[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 187 (Thursday, September 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78877-78878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22034]


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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 Administration on Aging Formula 
Grant Programs (OMB Control Number 0985-New)

AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#307154515d1e7d5f4355497051535c1e5858431e575f46"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e7a683868ac9aa8894829ea786848bc98f8f94c9808891">[email protected]</span></a>.

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:

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             Organization                      Section                  Comment                  Response
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Commonwealth of Virginia, Department   Estimated Annualized     Noted that the burden    ACL appreciates the
 for Aging and Rehabilitative           Burden Table.            estimates for State      comment but declines
 Services.                                                       Plans on Aging, and      to make changes at
                                                                 State Plans on APS are   this time.
                                                                 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.
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    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:

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                                                                                          Average
                                                            Number of      Number of       burden       Total
     Data collection activity                Form          respondents   responses per   hours per      burden
                                                                          respondent      response      hours
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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               75               1            8          600
                                     Plan.
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    Total Estimated Burden........  .....................  ...........  ..............  ...........        2,056
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    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.
[FR Doc. 2024-22034 Filed 9-25-24; 8:45 am]
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