[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 118 (Thursday, June 19, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 35169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14353]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; OAA Title III-E Evaluation
AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (formerly 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 July
21, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information by
fax 202.395.6974 to the OMB Desk Officer for ACL, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, OMB.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alice-Lynn Ryssman, 202.357.3491.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520), the Administration for Community Living (ACL, formerly the
Administration for Aging) has submitted the following proposed
collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review and clearance. The process evaluation data collection
associated with the Title III-E National Family Caregiver Support
Program (NFCSP) is necessary to meet three broad objectives of ACL: (1)
To provide information to support program planning, including an
analysis of program processes, (2) to develop information about program
efficiency and costs, and (3) gauge program effectiveness in assessing
community and client needs, targeting and prioritizing, and providing
services to family caregivers. The process evaluation will examine the
strategies, activities, and resources of the program at each level of
the Aging Network--State Unit on Aging (SUA), Area Agency on Aging
(AAA), and Local Service Provider (LSP)--to meet the needs of NFCSP
clients/caregivers.
In response to the 60-day Federal Register Notice related to this
proposed data collection and published on November 20, 2013, comments
from six individuals and/or organizations were received. Many of the
suggestions, such as to add ``Dementia training'' to the list of
options under the types of training provided to state and local
workers/volunteers, were implemented into the appropriate surveys.
Suggested changes at odds with the program definitions or operations,
such as the suggestion to replace the term ``Dementia'' with
``Neurocognitive Disorder'' were not adopted. In response to comments
about the length of the surveys, a few additional questions were
removed from the State Unit on Aging (SUA) and Area Unit on Aging (AAA)
surveys. Comments concerning the caregiver surveys in the original 60-
day notice will be covered in a later NFCSP outcome evaluation notice.
The process study will administer online surveys to all 56 SUAs,
all of the 618 AAAs and a sample of 1,000 LSPs. ACL estimates the
burden of this collection of information as follows 1,566 hours for
local agencies (AAAs and LSPs) and 84 hours for the State Units on
Aging (SUAs) for a Total Burden for Study of 1,650 hours.
The proposed data collection tools may be found on the ACL Web site
at http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/Program_Results/Program_survey.aspx.
Dated: June 16, 2014.
Kathy Greenlee,
Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2014-14353 Filed 6-18-14; 8:45 am]
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