Document ID: FEMA-2014-0017-0001
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program
Posted Date: 2014-06-13T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33931-33932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-13864]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2014-0017; OMB No. 1660-0085]

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

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites 
the general public and other Federal agencies 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 funding in response to a State's 
request for crisis counseling services for a presidentially declared 
major disaster.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 12, 2014.

ADDRESSES: To avoid duplicate submissions to the docket, please use 
only one of the following means to submit comments:
    (1) Online. Submit comments at www.regulations.gov under Docket ID 
FEMA-2014-0017. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    (2) Mail. Submit written comments to Docket Manager, Office of 
Chief Counsel, DHS/FEMA, 500 C Street SW., Room 8NE, Washington, DC 
20472-3100.
    (3) Facsimile. Submit comments to (703) 483-2999.
    All submissions received must include the agency name and Docket 
ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material, 
all 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 Act 
notice that is available via the link in the footer of 
www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tanya Stevenson, Program Specialist, 
FEMA, Individual Assistance Division, Community Services and Volunteer 
Agency Coordination Branch, (202) 212-5719, for additional information. 
You may contact the Records Management Division for copies of the 
proposed collection of information at facsimile number (202) 212-4701 
or email address: FEMA-Information-Collections-Management@dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 416 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, (Pub. L. 93-288, as 
amended) (``Stafford Act''), authorizes the President to provide 
financial assistance to States, U.S. Territories, and Federally 
recognized Indian Tribal governments for professional counseling 
services to survivors of major disasters to relieve mental health 
problems caused or aggravated by a major disaster or its aftermath. 
FEMA has codified Section 416 of the Stafford Act at section 44 CFR 
206.171 entitled Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training. Under 
Section 416 of the Stafford Act and 44 CFR 206.171, the President has 
designated the Department of Health and Human Services-Center for 
Mental Health Services (HHS-CMHS) to coordinate with FEMA in 
administering the Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program 
(CCP). FEMA and HHS-CMHS signed an interagency agreement under which 
HHS-CMHS provides program oversight, technical assistance and training 
to States applying for CCP funding.

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 003-0-1, Crisis Counseling Assistance and 
Training Program, Immediate Services Program Application; FEMA Form 
003-0-2, Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program, Regular 
Services Program Application; SF-424, Application for Federal 
Assistance; SF-424A, Budget Information for Non-Construction Programs; 
SF-425, Federal Financial Report; HHS Checklist/08-

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2007; HHS Project Performance Site Location Form.
    Abstract: The CCP consists of two grant programs, the Immediate 
Services Program (ISP) and the Regular Services Program (RSP). The ISP 
and the RSP provide supplemental funding to States, U.S. Territories, 
and Federally recognized Tribes following a Presidentially-declared 
disaster. The grant programs provide funding for Training and Services, 
including community outreach, public education, and counseling 
techniques. States are required to submit an application that provides 
information on Needs Assessment, Plan of Service, Program Management, 
and an accompanying Budget.
    Number of Respondents: 150.
    Number of Responses: 165.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,515 hours.

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                                                                                                                      Total
                                                                       Number of                        Average       annual    Avergage   Total annual
       Type of respondent          Form name/form      Number of     responses per   Total number     burden per      burden     hourly     respondent
                                        No.           respondents     respondent     of responses    response  (in     (in     wage rate       cost
                                                                                                        hours)        hours)
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State, local or Tribal           CCP/ISP Crisis                 15               1              15               8        120     $55.76          $6,691
 Government.                      Counseling
                                  Assistance and
                                  Training
                                  Program,
                                  Immediate
                                  Services Program
                                  Application/
                                  FEMA Form 003-0-
                                  1.
State, local or Tribal           CCP/ISP Final                  15               1              15               8        120      55.76           6,691
 Government.                      Report
                                  Narrative,
                                  (Immediate
                                  Services
                                  Program)/No Form
                                  .
State, local or Tribal           CCP/RSP Crisis                 15               1              15              20        300      55.76          16,728
 Government.                      Counseling
                                  Assistance and
                                  Training
                                  Program, Regular
                                  Services Program
                                  Application/FEMA
                                  Form 003-0-2.
State, local or Tribal           CCP/RSP Quarterly              15               2              30              15        450      55.76          25,092
 Government.                      Report
                                  Narrative,
                                  (Regular
                                  Services
                                  Program)/No Form
                                  .
State, local or Tribal           CCP/RSP Final                  15               1              15              30        450      55.76          25,092
 Government.                      Report
                                  Narrative,
                                  (Regular
                                  Services
                                  Program)/No Form
                                  .
State, local or Tribal           Standard Form 424              15               1              15               1         15      55.76          836.40
 Government.
State, local or Tribal           Standard Form                  15               1              15               1         15      55.76          836.40
 Government.                      424A.
State, local or Tribal           Standard Form 425              15               1              15               1         15      55.76          836.40
 Government.
State, local or Tribal           Project                        15               1              15               1         15      55.76          836.40
 Government.                      Performance Site
                                  Location Form.
State, local or Tribal           Standard HHS                   15               1              15               1         15      55.76          836.40
 Government.                      Checklist Form.
 
    Total......................  .................             150  ..............             165  ..............       1515  .........       84,476.40
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 Note: The ``Avg. Hourly Wage Rate'' for each respondent includes a 1.4 multiplier to reflect a fully-loaded wage rate.

    Estimated Cost: The estimated annual cost to respondents for the 
hour burden is $84,476.40. There are no annual costs to respondents 
operations and maintenance costs for technical services. There is no 
annual start-up or capital costs. The cost to the Federal Government is 
$107,717.

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.

    Dated: June 9, 2014.
Charlene D. Myrthil,
Director, Records Management Division, Mission Support Bureau, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2014-13864 Filed 6-12-14; 8:45 am]
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