for Advancing
Children’s Health, learning
collaboratives, in person, synchronous,
asynchronous) as well as potential
topics for training (e.g., psychiatric
disorders and medications, screening
and treatment protocols, practice
transformation processes, traumainformed care). Reflective of trainingrelated program requirements, HRSA
will collect data on the number of
trainings attended by HPs, modality for
training received, the number of
providers trained, the number of
trainings by topic, training methods,
and materials used. Training is defined
in the surveys using the survey question
response options (e.g., in-person
training event, webinar, self-study with
program resources, video conferencing,
learning collaborative [Project Extension
for Community Health Care Outcomes,
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Announcing the Intent To Award a Single-Source Supplement for
University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Core
Function Activities
AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (ACL) announces the
intent to award a single-source supplement to the current grant held by
the Oregon Health and Science University Center for Excellence in
Developmental Disabilities. The purpose of this supplemental funding is
to support one or more core function activities to address the needs of
and provide support for individuals with intellectual and developmental
disabilities (I/DD) who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication
(AAC) or could benefit from AAC to ensure access to needed community
services, individualized supports, and other forms of assistance that
promote self-determination, independence, productivity, and integration
and inclusion in all facets of community life. The administrative
supplement for fiscal year 2024 will amount to $270,000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or comments
regarding this program supplement, contact Pamela O'Brien, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community
Living, Administration on Disabilities, (202) 795-7417 or via email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This supplementary funding will expand the
engagement and technical assistance efforts around supporting people
who use AAC devices to live well in the community. It will increase the
capacity of the Oregon Health and Science University for Excellence in
Developmental Disabilities (OHSU UCEDD) to broaden its reach and
increase its impact by carrying out activities that address the needs
of an unserved/underserved population--people with I/DD who use AAC or
could benefit from AAC.
As a result of this funding, ACL expects the OHSU UCEDD will carry
out one or more of the four core functions activities, which could
include but are not limited to:
Interdisciplinary Training: Training of future
practitioners about the benefits of AAC and how to support access to
AAC.
Community Service: Supporting a community of AAC users for
peer-to-peer networking, support, and exchange of ideas for addressing
barriers to accessing AAC.
Research: Conducting research such as research on the
benefits of peer connections amongst AAC users.
Information Dissemination: Developing and disseminating
materials to assist others in accessing AAC and sharing findings from
research with the UCEDD network and DD Community.
This supplement will fund enhanced efforts related to developing a
network of AAC users to connect them where they otherwise would not be
able to connect with each other.
Program Name: University Center for Excellence in Developmental
Disabilities Education, Research and Service.
Recipient: Oregon Health and Science University Center for
Excellence in Developmental Disabilities.
Period of Performance: The supplement award will be issued from
September 30, 2024, through September 29, 2025.
Total Supplement Award Amount: $270,000.
Award Type: Grant.
Statutory Authority: This program is authorized under 42 U.S.C
15062(d).
Basis for Award: Due to the low incidence of communication
disabilities associated with the use of AAC, there are very few experts
in this specialty area. OHSU is a designated UCEDD with extensive
expertise and experience in AAC. The UCEDD has conducted research and
led teams on development of assistive technology, intervention
planning, AAC peer support models, and assessment protocols for both
children and adults. The UCEDD completed several AAC externally funded
innovative projects that addressed public health, device development
and evaluation, and interventions for young children. The UCEDD is
currently developing a network of AAC users to connect them where they
otherwise would not be able to connect with each other. The
supplemental funding will leverage the experience and expertise of the
OHSU UCEDD to focus on this unserved/underserved population and
strengthen the UCEDD's work in this area.
[[Page 81920]]
Dated: October 3, 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.
[FR Doc. 2024-23377 Filed 10-8-24; 8:45 am]
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