[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 57491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-23575]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5376-N-87]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; 
Emergency Comment Request; Family Unification Program

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended). The 
Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal, to 
assure better understanding of the reporting requirements and 
consistency in the submission of data.
    Public Housing Agencies (PHA) application for funding of new 
Housing Choice Vouchers to promote family unification. The Family 
Unification Program (FUP) is a program under which vouchers are 
provided to families for whom the lack of adequate housing is a primary 
factor in the imminent placement of the family's child, or children, in 
out-of-home care; or the delay in the discharge of the child, or 
children, to the family from out-of-home care. Youths at least 18 years 
old and not more than 21 years old (have not reached 22nd birthday) who 
left foster care at age 16 or older and who do not have adequate 
housing are also eligible to receive housing assistance under the FUP. 
A FUP voucher issued to such a youth may only be used to provide 
housing assistance for the youth for a maximum of 18 months.

DATES: Comments Due Date: September 28, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments must be received within seven (7) days from the 
date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/or 
OMB approval number and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503; e-mail: ORA--Submission @sombrero; fax: (202)395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leroy McKinney, Jr., Departmental 
Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 4178, Washington, DC 20410-5000; 
telephone 202-402-5564 (this is not a toll-free number) or e-mail Mr. 
McKinney at [email protected] for a copy of the proposed forms, 
or other available information. Copies of available documents submitted 
to OMB may be obtained from Mr. McKinney.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice informs the public that the U.S. 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB, 
for emergency processing, a proposed information collection that 
supports Family Unification Program (FUP).
    Title of Proposed Notice: Family Unification Program (FUP).
    Description of Information Collection: Public Housing Agencies 
(PHA) application for funding of new Housing Choice Vouchers to promote 
family unification. The Family Unification Program (FUP) is a program 
under which vouchers are provided to families for whom the lack of 
adequate housing is a primary factor in the imminent placement of the 
family's child, or children, in out-of-home care; or the delay in the 
discharge of the child, or children, to the family from out-of-home 
care. Youths at least 18 years old and not more than 21 years old (have 
not reached 22nd birthday) who left foster care at age 16 or older and 
who do not have adequate housing are also eligible to receive housing 
assistance under the FUP. A FUP voucher issued to such a youth may only 
be used to provide housing assistance for the youth for a maximum of 18 
months.
    OMB Control Number: 2577-0259.
    Agency Form Number: (SF424, SF LLL, HUD-96011, HUD-2993, HUD-96010, 
HUD-50058, HUD 2880, HUD-2991, HUD-2990.)
    Members of Affected Public: Public housing authorities, Public 
Child Welfare Agencies.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
responses, and hours of responses: Burden hours per response: 27.27 
hours. The total burden hours, estimating 265 respondents applicants 
and 42 successful applicants is 5811 hours.
    Status of the proposed information collection: This is a revision 
to a exiting information collection.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: September 14, 2010.
Leroy McKinney, Jr.,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-23575 Filed 9-20-10; 8:45 am]
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