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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National 

and Community Service (CNCS), as part 

of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA95) (44 U.S.C. Sec. 3506(c)(2)(A)). 

This program helps to ensure that 

requested data can be provided in the 

desired format, reporting burden (time 

and financial resources) is minimized, 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of collection 

requirement on respondents can be 

properly assessed. 

Currently, CNCS is soliciting 

comments concerning its proposed data 

collection for the Social Innovation 

Fund (SIF) National Evaluation. 

Research questions for the evaluation 

are categorized into 5 major topic areas: 

• Documenting SIF’s outcomes for 

people served; 

• Strengthening the evidence base; 

• Expanding the reach of programs 

that work; 

• Using intermediaries to strengthen 

the capacity of nonprofits to implement 

and expand programs; and 

• Assessing SIF’s influence on policy, 

funding and practice. 

The evaluation seeks to understand 

whether and how the SIF has met its 

intended goals by assessing the extent to 

which: (1) Outcomes for those in need 

have improved; (2) the evidence base 

has been strengthened; (3) nonprofit 

capacity to implement and expand 

programs has increased; and, (4) SIF has 

influenced the use of evidence, the flow 

of capital and the scaling of promising 

program models within the public, 

philanthropic and nonprofit sectors. 

The evaluation will focus on the initial 

group of 11 intermediaries (grantees) 

and 138 community nonprofits 

(subgrantees) funded by the SIF in 2010. 

These intermediaries and their 

subgrantees will be providing 

information for the SIF National 

Evaluation. 

Copies of the information collection 

request can be obtained by contacting 

the office listed in the addresses section 

of this notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the individual and office 

listed in the ADDRESSES section by July 

23, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the title of the information 

collection activity, by any of the 

following methods: 

(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for 

National and Community Service, 

Attention: Joscelyn Silsby, Project 

Director, SIF Evaluation, Office of 

Strategy and Strategic Initiatives, 

Corporation for National and 

Community Service, 1201 New York 

Avenue NW., Room 10906A 

Washington, DC, 20525. 

(2) By hand delivery or by courier to 

the CNCS mailroom at Room 8100 at the 

mail address given in paragraph (1) 

above, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

(3) By fax to: (202) 606–3464 

Attention: Joscelyn Silsby, Project 

Director, SIF Evaluation. 

(4) Electronically through the CNCS 

email system: jsilsby@cns.gov. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TTY–TDD) may call 1–800–833–3722 

between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joscelyn Silsby (202–606–6772), or by 

email at jsilsby@cns.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CNCS is 

particularly interested in comments 

that: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of CNCS, including whether 

the information will have practical 

utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are expected to respond, including the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology 

(e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses). 

Background 

During 2010, 11 intermediaries 

received SIF grants across the three 

priority areas. As of July 1, 2011, the 

2010 intermediaries had funded 138 sub 

grantees in 31 states and the District of 

Columbia. These intermediaries and sub 

grantees will be providing the 

information for the SIF National 

Evaluation. Some of the information 

will be collected electronically and 

other information will be collected from 

intermediaries and subgrantees through 

telephone or in-person interviews. 

The following data collection 

activities are planned for Year 2 of the 

evaluation: 

• Intermediaries will provide data on 

the 138 sub grantees to document the 

changes in outputs and outcomes that 

occur as a result of SIF, beginning in the 

fall of 2012. This will be an annual data 

collection and will be conducted in 

2013, 2014, and 2015. The information 

that will be collected includes 

characteristics of the populations 

served, the number of clients receiving 

each type of service, how new and 

underserved populations are reached, 

how people’s lives have potentially 

changed with SIF-funded services, total 

funding available for subgrantee 

programs (including matching funds), 

cost of providing services (including 

direct costs and indirect costs), and 

number of full-time equivalent (FTE) 

staff members. 

• Conduct brief telephone surveys 

with 138 sub grantees to obtain 

contextual and explanatory information 

(clarification of the data received from 

the annual program activity data 

collection). This data collection will 

occur in 2012, 2013, and 2015. 

• Conduct in-depth discussions over 

the telephone with 11 grantees in 2013. 

These discussions will focus on the 

capacity strengthening needs of the sub 

grantees and how the grantees are or are 

planning to meet those needs as well as 

program expansion strategies the 

subgrantees are or will be 

implementing. 

