Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 8 / Wednesday, January 12, 2022 / Notices 1759 

the funding to support the cost of wages 

and benefits for public health 

professionals, directly or through 

contract such as: 

• Case investigator, 

• Contact tracer, 

• Social support specialist, 

• Community health worker, 

• Public health nurse, 

• Disease intervention specialist, 

• Epidemiologist, 

• Program manager, 

• Laboratory personnel, 

• Informaticians, 

• Communication and policy experts, 

• Other positions as may be required 

to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 

COVID–19. 

3. Assurance to provide semi-annual 

federal financial reports and annual 

program reports that include the 

number and type of full-time 

equivalents hired, and activities 

performed to advance public health. 

B. DUNS Number 

All grant applicants must obtain and 

keep current a D–U–N–S number from 

Dun and Bradstreet. It is a nine-digit 

identification number, which provides 

unique identifiers of single business 

entities. The D–U–N–S number can be 

obtained from: https://iupdate.dnb.com/ 

iUpdate/viewiUpdateHome.htm. 

C. Intergovernmental Review 

Executive Order 12372, 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs, is not applicable to these 

grant applications. 

IV. Submission Information 

1. Letter of Assurance 

To receive funding, eligible entities 

must provide a Letter of Assurance 

containing all the information outlined 

in Section III above. 

Letters of Assurance should be 

addressed to: Jennifer Johnson, Deputy 

Commissioner, Administration on 

Disabilities, Administration for 

Community Living. 

Letters of Assurance should be 

submitted electronically via email to 

PHWF@acl.hhs.gov. 

2. Submission Dates and Times 

To receive consideration, Letters of 

Assurance must be submitted by 11:59 

p.m. Eastern Time on February 11, 2022 

Letters of Assurance should be 

submitted electronically via email and 

have an electronic time stamp 

indicating the date/time submitted. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

1. Programmatic and Submission Issues 

Direct programmatic and submission 

inquiries to PHWF@acl.hhs.gov. 

Dated: January 6, 2022. 

Alison Barkoff, 

Principal Deputy Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2022–00400 Filed 1–11–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4154–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Community Living 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; Public 

Comment Request; of the No Wrong 

Door (NWD) System Management Tool 

OMB Control 0985–0062 

AGENCY: Administration for Community 

Living, Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Community Living (ACL) is announcing 

an opportunity for the public to 

comment on the proposed collection of 

information listed above. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), Federal agencies are required to 

publish a notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension of an existing collection of 

information, and to allow 60 days for 

public comment in response to the 

notice. This IC Extension solicits 

comments on the information collection 

requirements relating to the Aging and 

Disability Resource Center/No Wrong 

Door System (ADRC/NWD). The 

statutory authority for ADRC/NWD is 

contained in Title IV of the Older 

Americans Act (OAA), as amended by 

the Older Americans Act Amendments 

of 2006. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information must be submitted 

electronically by 11:59 p.m. (EST) or 

postmarked by March 14, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit electronic 

comments on the collection of 

information to: nowrongdoor@

acl.hhs.gov. Submit written comments 

on the collection of information to 

Administration for Community Living, 

330 C Street SW, Washington, DC 

20201, Attention: Kristie Kulinski. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristie Kulinski, (202) 795–7379 or 

kristie.kulinski@acl.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal 

agencies must obtain approval from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for each collection of 

information they conduct or sponsor. 

‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined 

in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 

1320.3(c) and includes agency requests 

or requirements that members of the 

public submit reports, keep records, or 

provide information to a third party. 

The PRA requires Federal agencies to 

provide a 60-day notice in the Federal 

Register concerning each proposed 

collection of information, including 

each proposed extension of an existing 

collection of information, before 

submitting the collection to OMB for 

approval. To comply with this 

requirement, ACL is publishing a notice 

of the proposed collection of 

information set forth in this document. 

With respect to the following 

collection of information, ACL invites 

comments on our burden estimates or 

any other aspect of this collection of 

information, including: 

(1) Whether the proposed collection 

of information is necessary for the 

proper performance of ACL’s functions, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of ACL’s estimate of 

the burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used 

to determine burden estimates; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques 

when appropriate, and other forms of 

information technology. 

ACL, the Centers for Medicare and 

Medicaid Services (CMS), and the 

Veterans Health Administration (VHA) 

have partnered to support states’ efforts 

in developing coordinated systems of 

access, or No Wrong Door (NWD) 

Systems, to make it easier for people to 

learn about and access long-term 

services and supports (LTSS). When 

seeking services and supports, 

individuals and caregivers often face 

multiple, fragmented processes that are 

complex and confusing. States’ access 

systems have been built over time as 

programs and funding streams have 

been added, creating duplicative 

eligibility and intake processes that are 

difficult for individuals and their 

caregivers to use. To address these 

issues, the NWD System model supports 

state efforts to streamline access to LTSS 

options for all populations and provides 

the infrastructure to promote the 

collaboration of local service 

organizations, making service delivery 

more efficient and person-centered. 

Examples of coordinated efforts include 

processes where individuals are 

assessed once via a common or 

standardized data collection method 


lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1
1760 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 8 / Wednesday, January 12, 2022 / Notices 

that captures a core set of individual 

level data relevant for determining the 

range of necessary LTSS. 

