[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49190-49191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24021]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-01-62]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports 
Clearance Officer on (404) 639-7090.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology. Send comments to Anne O'Connor, CDC 
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D24, 
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days 
of this notice.
    Proposed Project: HIV Prevention Capacity-Building Assistance 
Information Collection--Reporting Forms--To be used from 2001 to 2005--
New--National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The purpose of this request 
is to obtain OMB clearance to collect information to monitor the 
capacity-building activities and training of capacity-building 
assistance (CBA) providers funded by the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention NCHSTP to support community-based

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organizations (CBOs) to deliver HIV prevention services.
    In FY 1999, the Department of Health and Human Services announced a 
special initiative to reduce the disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS on 
African Americans and other communities of color. The CDC announced the 
availability of funds for cooperative agreements for HIV prevention CBA 
to develop and implement regionally structured, integrated capacity-
building systems. Thirty CBA provider organizations were funded to 
implement this strategy. These grantees provide HIV prevention CBA 
services to CBOs serving racial/ethnic minority populations at risk for 
HIV. The CBA program has expanded from $9 million to approximately $25 
million in FY 2001.
    CDC is responsible for monitoring and evaluating HIV prevention 
activities conducted under the CBA cooperative agreements. Enhancing 
and assuring quality programming requires that CDC have current 
information regarding the progress of CBA activities and services 
supported through the cooperative agreements. Therefore, forms such as 
the CBA Notification Form, CBA Completion Form, and CBA Progress Report 
are considered critical components of the monitoring and evaluation 
process. Because this program encompasses 30 CBA provider 
organizations, there is a need for a standardized system for reporting 
individual instances of CBA delivered by all CBA provider grantees.
    As a steward of government funds, CDC needs information to monitor 
CBA and accurately document CBA activities that occur among CBA 
provider grantees. The information collected from the CBA Notification 
and CBA Completion forms, and CBA Progress Report will allow CDC to 
further identify problems and address technical assistance needs of 
CBOs in a timely fashion and subsequently improve the effectiveness of 
CBA program activities and progress toward national goals of HIV 
prevention. The forms would also assist CDC, in the aggregate, by 
discerning and refining national goals and objectives in the prevention 
of HIV. This information collection process will be a potentially 
valuable management tool for grantees to routinely examine CBA program 
performance by assessing strengths and weaknesses with the CBA program 
and national objectives.
    To effectively track and monitor all requests for CBA assistance, 
CBA providers will be required to complete three reporting forms. The 
first is the CBA Notification Form (form A) that will require CBA 
providers to submit after each contact with a non-CDC funded CBO or HIV 
prevention stakeholder for CBA services. The purpose of this form is to 
track all requests for services from non-CDC funded CBOs and 
stakeholders. CBA requests from these CBOs and stakeholders are 
received by CBA providers on an on-going basis. CBA providers will be 
required to submit a CBA Completion Form (form B) following each 
episode of CBA service delivered to all CBOs and stakeholders. The 
purpose of this form is to provide feedback and follow-up information 
to CDC Project Officers on the types and quality of CBA services 
delivered to all CBOs by CBA providers. CBA Requests from these CBOs 
are received by CBA providers on an on-going basis. Information 
collection will be on-going throughout the duration of the cooperative 
agreements. CBA providers will be required to submit a third form, CBA 
Progress Reports (form C) on a quarterly basis to CDC. The purpose of 
this report is to describe the HIV prevention activities conducted 
during the last quarter. The CBA Progress Report will include 
information on the program successes and barriers, collaborative and 
cooperative activities with other organizations, and plans for future 
activities.
    It is estimated that Form A (CBA Notification Form) will require 15 
minutes of preparation by the respondent, Form B (CBA Completion Form) 
will require 30 minutes of preparation by the respondent, and Form C 
(CBA Progress Report) will require 2 hours of preparation by the 
respondent. In aggregate, report preparation requires approximately 990 
burden hours by each respondent. There are no costs to respondents.

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                                                                     Number of    Average burden/    Response
                   Respondents                       Number of      responses/     response  (in     burden in
                                                    respondents     respondents       hours)           hours
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Form A: CBA Notification........................              30              50           15/60             375
Form B: CBA Completion..........................              30              25           30/60             375
Form C: CBA Progress Report.....................              30               4               2             240
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............             990
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    Dated: September 17, 2001.
Nancy E. Cheal,
Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-24021 Filed 9-25-01; 8:45 am]
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