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members and current and/or former

employers regarding the applicant’s

potential in the chosen health related

professions.

4. Stated Reasons for Asking for the

Scholarship and Stated Career Goals.

Applicants must provide a brief written

explanation of reasons for asking for the

scholarship and of career goals. The

applicant’s narrative will be judged on

how well it is written and content.

5. Applicants who are closest to

graduation or completion are awarded

first. For example, senior and junior

applicants under the Health Professions

Pregraduate Scholarship receive funding

before the freshmen and sophomores.

E. Priority Categories

Regulations at 42 CFR Part 36.304

provide that the IHS shall, from time to

time, publish a list of health professions

eligible for consideration for the award

of Indian Health Professions Preparatory

and Pregraduate Scholarship and Indian

Health Scholarships (Professions).

Section 104(b)(1) of the IHCIA, as

amended by the Indian Health Care

Amendment of 1988, Pub. L. 100–713,

authorizes the IHS to determine specific

health professions for which Indian

Health Scholarships will be awarded.

The list of priority health professions

that follow, by scholarship program, are

based upon the needs of the IHS, as well

as upon the needs of the American

Indians and Alaska Natives, for

additional service by specific health

profession.

1. Health Professions Preparatory

Scholarship Scholarships. (Below is the

list of disciplines to be supported and

priority is based on academic level)

A. Pre-Accounting.

B. Pre-Dietetics.

C. Pre-Medical Technology.

D. Pre-Nursing.

E. Pre-Pharmacy.

F. Pre-Physical Therapy.

G. Pre-Social Work (Jr and Sr

undergraduate Years).

2. Health Professions Pregraduate

Scholarships. (Below is the list of

disciplines to be supported and priority

is based on academic level: Senior,

Junior, Sophomore, Freshman)

A. Pre-Dentistry.

B. Pre-Medicine.

3. Indian Health Scholarships

(Professions). (Below is a list of

disciplines to be supported and priority

is based on academic level, unless

specified: Graduate, Senior, Junior,

Sophomore, Freshman)

A. Accounting.

B. Associate Degree Nurse.

C. Chemical Dependency Counseling.

D. Counseling Psychology: Ph.D. only.

E. Computer Science: B.S.

F. Dentistry.

G. Dietician: B.S.

H. Health Education: Masters level

only.

I. Health Records: A.R.T. and R.R.T.

J. Medical Technology: B.S.

K. Medical Social Work: Masters level

only.

L. Medicine: Allopathic and

Osteopathic.

M. Nurse Practitioner: R.N.A. and

F.N.P.

N. Nurse Midwife: C.N.M.

O. Nurse: B.S.*

P. Nurse: M.S.*

(Priority consideration will be given to

Registered Nurses employed by the Indian

Health Service; in a program assisted under

a contract entered into under the Indian SelfDetermination Act; or in a program assisted

under Title V of the Indian Health Care

Improvement Act.)

Q. Optometry.

R. Para-Optometric.

S. Pharmacy: B.S.

T. Physician Assistant: B.S.

U. Physical Therapy.

V. Podiatry: D.P.M.

W. Public Health: M.P.H. only

(Applicants must be enrolled or

accepted in a school of public health in

specialty areas such as Dietetics and

Community Development in health).

X. Public Health Nutrition: Masters

level only.

Y. Radiologic Technology: Certificate,

Associate, and B.S.

Z. Respiratory Therapy: Associate.

AA. Sonography.

Interested individuals are reminded

that the list of eligible health and allied

health professions is effective for the

applicants for the three academic years

covered by this standing announcement.

These priorities will remain in effect

until superseded.

Dated: January 29, 1997.

Michael H. Trujillo,

Assistant Surgeon General, Director.

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Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

In compliance with Section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity

for public comment on proposed data

collection projects, the Substance Abuse

and Mental Health Services

Administration will publish periodic

summaries of proposed projects. To

request more information on the

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of

the data collection plans and

instruments, the SAMHSA Reports

Clearance Officer on (301) 443–8005.

Comments are invited on: (a) whether

the proposed 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

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (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.

Proposed Project

Protection and Advocacy for

Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI)

Annual Program Performance Report—

Revision—The PAIMI Act (P.L. 99–319)

authorized funds to support activities

on behalf of individuals with mental

illness. Recipients of this formula grant

program are required by law to annually

report their activities and

accomplishments to include the number

of individuals served, types of facilities

involved, types of activities undertaken

and accomplishments resulting from

such activities. This summary must also

include a separate report prepared by

the PAIMI Advisory Council descriptive

of its activities and assessment of the

operations of the protection and

advocacy system. The annual burden

estimate is as follows:

Number of

respondents

Number of

responses

per respondent

Hours per

response

Total hour

burden

Annual Program Performance Report .............................................................................. 56 1 43 2,408

Activities and accomplishments ................................................................................ .................... .................... (35) (1,960)

Performance outcomes ............................................................................................. .................... .................... (3) (168)
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Number of

respondents

Number of

responses

per respondent

Hours per

response

Total hour

burden

Expense report .......................................................................................................... .................... .................... (2) (112)

Budget ....................................................................................................................... .................... .................... (2) (112)

Priority Statement ...................................................................................................... .................... .................... (1) (56)

Advisory Council Report ................................................................................................... 56 1 10 560

Total ....................................................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 2,968

Send comments to Beatrice Rouse,

SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 16–105, Parklawn Building, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

Written comments should be received

within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: January 30, 1997.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 97–2798 Filed 2–4–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–3569–N–03]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection for Public Comments

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

will be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Comments due: April 7, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and/or OMB

Control Number and should be sent to:

Mildred M. Hamman, Reports Liaison

Officer, Public and Indian Housing,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 7th Street, S.W.,

Room 4238, Washington, D.C. 20410–

5000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mildred M. Hamman, (202) 708–3642,

extension 4128, for copies of the

proposed forms and other available

documents. (This is not a toll-free

number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department will submit the proposed

information collection to OMB for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35, as amended).

This Notice is soliciting comments

from members of the public and affected

agencies concerning the proposed

collection of information to: (1) Evaluate

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s

estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information; (3) enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (4)

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on those who are to

respond, including through the use of

appropriate automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology; e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses.

This Notice also lists the following

information:

Title of Proposal: Public Housing

Agency Project Proposal.

OMB Control Number: 2577–0033.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: Public

Housing Agencies (PHAs) and on

occasion, local officials, turnkey

developers and private owners will

complete HUD-prescribed forms to

provide information on projects which

will be developed pursuant to HUD

regulations 24 CFR part 941. The

information will provide HUD with

sufficient information to enable a

determination that funds should or

should not be reserved or a contractual

commitment made for project

development.

Form Numbers: HUD–51971–I, HUD–

52482, HUD–52483–A, HUD–52485,

HUD–52651–A.

Members of affected public: State or

Local Government, business or other for

profit.

Estimation of the total number of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response: 334 respondents,

one-time responses, three hour average

per response, 4,635 total reporting

burden hours.

Status of the proposed information

collection: Reinstatement.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter

35, as amended.

Dated: January 28, 1997.

Michael B. Janis,

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public

and Indian Housing.

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