FEMA is required to provide financial assistance to State and local governments for professional counseling services to victims if major disasters in or to relieve mental health problems caused or aggravated by major disaster or its aftermath.
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Pub.L. 93 - 288 14
Name of Law: Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
The adjustment in burden hours is due to the following information collection activities:
1. The number of responses for ISP increased by 2. The training hours for ISP increased by +16 hours, however number of responses for training was drecreased by 4. The final Report was increased by 2 responses.
2. Recordkeeping burden hours (-800 hours)was eliminated. There are no recordkeeping requirements for this information collection. These hours were only program specific to New York disaster FEMA 1391-DR.
3. The FEMA grant forms burden hours (-51.77 hours) have been captured in a previously approved OMB collection (1660-0025)
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.