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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 36 / Thursday, February 25, 2021 / Notices
Community Living first developed a State Program Report SPR in 1996 as part of its National Aging Program Information System NAPIS. The SPR
collects information about the national Aging Network, how State Agencies on Aging expend their OAA funds as well as funding from other sources for OAA
authorized supportive services. The SPR
also collects information on the demographic and functional status of the recipients, and is a key source for ACL performance measurement. This previously approved New SPR was a
revision of the currently active version effective 20192022 and was approved on 2018, also assigned with the same OMB Control Number 09850001. This previously approved collection reduces the number of data elements reported by 70% compared to the 20192022 SPR.
ACL intends to seek a new OMB
Control Number for the for the new SPR
effective FY 20222025. This request applies only to making an administrative change to the 2018
approved version of the State Performance Report for State Units on Number of respondents
Respondent/data collection activity
Aging Older Americans Act Titles III
and VII Chapters 3 and 4 new SPR.
ACL intends to use this proposed data to collect information with the FY 2022
reporting year.
To view and comment on this information collection please visit Administration for Community Living public input page: https acl.gov/aboutacl/public-input.
Estimated Program Burden: ACL
estimates an annual burden of 1,876
hours:
Responses per respondent
Hours per response
Annual burden hours
SPR

56

1

33.5

1,876

Total

56

1

33.5

1,876

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 OMB No. 09850067

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Public Comment Request; The Study on the Impact of COVID19 on Adult Protective Service APS
Programs 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 the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This 30-Day notice collects comments on the information collection requirements related to requirements related to the extension with change to the Study on the impact of COVID19 on Adult Protective Service APS Programs.
DATES: 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 SUMMARY:

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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 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.
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 requests an extension with change to the approved data collection for a study on the impact of COVID19
on Adult Protective Service APS
Programs OMB 09850067. Some elder advocates and law enforcement officers believe that the opioid epidemic is contributing to the increase in elder abuse.1 Even during the COVID19
epidemic, regular press, briefs and editorials continue to report that the opioid abuse is still rising. Aging services and APS networks are likely to deal with more complex clients with opioid-related issues, placing enormous pressure on health care systems, emergency response services, law SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1 Benson, W.F; Aldrich, N. Raising Awareness and Seeking Solutions to the Opioid Epidemics Impact on Rural Older Adults.

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enforcement and other community services.2 3 4
In the context of COVID19, we need to make extra efforts to look at these challenges and look for ways to effectively meet the needs of these clients. The purpose of this 7-month study is to understand the nature, extent, and impact of opioids on older adults and their families by interviewing APS staff. The study will look magnitude and characteristics of these cases. It will look at what investigative methods and challenges are specific to opioid cases. Because of the COVID19 pandemic, attention will also be made to the effects of pandemic on client circumstances, service gaps and needs, and outcomes. These are the objectives of the study:
Identify the scope and characteristics of APS caseloads involving opioid abuse before and during COVID19
Identify investigative methods used and challenges to using these methods Identify interventions used and challenges to implementing these interventions Identify additional services needed Identify challenges that are particular to the COVID19 pandemic Assist ACL and other federal partners in targeting needed resources to have the highest impact Findings from this important study will shed light on what and how to improve APS responses to opioid2 Blog Post March 4, 2019: https
eldermistreatment.usc.edu/opioids-and-elderabuse-a-disquieting-connection/.
3 Washington Post Article June 17, 2019: https
www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/06/17/
how-opioid-crisis-is-leading-elder-financial-abuse/
?utm_term=.594b4dd84d9d.
4 https eldermistreatment.usc.edu/missourisaps-response-to-the-opioid-crisis/.

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