Installation Management Command Survivor Outreach Service System (SOS IMCOM)
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
No
Regular
01/13/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
180,044
0
54,013
0
1,877,499
0
Survivor Outreach Services is an Army-wide program that provides dedicated and comprehensive support services to all Family members of Soldiers who die while on Active Duty, including Regular Army, United States Army National Guard (ARNG) and Reserves patrons. Survivor Outreach Services Support Coordinators serve as the main Survivor advocate. They facilitate support groups, provide life skills education, assist Survivors in managing applicable life-long benefit transition milestones, connect Survivors with counseling resources, and represent the command in contacts with community organizations. Survivor Outreach Services Financial Counselors help Survivors by assisting with budget counseling, debt management, education, and higher education needs.
SOS staff members are required to make periodic communication with Survivorsâat a minimum of one contact annuallyâto conduct well-being checks and milestone management reviews or determine the level of support Survivors desire. Information gathered in these meetings is input into the SOS application collection instrument by SOS staff members. No customers have access to the collection instrument. SOS staff members collect the information from the Survivors and document the information as a direct contact within the SOS application case notes. The successful end result of the information collection as a whole is an organized and up-to-date database of essential information on Survivors that allows SOS to better provide the support they deserve.
PL:
Pub.L. 109 - 163 562
Name of Law: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006
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.