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HMI Recognition Awards. The HMI
Recognition Awards will spotlight
innovative practices, student and
community engagement strategies, and
strategies schools have used to provide
meals that are consistent with the 2020–
2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
SFAs meeting Healthy Meals Incentives
Recognition Award criteria will receive
nonmonetary recognition and stipends
to attend and participate in the Healthy
Meals Summits.
FNS will highlight and share these
diverse best practices nationwide
through training and technical
assistance resources and Healthy Meals
Summits.
Description of Respondents: School
Food Authorities (SFAs) that participate
in the National School Lunch Program
(NSLP) and State agencies that
administer the NSLP and/or SBP, and
have agreements with the SFAs.
Number of Respondents: 2,054.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion, annually.
Total Burden Hours: 38,003.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023–09696 Filed 5–5–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–30–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—Generic Clearance
for Stakeholder Feedback and Surveys
as Part of FNS Planning: Regulatory
Actions, Semi-Annual Regulatory
Agenda, Program Changes, Research
Studies, Outreach, Training and/or
Development of Guidance
Food and Nutrition Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on
this proposed information collection.
The purpose of this new collection is to
collect qualitative and quantitative
stakeholder feedback through meetings,
focus groups, interviews, other
stakeholder interactions and surveys, as
well as requests for administrative data,
as part of the planning process for FNS
regulatory actions, the semi-annual
Regulatory Agenda, research studies,
outreach, training and the development
of guidance.
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SUMMARY:
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Written comments must be
received on or before July 7, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the Agency’s functions,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
the Agency’s estimate of the proposed
information collection burden,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to Jamia
Franklin, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, and Maureen Lydon,
Chief of the Planning and Regulatory
Affairs Office, Food and Nutrition
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
1320 Braddock Place, 5th floor,
Alexandria, VA 22314. Comments may
also be sent via email to
[email protected] and
[email protected]. Comments
will also be accepted through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments electronically.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection
should be directed to Jamia Franklin at
(703) 305–2403 or via email at
[email protected]. You may also
reach to Maureen Lydon at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title:
Generic Clearance for Stakeholder
Feedback and Surveys as Part of FNS
Planning: Regulatory Actions, Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, Program
Changes, Research Studies, Outreach,
Training and/or Development of
Guidance.
OMB Number: 0584–New.
Expiration Date: Not yet determined.
Expiration dates are normally three
years from OMB approval of new
information collection.
Type of Request: New collection.
Abstract: The proposed information
collection provides a means to garner
qualitative and quantitative stakeholder
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feedback, feedback from state, local and/
or Tribal agencies and implementers,
feedback from program participants, and
existing administrative data, in an
efficient and timely manner.
This new FNS-wide generic
information collection request currently
does not exist and would focus on the
following:
• Discussion groups, focus groups,
stakeholder meetings, interviews and
surveys that involve other than routine
customer feedback and may involve use
of standardized questions such as focus
group discussion guides or surveys.
These focus groups, meetings, other
stakeholder interactions, and surveys
would involve stakeholders, program
participants, and state, local and/or
Tribal agencies who would potentially
provide valuable input necessary for
planning: (a) research studies, including
program evaluations such as impact or
process evaluations; (b) regulatory
actions; (c) program changes; (d)
outreach, promotion activities and/or
training for stakeholders and program
participants; (e) guidance, technical
assistance documents, questions and
answers, to be issued by FNS; and/or (f)
other necessary program or policy
analyses. The surveys would include
both regular surveys and pulse-type
surveys. The pulse-type surveys differ
in that they would provide a real-time
and reoccurring snapshot on key issues
and give FNS an immediate stream of
data to understand current program
needs.
• This generic ICR would also
encompass the ad-hoc collection of
extant, administrative data from state,
local and/or Tribal agencies that
administer the various FNS programs
and/or demonstration projects
(including but not limited to the Food
Distribution Program on Indian
Reservation demonstration projects).
These would be data that FNS knows
are in existence and that state, local
and/or Tribal agencies regularly collect
but do not necessarily report to the
Federal level. FNS is referring to data
that are readily available for a state,
local and/or Tribal agency to provide,
but that FNS wouldn’t collect on a
regular basis.
• Information gathered could
potentially yield qualitative and/or
quantitative information and, when
appropriate, may be shared outside the
Agency (along with the context and
parameters for the subject information
collection, and excluding personally
identifiable information).
• Data gathered through this
collection will be combined with
information from many other sources
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and other inputs to inform program and
policy decision-making.
