Pilot Study of Participant Outcomes Survey for the Creative Forces®: NEA Military Healing Arts Network Community Arts Engagement Grant Program

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form 3 Program Leader Debrief Interview Protocol	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Repair queued
Form 3 Creative Forces Community Engagement Program Program Leader Debrief Interview Protocol	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Missing upstream
Form 2 Creative Forces Community Engagement Program Participant Outcome Survey	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form 1 Enrollment Form	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Form 1 Creative Forces Community Engagement Program Enrollment Form	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Repair queued
Non-substantive change request.pdf	Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	Uploaded 2025-02-25	Available
Non-substantive change request.pdf	Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	Uploaded 2025-02-25	Repair queued
Part A CF Participant Outcomes Survey Pilot_update.pdf	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2025-03-03	Available
Part A CF Participant Outcomes Survey Pilot_Sept 30.pdf	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2022-10-04	Repair queued
Attachment B CF Participant Outcomes Survey Source Scales.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2022-07-06	Repair queued
Attachment B CF Participant Outcomes Survey Source Scales.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2022-07-06	Repair queued
Part B_CF CE Participant Outcomes Survey Pilot_update.pdf	Supporting Statement B	Uploaded 2025-03-03	Available
Part B_CF CE Participant Outcomes Survey Pilot_Sept 30.pdf	Supporting Statement B	Uploaded 2022-10-04	Repair queued

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
254510	Creative Forces Community Engagement Program Program Leader Debrief Interview Protocol	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Program Leader Debrief Interview Protocol
254510	Creative Forces Community Engagement Program Program Leader Debrief Interview Protocol	Form and Instruction	Unchanged
254509	Creative Forces Community Engagement Program Participant Outcome Survey	Form and Instruction	Modified
254509	Creative Forces Community Engagement Program Participant Outcome Survey		Modified
254508	Creative Forces Community Engagement Program Enrollment Form	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Enrollment Form
254508	Creative Forces Community Engagement Program Enrollment Form	Form and Instruction	Unchanged

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 3135-0146	ICR Reference No: 202502-3135-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202207-3135-001
Agency/Subagency: NEA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Pilot Study of Participant Outcomes Survey for the Creative Forces®: NEA Military Healing Arts Network Community Arts Engagement Grant Program
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 06/26/2025
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/25/2025
Terms of Clearance:

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	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2025	10/31/2025	10/31/2025
Responses	1,060	0	1,060
Time Burden (Hours)	199	0	199
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: This is a request for clearance for the NEA to conduct a pilot test of the Participant Outcomes Survey to assess individual-level outcomes associated with the Creative Forces®: NEA Military Healing Arts Network Community Engagement Grant Program (http://www.maaa.org/creativeforces/). This is a new data collection request, and the data to be collected are not available elsewhere unless collected through this information collection. The pilot study will enable the NEA to test and refine the survey’s methodology for assessing outcomes and the administration process. The Creative Forces®: NEA Military Healing Arts Network seeks to improve the health, well-being, and quality of life for military and veteran populations exposed to trauma, and for their families and caregivers through clinical and non-clinical programs (https://www.arts.gov/initiatives/creative-forces). Creative Forces is funded through Congressional appropriation. The Congressional Committee on Appropriation “supports the NEA’s continued efforts to expand upon this successful program to embed Creative Arts Therapies at the core of integrative care efforts in clinical settings, advance collaboration among clinical and community arts providers to support wellness and reintegration efforts for affected families, and advance research to improve our understanding of impacts of these interventions in both clinical and community settings.” Beginning in 2022, Creative Forces will award Community Engagement Grants to support non-clinical arts engagement programming for military-connected populations through matching grants of $10,000 to $50,000 for emerging (“Emerging”) and established (“Advanced”) community-based arts engagement projects to serve military-connected populations. The NEA anticipates awarding approximately 30 awards annually, with the first round of grant-funded projects taking place after July 1, 2022. The grant program will support a range of program models (e.g., ongoing class, drop-in studio, single event) designed to meet local needs. The grant program will be the largest coordinated effort in the U.S. to provide community arts engagement programming for military and veteran populations exposed to trauma, and for their families and caregivers. The Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant Program is conducted in partnership with Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA). The purpose of the Participant Outcomes Survey is to determine the impact of the Community Engagement Grant Program by measuring the extent of change over time (pre-to-post) in the four participant outcomes and to inform ongoing program improvement. Through this pilot test of the survey, the NEA will evaluate the effectiveness of the survey instrument and the administration process during the first cycle of the grant program. The data collection activities are planned for January through June 2023. A regular Paperwork Reduction Act clearance package will be submitted in Fiscal Year 2023 for a Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant Program evaluation study that utilizes this survey instrument.

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Authorizing Statute(s): None

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	86 FR 41102	07/30/2021
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 40555	07/07/2022
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 3

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IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Creative Forces Community Engagement Program Enrollment Form	1	Enrollment Form
Creative Forces Community Engagement Program Participant Outcome Survey	2
Creative Forces Community Engagement Program Program Leader Debrief Interview Protocol	3	Program Leader Debrief Interview Protocol

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ICR Summary of Burden

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	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	1,060	1,060	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	199	199	0	0	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $75,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 02/25/2025

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