[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43500-43501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17561]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5753-N-04]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection:

    Planning Phase Evaluation of the LGBTQ Youth Homelessness 
Prevention Initiative
AGENCY: Office of Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection.

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SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for the information collection described here. In 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment 
from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. 
The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: September 23, 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: Colette Pollard, Reports 
Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 7th Street SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 
202-402-3400 (this is not a toll-free number) or email at 
[email protected] for a copy of the proposed forms or other 
available information. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may 
access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay 
Service at (800) 877-8339.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Aronson, Program Specialist, 
SNAPS/CPD, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 
SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Matthew Aronson at Matthew.K.Aronson 
@hud.gov or telephone 202-402-3554. This is not a toll-free number. 
Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number 
through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 
877-8339.
    Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from 
Mr. Aronson.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is 
seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in 
Section A.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Planning Phase Evaluation of the 
LGBTQ Youth Homelessness Prevention Initiative.
    OMB Approval Number: N/A.
    Type of Request: New.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
LGBTQ Youth Homelessness Prevention Initiative began in the summer of 
2013 as part of a federal interagency initiative. The initiative's goal 
is to prevent homelessness among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, 
and questioning (LGBTQ) youth, and to intervene early when homelessness 
occurs for these youth. Federal partners from the U.S. Departments of 
Education, Health, and Juvenile Justice, as well as the U.S. 
Interagency Council on Homelessness, support this HUD initiative. The 
initiative supports the federal goal to end youth homelessness by 2020 
and contributes to the development of a model for preventing LGBT youth 
homelessness that other communities can replicate. There are two 
communities participating in this initiative and both receive technical 
assistance (TA) to support their initiative planning (and later in the 
process, their initiative implementation).
    At this time, both communities are in the midst of their strategic 
planning and we do not currently have information on the strategies 
they plan to implement starting in fall 2014. Hence, this request for 
OMB clearance only covers the first evaluation phase. This planning 
phase evaluation will document how the two participating communities 
have approached their local plan development. Furthermore, it will 
examine the resources required to carry out the planning process, what 
worked well, what challenges emerged and how they were addressed, and 
lessons learned. To produce this information, HUD will collect 
quantitative and qualitative data from primary sources using four 
methods: Interviews, surveys, focus groups, and document review. 
Participants will consist of the local initiative leads as well as 
individuals involved in local initiative steering committees and 
subcommittees. Documents to be reviewed will not require new data 
collection--they are

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available through the ongoing TA to the two communities.
    This first evaluation phase will focus on nine aspects of the 
planning process: (1) Role of local leads, (2) timeline; (3) needs 
assessment, (4) logic model; (5) local plan development; (6) role of 
steering committee; (7) role of subcommittees; (8) community 
involvement; and (9) technical assistance supports. These areas were 
chosen to better understand development of the local plans, including 
learned lessons, overall strengths/assets, and weaknesses/challenges of 
the planning phase. A separate OMB clearance request will be submitted 
as part of the second evaluation phase, which will examine each 
community's implementation of their local plans.
    Respondents (i.e. affected public): Organizations participating in 
the two local initiatives, including local lead organizations and 
participants on the local steering committees and subcommittees.

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                                                                                                      Burden hour     Annual    Hourly cost
                    Information collection                      Number of    Frequency    Responses       per         burden        per      Annual cost
                                                               respondents  of response   per annum     response      hours       response
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Planning Phase Interview: Local leads, steering committee               13            1            1            1           13       $25.46         $331
 members, and subcommittee members (n = 96)..................
Planning Phase Focus Group: Local leads, steering committee             24            1            1            1           24        25.46          611
 members, and subcommittee members (n = 96)..................
Planning Phase Survey: Local leads, steering committee                 110            1            1          .25         27.5        25.46          700
 members, and subcommittee members (n = 96)..................
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    Total....................................................          110            1            1       .25--1         64.5        25.46        1,642
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* $25.46 is a GS-11 equivalent hourly cost. Hourly cost per response will vary at participating nonprofit and local government offices.

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. Chapter 35.

    Dated: July 17, 2014.
Clifford Taffet,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, (Acting).
[FR Doc. 2014-17561 Filed 7-24-14; 8:45 am]
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