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Secretary do not exceed the amount 

which the Secretary would have paid if 

the demonstration program under this 

section was not implemented. To 

achieve budget neutrality for this 

demonstration program in fiscal years 

(FYs) since 2004, we have adjusted the 

national IPPS rates by an amount 

sufficient to offset the added costs of 

this demonstration program. We will 

present an estimate of the amount to 

offset additional costs due to the 

demonstration program in FY 2026, 

including the costs of additional rural 

community hospitals, in the FY 2026 

IPPS/long-term care hospital (LTCH) 

PPS proposed rule. 

B. Participation in the Demonstration 

To participate in the demonstration, a 

hospital must be located in one of the 

identified States with low-population 

density and meet the criteria for a rural 

community hospital. Eligible hospitals 

that desire to participate in the 

demonstration must properly submit a 

timely application. Only applications 

that are received by the deadline 

specified in the DATES section of this 

notice will be considered ‘‘timely’’ and 

reviewed by the technical panel. 

Information about the demonstration 

and details on how to apply can be 

found on the CMS website: https://

www.cms.gov/priorities/innovation/ 

innovation-models/rural-communityhospital. 

III. Collection of Information 

Requirements 

The information collection 

requirements contained in this notice 

are subject to the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. As discussed in section 

II.B. of this notice, a hospital must 

submit the required information listed 

on the cover sheet of the CMS Medicare 

Waiver Demonstration Application to 

receive consideration by the technical 

review panel. The burden associated is 

the time and effort necessary to 

complete the Medicare Waiver 

Application and submit the information 

to CMS and is associated with OMB 

control number 0938–0880. 

The Administrator of the Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), 

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, having 

reviewed and approved this document, 

authorizes Chyana Woodyard, who is 

the Federal Register Liaison, to 

electronically sign this document for 

purposes of publication in the Federal 

Register. 

Chyana Woodyard, 

Federal Register Liaison, Centers for Medicare 

& Medicaid Services. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30719 Filed 12–20–24; 4:15 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Sexual Risk Avoidance 

Education (SRAE) National Evaluation 

Overarching Generic (New Collection) 

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, 

and Evaluation, Administration for 

Children and Families, U.S. Department 

of Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Children and Families’ (ACF) Office of 

Planning, Research, and Evaluation 

(OPRE) requests Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) approval for an 

overarching generic clearance to collect 

data from programs delivered by Sexual 

Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) grant 

recipients on behalf of the SRAE 

National Evaluation. The generic 

mechanism will allow ACF to rapidly 

respond to research and evaluation 

opportunities that would not otherwise 

be feasible under the timelines 

associated with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The 

opportunities may relate to innovative 

implementation strategies and program 

components in use by SRAE grant 

recipients as they arise, and in 

particular, for youth subpopulations 

served by grant recipients. The purpose 

of the data collections submitted under 

the generic will be to inform ACF 

programming by building evidence 

about what innovations work to 

improve programming and outcomes 

across the SRAE grant recipients and the 

youth they serve. 

DATES: Comments due February 24, 

2025. In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting 

public comment on the specific aspects 

of the information collection described 

above. 

ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the 

proposed collection of information and 

submit comments by emailing 

OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 

Identify all requests by the title of the 

information collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description: Under the proposed 

umbrella generic, OPRE intends to 

conduct research and evaluation of 

innovative implementation strategies 

and program components used by SRAE 

grant recipients and in particular, for 

youth subpopulations served by grant 

recipients. There is not an extensive 

evidence base on SRAE programming to 

inform SRAE grant recipients’ 

implementation and program 

improvement efforts. To add to this 

limited body of evidence and to support 

ACF’s administration of the SRAE grant 

program, the SRAE National Evaluation 

includes data collection to identify 

strategies and components that have the 

potential to improve the delivery and/or 

quality of SRAE programming and to 

understand better how to meet the 

needs of the range of youth served by 

the programs. As the evaluation team 

identifies strategies that are ready for 

evaluation, the work will need to begin 

quickly so that the learnings can be 

disseminated back to SRAE grant 

recipients within the period of 

performance. Due to the need for this 

rapid decision making, OPRE is seeking 

approval for a generic clearance to 

conduct this research. Potential data 

collection efforts include conducting 

interviews with SRAE program staff, 

including front-line facilitators working 

directly with youth; staff from partner 

organizations that work with SRAE 

programs; brief exit tickets following 

individual program sessions, focus 

groups, and surveys of youth 

participating in SRAE programs; session 

logs completed by program facilitators 

after individual program sessions; and 

analysis plan and report templates that 

grant recipients can use to disseminate 

their own evaluation findings. 

Under this generic clearance, 

information is meant to inform ACF 

activities and may be incorporated into 

documents or presentations that are 

made public such as through conference 

presentations, websites, or social media. 

