[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 15 (Thursday, January 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3849-3850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01348]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5752-N-07]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: The Impact of 
Housing and Services Interventions on Homeless Families-36-Month 
Follow-Up Data Collection

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the proposed information collection 
requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The 
purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public 
comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: February 24, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
Control Number and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503; fax: 202-395-5806. Email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-3400. Persons with hearing 
or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the 
toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. This is not a toll-
free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be 
obtained from Ms. Pollard.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD has 
submitted to OMB a request for approval of the information collection 
described in Section A. The Federal Register notice that solicited 
public comment on the information collection for a period of 60 days 
was published on September 16, 2013.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: The Impact of Housing and Services 
Interventions on Homeless Families-36-month Follow-up Data Collection.
    OMB Approval Number: 2528-0259.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: None.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
36-Month Head of Household Follow-up Survey Instrument and the 36-Month 
Child Data Collection Instruments will support the collection of data 
from families enrolled in the Family Options Study. The Family Options 
Study, formerly referred to as The Impact of Housing and Services 
Interventions on Homeless Families, was launched by HUD in 2008 in 
response to Senate Report 109-109 for the FY 2006 Transportation, 
Treasury, the Judiciary, Housing and Urban Development and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Bill, which directed the HUD to ``undertake 
research to ascertain the impact of various service and housing 
interventions in ending homelessness for families.'' The Family Options 
Study is comparing several combinations of housing assistance and 
services in a rigorous, multi-site experiment to determine which 
interventions work best to promote housing stability, family 
preservation, child well-being, adult well-being, and self-sufficiency. 
Between 2010 and 2012, over 2,300 families in twelve communities 
enrolled in the study. Prior rounds of data collection from the adult 
head of household have been conducted at the point of study enrollment/
random assignment, and eighteen (18) months following the date of study 
enrollment/random assignment. Extensive data collection from a sample 
of children within study families has also been conducted by the 
research team with funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National 
Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). This next 
phase of data collection in the Family Options Study will support the 
continued collection of data from study families 36 months following 
the date of study enrollment/random assignment. Given the length of 
time which families are eligible to remain in the interventions being 
tested (one of the four interventions being studied can serve families 
for up to 18-months, and a second can serve families for up to 24 
months), this final wave of data is critical to understanding how 
families fare after an intervention ends, and whether the same 
interventions that are effective in the short-term (18 months), are 
also effective in the longer-term (36 months).
    Respondents (i.e. affected public): Study households.
    Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection, including the number of respondents, frequency 
of response, and hours of responses:

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                                                                   Average time
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             Form                  Respondent        Number of       (minimum,       Frequency     Total burden
                                     sample         respondents     maximum) in                       (hours)
                                                                      minutes
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36-Month Head of Household      All enrolled               2,307      65 (55-75)               1           2,500
 Follow-up Survey Instrument.    study families
                                 (N=2,307).
36-Month Child Data Collection  Up to two                  2,800      60 (50-70)               1           2,800
                                 children per
                                 family.
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    Total Burden Hours........  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           5,300
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    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

B. Solicitation of Public Comment

    This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affected parties concerning the collection of information described in 
Section A on the following:
    (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize the burden of 
the collection of information on those who are to respond; including 
through the use of appropriate automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission 
of responses. HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in 
response to these questions.

    Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chapters 35.

    Dated: January 16, 2014.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-01348 Filed 1-22-14; 8:45 am]
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