[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 82 (Friday, April 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21161-21162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10529]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call 
the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1891.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 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 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (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.

Proposed Project: Evaluation of the Health Care for the Homeless 
Respite Pilot Initiative--New

    The Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC), Health Resources Services 
Administration (HRSA), proposes to conduct an evaluation of the Health 
Care for the Homeless (HCH) Respite Pilot Initiative. Data will be 
collected from the ten HCH grantees participating in the Pilot 
Initiative. The evaluation will be developed and conducted by the 
National Health Care for the Homeless Council through a cooperative 
agreement with the BPHC. The focus of the evaluation will be on 
assessing the effect of respite services on the health of homeless 
people as well as looking at any differences in outcomes based on 
client or program characteristics. The evaluation will be conducted 
throughout the three-year period of the Pilot Initiative.
    The estimated response burden is as follows:

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                                                 Number of       Response per      Hours per        Total hour
             Type of  respondent                respondents      respondents        response          burden
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HCH Grantees................................              10              600             0.25             1500
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received on or before June 26, 
2001.

    Dated: April 23, 2001.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 01-10529 Filed 4-26-01; 8:45 am]
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