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coordination and support and; (2) paid 

opportunities for youth advisory board 

members to be more deeply engaged in 

project activities. 

• Continued support for two 

additional staff members from grant 

partner Self-Advocates Becoming 

Empowered who have joined the youth 

ambassador training team. 

• Support for travel for youth 

ambassadors and youth advisors to 

participate in conference presentations. 

• Supervisory support for the youth 

trainer position that will begin. This 

youth trainer joined the Youth 

Ambassador workgroup and is a part of 

the training team that facilitates the 

third cohort of youth ambassadors from 

Texas, California, and New York. 

• Continued enhancement to the 

project website, which includes a 

dedicated page for each of the 40+ youth 

ambassadors, youth-friendly products 

and videos, and plain language 

documents. 

The administrative supplement for FY 

2024 will amount to $200,000, bringing 

the total award for FY 2024 to $500,000. 

Program Name: Center for Youth 

Voice Youth Choice (CYVYC) 

Alternatives to Guardianship Youth 

Resource Center. 

Recipient: University of 

Massachusetts, Boston. 

Period of Performance: The 

supplement award will be issued during 

the fifth year of the five-year project 

period of September 1, 2024, through 

August 31, 2025. 

Total Supplement Award Amount: 

$200,000. 

Award Type: Cooperative Agreement. 

Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 

15081(2). 

Basis for award: The University of 

Massachusetts is currently funded to 

carry out the CYVYC Project for the 

period of September 1, 2020 through 

August 31, 2025. Much work has 

already been completed and further 

tasks are currently being accomplished. 

It would be unnecessarily time 

consuming and disruptive to the 

CYVYC project and the beneficiaries 

being served for ACL to establish a new 

grantee at this time when critical 

services are presently being provided in 

an efficient manner. 

Dated: September 22, 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. 

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BILLING CODE 4154–01–P 

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. 

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 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

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: 

Adam.Mosey@acl.hhs.gov. 

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: 

Organization Section Comment Response 

Commonwealth of Virginia, Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services.Estimated Annualized Burden 

Table.

Noted that the burden estimates for 

State Plans on Aging, and State 

Plans on APS are 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.

ACL appreciates the comment 

but declines to make changes 

at this time. 

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: 

Data collection activity Form Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden 

hours per 

response 

Total 

burden 

hours 

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 Plan ............................ 75 1 8 600 

Total Estimated Burden ................... ................................................................. .................... ........................ .................... 2,056 

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. 

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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 Consolidated Program 

Performance Report (OMB Control 

Number 0985–New) 

AGENCY: Administration for Community 

Living, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 relating to 

the ACL Consolidated Program 

Performance Report (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 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

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 


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