Prevention and Public Health Funds Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Program Information Collection
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Approved without change
04/14/2021
03/12/2021
Previous terms continue: Approved with the understanding that the burden statement (including the OMB control number and expiration date) will appear on each of the instruments.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
04/30/2024
36 Months From Approved
04/30/2021
17,680
0
27,696
2,888
0
4,344
0
0
0
The Administration on Aging (AoA), part of the Administration for Community Living (ACL), these data collection tools to monitor grantees receiving âEvidence-Based Falls Prevention Programsâ cooperative agreements.â Grantee agencies through this program represent a variety of organization types, including state agencies, universities, and nonprofit organizations. Grantees are tasked with two primary goals: (1) significantly increase the number of older adults who participate in evidence-based falls prevention programs; and (2) develop a sustainable infrastructure for these proven interventions.
ACL Falls Prevention grantees currently collect information at both the workshop and participant level. Specific to the workshop, information on workshop type, site type, location, start/end date, etc. is collected. At the participant level, de-identified demographic and health status information is collected prior to workshop participation. A sample of participants also completes a Post Program Survey to assess whether the program is achieving its intended outcomes, i.e., reducing falls risk factors and/or incidence.
AoA funds a National Falls Prevention Resource Center(the âCenterâ) to provide technical assistance (TA) to ACL grantees as well as the broader network of organizations implementing evidence-based falls prevention programs. The Center developed a database, which grantees and other program sites use to provide data on their workshops. This system allows AoA regular monitoring of grantee performance status, including data analysis, maps, comparative charts, and identification of high- and low-performing grantees in order to identify and target TA needs.
AoA uses the information from the PPHF Falls Prevention data collection tools to:
1) Comply with reporting requirements mandated 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 Falls Prevention program at the federal, state, and local levels;
4) Identify program implementation issues and pinpoint areas for technical assistance activities;
5) Identify best practices in program implementation and building sustainable program delivery systems as well as develop resources to enable current and future grantees to learn from and replicate these practices; and
6) Provide information for reports to Congress, other governmental agencies, stakeholders, and to the public about PPHF Falls Prevention grantee progress.
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.
Falls Semi-Annual Progress Report
0039 Public comment summary.pdf
Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Program (Project Staff)