[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 94 (Friday, May 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26869-26870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10979]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Collection: Comment 
Request

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

Project: Evaluation of the Health Care for the Homeless Respite Pilot 
Initiative (OMB No. 0915-0269)--Extension

    The Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC), Health Resources and 
Services Administration, is conducting an extension of an evaluation of 
the Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) Respite Pilot Initiative. Data 
are being collected from the ten HCH grantees participating in the 
Pilot Initiative. The National Health Care for the Homeless Council is 
conducting the evaluation through a cooperative agreement with the 
BPHC. The evaluation focuses on assessing the effect of respite 
services on the health of homeless people as well as examining any 
differences in outcomes based on client or program characteristics. The 
evaluation is being conducted

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throughout the project period of Pilot Initiative.
    The estimated response burden is as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per      Total hour
       Type of respondents          respondents     respondent       responses       response         burden
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HCH Grantees....................              10             200            2000            0.25             500
Program data....................              10               1              10             .5                5
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    Total.......................              10  ..............            2010  ..............             505
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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 within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: May 10, 2004.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 04-10979 Filed 5-13-04; 8:45 am]
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