The Administration on Aging (AoA), now part of the Administration for Community Living, will use this set of data collection tools to monitor 22 grantees that were awarded cooperative agreements in response to the "PPHF 2012 Empowering Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities through Chronic Disease Self-Management Education (CDSME) Programs financed by 2012 Prevention and Public Health Funds (PPHF-2012) funding opportunity. The PPHF is accompanied by a high level of transparency, oversight, and accountability. All recipients of PPHF must follow Health and Human Services guidance related to the tracking, monitoring and reporting on the use of PPHF financing. AoA has outlined basic requirements for reporting in the CDSME Program Announcement and in the Standard Terms and Conditions of grantees' notice of awards. These notices require each grantee to prepare and submit progress reports to AoA that will enable the agency to monitor program performance. AoA will use the information to: 1) comply with reporting requirements required by the authorizing statutes, 2) collect data for performance measures used in the justification of the budget to Congress and by program, state and national decision makers, 3) effectively manage the CDSME program at the federal, state, and local levels, 4) identify program implementation issues and technical assistance needs, 5) identify best practices to serve as the basis for developing resources to help grantees learn from and replicate these practices, and 6) to provide information for reports to Congress, other government agencies, stakeholders and to the public about grantee progress. Data will be collected from State-level public health or state unit on aging government staff, local community agency staff and volunteers involved in delivering CDSME workshops, as well as individuals who participate in CDSME workshops.
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.