[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 245 (Tuesday, December 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 70772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33807]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency has submitted the
following proposed information collection to the Office of Management
and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507).
Title: Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program.
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement, with change of a
previously approved collection for which approval has expired.
OMB Number: 3067-0166.
Abstract: Information collected under the Crisis Counseling
Assistance and Training Program will be used by FEMA to award grants to
States to provide crisis counseling services. The information is
collected in several forms: applications, quarterly reports, and
financial reports.
The immediate services application is by letter which includes: a
short description of the State or private mental health agency, their
existing resources, and a justification for federal assistance; the
geographical area of the disaster where services will be provided; a
brief plan of services indicating how the disaster victims and
emergency responders mental health needs will be met; a budget
governments will commit, the number of staff and their salaries, the
funding levels for different agencies if more than one are involved,
and the estimate of the Federal assistance requested.
The regular program using the SF 424, Application for Federal
Assistance, requires information similar to, but more comprehensive
than, the immediate services application including: an estimate of the
number of people affected by the disaster needing crisis counseling
assistance; how the estimate was determined; the extent of physical,
psychological, and social problems observed; the types of mental health
problems encountered by the victims and other relevant information; the
length of time needed for those affected; and a detailed plan of
services.
The plan of services should include: a time-phase implementation
plan and a time schedule for the hiring and training of staff and the
services to be provided; a description of the types of services that
will be offered and the length of time they will be available; a
description of the training program; a description of the facilities to
be used and a detailed budget.
Quarterly and final progress reports in narrative form and
financial reports using SF 269 are required.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 28.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 308.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4896.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly.
Comments
Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the
proposed information collection to the Desk Officer for the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 within
30 days of the date of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection should be made to Muriel B.
Anderson, FEMA Information Collections Officer, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW, Room 316, Washington, DC 20472.
Telephone number (202) 646-2625, FAX number (202) 646-3524 or email
address [email protected].
Dated: December 11, 1998.
Muriel B. Anderson,
Acting Director, Program Services Division, Operations Support
Directorate.
[FR Doc 98-33807 Filed 12-21-98; 8:45 am]
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