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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

Revision of 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 proposed revision of its Senior 

Corps Grant Application (424-NSSC) (OMB Control Number 3045-0035). The Grant 

Application is used by the Foster Grandparent, Senior Companion, and RSVP programs. 

CNCS proposes the following modifications to increase both the flexibility and the utility of 

the Senior Corps Grant Application so that it can serve as the source instructional document 

for data fields required to complete and submit an application for funding. Currently, the 

Grant Application contains two types of information needed by applicants: instructional or 

“how-to” information and narrative questions and other content. While the instructions 

rarely change from year to year, the narrative questions and performance measures content 

can and do change annually, resulting in an ongoing need for Grant Application revisions for 
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the upcoming year or competition. With this proposed change, CNCS will use the Senior 

Corps Grant Application exclusively to define data fields and describe how to enter the 

required data and information in each field. The Grant Application will not contain the 

content questions. The proposed change will be achieved by: (1) Removing and relocating 

narrative questions and other content materials from the Grant Application to applicable 

competitive Notices of Funding Opportunity and/or non-competitive Notices of Invitation to 

Apply for grant funds; (2) Removing performance measures requirements from the Grant 

Application and referring applicants to the OMB approved Performance Measures 

Requirements documents for the Senior Corps programs; and (3) replacing all existing Grant 

Application instructions with step-by-step eGrants instructions correlated to the Grant 

Application screens in eGrants.

With these changes, applicants for Senior Corps grants can use a set of interrelated 

and readily available documents to complete the Grant Application.

The proposed revisions do not change the estimated respondent burden.

The proposed revisions do not change the data fields or data collected with the Senior 

Corps Grant Application.

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 [The Federal Register will insert date that is 60 days from the 

date published in the FEDERAL REGISTER]. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by the title of the information 

collection activity, by any of the following methods: 
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(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for National and Community Service, Senior Corps, 

Attention: Ms. Angela Roberts, Associate Director, 9401; 1201 New York Avenue, NW, 

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. Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

(3) By fax to: (202) 606-3475, Attention: Ms. Angela Roberts, Associate Director.

(4) Electronically through www.regulations.gov. Individuals who use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TTY-TDD) may call (202) 606-3472 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Roberts by e-mail at 

aroberts@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 
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technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology (e.g., 

permitting electronic submissions of responses).

Background:

The Senior Corps Grant Application is completed by applicant organizations 

interested in sponsoring a Senior Corps program. The grant application is also used by

existing grantees to apply for continuation year grants (annual submissions in years two and 

three of a three year grant). The grant application is completed electronically using the 

CNCS web-based grants management system, eGrants.

Current Action:

CNCS seeks to revise the current application with modifications. The proposed 

revisions do not change the estimated respondent burden. The information collection will 

otherwise be used for the same purpose as the existing application. CNCS also seeks to 

continue using the current application until the revised application is approved by OMB. The 

current application is due to expire on September 30, 2015.

Type of Review: Revision.

Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.

Title: National Senior Service Corps Grant Application.

OMB Number: 3045-0035.

Agency Number: SF 424-NSSC.

Affected Public: Current and prospective sponsors of National Senior Service Corps Grants.

Total Respondents: 1,350.

Frequency: Annually, with exceptions.

Average Time Per Response: Estimated at 13.2 hours each.
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Estimated Total Burden Hours: 17,820 hours.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.

Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): None.

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.

____________________________ ____________________

Erwin Tan Date

Director, Senior Corps