OMB Generic Clearance Grant Memo

United States

Department of

Agriculture

Food and

Nutrition

Service

3101 Park

Center Drive

Alexandria, VA

22302-1500

August 13, 2015

TO: Julie Wise

OMB Desk Officer

THROUGH: Rachelle Ragland-Greene rg

FNS Information Collection Officer, Planning and Regulatory Affairs

Food and Nutrition Service

FROM: Lael Lubing

Director, Grants and Fiscal Policy Division

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, WIC Special Project Grants, to the list of approved grants. FNS intends to award grants to State agencies to fund State agency activities to develop, implement and evaluate new or innovative methods of service to meet the changing needs of WIC participants in an effort to improve Program integrity. We are requesting to use 706 hours of the remaining 80,451 hours and 100 of the remaining 1,451 responses for applicants to respond to the Request for Applications to operate this grant.

	Approved	Currently Available	Requested for use with this IC	Difference (Remaining)
Responses	4,761	1,451	100	1,351
Hours	123,903	80,451	706	79,745

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