[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 202 (Thursday, October 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 61780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17424]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-0304; 30 day notice]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), 
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following 
summary of a proposed collection for public comment. Interested persons 
are invited to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any 
other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the 
following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed 
information collection for the proper performance of the agency's 
functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection 
burden.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Regular Clearance, 
Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Title of Information Collection: National Outcomes Performance 
Assessment of the Collaborative Initiative to Help End Chronic 
Homelessness.
    Form/OMB No.: OS-0990-0304.
    Use: The goals of this 3-year program for persons experiencing 
chronic homelessness include: (1) Increase the effectiveness of 
integrated systems of care for chronically homeless persons by 
providing comprehensive services and treatment and linking them to 
housing; (2) create additional permanent housing for chronically 
homeless persons; (3) increase the use of underused mainstream 
resources that pay for services and treatment for chronically homeless 
persons (e.g., Medicaid, TANF, Food Stamps, block grants, state-funded 
children's health insurance programs); (4) replicate service, 
treatment, and housing models known to be effective based on sound 
evidence; and, (5) support the development of infrastructures that 
sustain the housing, services, treatments, and inter-organizational 
partnerships beyond the 3-year Initiative.
    Frequency: Reporting, on occasion, quarterly, annually.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Annual Number of Respondents: 723.
    Total Annual Responses: 1857.
    Average Burden per Response: .9.
    Total Annual Hours: 1857.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access the HHS 
Web site address at http://www.hhs.gov/ocio/infocollect/pending/ or e-
mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, 
and OS document identifier, to [email protected], or call 
the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be 
received within 30 days of this notice directly to the Desk Officer at 
the address below: OMB Desk Officer: John Kraemer, OMB Human Resources 
and Housing Branch, Attention: (OMB 0990-0304), New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10235, Washington DC 20503.

    Dated: October 11, 2006.
Alice Bettencourt,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-17424 Filed 10-18-06; 8:45 am]
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