Health Center Program forms are critical to the Program grant and non-grant award process, as well as to Program oversight and monitoring activities. These forms are used by health centers to request funding under Section 330 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, change their scope of project and become designated as Look-Alikes. Over 1,200 health centers deliver comprehensive, high quality, cost-effective primary health care to America's most vulnerable populations.
The OMB Inventory currently contains 40,161 burden hours for this activity. This request is for 44,825 total burden hours, for an increase of 4,664 hours. The increase is due to program adjustments resulting from an increase in the number of health center organizations. In addition, the number of programs using forms has increased due to Congressional direction and the needs of health centers nationally.
For this clearance request, each form is being submitted separately to accurately reflect the number of respondents per form. This results in a large total number of responses as each form is submitted as a single entity. OMB currently approves 23,976 annual responses for 1,138 respondents. This request includes an increase in the number of respondents to 1,500 respondents with a total number of responses of 32,450.
$138,000
No
No
Yes
No
No
Uncollected
Jodi Duckhorn 301 443-1984
No
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.