Notice2024-11602
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Public Comment Request; of the ACL Generic Information Collection for the Administration on Aging Formula Grant Programs OMB Control Number 0985-New
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May 28, 2024
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The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is announcing that 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 the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This 30-day notice collects comments on the information collection requirements related to a new information collection for the ACL Generic Information Collection (Gen IC) for the Administration on Aging Formula Grant Programs.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46123-46125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11602]
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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; of the ACL Generic Information
Collection for the Administration on Aging Formula Grant Programs OMB
Control Number 0985-New
AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is announcing
that 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 the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
30-day notice collects comments on the information collection
requirements related to a new information collection for the ACL
Generic Information Collection (Gen IC) for the Administration on Aging
Formula Grant Programs.
DATES: Comments on the collection of information must be submitted
electronically by 11:59 p.m. (ET) or postmarked by June 27, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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: Adam Mosey (202) 795-7631 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d091b4b1bdfe9dbfa3b5a990b1b3bcfeb8b8a3feb7bfa6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d495b0b5b9fa99bba7b1ad94b5b7b8fabcbca7fab3bba2">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, the
Administration for Community Living (ACL) has submitted the following
proposed collection of information to OMB for review and clearance. As
a unit of the Administration for Community Living, the Administration
on Aging (AoA) provides expertise on program development, advocacy, and
initiatives for older Americans and their caregivers and families.
Working with State agencies, local agencies, grantees, and community
providers, AoA directs programs authorized by the Older Americans Act
(OAA), Elder Justice Act (EJA), and other legislation that supports
older adults. Through these programs multi-year State Plans and
assurances, and other financial forms are needed to provide approval
and oversight of grant recipients. ACL is seeking OMB approval to add a
new Gen IC to ACL's Paperwork inventory. This Gen IC will cover ACL/AoA
formula grant programs for State Plans on Aging and assurances, State
Plans on Adult Protective Services and assurances, and other financial
forms associated with aging and APS formula grant management. Adding a
Gen IC will allow for the collection of data across programmatic and
financial management of the aging and APS formula grants.
Statutory Background
In 1965, Congress originally passed the Older Americans Act (OAA)
in response to concerns by policymakers
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about a lack of community social services for older adults.
The original legislation established authority for grants to states
for community planning and social services, research and development
projects, and personnel training in the field of aging. Changes to the
OAA were made through the Supporting Older Americans Act of 2020.
This legislation reauthorized the OAA and its programs from Federal
fiscal year (FFY) 2020 through 2024. The OAA provides the foundation
for the national aging network, which includes the Administration on
Aging (AoA), State Units on Aging (SUA), area agencies on aging (AAA),
Tribal organizations, service providers, and volunteers. SUAs are an
integral part of the network responsible for developing and
administering a multi-year state plan that advocates for and aids older
residents, their families, their caregivers, and, in many States, for
adults with disabilities.
The Elder Justice Act, passed in 2010, is the first comprehensive
legislation to address the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older
adults at the Federal level. The law authorized a variety of programs
and initiatives to better coordinate Federal responses to elder abuse,
promote elder justice research and innovation, support Adult Protective
Services systems, and provide additional protections for residents of
long-term care facilities. The importance of these services at the
State-level and local-level is demonstrated by the fact that states
significantly leverage Older Americans Act (OAA) funds to obtain other
funding for these activities.
The Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act
of 2021 and the American Rescue Plan Act provided two years of Federal
funding ($188 million in each year) to support, for the first time, the
nationwide APS formula grant program authorized by the Elder Justice
Act of 2010. That funding was used by States to expand or develop a
variety of capabilities that were necessary to meet increased needs due
to the public health pandemic, and ongoing funding is necessary to
maintain the improved reach and effectiveness of APS systems beyond the
pandemic.
The FY 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill provided, for the first
time, an annual appropriation of $15 million to continue providing
Federal formula grants to State APS programs. This will be the first
time State entities are required to develop and submit State plans
under Section 2042 of the Elder Justice Act, 42 U.S.C. 1397m-1(b).
However, States have developed spending plans for the formula funding
received to date, consistent with 45 CFR 75.206(d), and to update those
every three to five years.
This new Gen IC is for programmatic and financial management of the
Aging and APS formula grants. The purpose of the State Plans is to
document and provide the opportunity for public comment on achievements
and planned activities for the multi-year plan period.
A wide range of constituents use or will use the State Plans to
coordinate, monitor, evaluate, and improve Aging Network and APS
support services by using the State Plans as a blueprint for service
planning and delivery. Additionally, ACL leverages State Plans to
understand the numerous services older adults use, and to utilize the
information for advocating for the needs of older adults and those who
use APS and for requesting additional funding. The purpose of the other
financial forms that are a part of this Gen IC is to facilitate OAA
formula grant management.
Financial forms provide statutorily required information regarding
each State's contribution to programs to ensure compliance with
legislative requirements, pertinent Federal regulations, and other
applicable instructions and guidelines issued by ACL. This information
will be used for Federal oversight of the Aging Programs.
Based on ACL's extensive experience working with APS systems and
OAA grantees on their State plans, ACL does not anticipate a
significantly greater level of detail for the development of State
plans for APS.
OAA and APS grantees are required to comply with all terms and
conditions contained in Notices of Award (NoA) issued by ACL. When it
is determined that a grantee is not in compliance with one or more of
these requirements, ACL may require a grantee to submit to ACL a plan
to come into compliance under a Corrective Action Plan (CAP), and any
such CAP may require ACL's prior written approval, as determined by
ACL. The CAP process is intended to be collaborative. Under a CAP, a
grantee and ACL will jointly identify progress milestones and a
feasible timeline for the grantee to come into compliance with the
applicable requirement. Grantees must make a good faith effort at
achieving full compliance to continue to have permission from ACL to
operate under a CAP.
Comments in Response to the 60-Day Federal Register Notice
A 60-day notice published in the Federal Register on October 18,
2023, at 88 FR 71869-71871. ACL received one public comment.
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Organization Section Comment Response
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Commonwealth of Virginia, Department Estimated Annualized Noted that the burden ACL appreciates the
for Aging and Rehabilitative Burden Table. estimates for State comment but declines
Services. Plans on Aging, and to make changes at
State Plans on APS are this time.
too low. Recommended
identification of ways
to reduce reporting
requirements, as well
as revising burden
estimates. Recommended
survey of states to
inform future burden
estimates..
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Estimated Program Burden: ACL estimates the burden of this
collection of information as follows:
Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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Number of Average burden
Respondent/data collection Form Number of responses per hours per Total burden
activity respondents respondent response hours
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State Unit on Aging (SUA)..... State Plan on 14.7 1 80 1,176
Aging.
State Unit on Aging (SUA)..... Financial Forms. 56 5 1 280
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OAA or APS Grantee............ Corrective 75 1 8 600
Action Plan
(CAP).
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Total Estimated Burden.... ................ .............. .............. .............. 2,056
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Dated: May 21, 2024.
Alison Barkoff,
Principal Deputy Administrator for the Administration for Community
Living, performing the delegable duties of the Administrator and the
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2024-11602 Filed 5-24-24; 8:45 am]
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