[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 115 (Thursday, June 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32249-32250]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12802]


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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Application Package for AmeriCorps Seniors Applications 
Instructions, Progress Reporting, Independent Living, and Respite 
Surveys

AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as 
AmeriCorps) is proposing to renew an information collection.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the individual and office 
listed in the ADDRESSES section by August 16, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by the title of the 
information collection activity, by any of the following methods:
    (1) By mail sent to: AmeriCorps, Attention Robin Corindo, Deputy 
Director, AmeriCorps Seniors, 250 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20525.
    (2) By hand delivery or by courier to the AmeriCorps mailroom at 
the mail address given in paragraph (1) above, between 9:00 a.m. and 
4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays.
    (3) Electronically through www.regulations.gov.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice may be made available 
to the public through regulations.gov. For this reason, please do not 
include in your comments information of a confidential nature, such as 
sensitive personal information or proprietary information. If you send 
an email comment, your email address will be automatically captured and 
included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and 
made available on the internet. Please note that responses to this 
public comment request containing any routine notice about the 
confidentiality of the communication will be treated as public comment 
that may be made available to the public, notwithstanding the inclusion 
of the routine notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robin Corindo, 202-489-5578, or by 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title of Collection: Application Instructions and Progress 
Reporting.

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    OMB Control Number: 3045-0035.
    Type of Review: Renewal.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Businesses and Organizations OR State, 
Local or Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,250.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 17,820 hours.
    Abstract: The AmeriCorps Seniors Grant Application is for use by 
prospective and existing sponsors of AmeriCorps Seniors projects under 
the AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP (RSVP), AmeriCorps Seniors Foster 
Grandparent Program (FGP), AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program 
(SCP), and AmeriCorps Seniors Demonstration Project (SDP). The Project 
Progress Report, Project Progress Report Lite, and Project Report 
Supplement will be used to report progress toward accomplishing work 
plan goals and objectives, reporting volunteer and service outputs, 
reporting actual outcomes related to self-nominated performance 
measures, meeting challenges encountered, describing significant 
activities, and requesting technical assistance. The Application 
Instructions and PPR, PPR-Lite, and PRS forms in this package conform 
to eGrants. AmeriCorps' web-based electronic grants management system. 
The SCP Independent Living Survey and SCP Respite Survey instruments 
collect information from a sample of Senior Companion clients and 
caregivers. The purpose of the surveys is to assess the feasibility of 
conducting a longitudinal, quasi-experimental evaluation of the impact 
of independent living and respite services on clients' social ties and 
perceived social support. The results of the surveys may also be used 
to inform the feasibility of using a similar instrument to measure 
client and caregiver outcomes for an evaluation of RSVP. AmeriCorps 
also seeks to continue using the currently approved information 
collection until the revised information collection is approved by OMB. 
The currently approved information collection is due to expire on 12/
31/21.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval. Comments are invited 
on: (a) Whether the 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 collection of information; (c) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; (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; and (e) 
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, 
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden 
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide information 
to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and 
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. All written comments will be available for 
public inspection on regulations.gov.

    Dated: June 14, 2021.
Atalaya Jones Sergi,
Director, AmeriCorps Seniors.
[FR Doc. 2021-12802 Filed 6-16-21; 8:45 am]
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