The Federal vision for the NWD 

System gives states flexibility in 

determining how best to organize, 

structure and operate the various 

functions of their NWD System. States 

continue to integrate, in some cases 

restructure, and over time strengthen 

their existing programs in order to 

realize the joint ACL/CMS/VHA vision 

for a fully coordinated and integrated 

system of access. These efforts are 

supported by a variety of initiatives, 

including the VHA’s Veteran Directed 

Care (VDC) program, an evidence-based 

self-directed program where personcentered counselors from aging and 

disability network agencies within a 

state’s NWD System provide facilitated 

assessment and care planning, arrange 

fiscal management services, and provide 

ongoing counseling and support to 

Veterans, their families, and caregivers. 

The NWD System Management Tool 

(NWD MT) provides a platform for data 

collection necessary to evaluate the four 

primary functions of a NWD System: 

State Governance and Administration, 

Public Outreach and Coordination with 

Key Referral Sources, Person Centered 

Counseling, and Streamlined Access to 

Public LTSS Programs. In addition, this 

tool will include data collection for the 

VDC program to collect qualitative and 

quantitative data elements necessary to 

evaluate the impact of the VDC program. 

The VDC Tool will track key 

performance measures and identify best 

practices and technical assistance 

needs. 

The NWD MT and the VDC Tool will 

enable ACL and its partners to collect 

and analyze data elements necessary to 

assess the progress of the NWD System 

model, track performance measures, and 

identify gaps and best practices. These 

tools have been designed in close 

collaboration with states and are 

intended to simplify grant reporting 

requirements to reduce burden on local 

and state entities and will provide a 

consistent, streamlined and coordinated 

statewide approach to help states govern 

their NWD System and manage their 

programs efficiently. 

The proposed data collection tools 

may be found on the ACL website for 

review at: https://www.acl.gov/aboutacl/public-input. 

Estimated Program Burden: ACL 

estimates the burden of this collection 

of information as follows: 

Fifty-six lead NWD System state and 

territorial agencies will respond to the 

NWD MT bi-annually and it will take 

approximately half an hour to collect 

the data and an additional half hour to 

input the data into a web-based system. 

Additionally, an estimated 900 local 

agencies will take approximately two 

hours to collect and submit the data to 

their lead NWD System state agency. 

There may be several lead NWD System 

state and territorial agencies who will be 

submitting on behalf of their local 

agencies. Therefore, the approximate 

burden for the local level agencies may 

be thirty minutes less than anticipated. 

If all state and local agencies respond biannually, the national burden estimate 

for the NWD MT would be a total of 

3,712 hours annually. This burden 

estimate is calculated based upon a 

sample of ADRC/NWD grantees. Each 

state entity submitting data will receive 

local-level data from designated NWD 

System entities. The estimated response 

burden includes time to review the 

instructions, gather existing 

information, and complete and review 

the data entries in a web-based system. 

An estimated 275 VDC program 

entities will respond to the VDC Tool on 

a monthly-basis, all of which are also 

NWD local-level entities, for an annual 

burden of 1,650 hours. This burden 

estimate is calculated based upon 

information provided by current VDC 

program providers testing an 

abbreviated version of the VDC Tool. 

The NWD MT and the VDC Tool have 

been developed to increase ease and 

uniformity of reporting and improve the 

ability of ACL to manage and analyze 

data. 

Respondent/data collection activity Number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Hours per 

response 

Annual 

burden hours 

NWD Management Tool data collection and entry—State Level .................... 56 2 1.0 112 

NWD Management Tool data collection and entry—Local Level ................... 900 2 2.0 3,600 

Veteran Directed Care Tool ............................................................................. 275 12 0.5 1,650 

Total .......................................................................................................... 1,231 ........................ ........................ 5,362 

Dated: January 6, 2022. 

Alison Barkoff, 

Principal Deputy Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2022–00399 Filed 1–11–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4154–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Community Living 

Availability of Program Application 

Instructions for Subtitle C of the 

Developmental Disabilities Assistance 

and Bill of Rights Act of 2000, 

Protection and Advocacy Systems To 

Expand the Public Health Workforce 

Title: Expanding the Public Health 

Workforce within the Disability 

Networks: Protection and Advocacy 

Systems. 

Announcement Type: Initial. 

Statutory Authority: The statutory 

authority for grants under this program 

announcement is Section 2501 of the 

American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. 

L. 117–2) and awards authorized under 

Subtitle C of the Developmental 

Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights 

Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C 15041 et seq.), 

Protection and Advocacy Systems, shall 

be provided funding under this 

opportunity. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.630. 

DATES: The deadline date for the 

submission of the Expanding the Public 

Health Workforce within Disability 

Networks: Protection and Advocacy 

Systems is 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time 

February 11, 2022. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

The Administration for Community 

Living (ACL) announced a new funding 

opportunity to expand the public health 

workforce within the disability 

networks. Public health promotes and 

protects the health of people and the 

communities where they live, learn, 

work, and play. The disability networks 

funded by the Administration for 

Community Living (ACL) play an 

essential role in that work. The 

disability networks consist of trusted 

organizations and programs that reach 

and provide services and supports to 

people with disabilities in every 

community throughout the nation, 

including those related to public health 


lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1