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(Braille, large print, or audiotape.) 

should contact USDA’s Target Center at 

202–720–2600 (voice and TTY). 

To file a written complaint of 

discrimination, write USDA, Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–9410 or call 

202–720–5964 (voice and TTY). USDA 

is an equal opportunity provider and 

employer. 

Dated: December 22, 2014. 

Rex A. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30302 Filed 12–24–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—Evaluation of 

Demonstration Projects To End 

Childhood Hunger 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice invites the general public and 

other public agencies to comment on 

this proposed information collection. 

This is a new collection for the contract 

Evaluation of Demonstration Projects to 

End Childhood Hunger. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before February 27, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments are invited 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, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions that 

were used; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Written comments may be sent to: 

Danielle Berman, Office of Policy 

Support, Food and Nutrition Service, 

USDA, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 

1014, Alexandria, VA 22302. 

Comments may also be submitted via 

fax to the attention of Danielle Berman 

at 703–305–2576 or via email to 

Danielle.Berman@fns.usda.gov. 

Comments will also be accepted 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal. 

Go to http://www.regulations.gov, and 

follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments electronically. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for Office of Management and Budget 

approval. All comments will be a matter 

of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of this information collection 

should be directed to Danielle Berman, 

Office of Policy Support, Food and 

Nutrition Service, USDA, 3101 Park 

Center Drive, Room 1014, Alexandria, 

VA 22302. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Evaluation of Demonstration 

Projects to End Childhood Hunger. 

Form Number: N/A. 

OMB Number: 0584–NEW. 

Expiration Date: Not Yet Determined. 

Type of Request: New Collection. 

Abstract: The Healthy, Hunger-Free 

Kids Act (HHFKA) of 2010 (Public Law 

111–296), under Section 141, added a 

new Section 23 on Childhood Hunger 

Research to the Richard B. Russell 

National School Lunch Act. 

This section provides substantial new 

mandatory funding to research the 

causes and consequences of childhood 

hunger and to test innovative strategies 

to end child hunger and food insecurity. 

Congress called for the development 

and evaluation of innovative strategies 

to ‘‘reduce the risk of childhood hunger 

or provide a significant improvement to 

the food security status of households 

with children,’’ including alternative 

models of service delivery or benefit 

levels. 

The purpose of the evaluation is to 

rigorously assess the impact of five 

demonstration projects on the 

prevalence of child food insecurity, and 

other relevant outcomes. The 

demonstration projects are intended to 

test innovative strategies to end 

childhood hunger, including alternative 

models for service delivery and benefit 

levels that promote the reduction or 

elimination of childhood hunger and 

food insecurity. Projects may include 

enhanced Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for 

eligible households with children; 

enhanced benefits or innovative 

program delivery models in school 

meals programs, afterschool snacks 

programs, and the Child and Adult Care 

Food Program (CACFP); and other 

targeted Federal, State or local 

assistance, including refundable tax 

credits, emergency housing, 

employment and training, or family 

preservation services, for households 

with children who are experiencing 

food insecurity. At least one 

demonstration must be implemented in 

a rural Indian reservation where the 

prevalence of diabetes exceeds 15 

percent. Demonstration projects will be 

selected and announced in early 2015. 

The evaluation will collect data from 

all five demonstration projects in 2015 

and 2016 (two rounds of data 

collection), and from one demonstration 

project in 2017 (three rounds of data 

collection). The data will be used for 

implementation, cost, and impact 

analyses for each demonstration project. 

Analyses include (1) which agencies 

and partner organizations delivered 

services, (2) whether the way the 

demonstration model was implemented 

has an effect on any observed impacts, 

(3) the resources used in planning, 

starting up, and operating each 

demonstration project, and how those 

resources compare to those for the 

control or comparison groups, and (4) 

how cost effective the demonstration 

was in reducing childhood food 

insecurity. The primary outcome 

measure for the demonstrations will be 

the change in the prevalence of food 

insecurity among children in 

households with children as measured 

by the U.S. Household Food Security 

Survey Module. The end products will 

provide scientifically valid evidence of 

demonstration project impacts. 

Affected Public: Individuals/

households; State, local and Tribal 

governments; Private sector (for-profit 

and not-for-profit). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

The total estimated number of 

respondents is 27,297. This includes 

27,107 individuals/households, 150 

State, local, and Tribal government 

directors/managers and staff, and 40 

private sector for-profit business and 

not-for-profit agency directors/

managers. FNS will contact 27,107 

individuals/households, out of which 

22,589 parents/guardians in the 

treatment and comparison groups will 

complete telephone surveys and 4,518 

parents/guardians will be survey 

nonrespondents. The survey sample 

sizes are large because they are needed 

to detect statistically significant 

differences in the key outcome of 

interest—child food insecurity— 

between treatment and comparison 

households within each demonstration 

site. Among the parents/guardians 

contacted for the telephone surveys, 456 

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groups; 96 parents/guardians will 

participate in the focus groups and 360 

will be considered nonrespondents. A 

total of 320 parents/guardians will also 

be contacted for an in-person interview; 

80 parents/guardians will be 

interviewees and 240 will be considered 

nonrespondents. FNS will contact 50 

State, local and Tribal agency directors/ 

managers and 100 State, local and Tribal 

agency direct service staff for in-person 

interviews; 5 of the directors/managers 

will provide administrative data and 5 

will provide cost data. FNS will contact 

10 private sector for-profit business 

directors/managers for in person 

interviews; 5 will also provide 

administrative data. FNS will also 

contact 30 private sector not-for-profit 

agency directors/managers for in person 

interviews, and 5 will also provide cost 

data. 

