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TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

Universal Report .................................................................. 1,471 1 1,471 168 247,128 

Grant Report ........................................................................ 504 1 504 21 10,584 

Total .............................................................................. 1,975 ........................ 1,975 ........................ 257,712 

Amy McNulty, 

Acting Director, Division of the Executive 

Secretariat. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21844 Filed 10–10–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

[Document Identifier HHS–OS–0955–0003] 

60-Day Notice Template for Request 

for Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Routine Customer 

Feedback on HHS Communications 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology is requesting OMB approval 

for an extension on the Generic 

Clearance for the Collection of Routine 

Customer Feedback by OMB. 

SUMMARY: Department of Health and 

Human Services, The Office of the 

Secretary (OS), as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public to take this opportunity to 

comment on the ‘‘Generic Clearance for 

the Collection of Qualitative Feedback 

on Agency Service Delivery’’ for 

approval under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA). This collection 

was developed as part of a Federal 

Government-wide effort to streamline 

the process for seeking feedback from 

the public on service delivery. This 

notice announces our intent to submit 

this collection to OMB for approval and 

solicits comments on specific aspects 

for the proposed information collection. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by December 11, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments by one of 

the following methods: 

• Web site: www.regulations.gov. 

Direct comments to Docket ID OMB– 

2010–0021. 

• Email: 

Information.CollectionClearance@

hhs.gov. 

• Phone: (202) 795–7714. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice may be made available to the 

public through relevant Web sites. For 

this reason, please do not include in 

your comments information of a 

confidential nature, such as sensitive 

personal information or proprietary 

information. If you send an email 

comment, your email address will be 

automatically captured and included as 

part of the comment that is placed in the 

public docket and made available on the 

Internet. Please note that responses to 

this public comment request containing 

any routine notice about the 

confidentiality of the communication 

will be treated as public comments that 

may be made available to the public 

notwithstanding the inclusion of the 

routine notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sherrette Funn, Sherrette.funn@

HHS.GOV or (202) 795–7714. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery. 

Abstract: The proposed information 

collection activity provides a means to 

garner qualitative customer and 

stakeholder feedback in an efficient, 

timely manner, in accordance with the 

Administration’s commitment to 

improving service delivery. By 

qualitative feedback we mean 

information that provides useful 

insights on perceptions and opinions, 

but are not statistical surveys that yield 

quantitative results that can be 

generalized to the population of study. 

This feedback will provide insights into 

customer or stakeholder perceptions, 

experiences and expectations, provide 

an early warning of issues with service, 

or focus attention on areas where 

communication, training or changes in 

operations might improve delivery of 

products or services. These collections 

will allow for ongoing, collaborative and 

actionable communications between the 

Agency and its customers and 

stakeholders. It will also allow feedback 

to contribute directly to the 

improvement of program management. 

The solicitation of feedback will target 

areas such as: Timeliness, 

appropriateness, accuracy of 

information, courtesy, efficiency of 

service delivery, and resolution of 

issues with service delivery. Responses 

will be assessed to plan and inform 

efforts to improve or maintain the 

quality of service offered to the public. 

If this information is not collected, vital 

feedback from customers and 

stakeholders on the Agency’s services 

will be unavailable. 

The Agency will only submit a 

collection for approval under this 

generic clearance if it meets the 

following conditions: 

• The collections are voluntary; 

• The collections are low-burden for 

respondents (based on considerations of 

total burden hours, total number of 

respondents, or burden-hours per 

respondent) and are low-cost for both 

the respondents and the Federal 

Government; 

• The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of 

concern to other Federal agencies; 

• Any collection is targeted to the 

solicitation of opinions from 

respondents who have experience with 

the program or may have experience 

with the program in the near future; 

• Personally identifiable information 

(PII) is collected only to the extent 

necessary and is not retained; 

• Information gathered will be used 

only internally for general service 

improvement and program management 

purposes and is not intended for release 

outside of the agency; 

• Information gathered will not be 

used for the purpose of substantially 

informing influential policy decisions; 

and 

• Information gathered will yield 

qualitative information; the collections 

will not be designed or expected to 

yield statistically reliable results or used 

as though the results are generalizable to 

the population of study. 

Feedback collected under this generic 

clearance provides useful information, 

but it does not yield data that can be 

generalized to the overall population. 


