Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; AmeriCorps State and National Application Instructions
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as AmeriCorps) is proposing to renew an information collect...
Notice of Information Collection; request for comment.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as AmeriCorps) is proposing to renew an information collection for all AmeriCorps application instructions, including State, National Direct, State Education Award Program, Direct Education Award Program, National Professional Corps, Indian Tribes, States & Territories.
( printed page 35673)
DATES:
Written comments must be submitted to the individual and office listed in the
ADDRESSES
section by August 11, 2026.
ADDRESSES:
You may submit comments, identified by the title of the information collection activity, by any of the following methods:
(2)
By mail sent to:
AmeriCorps, Attention: Colleen Holohan, AmeriCorps, 250 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20525.
(3) By hand delivery or by courier to the AmeriCorps mailroom at the mail address given in paragraph (2) above, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Comments submitted in response to this notice may be made available to the public through
regulations.gov. For this reason, please do not include in your comments information of a confidential nature, such as sensitive personal information or proprietary information. If you send an email comment, your email address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the internet. Please note that responses to this public comment request containing any routine notice about the confidentiality of the communication will be treated as public comment that may be made available to the public, notwithstanding the inclusion of the routine notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Colleen Holohan, Acting Deputy Director, AmeriCorps State and National, 202-606-6656, or by email at
cholohan@americorps.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection:
AmeriCorps State and National Application Instructions.
OMB Control Number:
3045-0047.
Type of Review:
Revision.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Businesses and organizations, and State, local, or Tribal governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses:
450.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours:
18,000.
Abstract:
The application instructions conform to AmeriCorps' online grant application system, eGrants, which applicants must use to respond to AmeriCorps Notices of Funding Opportunities. AmeriCorps is seeking to revise the application instructions to address how unexpended funds are handled (see Carry Forward Funding section in Continuations); remove the fixed percentage rate method as an option for calculating administrative/indirect costs for cost-reimbursement grants (see Attachment B of the form); update the
de minimis
indirect cost rate; add a new Attachment I: State Commission Recommendation and Ranking Guidance; add clarifying language (
e.g.,
identifying the hours for a full Member Service Year (MSY); and reflect regulatory changes since the last renewal, including, for example, updating the match requirements and updating terminology. AmeriCorps also seeks to continue using the currently approved information collection until the revised information collection is approved by OMB. The currently approved information collection is due to expire on September 30, 2026.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information. All written comments will be available for public inspection on
regulations.gov.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 35672
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; AmeriCorps State and National Application Instructions,” thefederalregister.org (June 12, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-11887/agency-information-collection-activities-comment-request-americorps-state-and-national-application-instructions.