This collection allows for ongoing,
two-way collaborative and actionable
communications between the Agency
and its state, local and/or Tribal
partners, program participants, and
stakeholders. It also allows feedback to
contribute directly to the improvement
and planning of research studies,
program changes, regulatory activities,
guidance, outreach and/or training
activities. As individual collections
occur under this generic umbrella,
consideration will be given to the
appropriate data sharing, equity issues
and transparency per collection.
Most but not all generic clearances
may meet the following conditions:
• The collections are often voluntary;
• The collections are often low
burden for respondents (based on
considerations of total burden hours,
total number of respondents, or burdenhours per respondent);
• Any collection other than
administrative data may be targeted to
the solicitation of opinions from
respondents who have experience with
the program or similar programs, or may
be impacted by a program in the future;
• Personally identifiable information
(PII) is collected only to the extent
necessary and is not retained; and
• Information gathered will yield
qualitative and/or quantitative
information.
As a general matter, information
collections do not result in any new
system of records containing privacy
information and does not ask questions
of a sensitive nature, such as sexual
behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs,
and other matters that are commonly
considered private.
A variety of instruments and
platforms are used to collect
information from respondents. This
includes but is not limited to surveys,
including pulse surveys not covered
elsewhere, interviews, stakeholder
meetings, focus groups, discussion
groups, and collection of existing data
from state, local and/or Tribal agencies
via electronic or other means. The
information to be collected could focus
on a variety of Food and Nutrition
Service (FNS) programs, or portions
Number of
annual
respondents
Type of collection
Total annual
responses
Total annual
burden hours
Surveys/Pulse surveys ................................................................................................................
Focus Groups/Discussion Groups/Stakeholder Meetings/Interviews ..........................................
Administrative data collection and associated requests .............................................................
37,180
2,500
895
93,425
4,500
2,430
27,110
5,000
11,250
Total ......................................................................................................................................
40,575
100,355
43,360
Annual Reporting Burden Estimates
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thereof, including but not limited to the
National School Lunch Program (NSLP),
School Breakfast Program (SBP), Fresh
Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP),
Summer Food Service Program (SFSP),
Child and Adult Care Food Program
(CACFP), Food Distribution Program on
Indian Reservations (FDPIR),
Commodity Supplemental Food
Program (CSFP), and The Emergency
Food Assistance Program (TEFAP),
other child nutrition and food
distribution activities, the Farm to
School program, the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP),
the Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants and
Children (WIC), the WIC Farmers
Market Nutrition Program (FMNP), the
Senior Farmers Market Nutrition
Program (SFMNP), nutrition and policy
promotion, and any associated
challenges in implementing programs or
subsets of programs. The annual burden
hours requested of 43,360 are based on
the number of collections we expect to
conduct annually over the requested
period for this clearance.
Affected Public: Individuals and
households, businesses and
organizations, State, local or Tribal
government.
Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 40,575.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses per Respondent: Ranges from
1 response to 10 responses depending
on category of respondent.
Estimated Annual responses: 100,355.
Estimated time per response: Ranges
from 10 minutes per response to 10
hours per response depending on type
of collection (that is, survey, discussion
group, or administrative data collection)
and the nature of the request.
Estimated Annual Burden hours:
43,360.
In summary, the total estimated
annual burden is 43,360 hours and
100,355 responses. Thus, we are
requesting 130,080 hours for our three
year burden estimate and 301,065 total
responses for the three year approval
period. Current estimates are based on
both historical numbers of respondents
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from past projects as well as estimates
for projects to be conducted in the next
three years.
Tameka Owens,
Assistant Administrator, Food and Nutrition
Service.
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BILLING CODE 3410–30–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Determining Eligibility for
Free and Reduced Price Meals and
Free Milk
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on
this proposed information collection.
This collection is a revision of a
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currently approved collection for
determining eligibility for free and
reduced price meals and free milk as
stated in FNS regulations. These Federal
requirements affect eligibility under the
National School Lunch Program, School
Breakfast Program, and the Special Milk
Program and are also applicable to the
Child and Adult Care Food Program and
the Summer Food Service Program
when individual eligibility must be
established.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before July 7, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to:
Tina Namian, Director, School Meals
Policy Division—4th floor, Child
Nutrition Programs, Food and Nutrition
Service, 1320 Braddock Place,
Alexandria, VA 22314. Comments will
also be accepted through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal. Go to http://
www.regulations.gov, and follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments electronically.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for Office of Management and Budget
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