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establishing the first protocol for the 

new mandatory activity described in 

438.358(b)(1)(iv) for network adequacy 

validation for managed care 

organizations (MCOs), prepaid inpatient 

health plans (PIHPs), and prepaid 

ambulatory health plans (PAHPs); and 

other formatting changes. Form Number: 

CMS–R–305 (OMB control number: 

0938–0786); Frequency: Annually; 

Affected Public: Private Sector, Business 

or other for-profits and State, Local or 

Tribal Governments; Number of 

Respondents: 603; Number of 

Responses: 5,945; Total Annual Hours: 

413,310. (For questions regarding this 

collection contact Jennifer Maslowski at 

312–886–2567.) 

Dated: May 5, 2022. 

William N. Parham, III, 

Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office 

of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Community Living 

Intent To Award a Single-Source 

Supplement for the Expanding the 

National Capacity for Person-Centered, 

Trauma-Informed (PCTI) Care: Services 

and Supports for Holocaust Survivors 

and Other Older Adults With a History 

of Trauma and Their Family Caregivers 

Program 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Community Living (ACL) announces the 

intent to award a single-source 

supplement to the current cooperative 

agreement held by the Jewish 

Federations of North America for the 

project Expanding the National 

Capacity for Person-Centered, TraumaInformed (PCTI) Care: Services and 

Supports for Holocaust Survivors and 

Other Older Adults with a History of 

Trauma and Their Family Caregivers 

program. The purpose of this program is 

to advance the development and 

expansion of PCTI supportive services 

for Holocaust survivors living in the 

U.S. Additionally, the project is 

advancing the capacity of the broader 

aging services network to deliver 

services of this type to any older adult 

with a history of trauma and their 

family caregivers. The overall goals of 

the program are as follows: 

1. Increase the number and type of 

innovations in PCTI care for Holocaust 

survivors, older adults with a history of 

trauma, and their family caregivers, and 

2. Expand the capacity of the Aging 

Network to provide PCTI care to the 

populations it serves. 

The administrative supplement for FY 

2022 will be in the amount of $987,000, 

bringing the total award for FY 2022 to 

$5,922,000. 

The additional funding will not be 

used to begin new projects, but to 

permit JFNA to expand current 

activities. For example, to increase the 

number and diversity of innovations in 

PCTI care, the grantee will expand its 

National Networks Program with a focus 

on addressing social isolation, a leading 

risk factor for poor health among older 

adults that has become even more acute 

because of COVID–19, and on providing 

PCTI care to foreign born older adults 

with histories of trauma. JFNA will also 

promote special topics and innovations 

in PCTI care among subgrantees in the 

Expanded Critical Supports Program, 

including innovations that promote the 

safe and welcoming re-integration of 

Holocaust survivors and other 

traumatized older populations into inperson programs as COVID–19 becomes 

less of a risk factor and that promote 

resilience in older trauma survivors to 

reduce their risk for institutionalization. 

To augment project efforts and build the 

capacity of the Aging Network to 

provide PCTI care, JFNA will work with 

project partners to expand and enhance 

the online PCTI training program 

currently under way in the original ACL 

grant. This training will increase 

system-wide awareness and knowledge 

about PCTI care. Additionally, JFNA 

will recruit a year-long, graduate level 

fellow to enhance its evaluation and 

dissemination promising practices in 

PCTI care and in PCTI program 

evaluation. 

Program Name: Expanding the 

National Capacity for Person-Centered, 

Trauma-Informed (PCTI) Care: Services 

and Supports for Holocaust Survivors 

and Other Older Adults with a History 

of Trauma and Their Family Caregivers. 

Recipient: The Jewish Federations of 

North America. 

Period of Performance: The 

supplement award will be issued for the 

third year of the five-year project period 

of September 1, 2020 through August 

31, 2025. 

Total Award Amount: $5,922,000 in 

FY 2022. 

Award Type: Cooperative Agreement 

Supplement. 

Statutory Authority: The Older 

Americans Act (OAA) of 1965, as 

amended, Public Law 109–365—Title 4, 

Section 411. 

