Document ID: FEMA-2022-0024-0006
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program
Posted Date: 2022-11-28T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 227 (Monday, November 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73021-73022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25898]

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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: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training 
Program

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

ACTION: 30-Day notice of revision and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit the 
information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and 
Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of 
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 December 28, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection should be made to Director, 
Information Management Division, 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472, 
email address [email protected] or 
Ani Brown, EM Specialist, Recovery/Individual Assistance/Community 
Services at [email protected] or (202) 735-4047.

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

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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.
    This proposed information collection previously published in the 
Federal Register on August 24, 2022, at 87 FR 52018 with a 60 day 
public comment period. FEMA received four comments. One comment agreed 
with the changes being made and three comments were not germane to this 
collection. The purpose of this notice is to notify the public that 
FEMA will submit the information collection abstracted below to the 
Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance.

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 Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program 
(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. 2022-25898 Filed 11-25-22; 8:45 am]
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