[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7040-7041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-2545]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Grants to 
States Program Standardized Data Collection

AGENCY: Administration on Aging, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Administration on Aging (AoA) is announcing that the 
proposed collection of information listed below has been submitted to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by 
March 16, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by 
fax 202.395.6974 or by mail to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, OMB, New Executive Office Bldg., 725 17th St. NW., rm. 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503, Attn: Carolyn Lovett, Desk Officer for AoA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori Stalbaum at 202-357-3452 or e-
mail: [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, AoA has 
submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for 
review and clearance.
    The Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Grants to States (ADDGS) 
Program is authorized through Sections 398, 399 and 399A of the Public 
Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended by Public Law 101-557 Home Health 
Care and Alzheimer's Disease Amendments of 1990. The ADDGS program 
funded through AoA helps states extend family support services provided 
by subgrantees to underserved populations, including those in rural 
communities.
    The PHS Act requires AoA to ``provide for an evaluation of each 
demonstration project for which a grant is made.'' The PHS Act further 
states that ``not later than 6 months after the completion of such 
evaluations, submit a report to the Congress describing the findings 
made as a result of the evaluations.'' In compliance with the PHS Act, 
AoA developed a new State data collection protocol that will require 
future ADDGS state grantees (those funded starting in FY 2007) to 
transmit annual data information to AoA reported to the states by the 
project partners.
    Many of the elements for the ADDGS Data Program Report are the same 
as those collected for Older Americans Act Title III and Title VII 
programs administered by AoA. To ensure inclusion of essential 
information the ADDGS Project Officer first contacted all current ADDGS 
grantees to find out what type of information they are already 
collecting. Then, the ADDGS Project Officer solicited information on 
key data elements from experts familiar with the previous ADDGS Program 
evaluation. Following this input, modifications were made to the data 
collection tool and input was solicited from all ADDGS state Project 
Directors and their project partners. Twenty-three (23) of thirty-eight 
(38) states, approximately 60% responded to the request for feedback. 
Again, modifications were made to fine tune the data collection tool 
into a format that would minimize burden on state grantees. Finally, 
ten (10) ADDGS Project Directors participated in a telephone focus 
group. The ten Project Directors were selected based on the detail of 
their responses to the original request for feedback.
    The result of this input is the proposed data collection tool and 
accompanying definition of terms. AoA is aware that different states 
have different capabilities in terms of data collection. Thus, it is 
understood that following the approval of the proposed ADDGS data 
collection tool, AoA will

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need to work with ADDGS grantees to ensure easy access to a reporting 
system as well as offer regular training to state grantees to ensure 
minimal burden.
    AoA estimates the burden of this collection of information as 
follows: 950 hours.

    Dated: February 9, 2007.
Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. E7-2545 Filed 2-13-07; 8:45 am]
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