83 FR 51689 - Solicitation for Nominations To Serve on the Advisory Council To Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 198 (October 12, 2018)
Administration for Community Living
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 198 (October 12, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-22269 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 198 (Friday, October 12, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 51689-51690] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-22269] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Administration for Community Living Solicitation for Nominations To Serve on the Advisory Council To Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Secretary of Health & Human Services (Secretary) seeks nominations for grandparents who are raising grandchildren and older relatives who are caring for children to serve on the Advisory Council to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. DATES: Nominations must be submitted by Monday December 3, 2018. (Nominations submitted via mail must be postmarked by Monday December 3, 2018.) ADDRESSES: Nominations, including attachments, may be submitted as follows: (1) Email: Send to: [email protected] (include the name of the nominee in the subject line) (2) Mail or express delivery: Submit materials to: Advisory Council to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Administration for Community Living, 330 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20201. For questions, contact Whitney Bailey at [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The number of grandparents and other older relatives who are caring for children is significant and growing, in part due to the opioid crisis. Although caregivers' lives are enhanced by the experience, providing full-time care to children can decrease caregivers' abilities to address their own health and well-being needs. Recognizing that these caregivers would benefit from improved coordination of resources intended to support them, as well as better dissemination of information about those resources, the Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act (Pub. L. 115-196) established an Advisory Council to [[Page 51690]] Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren The Advisory Council will identify, promote, coordinate, and disseminate to the public information, resources, and the best practices available to help grandparents and other older relatives both meet the needs of the children in their care; and maintain their own physical and mental health and emotional well-being. The Advisory Council is specifically directed to consider the needs of those affected by the opioid crisis, as well as the needs of members of Native American Tribes. The Department of Health and Human Services is the lead agency, and within it, the Administration for Community Living has been designated to execute its responsibilities. Membership The Advisory Council will include the following (or their designees): The Secretary of Health and Human Services; the Secretary of Education; the Administrator of the Administration for Community Living (ACL); the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use; the Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families; and, as appropriate, the heads of other federal departments or agencies with responsibilities related to current issues affecting grandparents or other older relatives raising children. The Advisory Council also must include at least one grandparent who is raising a grandchild, and at least one older relative caring for children. Report Requirements: The Advisory Council will develop a report that includes best practices, resources, and other useful information for grandparents and other older relatives raising children (including information related to the needs of children impacted by the opioid epidemic); an identification of gaps in such information and resources; and, where applicable, identification of any additional federal legislative authorities necessary to implement. This report will be provided to the Secretary, Congress, and the state agencies responsible for carrying out family caregiver programs. The initial report will be submitted within six months, with an update submitted within two years. The Advisory Council will establish a process for obtaining public input to inform the development of both the initial report and the subsequent update. Nomination Process: Any person or organization may nominate one or more qualified grandparents raising grandchildren and/or older relative caregivers of children for membership on the Advisory Committee. ACL also welcomes nominations of others who may be able to provide subject matter expertise or technical contributions to the Advisory Council. This may include (but is not limited to) professionals in academia, providers of supportive services, mental/behavioral health experts, legal and financial service providers, and others who serve these populations. Nomination packages must include: (1) A nomination letter not to exceed one (1) page that provides the reason(s) for nominating the individual, and a description of their relevant experience and/or professional expertise; (2) Contact information for the nominee (name, title (if applicable), address, phone, and email address); and (3) The nominee's resume (not to exceed two (2) pages), if the nomination is based on their professional capacity. For all others, a resume or a written summary of qualifications and life experience (not to exceed two (2) pages) may be submitted, but is not required. Nominees will be appointed based on their demonstrated knowledge, qualifications, and professional or personal experience related to the purpose and scope of the Advisory Council. Members will be appointed for the full life of the Advisory Council, which will sunset in January 2021. Members appointed to fill subsequent vacancies will be appointed for the remainder of the life of the Advisory Council. Dated: October 5, 2018. Lance Robertson, Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging. [FR Doc. 2018-22269 Filed 10-11-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4154-01-P
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid how family caregiving impacts vacancies will be appointed for the
Services (or the Administrator’s Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal remainder of the life of the Advisory
designee); the Administrator of the programs. The initial report will be used Council.
Administration for Community Living by the U.S. Department of Health and Dated: October 4, 2018.
(or the Administrator’s designee who Human Services to inform the Lance Robertson,
has experience with both aging and development of a national family
Administrator and Assistant Secretary for
disability); and the Secretary of Veterans caregiving strategy (the strategy), which Aging.