Estimated Frequency of Responses per 

Respondent: Average 2.09 responses for 

individuals/households, 3.20 responses 

for State, local or Tribal government 

representatives, and 5.90 responses for 

private sector representatives. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

57,458. 

Estimated Time per Response: About 

0.51 hours (31 minutes). The estimated 

time of response varies from 0.50 to 2.33 

hours depending on the respondent 

group, as shown in the table below. The 

total annual burden is 25,157.13 hours. 

Affected public 

Data 

collection 

activity 

Respondents 

type 

Sample 

size 

Respondents Non-respondents 

GRAND 

total 

burden 

estimate 

Estimated 

number 

of respondents 

Frequency 

of response 

Total 

annual 

responses 

Average 

burden 

hours 

per response 

Total 

annual 

burden 

estimate 

(hours) 

Estimated 

number 

of nonrespondents 

Frequency 

of response 

Total 

annual 

responses 

Average 

burden 

hours 

per response 

Total 

annual 

burden 

estimate 

(hours) 

Individuals/households.Telephone 

survey.

(two rounds)

Parent/guardian 24,755 20,629 2 41,258 0.50 20,629.00 4,126 2 8,252 0.05 412.60 21,041.60 

Telephone 

survey.

(three rounds) 

Parent/guardian 2,352 1,960 3 5,880 0.50 2,940.00 392 3 1,176 0.05 58.80 2,998.80 

In-person 

focus group.

Parent/guardian 456 96 1 96 1.67 160.13 360 1 360 0.08 28.80 188.93 

In-person 

interview.

Parent/guardian 320 80 1 80 1.67 133.60 240 1 240 0.08 19.20 152.80 

Subtotal individuals/households....................... .......................... 27,107 22,589 .............. 47,314 .............. 23,862.73 4,518 .............. 9,428 .............. 519.40 24,382.13 

State, local, and 

Tribal government.

In-person 

interview 

(two 

rounds).

State, local, or 

Tribal agency 

director/manager.

40 40 2 80 1.00 80.00 0 2 0 0.08 0.00 80.00 

In-person 

interview 

(three 

rounds).

State, local, or 

Tribal agency 

director/manager.

10 10 3 30 1.00 30.00 0 3 0 0.08 0.00 30.00 

In-person 

interview 

(two 

rounds).

State, local, or 

Tribal agency 

direct service 

staff.

80 80 2 160 1.00 160.00 0 2 0 0.08 0.00 160.00 

In-person 

interview 

(three 

rounds).

State, local, or 

Tribal agency 

direct service 

staff.

20 20 3 60 1.00 60.00 0 3 0 0.08 0.00 60.00 

Provide administrative 

data.

State, local, or 

Tribal agency 

director/manager.

5 5 24 120 0.83 99.60 0 1 0 0.08 0.00 99.60 

Provide cost 

data.

State, local, or 

Tribal agency 

director/manager.

5 5 6 30 2.33 69.90 0 1 0 0.08 0.00 69.90 

Subtotal State, 

local, and Tribal 

government.

...................... 150 ................... 150 .............. 480 .............. 499.50 0 .............. 0 .............. 0.00 499.50 

Private sector ........... In-person 

interview.

Private sector 

for-profit business director/

manager.

10 10 2 20 0.50 10.00 0 2 0 0.08 0.00 10.00 

Provide administrative 

data.

Private sector 

for-profit business director/

manager.

5 5 24 120 0.83 99.60 0 1 0 0.08 0.00 99.60 

In-person 

interview 

(two 

rounds).

Private sector 

not-for-profit 

agency director/manager.

24 24 2 48 1.00 48.00 0 2 0 0.08 0.00 48.00 

In-person 

interview 

(three 

rounds).

Private sector 

not-for-profit 

agency director/manager.

6 6 3 18 1.00 48.00 0 3 0 0.08 0.00 48.00 

Provide cost 

data.

Private sector 

not-for-profit 

agency director/manager.

5 5 6 30 2.33 69.90 0 1 0 0.08 0.00 69.90 

Subtotal private 

sector.

...................... .......................... 40 40 .............. 236 .............. 275.50 0 .............. 0 .............. 0.00 275.50 

Grand total .... ...................... .......................... 27,297 22,779 2.11 48,030 0.51 24,637.73 4,518 2.09 9,428 0.06 519.40 25,157.13 


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Dated: December 16, 2014. 

