Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Public Comment Request; ACL Administration on Aging Formula Grant Programs (OMB Control Number 0985-New)

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September 26, 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 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 proposed new information collection requirements relating to the ACL Administration on Aging Formula Grant Programs (OMB Control Number 0985-New).

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 187 (Thursday, September 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78877-78878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22034]

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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; ACL 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 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 proposed new
information collection requirements relating to the ACL Administration
on Aging Formula Grant Programs (OMB Control Number 0985-New).

DATES: Comments on the collection of information must be submitted
electronically by 11:59 p.m. (EST) or postmarked by October 28, 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, Attention: OMB Desk Officer for ACL.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adam Mosey, ACL Administration on
Aging, phone: 202-795-7631 and email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#307154515d1e7d5f4355497051535c1e5858431e575f46"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e7a683868ac9aa8894829ea786848bc98f8f94c9808891">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

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. This announcement solicits comments on the ACL
Administration on Aging Formula Grant Programs. As a center in the
Administration for Community Living, the Administration on Aging (AoA)
provides expertise on program development, advocacy, initiatives for
older Americans, their caregivers, and families. Working with state
agencies, local agencies, grantees, and community providers, AoA
directs programs authorized by the Older Americans Act (OAA) of 1965 as
amended (42 U.S.C 3001 et seq.). The OAA provides the foundation for
the National Aging Network, which includes ACL/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 and aids older residents, their families,
caregivers, and adults with disabilities. The Elder Justice Act (42
U.S.C. 1397j), 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
(APS) 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 OAA funds to obtain other funding for these
activities.
Through these programs, multi-year state plans, assurances, and
other financial forms are needed to provide approval and oversight of
grant recipients. ACL is seeking approval for a new information
collection which will collect data related to AoA formula grant
programs. This information collection will include data collection
activity for state plans on aging and assurances, financial forms, and
a corrective action plan (CAP) template each associated with aging
formula grant management. The purpose of this information collection is
for programmatic and financial management of the aging and APS formula
grants. The state plan on aging documents and provides the opportunity
report achievements and planned activities for the multi-year plan
period. A wide range of constituents use or will use the state plans on
aging to coordinate, monitor, evaluate, and improve aging network by
using the state plans on aging as a blueprint for service planning and
delivery. Additionally, ACL leverages state plans on aging to
understand the numerous services older adults use, and to utilize the
information for advocating the needs of older adults, and for
requesting additional funding. The financial forms will assist in the
facilitation of OAA formula grant management.

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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. 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 submit a plan
to enter compliance under a CAP. 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 with
permission from ACL to operate under a CAP.

Comments in Response to the 60-Day Federal Register Notice

In accordance with 5 CFR 1320.8(d), ACL published a 60-day notice
in the Federal Register on Wednesday, October 18, 2023, at 88 FR 71869
with a comment period that closed on December 18, 2023. ACL received
one comment. The comment and ACL response is provided below:

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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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This 30-day notice publication makes correction to the information
collection type in the previous 30-day notice published in the Federal
Register on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at 89 FR 46123. That notice
requested public comment on this information collection as a generic
information collection request.

Estimated Program Burden

This new information collection incorporates ACL AoA formula grant
programs previously approved under OMB control numbers: 0985-0004 and
0985-0009 and adds new state plans on aging and assurances, financial
forms, and a corrective action plan (CAP) template, each associated
with aging formula grant management.
ACL estimates the burden of this collection of information as
follows:

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Average
Number of Number of burden Total
Data collection activity Form respondents responses per hours per burden
respondent response hours
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State Unit on Aging (SUA)......... State Plan on Aging.. 15 1 80 1,200
State Unit on Aging (SUA)......... Financial Forms...... 56 5 1 280
OAA or APS Grantee................ Corrective Action 75 1 8 600
Plan.
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Total Estimated Burden........ ..................... ........... .............. ........... 2,056
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Dated: September 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. 2024-22034 Filed 9-25-24; 8:45 am]
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