Document ID: FEMA-2022-0024-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program
Posted Date: 2022-08-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 24, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52018-52019]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18256]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2022-0024; OMB No. 1660-0085]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: 60-Day notice of revision and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites 
the general public to take this opportunity to comment on a revision of 
a currently approved information collection. In accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning 
the Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program, which provides 
federal funding in response to a State or Federally recognized Tribe's 
request for Crisis Counseling services for a presidentially declared 
major disaster.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 24, 2022.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please submit 
comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID FEMA-2022-0024. Follow 
the instructions for submitting comments.
    All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket 
ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material, 
all

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submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, and will include any personal 
information you provide. Therefore, submitting this information makes 
it public. You may wish to read the Privacy and Security Notice that is 
available via a link on the homepage of www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ani Brown, EM Specialist, Recovery/
Individual Assistance/Community Services at [email protected] 
or (202) 735-4047. You may contact the Information Management Division 
for copies of the proposed collection of information at email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 416 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, (Pub. L. 93-288, as 
amended and codified at 42 U.S.C. 5183) (``Act''), authorizes the 
President to provide professional counseling services, including 
financial assistance to States (which includes the fifty states, the 
District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories), Federally recognized 
Indian Tribal governments, local agencies or private mental health 
organizations for professional counseling services, to survivors of 
major disasters to relieve mental health problems caused or aggravated 
by a major disaster or its aftermath. The implementing regulations for 
Section 416 of the Stafford Act are at 44 CFR 206.171. Under 44 CFR 
206.171 and by agreement, the U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services-Center for Mental Health Services (HHS-CMHS), which has 
expertise in crisis counseling, coordinates with FEMA in administering 
the Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program (CCP). FEMA and 
HHS-CMHS provide program oversight, technical assistance, and training 
to States and Federally recognized Tribes applying for CCP funding for 
major disasters.
    FEMA is proposing to revise the collection by rewording the sub-
question from question 8 on the Crisis Counseling Assistance and 
Training Program (CCP), Immediate Services Program (ISP) Application, 
FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-148 (formerly 003-0-1) and from question 12 on 
the Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program, Regular Services 
Program (RSP) Application, FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-149 (formerly 003-0-
2). The rewording of these sub-questions will allow for greater 
transparency of plans to ensure accessibility to all eligible 
survivors.

Collection of Information

    Title: Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program.
    Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    OMB Number: 1660-0085.
    FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-148 (formerly 003-0-1), Crisis 
Counseling Assistance and Training Program, Immediate Services Program 
Application; FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-149 (formerly 003-0-2), Crisis 
Counseling Assistance and Training Program, Regular Services Program 
Application; ISP Final Report Narrative; Quarterly Report Narratives; 
and Final RSP Report Narrative.
    Abstract: The CCP consists of two grant programs, the Immediate 
Services Program (ISP) and the Regular Services Program (RSP). The ISP 
and RSP provide supplemental funding to States and Federally recognized 
Tribes following a Presidentially declared major disaster under the 
Stafford Act. These grant programs provide funding for training and 
services, including community outreach, public education, and 
counseling techniques. States and Federally recognized Tribes are 
required to submit an application that provides information on Needs 
Assessment, Plan of Service, Program Management, and an accompanying 
Budget.
    Affected Public: State, local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 90.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 108.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,728.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $141,334.
    Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
    Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $156,729.

Comments

    Comments may be submitted as indicated in the ADDRESSES caption 
above. Comments are solicited to (a) evaluate whether the proposed data 
collection is necessary for the proper performance of the agency, 
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) 
evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (c) enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) minimize the burden 
of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or 
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.

Millicent Brown Wilson,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2022-18256 Filed 8-23-22; 8:45 am]
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