[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7183-7184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02578]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Community Living


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Public Comment Request; Process Evaluation of the Aging Network 
and Its Return on Investment; OMB #0985-New

AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living is announcing that

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the proposed collection of information listed above has been submitted 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance 
as required under section 506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. This 30-Day notice collects comments on the information 
collection requirements related to the information collection 
requirements for the Process Evaluation of the Aging Network and its 
Return on Investment [OMB #0985-New].

DATES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by 
March 10, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find the information collection by 
selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' 
or by using the search function. 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: OMB Desk Officer for ACL.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caryn Bruyere, Office of Performance 
and Evaluation. Administration for Community Living Telephone: 202-795-
7393 Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, ACL has 
submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for 
review and clearance. The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is 
requesting approval to collect data for the Process Evaluation of the 
Aging Network and its Return on Investment [OMB #0985-New]. Many older 
adults have unmet health care and social service needs, which require 
coordinated care across a range of services, including access to 
nutritious meals, transportation, preventive health care, home and 
community-based care, social interaction, support for family 
caregivers, and advocacy to help maintain older adults' safety, 
dignity, and legal rights. This proposed data collection for the 
Process Evaluation of the Aging Network and its Return on Investment is 
intended to provide timely information on, (1) how agencies in the 
Aging Network collaborate to serve older adults and family caregivers, 
and (2) how agencies measure the effectiveness of their efforts with 
the goal of strengthening their reach and impact. Through this data 
collection ACL will investigate how states differ in their network 
structure, how agencies work together, and potential strategies for 
evaluating return on investments (ROI) of ACL programs.
    The Process Evaluation of the Aging Network and its Return on 
Investment will include: (1) A census of agencies in the Aging Network, 
and (2) key informant interviews with agencies that are evaluating ROI. 
The survey seeks to collect data from all State Units on Aging (SUAs), 
Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) (including some Aging and Disability 
Resource Centers), and Older Americans Act Title VI Native American 
tribal organizations. Surveying these organizations will help ACL 
understand how and with whom agencies in the network collaborate to 
address the needs of older adults and family caregivers, partnerships 
that have formed or expanded because of COVID-19, and how agencies 
measure the effectiveness and ROI of their various programs. The study 
will also include key informant interviews with a subset of 10 agencies 
that responded to the survey whose responses indicate that their agency 
is evaluating ROI. The data collection team will ask in-depth questions 
about the costs and benefits included in ROI calculations, successes 
and challenges to evaluating ROI, and lessons learned that could 
benefit other agencies seeking to conduct their own assessment of ROI.

Comments in Response to the 60-Day Federal Register Notice

    A notice published in the Federal Register on, August 30, 2021 in 
86 FR 48428. There were no substantive public comments received during 
the 60-day FRN.
    Estimated Program Burden: ACL estimates the burden associated with 
this collection of information as follows:
    The proposed data collection estimates the average burden per 
response to be 0.17 hours for the Aging Network survey. The average 
burden per response for the key informant interviews estimated as 1 
hour.

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                                           Annual number                                                                                      Annual
        Data collection activity                of           Number of responses per      Total number   Average burden per response (in     estimated
                                            respondents             respondent            of  responses               hours)               burden hours
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Aging Network survey....................             864  1............................             864  0.25...........................             216
Key informant interview guide...........              10  1............................              10  1..............................              10
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    Total...............................             874  Varies.......................             874  0.26 (weighted mean)...........             226
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    Dated: February 3, 2022.
Alison Barkoff,
Principal Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2022-02578 Filed 2-7-22; 8:45 am]
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