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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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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: 

Shannon Skowronski, ACL Office of 

Performance and Evaluation, phone: 

202–795–7438 and email: evaluation@

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 Consolidated Program Performance 

Report, a mechanism to collect program 

performance reports for programs 

authorized by the Older Americans Act 

(Pub. L. 89–27 of 1965, as amended 

through Pub. L. 116–131 of 2020). The 

purpose of this new information 

collection request (ICR), is to collect 

program performance data for ACL 

formula and competitive grant programs 

authorized by the Older Americans Act 

(OAA), as required by and in 

accordance with Public Law 116–131 

and 42 U.S.C. chapter 7, subchapter XX, 

division B (authorizing legislation); 45 

CFR 75.342 (monitoring and reporting 

program performance); 45 CFR 75.301 

(performance measurement); and the 

GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 (Pub. 

L. 111–352, sec. 12). ACL is primarily a 

grant-making agency whose mission is 

to maximize the independence, wellbeing, and health of older adults, people 

with disabilities across the lifespan, and 

their families and caregivers by 

supporting partnerships and providing 

funding, guidance, training, and 

technical assistance. The collection of 

program performance data is required 

for all ACL grantees, including grants 

authorized by the OAA, to: 

1. Monitor achievement of program 

performance objectives, 

2. Identify areas of performance that 

may benefit from technical assistance 

and/or corrective action, 

3. Establish program policy and 

direction, and 

4. Prepare responses and reports for 

Congress, the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB), the public, and 

legislatively required reports. 

If ACL did not collect program 

performance data, the agency would be 

unable to monitor and manage program 

performance as expected or develop 

program changes or improvements 

directed toward assuring the most 

effective use of limited OAA funds. ACL 

consistently looks for ways to 

streamline the collection of required 

program performance data. The 

proposed ACL Consolidated Program 

Performance Report is an efficient 

mechanism for the collection of program 

performance data elements across OAA 

authorized programs, and ensures each 

programs’ indicators, demographics, 

priorities, and objectives are being 

achieved. The collection of performance 

elements will enable ACL to analyze 

program performance broadly across its 

grantee portfolio, allowing ACL and its 

grantees to align measures over time. 

This new ICR will gather program 

performance data for OAA authorized 

grant programs under one consolidated 

report replacing OMB control numbers 

under the Performance (Progress) Report 

for AoA Grantees (0985–0006) and the 

State Performance Report for FY 2022– 

2025 (0985–0072). 

Comments in Response to the 60-Day 

Federal Register Notice 

A 60-day notice published in the 

Federal Register on December 5, 2023, 

at 88 FR 84335–84336. This 30-day 

notice publication makes correction to 

the information collection type in the 

previous 30-day notice published in the 

Federal Register on March 25, 2024, at 

89 FR 20663–20664. That notice 

requested public comment on this 

information collection as a generic ICR. 

During the 60-day public comment 

period, ACL received two comments 

related to the ACL Program Performance 

Report Template. A summary of the 

comments and the ACL response is 

provided below: 

Comment #1: Suggest including more 

specific instructions for completing the 

elements in the proposed ACL Program 

Performance Report Template: 

ACL response: While ACL appreciates 

this suggestion, the instructions for 

completing the elements must be 

somewhat broad in order to account for 

differences in the goals, objectives, and 

activities across the programs. 

Comment #2: Request confirmation 

that the grantee will be responsible for 

submitting a comprehensive program 

performance report each reporting 

period to ACL (as opposed to having 

grantees’ subcontractors each submit 

individual reports to ACL). 

ACL response: Although grantees 

could work with their subcontractors to 

gather information to complete their 

program performance report, grantees 

would be responsible for submitting a 

comprehensive program performance 

report for the specified reporting period. 

Estimated Program Burden 

ACL estimates the burden of this 

collection of information as follows: 

Respondent/data collection activity Number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Hours per 

response 

Annual 

burden hours 

Older Americans Act Title IV Grantee Performance Reports ......................... 1,189 2 10 23,780 

Older Americans Act Title III and VII Grantee Performance Reports ............. 56 1 70 3,920 

Total Estimated Burden ............................................................................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 27,700 

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 

Announcing the Intent To Award a 

Single-Source Supplement for the CoOccurring Resource Center for 

Individuals With I/DD 

AGENCY: Administration for Community 

Living, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Community Living (ACL) announces the 

intent to award a single-source 

supplement to the current cooperative 

agreement held by the National 

Association of State Directors of 

Developmental Disabilities Services 

(NASDDDS) for the Co-Occurring 

Resource Center for Individuals with I/ 

DD, called The Link Center. The 


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