[Federal Register: December 19, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 244)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging

 
Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to the Office 
of Management and Budget for Clearance

AGENCY: Administration on Aging, HHS.
    The Administration on Aging (AoA), Department of Health and Human 
Services, In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (Pub. L. 96-
511), is submitting to the Office of Management and Budget for 
clearance and approval an information collection instrument, entitled 
Program Evaluation Data Collection Protocols and Tools for the 
Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Grants to States Program.
    Type of Request: New. The Health Resources and Services 
Administration previously administered this program.
    Use: Consistent with section 398 of the Public Health Service Act, 
as amended, the AoA requires grantees to collect and report basic 
client data as part of an overall program evaluation effort. The data 
collected is used, in aggregate, by AoA to analyze the success and 
accomplishments of the program, better target resources, and make 
informed programmatic and policy decisions. Analysis of this data also 
serves as the basis for the statutorily required report to Congress.
    Frequency: Quarterly to Annual, depending on data type, for 
duration of grant.
    Respondents: 25 Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Grants to States 
Program grantees.
    Estimated number of respondents: The 25 program grantees will 
obtain data from approximately 125 local service agencies.
    Estimated burden hours: 1,713 per year (68.5/ state/ year).
    Additional Information: The data collection protocol consists of a 
client intake (conducted only once for each person served), quarterly 
service utilization reports, and an annual agency profile report. Most 
data elements in this collection are basic and essential elements of 
existing functional and service assessments that will be conducted by 
grantees as part of normal service provision. Only states that have 
voluntarily applied for and been awarded a grant under the Alzheimer's 
Demonstration Program are required to provide these data. A copy of the 
data collection instrument may be obtained from: Melanie K. Starns, 
Administration on Aging, Office of Program Development, Cohen Building, 
Room 4270, 330 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20201.
    OMB Comment: A comment is best assured of having its full effect if 
OMB receives it as soon as possible after its publication. Written 
comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection 
should be sent to the following address within 30 days of the 
publication of this notice: Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attention: Allison Herron Eydt, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10325, 
Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: November 27, 2001.
Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 01-31205 Filed 12-18-01; 8:45 am]
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