[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 115 (Wednesday, June 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32215-32216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15285]


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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE


Information Collection; Submission to OMB for Review; Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service 
(hereinafter the ``Corporation''), has submitted the following public 
information collection requests (ICRs) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). Copies of 
these individual ICRs, with applicable supporting documentation, may be 
obtained by calling the Corporation for National Service Office of 
Evaluation, Chuck Helfer, (202) 606-5000, Extension 248. Individuals 
who use a telecommunications device for the Deaf (TTY-TDD) may call 
(202) 565-2799 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday 
through Friday.
    Comments should be sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, ATTN: OMB Desk Officer for the Corporation for National and 
Community Service, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20305, (202) 395-7316, within 30 days from the date of 
this publication in the Federal Register.
    The Corporation is particularly interested in comments which:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Corporation, including whether the information will have practical 
utility;
     Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
     Propose ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity 
of the information to be collected; and
     Propose 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, e.g., 
permitting electronic submissions of responses.
    The Corporation seeks approval of five survey forms for the 
evaluation of the Corporation's Senior Companion Programs (SCP) that it 
supports through grants. It will allow for the assessment of the impact 
of the SCP on clients, family members/caregivers and agencies served. 
It will also help the Corporation to determine effective practices in 
the use of Senior Companions by agencies that are affiliated with the 
program.

I. SCP Client and Comparison Group Baseline Survey

    Type of Review: New approval.
    Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
    Title: SCP Client Baseline Survey.
    OMB Number: None.
    Agency Number: None.
    Affected Public: SCP clients and comparison group members (at 
baseline).
    Total Respondents: Approximately 1,800.
    Frequency: One time.
    Average Time Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 900 hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): None.
    Description: This survey is designed to assess baseline 
characteristics of SCP clients, and comparison group members in order 
to determine the health and functional status of older adults at entry 
into the program, their extent of social support, psychological well-
being, need for medical and health care services, and their 
expectations for future care.

II. SCP Client and Comparison Group Follow-up Survey

    Type of Review: New approval.
    Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
    Title: SCP Client Follow-up Survey.
    OMB Number: None.
    Agency Number: None.
    Affected Public: SCP clients and comparison group members (at 3- 
and 6-month follow-up)
    Total Respondents: Approximately 1,350 at 3-month follow-up and 
approximately 1,013 at 6-month follow-up.
    Frequency: Two times.
    Average Time Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 675 hours at 3-month follow-up, and 
507 hours at 6-month follow-up.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): None.
    Description: This survey is designed to assess changes in physical 
and functional status, extent of social support, psychological well-
being, need for health and medical care services, and satisfaction with 
SCP and SCP-like services among SCP clients and comparison group 
subjects at 3-month and 6-month follow-up.

III. SCP Family Member/Caregiver and Comparison Group Baseline 
Survey

    Type of Review: New approval.
    Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
    Title: SCP Family Member/Caregiver Baseline Survey.
    OMB Number: None.

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    Agency Number: None.
    Affected Public: Family members/caregivers and comparison group 
members affiliated with the SCP (at baseline).
    Total Respondents: Approximately 640.
    Frequency: One time.
    Average Time Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 320 hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): None.
    Description: This survey is designed to assess the baseline 
characteristics of family members/caregivers associated with SCP 
clients, and comparison group members, and to determine their attitudes 
toward caregiving, perceptions of the unmet needs of their older 
relatives/family members, and their expectations of future care for SCP 
clients/comparison group subjects. Family members/caregivers also will 
be asked to answer health and functional status questions on behalf of 
SCP clients and comparison group members when clients/comparison group 
subjects are unable to speak on their own behalf. We have recalculated 
the respondent burden to more accurately reflect the burden we expect 
family members/caregivers to incur at the time of the family member/
caregiver baseline survey. Our previous estimate did not take into 
account the reduction in the number of potential respondents as a 
result of obtaining an 80% response rate. By incorporating an 80% 
response rate into our revised estimate, we have reduced the number of 
respondents from 800 (as previously reported) to 640 (as reported 
here), and we have reduced family member/caregiver respondent burden 
from 400 to 320 hours.

IV. SCP Family Member/Caregiver and Comparison Group Follow-Up 
Survey

    Type of Review: New approval.
    Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
    Title: SCP Family Member/Caregiver Follow-up Survey.
    OMB Number: None.
    Agency Number: None.
    Affected Public: Family members/caregivers and comparison group 
members affiliated with the SCP (at 3-and 6-month follow-up).
    Total Respondents: Approximately 544 at 3-month follow-up and 
approximately 462 at 6-month follow-up.
    Frequency: Two times.
    Average Time Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 272 hours at 3-month follow-up, and 
231 hours at 6-month follow-up.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): None.
    Description: This survey is designed to assess the changes in the 
characteristics of family members/caregivers associated with SCP 
clients, and comparison group members at 3-month and 6-month follow-up, 
and to document changes in attitudes toward caregiving, perceived unmet 
needs of relatives/family members, changes in family member/caregiver 
well-being, and satisfaction with SCP and SCP-like services received. 
Changes in health and functional status of SCP clients and comparison 
group members also will be assessed from family members/caregivers on 
behalf of SCP clients and comparison group members who respond on 
behalf of SCP clients/comparison group subjects.

V. Agency Cross-Sectional Survey

    Type of Review: New approval.
    Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
    Title: SCP Agency Survey.
    OMB Number: None.
    Agency Number: None.
    Affected Public: Agency supervisors who oversee Senior Companions 
at their agencies.
    Total Respondents: Approximately 160.
    Frequency: One time.
    Average Time Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 80 hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): None.
    Description: This survey is designed to document the types of 
agencies that are affiliated with the SCP, examine the types of roles 
and activities performed by senior companions and received by agency 
clients, assess the costs and benefits of having senior companions 
associated with participating agencies, and to determine agency 
satisfaction with SCP services. Agency representatives also will be 
asked to assess the impact of the SCP on the communities that they 
serve, and to suggest ways in which the SCP could be improved over 
time.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a 
matter of public record.

    Dated: June 11, 1999.
Thomas L. Bryant,
Associate General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-15285 Filed 6-15-99; 8:45 am]
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