[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 104 (Thursday, May 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37780-37781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13465]


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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE


Proposed Information Collection; 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''), as part of its continuing effort to 
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance 
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing 
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program helps to 
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, 
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, 
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of 
collection requirement on respondents can be properly assessed.
    Currently, the Corporation is conducting a Study of the Community, 
Higher Education, and School Partnerships (CHESP) supported with Learn 
and Serve America School-based funds. This notice concerns the 
collection of information from CHESP grantees and subgrantee 
organizations which will describe the organizations, the CHESP 
activities that they are involved in, and their perceptions of their 
CHES Partnerships. Copies of the information collection request can be 
obtained by contacting the office listed below in the ADDRESSES section 
of this notice.
    The Corporation is particularly interested in comments which:
    [sbull] 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;
    [sbull] Evaluate the accuracy of the Corporation's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    [sbull] Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    [sbull] 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.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
ADDRESSES section by July 29, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Corporation for National and Community 
Service, Department of Research and Policy Development, Attn: William 
Ward, 1201 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20525, or 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Ward (202) 606-5000, ext. 375 
or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The intent of the Community, Higher Education, and School 
Partnerships (CHESP), a service-learning initiative, is for 
communities, institutions of higher education, and schools to work 
together to identify and meet the needs of the community and create 
valuable learning opportunities for young people. The program's purpose 
is to encourage strategic collaborations among institutions to improve 
education and communities through service-learning and develop 
comprehensive demonstration models of service-learning and community, 
higher education, and school collaborations that can be replicated. A 
key aspect of CHESP, and what distinguishes it from other service-
learning programs, is its emphasis on three-way partnerships among 
schools, community-based organizations and institutions of higher 
education.
    In February 2000, the Corporation awarded 20 competitive three-year 
CHESP grants supported with Learn and Serve America: School-based funds 
to state education agencies, grantmaking entities, and one Indian 
Tribe. Each grantee then funded between two and 18 local subgrantees 
(for a total of approximately 166 subgrantees).
    The study of the Community, Higher Education, and School 
Partnerships (CHESP) seeks to describe CHESP grantees and subgrantees 
and their partnerships; identify facilitators and barriers to 
establishing service-learning partnerships among CHESP partners; 
determine whether CHESP programs provide effective models or value-
added strategies for service-learning initiatives that can be 
replicated; and determine whether CHESP programs suggest an appropriate 
direction for future grantmaking policy.

Current Action

    The Corporation seeks approval of two telephone survey forms that 
will be used to collect information about CHESP grantee and subgrantee 
partnerships and programs. This requires collecting information from 
grantee and subgrantee organization staff that will address: (1) CHESP 
project characteristics and information about the implementation of the 
partnerships; and (2) the impact of the CHESP partnerships on the 
grantee and the subgrantee organizations.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
    Title: CHESP Grantee/ Subgrantee Survey.
    OMB Number: None.
    Agency Number: None.
    Affected Public: Project staff at CHESP grantee organizations such 
as state education agencies, grantmaking entities, and one Indian 
Tribe, and project staff at subgrantee organizations such as community 
based organizations, elementary and secondary schools and school 
districts, and institutions of higher education.
    Total Respondents: 20 grantees, and approximately 166 subgrantees.
    Frequency: One time survey.
    Average Time Per Response: Grantee Survey: 60 minutes, Subgrantee 
Survey: 50 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 160.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): None.
    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: May 22, 2002.
David Reingold,
Director, Department of Research and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 02-13465 Filed 5-29-02; 8:45 am]
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