The following are some examples of 

ways in which we may share 

information resulting from these data 

collections: technical assistance (TA) 

plans, webinars, presentations, 

infographics, issue briefs/reports, 

evaluation specific reports, or other 

documents relevant to the field, such as 

federal leadership and staff, grant 

recipients, local implementing agencies, 

researchers, and/or training/TA 

providers. In sharing findings, we will 

describe the study methods and 

limitations regarding generalizability 

and as a basis for policy. 

Following standard OMB 

requirements, OPRE will submit an 

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collection activity under this generic 

clearance. Each request will include the 

individual instrument(s), a justification 

specific to the individual information 

collection, and any supplementary 

documents. Example instruments are 

available upon request. 

Respondents: Staff and administrators 

of SRAE programs; staff from partner 

organizations; current or former 

participants in SRAE programs; and 

grant recipients conducting their own 

evaluations. 

Annual Burden Estimates: A variety 

of instruments and platforms will be 

used to collect information from 

respondents and each individual 

request will vary by number of 

respondents and average time per 

response. The burden table below is 

illustrative to provide an estimated 

maximum level of burden for this 

overarching generic. While we will not 

exceed the total burden cap for this 

generic without requesting a change for 

updates, we may use more or less 

burden within each instrument type. 

Each individual request under the 

generic will provide information 

specific to the burden for that request. 

Example instruments 

Number of 

respondents 

(total over 

request 

period) 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

(total over 

request 

period) 

Avg. burden 

per response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

Annual 

burden 

(in hours) 

Youth survey ........................................................................ 2,160 3 0.5 3,240 1,080 

Administrator, staff, and partner interview topic guide ........ 144 1 1.25 180 60 

Youth focus group topic guide ............................................. 120 1 1 120 40 

Youth exit ticket ................................................................... 2,160 15 0.03 972 324 

Facilitator Log ...................................................................... 36 30 0.06 64.8 21.6 

Analysis plan for local impact local evaluations .................. 10 1 8 80 26.67 

Analysis plan for local descriptive evaluations .................... 10 1 8 80 26.67 

Report template for local impact local evaluations .............. 10 1 32 320 106.67 

Report template for local descriptive evaluations ................ 10 1 32 320 106.67 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,792.28. 

Comments: The Department 

specifically requests comments on (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information; (c) the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. Consideration will be given 

to comments and suggestions submitted 

within 60 days of this publication. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 710. 

Mary C. Jones, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Data Collection for the 

NextGen Project’s Well-Being 

Storytelling Exhibit (New Collection) 

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, 

and Evaluation, Administration for 

Children and Families, U.S. Department 

of Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Planning, 

Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) in the 

Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF) is conducting additional 

data collection activities for the Next 

Generation of Enhanced Employment 

Strategies Project (NextGen Project) that 

provides an in-depth look at participant 

experiences. This effort includes photo 

elicitation methods and will be referred 

to as the Well-Being Storytelling 

Exhibit. The study team will use photo 

elicitation and human-centered design 

methods to explore how NextGen 

participants, staff, and community 

members conceptualize well-being. This 

data will help the study team explore 

the factors that may enhance or explain 

impact study findings. 

DATES: Comments due February 24, 

2025. In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting 

public comment on the specific aspects 

of the information collection described 

above. 

ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the 

proposed collection of information and 

submit comments by emailing 

OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 

Identify all requests by the title of the 

information collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description: OPRE is conducting the 

NextGen Project to build the evidence 

on effective strategies for helping people 

with low incomes find and sustain 

employment. The project is identifying 

and testing innovative employment 

programs designed to help people facing 

complex challenges secure economic 

independence. The project is partnering 

with the Social Security Administration 

to incorporate a focus on employmentrelated early interventions for people 

with current or foreseeable disabilities 

who have limited work history and are 

potential applicants for Supplemental 

Security Income. Primary data 

collection for the project is approved 

under Office of Management and Budget 

#0970–0545. 

The study team is continuing primary 

data collection activities; while this 

request builds on those efforts, it is 

specific to new data collection activities 

that will create a Well-Being 

Storytelling Exhibit. First, the study 

team will use photo elicitation methods 

with NextGen participants and staff. 

Respondents will submit photos that 

show how they conceptualize wellbeing across several aspects of their 

lives, including economic security, 

physical and mental health, 

relationships, and safety. Then, the 

study team will use the photos as the 

basis for an interview with respondents. 

During the analysis phase, the study 

team will code photos and interviews 

using a codebook based on the NextGen 

programs’ logic models, to make it easy 

to identify where participant- and staffdefined well-being overlaps (or does 

not) with the program’s intended 

outcomes. After photo elicitation data 

collection is complete, the study team 

will create an exhibit that displays 


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