Basis for Award: The Jewish 

Federations of North America (JFNA) is 

currently funded to carry out the 

objectives of the project entitled 

Expanding the National Capacity for 

Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed 

(PCTI) Care: Services and Supports for 

Holocaust Survivors and Other Older 

Adults with a History of Trauma and 

Their Family Caregivers for the period 

of September 1, 2020 through August 

31, 2025. Since project implementation 

began in late 2020, the grantee has 

accomplished a great deal. The 

supplement will enable the grantee to 

carry their work even further, serving 

more Holocaust survivors, other older 

adults with histories of trauma, family 

caregivers and to train more 

professionals in the principles of PCTI. 

The additional funding will not be used 

to begin new projects or activities. 

The JFNA is uniquely positioned to 

complete the work called for under this 

project. JFNA’s partners on this project 

include the National Indian Council on 

Aging, the Japanese American Service 

Committee, the National Caucus and 

Center on Black Aging, Inc., the New 

Jersey Office for Refugees International 

Rescue Committee, the Asociacion 

Nacional Pro Personas Mayores (a 

pioneering organization in the field of 

Hispanic/minority aging); SAGE (the 

nation’s leading organization devoted to 

aging in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and 

transgender community); and HIAS 

(which works around the world to 

protect refugees). Additional project 

partners include, the Caregiver Center at 

the Veterans Affairs Medical Center at 

the University of Tennessee; the 

Community Care Corps Program, funded 

by the Administration for Community 

Living and led by the Oasis Institute; the 

Caregiver Action Network, and 

USAging; LeadingAge, an association of 

6,000 not for profit organizations across 

the continuum of aging services; the 

Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc., 

which advances models for organizing 

and financing health care delivery; and 

the Campaign for Trauma-Informed 

Policy and Practice, which promotes the 

building of trauma-informed 

communities; among others. 

Establishing an entirely new grant 

project at this time would be potentially 

disruptive to the current work already 

well under way. More importantly, the 

Holocaust survivors and other older 

adults currently being served by this 

project could be negatively impacted by 

a service disruption, thus posing the 

risk of re-traumatization and further 

negative impacts on health and 

wellbeing. If this supplement is not 

provided, the project would be less able 

to address the significant unmet health 

and social support needs of additional 

Holocaust survivors and other older 

adults with histories of trauma. 


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Similarly, the project would be unable 

to expand its current technical 

assistance and training efforts in PCTI 

concepts and approaches, let alone 

reach beyond traditional providers of 

services to this population to train more 

‘‘mainstream’’ providers of aging 

services. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information or comments 

regarding this program supplement, 

contact Greg Link, U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services, 

Administration for Community Living, 

Administration on Aging, Office of 

Supportive and Caregiver Services: 

Telephone (202)–795–7386; email 

greg.link@acl.hhs.gov. 

Dated: May 6, 2022. 

Alison Barkoff, 

Acting Administrator and 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 

National Center for Benefits Outreach 

and Enrollment 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Community Living (ACL) announces the 

intent to award a single-source 

supplemental to the current cooperative 

agreement held by the National Council 

on Aging (NCOA) for the National 

Center for Benefits Outreach and 

Enrollment (NCBOE). The purpose of 

the NCBOE is to provide technical 

assistance to states, Area Agencies on 

Aging, Aging and Disability Resource 

Centers and service providers who 

conduct outreach and low-income 

benefits enrollment assistance, 

particularly to older individuals with 

greatest economic need for federal and 

state programs. The administrative 

supplement for FY 2022 will be for 

$2,931,502, bringing the total award for 

FY 2022 to $14,431,502. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information or comments 

regarding this program supplement, 

contact Margaret Flowers, U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Administration for 

Community Living, Center for Integrated 

Programs, Office of Healthcare 

Information and Counseling; telephone 

(202) 795–7315; email 

Margaret.flowers@acl.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

supplemental funding will expand the 

NCBOE’s outreach and education efforts 

targeting older adults with the greatest 

economic need, especially people from 

underserved communities. The NCBOE 

will build on current efforts to reach 

and assist beneficiaries, including 

expanding the work of the Benefits 

Enrollment Centers, making 

enhancements to the benefits eligibility 

and screening tool, and expanding the 

capacity of the benefits call center. As 

part of this work, the NCBOE should 

reflect on the equity assessment 

conducted in 2021 to identify specific 

strategies to reach and enroll 

beneficiaries in rural communities, who 

are under 65, with limited English 

proficiency, from tribal communities, 

from communities of color, and/or from 

other historically underserved and 

marginalized communities. 