• Conduct in-person discussions with 

selected sub grantees to better 

understand the implementation of the 

SIF. This will result in development of 

15 case studies. The first set of case 

studies will focus on understanding the 

types of strategies used by 

intermediaries and subgrantees to 

expand program reach and the 

subgrantee capacities that are needed or 

are in place to do this effectively. 

Current Action 

This is a new information collection 

request. 

Type of Review: New. 

Agency: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

Title: Social Innovation Fund (SIF) 

National Evaluation. 

OMB Number: TBD. 


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Agency Number: NA. 

Affected Public: The affected public 

will be the intermediaries and the 

subgrantees who received SIF funding 

from CNCS, stakeholders 

(representatives from partnering 

organizations, volunteers, and perhaps 

local evaluators). 

Total Respondents: 250. 

Frequency: The annual program 

activity data collection instrument will 

be completed once annually during 

2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. Telephone 

surveys with subgrantees will occur in 

2012, 2013, and 2015. Site visits and 

discussions will occur once in 2013 and 

2015 with approximately 15 subgrantees 

(program director and staff), and 

stakeholders to develop case studies 

focused on program expansion strategies 

and capacity strengthening work. 

Average Time per Response: Average 

response time of the 11 grantees to 

compile the data for each sub grantee for 

the annual program activity data 

collection instrument will be 3 hours 

per subgrantee. The follow-up survey 

with sub grantees will be 30 minutes; 

interviews with SIF intermediaries will 

take 1.5 hours; and the discussions with 

SIF Program directors and staff, and 

stakeholders for the case studies will be 

1 hour per respondent. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 589.5 

hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

None. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): None. 

Data collection activity Respondents Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Burden hours 

per Response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Annual program activity data collection instrument.SIF intermediaries ............................ 138 1 3.0 414 

Follow-up telephone surveys ............ SIF subgrantees ............................... 138 1 0.5 69 

In-depth interviews ............................ SIF intermediaries ............................ 11 1 1.5 16.5 

Case studies of 15 sub grantee programs.SIF Program director and staff, and 

stakeholders.

90 1 1 90 

Total ........................................... ........................................................... 250 ........................ 6.0 589.5 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated: May 16, 2012. 

Marlene Zakai, 

Deputy Chief of Staff, Management. 

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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Information Collection; Submission for 

OMB Review, Comment Request 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Corporation for National 

and Community Service (CNCS), has 

submitted a public information 

collection request (ICR) entitled 

National Performance Measurement 

Assessment for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13, (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Copies of 

this ICR, with applicable supporting 

documentation, may be obtained by 

calling the Corporation for National and 

Community Service, Joscelyn Silsby, at 

(202) 606–6772, or email to 

jsilsby@cns.com. Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TTY–TDD) may call 1–800–833–3722 

between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted, identified by the title of the 

information collection activity, to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Attn: Ms. Sharon Mar, OMB 

Desk Officer for the Corporation for 

National and Community Service, by 

any of the following two methods 

within 30 days from the date of 

publication in the Federal Register: 

(1) By fax to: (202) 395–6974, 

Attention: Ms. Sharon Mar, OMB Desk 

Officer for the Corporation for National 

and Community Service; and 

(2) Electronically by email to: 

smar@omb.eop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OMB 

is particularly interested in comments 

which: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of CNCS, including whether 

the information will have practical 

utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Propose ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 

• Propose ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology, e.g., permitting electronic 

submissions of responses. 

Comments 

A 60-day public comment Notice was 

published in the Federal Register on 

March 16, 2012. This comment period 

ended May 15, 2012. No public 

comments were received from this 

Notice. 

Description: CNCS is seeking approval 

for two surveys and an interview 

protocol that will be used to assess the 

National Performance Measurement 

Pilot. The purpose of this data 

collection is for CNCS to understand 

how grantees have selected, 

implemented, and reported program 

performance using pilot measures 

developed for programs receiving 

AmeriCorps grants in 2010 and 2011. 

CNCS will use the results of this 

assessment to inform the ongoing 

development of AmeriCorps grantee 

measures as well as new performance 

measurement efforts within other CNCS 

programs. Completion of this 

information collection is considered 

completely voluntary and is not 

required to be considered for or to 

obtain grant funding support from any 

CNCS program. 

Type of Review: New. 

Agency: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

Title: National Performance 

Measurement Assessment. 

OMB Number: New. 

Agency Number: None. 

Affected Public: AmeriCorps State 

and National State Service Commissions 

and grantees. 

Estimated Number of Total 

Respondents: 214. 


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