[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 246 (Friday, December 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65972-65973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31502]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Submission to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Clearance; Comment 
Request; Approval of an Information Collection Survey

AGENCY: Administration on Aging, HHS.
    The Administration on Aging (AoA), Department of Health and Human 
Services, provides an opportunity for comment on the following proposal 
for the collection of information in compliance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA; Pub. L. 96-511):
    Title of Information Collection: National Family Caregiver Support 
Program Survey: Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children.
    Type of Request: This request is for approval of a one-time survey 
to identify agencies currently providing services to grandparents and 
other relatives caring for grandchildren.
    Use: Data will be collected by Generations United, a National 
Family Caregiver Support Program discretionary grantee, on 
organizations providing services to grandparents and other relatives 
caring for children, nature of services provided, number of 
grandparents and other relative caregivers served annually; number of 
children assisted annually, and training

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needs of these organizations to adequately evaluate the implementation, 
progress and process of the National Family Caregiver Support Program, 
Title III-E of the Older Americans Act (42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), as 
amended by the Older Americans Act Amendments of 2000 (Pub.L. 106-501). 
AoA and Generations United will use this data to plan technical 
assistance to these organizations in the forthcoming year. The data 
will also be used by the AoA to evaluate and describe all projects 
funded by this initiative and address the program's evaluation and 
Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) requirements. Findings 
will be used to manage the program and better target future activities.
    Frequency: One-time survey administered by Generations United.
    Respondents: State Units on Aging, Area Agencies on Aging, Tribal 
and Native Organizations, Primary Health Care Centers.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 1600.
    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 10 minutes/organization  x  1600 
organizations = 267 hours.
    Additional Information or Comments: The Administration on Aging 
plans to submit to the Office of Management and Budget for approval a 
one-time survey to identify organizations providing services to 
grandparents and other relative caregivers of children to design 
technical assistance to those organizations. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent 
within 60 days of the publication of this Notice directly to the 
following address: Office of Program Development, Administration on 
Aging, Attention: Rick Greene, 330 Independence Avenue, SW., Rm 4748, 
Washington, DC 20201.

    Dated: December 17, 2001.
Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 01-31502 Filed 12-20-01; 8:45 am]
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