Additionally, the NCBOE should 

explore ways to educate counselors and 

low-income beneficiaries about possible 

Medicare Advantage supplemental 

benefits. 

The NCBOE maintains an information 

clearinghouse on best practices and 

cost-effective methods for finding and 

enrolling older individuals and people 

with disabilities with greatest economic 

need. This clearinghouse includes 

research that could help inform and 

support the work done by the network. 

The NCBOE should consider new 

research topics, such as exploring the 

impact COVID–19 had on their health 

and finances or predictors of Medicaid 

utilization, to help agencies better 

understand the populations served. The 

NCBOE should also build on the work 

done to date to educate individuals who 

are dually eligible by conducting an 

evaluation of the My Care, My Choice 

decision support tool and its usage by 

beneficiaries and/or counselors. 

Program Name: The National Center 

for Benefits Outreach and Enrollment 

(NCBOE). 

Recipient: National Council on Aging 

(NCOA). 

Period of Performance: The award 

will be issued for the current project 

period of September 1, 2022 through 

August 31, 2023. 

Total Award Amount: $14,431,502 in 

FY 2022. 

Award Type: Cooperative Agreement 

Supplement. 

Statutory Authority: The statutory 

authority is contained in the 2006 

Reauthorization of the Older Americans 

Act and the Medicare Improvements for 

Patients and Providers Act of 2008, as 

amended by the Patient Protection and 

Affordable Care Act of 2010, and 

reauthorized by the American Taxpayer 

Relief Act of 2012, Protecting Access to 

Medicare Act of 2014, Bipartisan Budget 

Act of 2018, and Coronavirus Aid, 

Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) 

Act of 2020, and Consolidated 

Appropriations Act of 2021. 

Basis for Award: The National 

Council on Aging (NCOA) is currently 

funded to carry out the NCBOE 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 

NCBOE project and the beneficiaries 

being served for the ACL to establish a 

new grantee at this time when critical 

services are presently being provided in 

an efficient manner. 

NCOA is uniquely placed to complete 

the work under the NCBOE grant. Since 

2001, NCOA has been the national 

leader in improving benefits access to 

vulnerable older adults. They have an 

unparalleled history of working with 

community-based organizations to 

develop and replicate outreach and 

enrollment solutions, while maintaining 

and enhancing technology to make it 

easier and more efficient to find 

benefits. NCOA through NCBOE 

accomplishes its mission by developing 

and sharing tools, resources, best 

practices, and strategies for benefits 

outreach and enrollment via its online 

clearinghouse, electronic and print 

publications, webinars, and training and 

technical assistance. 

In addition, NCOA has 

BenefitsCheckUp which is, by far, the 

nation’s most comprehensive and 

widely-used web-based service that 

screens older and disabled adults with 

limited incomes and resources and 

informs them about public and private 

benefits for which they are very likely 

to be eligible. Since the 

BenefitsCheckUp was launched in 2001, 

nearly 9.9 million people have 

discovered $42.7 billion in benefits. In 

addition to the focus on Low-Income 

Subsidy and Medicare Savings 

Programs, BenefitsCheckUp also 

includes more than 2,500 benefits 

programs from all 50 states and DC, 

including over 50,000 local offices for 

people to apply for benefits; and more 

than 1,500 application forms in every 

language in which they are available. 

NCOA is successfully meeting all 

programmatic goals under the current 

NCBOE grant. 

Dated: May 6, 2022. 

Alison Barkoff, 

Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary. 

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