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The public listening sessions will
start at 1:00 p.m. EST, on August 8,
2023, and 10:00 a.m. EST on August 10,
2023. The RISC team first will provide
opening remarks. The meetings will
then transition to public comments. Any
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described in this Notice so all
participants will have an opportunity to
speak.
Members of the public who wish to
present oral comments must notify RISC
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via email at [email protected]. The email
should (1) identify specific subject(s) on
which you wish to provide comments;
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speaking as a member of the public.
Boris Arratia,
Regulatory Information Service Center
Director, Office of Government-wide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2023–14842 Filed 7–12–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance
for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.

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AGENCY:

This notice announces the
intention of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approve the proposed
information collection project ‘‘Generic
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Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery.’’
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by September 11, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by
email at [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery
The information collection activity
will garner qualitative customer and
stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
timely manner, in accordance with the
Administration’s commitment to
improving service delivery. By
qualitative feedback we mean
information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions,
but are not statistical surveys that yield
quantitative results that can be
generalized to the population of study.
This feedback will provide insights into
customer or stakeholder perceptions,
experiences, and expectations, provide
an early warning of issues with service,
or focus attention on areas where
communication, training or changes in
operations might improve delivery of
products or services. These collections
will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between the
Agency and its customers and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback
to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
The current clearance was approved on
November 2, 2020 (OMB Control
Number 0935–0179) and will expire on
November 30, 2023. Feedback collected
under this generic clearance will
provide useful information, but it will
not yield data that can be generalized to
the overall population. This type of
generic clearance for qualitative
information will not be used for
quantitative information collections that
are designed to yield reliably actionable
results, such as monitoring trends over
time or documenting program
performance. Such data uses require
more rigorous designs that address: (1)
the target population to which
generalizations will be made; (2) the
sampling frame; (3) the sample design
(including stratification and clustering);
(4) the precision requirements or power
calculations that justify the proposed
sample size; (5) the expected response

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rate; (6) methods for assessing potential
nonresponse bias; (7) the protocols for
data collection; (8) and any testing
procedures that were or will be
undertaken prior to fielding the study.
Depending on the degree of influence
the results are likely to have, such
collections may still be eligible for
submission for other generic
mechanisms that are designed to yield
quantitative results.
Below we provide AHRQ’s projected
average annual estimates for the next
three years:
Current Actions: New collection of
information.
Type of Review: New Collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households, Businesses and
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Average Expected Annual Number of
Activities: 10.
Respondents: 10,900.
Annual Responses: 10,900.
Frequency of Response: Once per
request.
The total number of respondents
across all 10 activities each year is
10,900.
Average Minutes per Response: 19.
Burden Hours: 3,383.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget
control number.
Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, comments on AHRQ’s
information collection are requested
with regard to any of the following: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of AHRQ healthcare
research and healthcare information
dissemination functions, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
AHRQ’s estimate of burden (including
hours and costs) of the proposed
collection(s) of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information upon the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this
notice will be summarized and included
in the Agency’s subsequent request for
OMB approval of the proposed
information collection. All comments
will become a matter of public record.

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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 133 / Thursday, July 13, 2023 / Notices
Dated: July 10, 2023.
Marquita Cullom,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 2023–14869 Filed 7–12–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Announcing the Intent To Award a
Single-Source Supplement for the
Strengthening the Direct Care
Workforce: A Technical Assistance
and Capacity Building Initiative
ACTION:

Notice.

The Administration for
Community Living (ACL) announces the
intent to award a single-source
supplement to the current cooperative
agreement held by the National Council
on Aging for the Strengthening the
Direct Care Workforce: A Technical
Assistance and Capacity Building
Initiative. The administrative
supplement for FY 2023 will be in the
amount of $1,974,846, bringing the total
award for FY 2023 to $3,269,466. The
supplement will provide sufficient
resources to enable the grantee and their
partners to increase funding for
technical assistance (TA) to state aging
and disability partnerships to
collaborate with workforce entities to
strengthen the Direct Care Workforce
(DCW). The funding will enable the
grantee to support additional states,
including at more robust levels than
originally planned. The funding will
also enable additional work to
strengthen the self-direction workforce
by identifying gaps in knowledge and
highlighting best practices to support
and sustain those who self-direct, for
dissemination via the DCW resource
hub to a national audience.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information or comments
regarding this program supplement,
contact Caroline Ryan, U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services,
Administration for Community Living,
at [email protected] or (202)
795–7429.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Through
this initiative, ACL seeks to advance
capacity to recruit, train and retain a
high-quality, competent, and effective
direct care workforce of professionals
capable of meeting the growing needs
that older adults and people with
disabilities have for such supports. The
purpose of this program is to catalyze
change at a systems level that will
address the insufficient supply of