Affairs (or the Secretary’s designee). will be updated biennially. To that end,
[FR Doc. 2018–22268 Filed 10–11–18; 8:45 am]
Heads of other federal departments or the Advisory Council shall recommend
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agencies (or their designees) also may be actions that may be taken by the federal
appointed as ex officio members. In government (under existing programs),
addition, the Secretary will appoint a state and local governments, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
maximum of fifteen voting members communities, health care providers, HUMAN SERVICES
with at least one from each of the long-term services and supports
following constituencies: family providers, and others to recognize and Administration for Community Living
caregivers; older adults who need long- support family caregivers in a manner
term services and supports; individuals that reflects their diverse needs. Once Solicitation for Nominations To Serve
with disabilities; health care and social the strategy has been published, the on the Advisory Council To Support
service providers; providers of long- Advisory Council will support the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
term services and supports; employers; preparation of biennial updates, which
paraprofessional workers; state and will include: new developments, AGENCY: Administration for Community
local officials; accreditation bodies; challenges, opportunities, and solutions; Living, HHS.
veterans; and as appropriate, other as well as recommendations for priority ACTION: Notice.
experts and advocacy organizations actions to improve the implementation
SUMMARY: The Secretary of Health &
engaged in family caregiving. The of the strategy, as appropriate. In
Human Services (Secretary) seeks
membership of the Advisory Council addition, the Advisory Council will
nominations for grandparents who are
will reflect the diversity of family submit an annual report on the
raising grandchildren and older
caregivers and individuals receiving development, maintenance, and
relatives who are caring for children to
services and supports. updating of the strategy. The report will
serve on the Advisory Council to
Advisory Council Responsibilities: include a description of the
Support Grandparents Raising
The Advisory Council is required to implementation of the actions
Grandchildren.
meet quarterly during its first year and recommended in the initial report, as
at least three times each year thereafter. appropriate. This report will be DATES: Nominations must be submitted
Meetings will be open to the public. provided to the Secretary, Congress, and by Monday December 3, 2018.
Advisory Council members will be the state agencies responsible for (Nominations submitted via mail must
expected to meaningfully and carrying out family caregiver programs. be postmarked by Monday December 3,
substantively participate in at least one The completion of all described 2018.)
subcommittee, which will meet activities is dependent upon the ADDRESSES: Nominations, including
periodically between meetings of the identification of federal funding that can attachments, may be submitted as
full Advisory Council. Within 12 be utilized for the purposes of carrying follows:
months, the Advisory Council will out the legislation. (1) Email: Send to: SGRG.Act@
develop an initial report that includes: Nomination Process: Any person or acl.hhs.gov (include the name of the
(a) An inventory and assessment of all organization may nominate one or more nominee in the subject line)
federally funded efforts to recognize and qualified individuals for membership. (2) Mail or express delivery: Submit
support family caregivers and the Nomination packages must include: (1) materials to: Advisory Council to
outcomes of such efforts, including A nomination letter not to exceed one Support Grandparents Raising
analyses of the extent to which federally (1) page that provides the reason(s) for Grandchildren, Administration for
funded efforts are reaching family nominating the individual, the Community Living, 330 C Street SW,
caregivers and gaps in such efforts; (b) constituency they represent (from the Washington, DC 20201.
Recommendations to improve and better list above; may be more than one), and For questions, contact Whitney Bailey
coordinate federal programs and the nominee’s particular relevant at Whitney.Bailey@acl.hhs.gov.
activities to recognize and support experience and/or professional SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
family caregivers, as well as expertise; (2) Contact information for number of grandparents and other older
opportunities to improve the the nominee (name, title (if applicable), relatives who are caring for children is
coordination of federal and state address, phone, and email address); and significant and growing, in part due to
programs and activities; (c) (3) The nominee’s resume (not to exceed the opioid crisis. Although caregivers’
Recommendations to effectively deliver two (2) pages), if the nomination is lives are enhanced by the experience,
services based on the performance, based on their professional capacity or providing full-time care to children can
mission, and purpose of a program, qualifications. A resume is optional decrease caregivers’ abilities to address
while eliminating redundancies, otherwise. Nominees will be appointed their own health and well-being needs.
avoiding unnecessary duplication and based on their demonstrated knowledge, Recognizing that these caregivers would
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overlap, and ensuring the needs of qualifications, and professional or benefit from improved coordination of
family caregivers are met; (d) personal experience related to the resources intended to support them, as
Identification of challenges faced by purpose and scope of the Advisory well as better dissemination of
family caregivers, including financial, Council. Members will be appointed for information about those resources, the
health, and other challenges, and the full life of the Advisory Council, Supporting Grandparents Raising
existing approaches to address such which will sunset in January 2021. Grandchildren Act (Pub. L. 115–196)
challenges; and (e) An evaluation of Members appointed to fill subsequent established an Advisory Council to
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Support Grandparents Raising welcomes nominations of others who Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
Grandchildren The Advisory Council may be able to provide subject matter 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are
will identify, promote, coordinate, and expertise or technical contributions to required to publish a notice in the
disseminate to the public information, the Advisory Council. This may include Federal Register concerning each
resources, and the best practices (but is not limited to) professionals in proposed collection of information,
available to help grandparents and other academia, providers of supportive including each proposed extension of an
older relatives both meet the needs of services, mental/behavioral health existing collection of information, and
the children in their care; and maintain experts, legal and financial service to allow 60 days for public comment in
their own physical and mental health providers, and others who serve these response to the notice.
