Notice2026-00757
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Segal Education Award-Related Information Collection Requests
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Published
January 15, 2026
Issuing agencies
Corporation for National and Community Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as AmeriCorps) is proposing to renew three information collections associated with the Segal Education Award: the voucher and payment request form, the forbearance request form, and the interest accrual form.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 10 (Thursday, January 15, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1758-1759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-00757]
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Segal
Education Award-Related Information Collection Requests
AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.
ACTION: Notice of Information Collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as
AmeriCorps) is proposing to renew three information collections
associated with the Segal Education Award: the voucher and payment
request form, the forbearance request form, and the interest accrual
form.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the individual and office
listed in the ADDRESSES section by March 16, 2026.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by the title of the
information collection activity, by any of the following methods:
(1) Electronically through <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (preferred method)
(2) By mail sent to: AmeriCorps, Attention Nahid Jarrett, 250 E
Street SW, Washington, DC 20525.
(3) By hand delivery or by courier to the AmeriCorps mailroom at
the mail address given in paragraph (2) above, between 9 a.m. and 4
p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Comments submitted in response to this notice may be made available
to the public through <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a>. For this reason, please do not
include in your comments information of a confidential nature, such as
sensitive personal information or proprietary information. If you send
an email comment, your email address will be automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and
made available on the internet. Please note that responses to this
public comment request containing any routine notice about the
confidentiality of the communication will be treated as public comment
that may be made available to the public, notwithstanding the inclusion
of the routine notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nahid Jarrett, 202-606-6753, or by
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2d43474c5f5f4859596d4e435e034a425b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e7898d869595829393a7848994c9808891">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Title of Collection: Voucher and Payment Request Form.
OMB Control Number: 3045-0014.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals (AmeriCorps members and
alumni that request payment on qualified student loans) and businesses
(qualified student loan servicers).
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 34,385.
Average Time per Response: 5 minutes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,865.
Abstract: The National Service Trust AmeriCorps Voucher and Payment
Form/National Service Trust AmeriCorps--Manual Payment Request Form is
used to make payments to repay qualified student loans and to pay for
the cost of attending eligible post-secondary educational institutions
and approved School-to-Work programs. Prior to making the payments,
AmeriCorps will review information from the forms and compare it to
information taken from the AmeriCorps member's education award
account(s) to ensure that the payments meet the requirements of the
law. This information collection is not required to be considered for
obtaining grant funding support. The currently approved information
collection is due to expire on March 31, 2026.
2. Title of Collection: Forbearance Request of National Service
Form.
OMB Control Number: 3045-0030.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals (AmeriCorps members and
alumni that wish to request forbearance on qualified student loans) and
businesses (qualified student loan servicers).
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 13,182.
Frequency: One or more per education award.
Average Time per Response: 10 minutes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,197.
Abstract: The National Service Trust AmeriCorps Forbearance Request
for National Service Form is used to certify that AmeriCorps members
are eligible for forbearance based on their enrollment in a national
service position. AmeriCorps members use the form, or its electronic
equivalent, to request forbearance from their loan. This information
collection is not required to be considered for obtaining grant funding
support. The currently approved information collection is due to expire
on March 31, 2026.
3. Title of Collection: Interest Accrual Form.
OMB Control Number: 3045-0053.
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Type of Review: Renewal.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and Households OR
Businesses and Organizations OR State, Local or Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 320.
Average Time per Response: 5 minutes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 27.
Abstract: The National Service Trust Interest Payment Form is used
by AmeriCorps members to request a payment of accrued interest on
qualified student loans and to authorize the release of loan
information to the National Service Trust; schools and lenders verify
eligibility for the payments; and both parties verify certain legal
requirements. AmeriCorps uses the information from the form to ensure
that the accrued interest payment is allowable under law. AmeriCorps
seeks to renew the currently approved information collection, which is
due to expire on March 31, 2026.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval. Comments are invited
on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e)
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide information
to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review
instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information. All written comments will be available for
public inspection on <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a>.
Jerry Prentice,
Director, National Service Trust.
[FR Doc. 2026-00757 Filed 1-14-26; 8:45 am]
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