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This type of generic clearance for 

qualitative information will not be used 

for quantitative information collections 

that are designed to yield reliably 

actionable results, such as monitoring 

trends over time or documenting 

program performance. Such data uses 

require more rigorous designs that 

address: the target population to which 

generalizations will be made, the 

sampling frame, the sample design 

(including stratification and clustering), 

the precision requirements or power 

calculations that justify the proposed 

sample size, the expected response rate, 

methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data 

collection, and any testing procedures 

that were or will be undertaken prior to 

fielding the study. Depending on the 

degree of influence the results are likely 

to have, such collections may still be 

eligible for submission for other generic 

mechanisms that are designed to yield 

quantitative results. 

As a general matter, information 

collections will not result in any new 

system of records containing privacy 

information and will not ask questions 

of a sensitive nature, such as sexual 

behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, 

and other matters that are commonly 

considered private. 

Current Actions: Extension of 

approval for a collection of information. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Affected Public: Individuals, 

households, professionals, public/ 

private sector. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

Below we provide projected average 

estimates for the next three years: 

Average Expected Annual Number of 

Activities: 7. 

Average Number of Respondents per 

Activity: 350. 

Annual Responses: 4,158. 

Frequency of Response: Once per 

request. 

Average Minutes per Response: 5. 

Burden Hours: 1,041. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. Comments 

are invited on: (a) Whether the 

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 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (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; 

and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 

costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

All written comments will be 

available for public inspection at 

Regulations.gov. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

control number. 

Darius Taylor, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21822 Filed 10–10–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

Division of Behavioral Health; Youth 

Regional Treatment Center Aftercare 

Pilot Project 

Announcement Type: New. 

Funding Announcement Number: 

HHS–2018–IHS–YRTC–0001. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 93.933. 

Key Dates 

Application Deadline Date: October 1, 

2017. 

Review Date: October 9, 2017. 

Earliest Anticipated Start Date: 

November 1, 2017. 

Signed Tribal Resolutions Due Date: 

October 1, 2017. 

Proof of Non-Profit Status Due Date: 

October 1, 2017. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Statutory Authority 

The Indian Health Service (IHS) 

Office of Clinical and Preventative 

Services, Division of Behavioral Health 

(DBH), is accepting applications for a 

cooperative agreement for Youth 

Regional Treatment Center Aftercare 

Pilot Projects (Short Title: Youth 

Aftercare). This program was 

established by the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act of 2017, Public Law 

115–31, 131 Stat. 135 (2017). This 

program is authorized by 25 U.S.C. 13, 

the Snyder Act, and the Indian Health 

Care Improvement Act, 25 U.S.C. 1665a 

and 1665g. This program is described in 

the Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) under 93.933. 

Background 

According to data from the CDC 

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance 

Survey, American Indian and Alaska 

Native (AI/AN) youth self-report higher 

rates of illicit substance use when 

compared to the general population. 

Substance use among AI/AN youth 

contributes to an increased risk of 

negative social problems that can range 

from delinquency to violence, including 

higher rates of suicide, and alcohol and 

drug-related deaths when compared to 

U.S. all-races (2014 Trends In Indian 

Health). 

The IHS currently funds 11 Youth 

Residential Treatment Centers (YRTC) 

that provide a range of clinical services 

rooted in culturally relevant, holistic 

models of care. However, once AI/AN 

youth are discharged from the YRTC, 

they are faced with leaving a structured 

environment only to return home to 

families who may be unprepared to offer 

the needed support and where aftercare/ 

case management resources can be 

limited. 

Purpose 

The purpose of the YRTC Aftercare 

Pilot Project cooperative agreement is to 

address the gap in services that occurs 

when youth are discharged upon 

successful completion of a YRTC 

treatment program and return to their 

home community where necessary 

support systems may not exist. 

Insufficient options for continued care 

at home and in the community 

significantly decrease the likelihood of 

a continued journey of wellness for 

youth exiting the care of an YRTC. This 

pilot project will develop promising 

practices between YRTCs and Tribal 

communities to reduce alcohol and 

substance use relapse by identifying 

transitional services that can be 

culturally adapted to meet the needs of 

AI/AN youth to increase resiliency, selfcoping, and provide support systems. 

By exploring solutions for how this 

continuum of care should take place 

after inpatient treatment, efforts will be 

made to establish community-based 


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