[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 233 (Thursday, December 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 67859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30142]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4815-N-99]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB: 
Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency (ROSS) Grant Program

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department 
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
    Applicants for ROSS grant funds submit applications for the 
following grant categories: Resident Service Delivery Models-Family, 
Resident Service Delivery Models-Elderly/Persons with Disabilities, 
Homeownership Supportive Services, and Neighborhood Networks, and for 
one additional funding category: Family Self-Sufficiency for Public 
Housing. Applicants describe the activities they will undertake; 
provide a work plan with a timeline for their activities; indicate 
their expected outputs and outcomes; provide a budget; and indicate, in 
the case of nonprofit applicants, which resident groups support their 
application (per Congressional statute).

DATES: Comments Due Date: January 5, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and OMB 
approval number (2577-0229) and should be sent to: Lauren Wittenberg, 
OMB Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; Fax number (202) 395-
6974; e-mail [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Eddins, Reports Management 
Officer, AYO, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail [email protected]; 
telephone (202) 708-2374. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of the 
proposed forms and other available documents submitted to OMB may be 
obtained from Mr. Eddins or on HUD's Web site at http://www5.hud.gov:63001/po/i/icbts/collectionsearch.cfm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department has submitted the proposal 
for the collection of information, as described below, to OMB for 
review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 
35). The notice lists the following information: (1) The title of the 
information collection proposal; (2) the office of the agency to 
collect the information; (3) the OMB approval number, if applicable; 
(4) the description of the need for the information and its proposed 
use; (5) the agency form number, if applicable; (6) what members of the 
public will be affected by the proposal; (7) how frequently information 
submissions will be required; (8) an estimate of the total number of 
hours needed to prepare the information submission including number of 
respondents, frequency of response, and hours of response; (9) whether 
the proposal is new, an extension, reinstatement, or revision of an 
information collection requirement; and (10) the name and telephone 
number of an agency official familiar with the proposal and of the OMB 
Desk Officer for the Department.
    This notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency 
(ROSS) Grant Program.
    OMB Approval Number: 2577-0229.
    Form Numbers: HUD-52751, HUD-52752, HUD-52753, HUD-52754, HUD-
52755, HUD-52756, HUD-52757, HUD-52758, HUD-52759, HUD-52760, HUD-
52761, HUD-52762, HUD-52763, HUD-52764, HUD-52765, HUD-52766, HUD-
52767, HUD-52768.
    Description of the Need for the Information and its Proposed Use: 
Applicants for ROSS grant funds submit applications for the following 
grant categories: Resident Service Delivery Models-Family, Resident 
Service Delivery Models-Elderly/Persons with Disabilities, 
Homeownership Supportive Services, and Neighborhood Networks, and for 
one additional funding category: Family Self-Sufficiency for Public 
Housing. Applicants describe the activities they will undertake; 
provide a work plan with a timeline for their activities; indicate 
their expected outputs and outcomes; provide a budget; and indicate, in 
the case of nonprofit applicants, which resident groups support their 
application (per Congressional statute).
    Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions, State, local or tribal 
government.
    Frequency of Submission: On occasion.

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                                         Number of          Annual             Hours per
                                        respondents       responses      x      response      =    Burden hours
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Reporting Burden....................             850              850   ..             254   ..         215,900
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    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 215,900.
    Status: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 
U.S.C. 35, as amended.

    Dated: November 28, 2003.
Wayne Eddins,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-30142 Filed 12-3-03; 8:45 am]
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