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trained DCWs, promote promising
practices at all levels of the service
system and improve data collection to
enable a full understanding of the
workforce issue.
The outcomes of the initiative are as
follows:
1. Increase the availability and
visibility of tools and resources to
attract, train and retain the direct care
workforce in quality jobs where they
earn livable wages and have voice in
their working environment, and have
access to benefits and opportunities for
advancement.
2. Increase the number of states that
develop and sustain collaborations
across state systems and workforce
agencies to implement strategies that
will improve the recruitment, retention,
and advancement of high quality DCW
jobs.
Program Name: Strengthening the
Direct Care Workforce: A Technical
Assistance and Capacity Building
Initiative.
Recipient: The National Council on
Aging.
Period of Performance: The
supplement award will be issued for the
second year of the five-year project
period of September 30, 2022 through
September 29, 2027.
Total Award Amount: $3,269,466 in
FY 2023.
Award Type: Cooperative Agreement
Supplement.
Statutory Authority: Section 411(13)
of the Older Americans Act, Section 161
(2) of the Developmental Disabilities
Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, and
Section 21 program of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973.
Basis for Award: The National
Council on Aging is currently funded to
carry out the objectives of the project
entitled Strengthening the Direct Care
Workforce: A Technical Assistance and
Capacity Building Initiative the period
of September 30, 2022 through
September 29, 2027. This supplement
will enable the grantee to carry their
work even further, providing technical
assistance to more state partnerships
and support additional work to
strengthen the self-direction workforce.
The NCOA is uniquely positioned to
complete the work called for under this
project. NCOA’s partners on this project
include the University of Minnesota
Institute on Community Integration
(ICI), National Association of Councils
on Developmental Disabilities
(NACDD), Paraprofessional Healthcare
Institute (PHI), DiverseAbility, Lincoln
University Cooperative Extension Paula
J. Carter Center on Minority Health and
Aging (PJCCMHA), Green House Project
Center for Innovation (GHP), Housing

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Innovations (HI), National Alliance for
Caregiving (NAC), the Rockingstone
Group (Rockingstone), and Social Policy
Research Associates (SPR). Establishing
an entirely new grant project at this time
would be potentially disruptive to the
current work already well under way. If
this supplement is not provided, the
project would be unable to expand its
current technical assistance and training
efforts to reach more state partnerships
across aging, disability and workforce
stakeholders to work together to
strengthen the direct care workforce.
Dated: July 8, 2023.
Alison Barkoff,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary
for Aging.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Announcing the Intent To Award a
Single-Source Supplement for the
National Volunteer Care Corps
Program
ACTION:

Notice.

The Administration for
Community Living (ACL) announces the
intent to award a single-source
supplement to the current cooperative
agreement held by the Oasis Institute for
the project National Volunteer Care
Corps.

SUMMARY:

For
further information or comments
regarding this program supplement,
contact Sherri Clark Link, U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services, Administration for
Community Living, Administration on
Aging, Office of Supportive and
Caregiver Services: telephone (202)–
795–7327; email sherri.clark@
acl.hhs.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

The
purpose of this program was to establish
a new grant program that will test
models of programming designed to
place volunteers in communities to
assist caregivers, older adults, and
persons with disabilities in maintaining
independence by providing nonmedical care. The overall goals of the
program are to:
• Add to the nation’s capacity to
support volunteer programs that provide
non-medical care to assist caregivers,
older adults, and/or persons with
disabilities; and

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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