and emotional well-being. The Advisory populations. Nomination packages must This notice seeks to collect comments
Council is specifically directed to include: (1) A nomination letter not to on the proposed new data collection
consider the needs of those affected by exceed one (1) page that provides the (ICR New), which will replace four
the opioid crisis, as well as the needs of reason(s) for nominating the individual, existing Protection and Advocacy
members of Native American Tribes. and a description of their relevant Program Performance Reports and other
The Department of Health and Human experience and/or professional revisions. The four annual reports
Services is the lead agency, and within expertise; (2) Contact information for include the following: (1)
it, the Administration for Community the nominee (name, title (if applicable), Developmental Disabilities Protection
Living has been designated to execute address, phone, and email address); and and Advocacy Systems Program
its responsibilities. (3) The nominee’s resume (not to exceed Performance Report (0985–0027), (2)
Membership two (2) pages), if the nomination is Protection and Advocacy for Assistive
based on their professional capacity. For Technology (PAAT) Program
The Advisory Council will include all others, a resume or a written Performance Report (0985–0046); (3)
the following (or their designees): The
summary of qualifications and life Protection and Advocacy Voting Access
Secretary of Health and Human
experience (not to exceed two (2) pages) Annual Report (Help America Vote Act)
Services; the Secretary of Education; the
may be submitted, but is not required. (HAVA) (0985–0028); and (4) Protection
Administrator of the Administration for
Nominees will be appointed based on and Advocacy for Traumatic Brain
Community Living (ACL); the Assistant
their demonstrated knowledge, Injury (PATBI) Program Performance
Secretary for Mental Health and
qualifications, and professional or Report (0985–0058).
Substance Use; the Assistant Secretary
personal experience related to the State Protection and Advocacy (P&A)
for the Administration for Children and
purpose and scope of the Advisory Systems in each State and Territory
Families; and, as appropriate, the heads
Council. Members will be appointed for provide individual legal advocacy,
of other federal departments or agencies
with responsibilities related to current the full life of the Advisory Council, systemic advocacy, monitoring and
issues affecting grandparents or other which will sunset in January 2021. investigations to protect and advance
older relatives raising children. The Members appointed to fill subsequent the rights of people with developmental
Advisory Council also must include at vacancies will be appointed for the disabilities, using funding administered
least one grandparent who is raising a remainder of the life of the Advisory by the Administration on Intellectual
grandchild, and at least one older Council. and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD),
relative caring for children. Dated: October 5, 2018. Administration on Disabilities,
Report Requirements: The Advisory Lance Robertson, Administration for Community Living,
Council will develop a report that Administrator and Assistant Secretary for HHS. To meet statutory reporting
includes best practices, resources, and Aging. requirements, P&As have used four
other useful information for [FR Doc. 2018–22269 Filed 10–11–18; 8:45 am] separate forms for submitting annual
grandparents and other older relatives BILLING CODE 4154–01–P
reports. It is proposed that the four
raising children (including information forms be combined by creating the One
related to the needs of children Protection and Advocacy Annual
impacted by the opioid epidemic); an DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Program Performance Report form. Once
identification of gaps in such HUMAN SERVICES the four program performance reports
information and resources; and, where are combined, the current OMB
applicable, identification of any Administration on Community Living approval numbers for each report will
additional federal legislative authorities be retired, and a new approval number
necessary to implement. This report will Agency Information Collection will be created for the One Protection
be provided to the Secretary, Congress, Activity; Proposed Collection: Public and Advocacy Program Performance
and the state agencies responsible for Comment Request; One Protection and Report.
carrying out family caregiver programs. Advocacy Annual Program
Performance Report DATES: Comments on the proposed
The initial report will be submitted collection of information must be
within six months, with an update AGENCY: Office of Program Support, submitted electronically by 11:59 p.m.
submitted within two years. The Administration on Intellectual and (EST) on December 11, 2018.
Advisory Council will establish a Developmental Disabilities,
process for obtaining public input to ADDRESSES: Submit electronic
Administration on Disabilities,
inform the development of both the comments on the collection of
Administration for Community Living,
information by email to: Clare.Huerta@
khammond on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES
initial report and the subsequent HHS.
update. acl.hhs.gov.
ACTION: Notice.
Nomination Process: Any person or FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
organization may nominate one or more SUMMARY: The Administration for Clare Huerta, Administration for
qualified grandparents raising Community Living (ACL) is announcing Community Living, Administration on
grandchildren and/or older relative an opportunity for the public to Intellectual and Developmental
caregivers of children for membership comment on the proposed new data Disabilities, Office of Program Support,
on the Advisory Committee. ACL also collection (ICR New) listed above. 330 C Street SW, Washington, DC
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