[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 106 (Monday, June 3, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25546-25547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11475]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Community Living


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Older Americans Act, Title VI Grant Application

AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is announcing an 
opportunity for the public to comment on the proposed collection of 
information listed above. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish a notice in the Federal 
Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including 
each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and 
to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice.
    This notice solicits comments on the Proposed New Collection and 
solicits comments on the information collection requirements related to 
the Application for Older Americans Act, Title VI Parts A/B and C 
Grants.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information must be submitted

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electronically by 11:59 p.m. (EST) or postmarked by August 2, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit electronic comments on the collection of information 
to: Rhonda Schwartz. Submit written comments on the collection of 
information to the Administration for Community Living, Washington, DC 
20201, Attention: Rhonda Schwartz.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rhonda Schwartz, Administration for 
Community Living, Washington, DC 20201, Rhonda Schwartz, 
[email protected], (617) 565-1165.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act, Federal 
agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. A 
Collection of information includes agency requests or requirements that 
members of the public submit reports, keep records, or provide 
information to a third party. The PRA requires Federal agencies to 
provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning each 
proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension 
of an existing collection of information, before submitting the 
collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement, ACL is 
publishing a notice of the proposed collection of information set forth 
in this document.
    With respect to the following collection of information, ACL 
invites comments on our burden estimates or any other aspect of this 
collection of information, including:
    (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of ACL's functions, including whether the 
information will have practical utility;
    (2) the accuracy of ACL's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used to determine burden estimates;
    (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques when appropriate, and other forms of information technology.
    ACL is responsible for administering the Title VI A/B (Nutrition 
and Supportive Service) and C (Caregiver) grants. The purpose of this 
data collection is to improve and standardize the format of the 
application. The instrument will collect data as prescribed by the 
Older Americans Act Section 612(a), 614(a) and 45 CFR 1326.19 related 
to the eligibility of Federally-recognized Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations for grant funds under this program and their capacity to 
deliver services to elders.
    The Application for Older Americans Act, Title VI A/B and C Grants 
collects information on the ability of federally-recognized American 
Indian, Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian organizations to provide 
nutrition, supportive, and caregiver services to elders within their 
service area.
    Applicants are required to provide a description of their 
organization's service area, the number of eligible elders in their 
service area, and their ability to deliver services and sign assurances 
that the organization will comply with all applicable laws and 
regulations.
    This is a new data collection. In prior grant cycles, AoA used 
ACL's generic clearance for the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) 
information collection currently approved under OMB control number 
0985-0018. The proposed data collection materials have been updated to 
better align with the requirements of the Older Americans Act and 
Federal regulations, as well as to improve data quality and grantee 
accountability. Furthermore, this grantee application will better line 
up with the revised Title VI Program Performance Report under 0985-0059 
and will eliminate duplicate reporting requirements for grantees. This 
data collection will also support ACL in tracking performance outcomes 
and efficiency measures with respect to the annual and long-term 
performance targets established in compliance with the Government 
Performance Results Modernization Act (GPRMA).
    The proposed data collection tools may be found on the ACL website 
for review at https://www.acl.gov/about-acl/public-input.
    Estimated Program Burden: Title VI grant applications are required 
once every three (3) years, so an annual response is not required for 
this instrument (the annual burden below reflects this calculation). 
Additionally, Title VI funding is broken into three categories.
    Parts A and B are for nutritional and supportive programming, with 
Part A being restricted to American Indian and Alaska Native grantees, 
and Part B restricted to Native Hawaiian grantees. Part C is for 
caregiver programming. All Part C grantees must have Part A/B funding, 
but not all Part A/B grantees will have Part C programs. Therefore, 
there are likely to be 295 unique respondents, but only 250 will have 
to complete all three portions of the application. This application 
covers all three parts of Title VI.
    ACL estimates the burden associated with this collection of 
information as follows:

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                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per     Annual burden
       Respondent/data collection activity          respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Title VI Application Part A/B...................             295               1            2.75           270.4
Title VI Application Part C.....................             250               1             1.5             125
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............            4.25           395.4
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    The number of burden hours associated with the Title VI, Part C, 
data collection was calculated as 811.25. However, since this 
instrument is used only once every 3 years, this number was annualized 
by dividing it into thirds. This resulted in an annualized number of 
270.4 hours. Similarly, the total hours associated with the Title VI, 
Part C, application is 375. This number was annualized by dividing it 
by three, resulting in an annual burden hours of 125.

    Dated: May 23, 2019.
Lance Robertson,
Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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