Generic Clearance Justification Memo

United States

Department of

Agriculture

Food and

Nutrition

Service

3101 Park

Center Drive

Alexandria, VA

22302-1500

June 12, 2014

TO: Julie Wise

OMB Desk Officer

THROUGH: Lynnette Thomas

Branch Chief, Planning and Regulatory Affairs

Food and Nutrition Service

FROM: Melissa Abelev

Branch Chief,

Special Nutrition Research and Analysis Division,

Office of Policy Support,

Food and Nutrition Service

SUBJECT: Request for Approval to Add Grant to OMB Docket #0584-0512

The Uniform Grant Application for Non-Entitlement Discretionary Grants, OMB Number 0584-0512 allows the Food and Nutrition Service to add programs to the list of approved programs that use this generic clearance process periodically, provided that approval is obtained in advance.

The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is requesting OMB approval to add the grant information collection: School Wellness Policy Cooperative Agreement to the list of approved grants. FNS intends to award a single grant to a public or private, non-governmental institutions in FY 2015. We are requesting to use 430 hours of the remaining 114,885 hours for public or private, non-governmental institutions to respond to the Request for Applications to operate these grants.

	Approved	Currently Available	Requested for use with this IC	Difference (Remaining)
Responses	4,761	4,102	21	4,081
Hours	123,903	114,885	430	114,455

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