No
material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved
collection
No
Regular
03/05/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
12/31/2021
12/31/2021
1,250
1,250
17,820
17,820
0
0
AmeriCorps Seniors provides grants to
organization to engage Americans 55 years and older in volunteer
service. AmeriCorps Seniors knows that due to the continued impact
of COVID-19, AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers may continue to be
unable to serve. AmeriCorps Seniors FGP and SCP grantees have been
authorized to continue to pay AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers who are
unable to serve a temporary allowance through March 31, 2021. The
temporary allowance may be discontinued following this date,
following an OMB review of the situation. Information from the
survey – detailing how many volunteers are still unable to serve
and potential vaccine effect on volunteers’ ability to serve – will
be useful in making a determination to extend the temporary
allowance. Additionally, during COVID-19 grantees were to put in
place a plan and structure that supports AmeriCorps Seniors
volunteers in FGP and SCP service in an alternative manner and
complies with each programs’ statutory and regulatory requirements.
OMB has requested information about service activities during
COVID-19. To gather this information, AmeriCorps plans to utilize
select application questions along with eight additional, dropdown,
question that represent a de minimis burden change.
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.