Notice2022-14078
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Public Comment Request; of the Review of the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) at ACL [OMB #0985-New]
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Published
July 1, 2022
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCommunity Living Administration
Abstract
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 IC solicits comments on the information collection requirements relating to the Review of the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) at ACL.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 126 (Friday, July 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39525-39526]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14078]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Public Comment Request; of the Review of the National Standards for
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) at ACL [OMB
#0985-New]
AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and
Human Services.
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 IC
solicits comments on the information collection requirements relating
to the Review of the National Standards for Culturally and
Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) at ACL.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information must be submitted
electronically by 11:59 p.m. (EST) or postmarked by August 30, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit electronic comments on the collection of information
to: Kristen Hudgins, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#145f667d6760717a3a5c6170737d7a67547577783a7c7c673a737b62"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e0ab92899394858ecea8958487898e93a081838cce888893ce878f96">[email protected]</span></a>, 202-795-7732. Submit
written comments on the collection of information to Administration for
Community Living, 330 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20201, Attention:
Kristen Hudgins.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Hudgins,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#216a53485255444f0f69544546484f526140424d0f4949520f464e57"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e9a29b809a9d8c87c7a19c8d8e80879aa9888a85c781819ac78e869f">[email protected]</span></a>, 202-795-7732
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal
agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor.
``Collection of information'' is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
1320.3(c) and includes agency requests or requirements that members of
the public submit reports, keep records, or
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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.
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is currently engaged
in an effort to better understand how ACL programs support grantees to
apply CLAS Standards and related diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)
priorities in their programming. While the previous research effort
focused on the perspective of ACL staff and national associations and
advocacy organizations; this new IC will focus on a broader scope of
respondents. In this IC, ACL will be reaching out to ACL-funded
grantees. By capturing the perspectives of these grantees, this
research aims to build on both our current knowledge of the CLAS
Standards and DEI landscape at ACL, as well as to enhance our
understanding of how to support the aging and disability networks to
strengthen their CLAS Standards and DEI practices and priorities.
The IC, as well as analyses of available NSOAAP, Annual Performance
data or other ACL data, would help address the following key research
questions:
1. Who does ACL serve?
a. How do ACL clients differ by demographic characteristics and/or
social determinants of health (e.g., language, culture, race/ethnicity,
age, disability status)?
b. Are there any gaps in the types of people (or clients) served?
2. How are ACL program grantees meeting the needs of these diverse
people (or clients)?
a. What data do they collect that would help ensure they meet
diverse client needs?
b. What resources do grantee organizations need to support the
cultural and linguistic needs of their clients?
Five focus groups with ACL grantees, comprised of 8-10 participants
each (with each participant representing one grantee entity), would be
conducted to help ACL better understand the current service provider
grantee landscape related to cultural and linguistic needs and other
DEI activities. Data gathered from these focus groups would also help
refine a web-based survey that would be administered to a minimum of
400 service provider grantees. The survey would allow for broader reach
to help ACL understand both how provider grantees address diverse
client needs and what additional resources provider grantee
organizations may need to support the cultural, linguistic, and DEI
needs of the people they serve. Together, these data will help ACL
better understand how grantees are meeting the needs of their clients,
as well as the extent of unmet CLAS/DEI needs that exist for clients
and the extent to which those unmet needs may limit service access. The
proposed data collection tools may be found on the ACL website for
review at: <a href="https://www.acl.gov/about-acl/public-input">https://www.acl.gov/about-acl/public-input</a>.
Estimated Program Burden: ACL estimates the burden of this
collection of information as follows:
The grantee focus groups will include no more than 50 individuals
representing grantee organizations across the US. The burden for their
participation is estimated at 1.5 hours per participant, for a total of
75 hours.
A minimum of 400 grantees are expected to respond to the web-based
survey. The approximate burden for survey completion may be ten minutes
per respondent for a total estimate of 4,000 minutes. The estimated
survey completion burden includes time to review the instructions, read
the questions and complete the responses.
IC Burden Chart
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Number of Responses per Hours per Annual burden
Respondent/data collection activity respondents respondent response hours
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Grantee focus groups............................ 50 1 1.50 75.00
Web-based grantee survey........................ 400 1 0.16 66.67
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Total....................................... 480 1 1.66 141.67
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Dated: June 27, 2022.
Alison Barkoff,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2022-14078 Filed 6-30-22; 8:45 am]
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