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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 36 / Thursday, February 25, 2021 / Notices related cases. Findings will be distributed via the APSTARC website, a technical assistance resource center for APS programs. ACL will also explore other opportunities where findings can
be shared via blogs, briefs, conference presentations and webinars.

soliciting public comments on this request. The 60-day FRN published on December 1, 2020, Vol. 85, No. 231 page 77217. There were no public comments received.

Comments in Response to the 60-Day Federal Register Notice ACL published a 60-day Federal Register Notice in the Federal Register
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of respondents
Form name
Number of responses per respondent
Total responses
Average burden per response in hours
Total burden hours
APS Administrator Interview Guide
APS Local Staff Interview Guide

12
60

1
1

12
60

.75
.75

9
45

Total

54

Dated: February 19, 2021.
Alison Barkoff, Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Public Comment Request;
Inventory of Adult Protective Services Practices and Service Innovations Administration for Community Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Administration for Community Living is announcing that the proposed collection of information listed above has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget OMB for review and clearance as required under section 506c2A of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
This 30-Day notice collects comments on the information collection requirements related to requirements related to a new information collection 0985-New Inventory of Adult Protective Services Practices and Service Innovations.

SUMMARY:

Submit written comments on the collection of information by March 29, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find the information collection by selecting Currently under 30-day ReviewOpen for Public Comments or DATES:

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by using the search function. By mail to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, New Executive Office Bldg., 725 17th St. NW, Rm. 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACL.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephanie Whittier Eliason, Administration for Community Living, Washington, DC 20201 Phone: 202
7957467, Email:
Stephanie.WhittierEliason@acl.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, ACL
has submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for review and clearance. The Administration for Community Living ACL is requesting approval for a new information collection 0985New Inventory of Adult Protective Services Practices and Service Innovations. The Elder Justice Act of 2009 requires the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to carry out a number of activities related to adult protective services APS 42 U.S.C.
1397m1, including developing and disseminating information on APS best practices and conducting research related to the provision of APS.
Furthermore, the Elder Justice Coordinating Council included as its third recommendation for increasing federal involvement in addressing elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation:
develop a national APS system based upon standardized data collection and a core set of service provision standards and best practices.
Background The Administration for Community Living ACL in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HHS
plans to initiate an Inventory of Adult Protective Services Practices and Service Innovations APS Practice Survey in early 2021. Under a contract
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with ACL, the National Adult Protective Services Technical Assistance Resource Center APS TARC is conducting a national program evaluation of APS
programs. As part of this evaluation, the APS Practice Survey will identify barriers to meeting policy mandates, and practice innovations and model programs that address such barriers and community-identified needs. It also seeks to identify practice variations in the way APS programs serve older adults and adults with disabilities. The results of the survey will serve to advance the field of APS and will be useful to many audiences. It will provide baseline information regarding the status of APS programs and services, and the resulting information will help states and territories compare their program characteristics with those of other states and territories. The survey will provide a context for other researchers examining APS programs. It will inform ACLs efforts to support improvement of APS programs through activities such as innovation grants.
Finally, it will inform the APS TARC
teams efforts to develop resources to enhance APS programs around the country. This survey has been developed to gather information on APS
practices that is not available from other sources. As part of the National Adult Maltreatment Reporting System NAMRS, ACL collects descriptive data on state and territory agency policies through the Agency Component of that data collection.
Therefore, the proposed survey will not collect any background policy or data items. As part of the APS Program Evaluation, the APS TARC also conducted a detailed examination of state APS policies through development of individual state policy profiles. The profiles were based exclusively on extant information sources obtained without additional data requests from
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