Audrey Rowe, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30373 Filed 12–24–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

Notice of Solicitation of Applications 

for the Rural Energy for America 

Program for Fiscal Year 2015 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Rural BusinessCooperative Service (Agency) 

announces the acceptance of 

applications under the Rural Energy for 

America Program (REAP) which is 

designed to help agricultural producers 

and rural small businesses reduce 

energy costs and consumption and help 

meet the Nation’s critical energy needs. 

REAP has two types of funding 

assistance: Renewable Energy Systems 

and Energy Efficiency Improvements 

Assistance, and Energy Audit and 

Renewable Energy Development 

Assistance Grants. 

The Renewable Energy Systems and 

Energy Efficiency Improvement 

Assistance provides grants and 

guaranteed loans to agricultural 

producers and rural small businesses to 

purchase and install renewable energy 

systems and make energy efficiency 

improvements to their operations. 

Eligible renewable energy systems for 

REAP provide energy from: Wind, solar, 

renewable biomass (including anaerobic 

digesters), small hydro-electric, ocean, 

geothermal, or hydrogen derived from 

these renewable resources. 

The Energy Audit and Renewable 

Energy Development Assistance Grant is 

available to a unit of State, Tribal, or 

local government; instrumentality of a 

State, Tribal, or local government; 

institution of higher education; rural 

electric cooperative; a public power 

entity; or a council, as defined in 16 

U.S.C. 3451. The recipient of grant 

funds, (grantee), will establish a 

program to assist agricultural producers 

and rural small businesses with 

evaluating the energy efficiency and the 

potential to incorporated renewable 

energy technologies into their 

operations. 

DATES: Grant applications, guaranteed 

loan-only applications, and combined 

grant and guaranteed loan applications 

for financial assistance under this 

subpart may be submitted at any time 

on an ongoing basis. Section IV. E., of 

this Notice establishes the deadline 

dates for the applications to be received 

in order to be considered for funding 

provided by Public Law 113–79, 

commonly referred to as the 2014 Farm 

Bill Act, for fiscal year 2014 and fiscal 

year 2015. In summary: 

(1) Renewable energy system and 

energy efficiency improvement grant 

applications and combination grant and 

guaranteed loan applications. There 

will be two application deadline dates 

to facilitate the use of fiscal years 2014 

and 2015 grant funds. These dates apply 

to both fiscal year 2014 and 2015 grant 

funds. 

(a) For applicants requesting $20,000 

or less that wish to have their 

application compete for the ‘‘Grants of 

$20,000 or less set aside,’’ complete 

applications must be received no later 

than 4:30 p.m. local time on April 30, 

2015. 

(b) For applicants requesting grant 

funds of either $20,000 or less, or grant 

funds over $20,000 (unrestricted), 

complete applications must be received 

no later than: 

(i) 4:30 p.m. local time on April 30, 

2015, or 

(ii) 4:30 p.m. local time on June 30, 

2015. 

(2) Renewable energy system and 

energy efficiency improvement 

guaranteed loan-only applications. 

Applications will be reviewed and 

processed when received with monthly 

competitions on the first business day of 

each month for those applications ready 

to be funded, however the first monthly 

competition will not take place until 

eight guaranteed loan only applications 

are received and ready to be competed. 

(3) Energy audits and renewable 

energy development assistance grant 

applications. Complete applications 

must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. 

local time on February 12, 2015. 

Application Application window 

opening dates 

Application window 

closing dates 

Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvement Grants (Over $20,000 and 

Combinations).

July 8, 2014 ................ April 30, 2015. 

Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvement Grants ($20,000 or less not 

competing for set aside funds, Over $20,000 and Combinations).

May 1, 2015 ................ June 30, 2015.* 

Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvement Grants ($20,000 or less 

competing for set aside funds).

July 8, 2014 ................ April 30, 2015. 

Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvement Guaranteed Loans .............. August 1, 2014 ............ Continuous application 

cycle. 

Energy Audit and Renewable Energy Development Assistance Grants ..................................... December 29, 2014 .... February 12, 2015.* 

* Applications received after this date will be considered for the next cycle. 

ADDRESSES: This solicitation is for 

agricultural producers and rural small 

businesses, as well as units of State, 

Tribal, or local government; 

instrumentalities of a State, Tribal, or 

local government; institutions of higher 

education; rural electric cooperatives; a 

public power entities; and Councils, as 

defined in 16 U.S.C. 3451, who serve 

agricultural producers and rural small 

businesses. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

applicable USDA Rural Development 

Energy Coordinator for your respective 

State, as identified via the following 

link: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/BCP_

Energy_CoordinatorList.html. 

For information about this Notice, 

please contact Mr. Kelley Oehler, 

Branch Chief, USDA Rural 

Development, Energy Division, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: 

(202) 720–6819. Email: kelley.oehler@

wdc.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Program Description 

The REAP is designed to help 

agricultural producers and rural small 

businesses reduce energy costs and 

consumption and help meet the 

Nation’s critical energy needs. REAP has 

two types of funding assistance: (1) 

Renewable Energy Systems and Energy 

Efficiency Improvements Assistance, 

and (2) Energy Audit and Renewable 

Energy Development Assistance Grants. 

A. General. Applications for REAP 

can be submitted on an ongoing basis. 


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