[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 115 (Friday, June 16, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27716-27718]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-12569]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5998-N-06]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Housing 
Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Program

AGENCY: Office of Community Planning and Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. 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: August 15, 2017.

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: Lisa Steinhauer, Community Planning 
and Development Specialist, Office of HIV/AIDS Housing, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 
20410; email Lisa Steinhauer at [email protected] or telephone 
202-402-5181. 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 
Ms. Pollard.

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: Housing Opportunities for Persons 
With AIDS (HOPWA): Grant Application Submission, Recordkeeping, and 
Reporting.
    OMB Approval Number: 2506-0133.
    Type of Request: Revision of currently approved collection.
    Form Number: HUD-40110-B, HUD-40110-C, HUD-40110-D, SF-424, SF-LLL, 
and HUD-2991.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
current paperwork reduction act approval under OMB Control No. 2506-
0133 covers both the HOPWA formula and competitive grant programs. The 
competitive grant program includes new competitive grants and renewal 
grants. The information collection requirements pertain to grant 
application submission requirements which will be used to rate 
applications, determine eligibility, and establish grant amounts. HOPWA 
plans to continue using form HUD-40110-B, HOPWA Competitive Application 
& Renewal of Permanent Supportive Housing Project Budget Summary, as a 
component of determining applicant eligibility and establishing grant 
amounts for competitive grants. Limited technical edits are proposed 
for form HUD-40110-B. HOPWA competitive and renewal application 
submission also require submission of the following forms: SF424; 
SFLLL; and HUD-2991. Form HUD-2991 is currently covered under OMB 
approval number 2506-0112.
    The addition of narratives to address the five HUD standard rating 
factors will allow HUD to rate application and further determine 
eligibility and establish grant amounts. Applicants applying for HUD 
competitive funds are required to respond to these five rating factors 
in narrative form. These narratives will complement the currently 
approved budget summary form, and allow HUD to determine if applicants 
are proposing projects within statutory and regulatory limitations. The 
five HUD standard rating factors include: Factor 1: Capacity of the 
Applicant and Relevant Organizational Staff; Factor 2: Need/Extent of 
the Problem; Factor 3: Soundness of Approach; Factor 4: Leveraging 
Resources; and Factor 5: Achieving Results and Program Evaluation. New 
HOPWA competitive applicants will be required to respond to each rating 
factor within the page limits establish in the grant solicitation. 
HOPWA renewal applicants will also be required to respond with 
narratives, but the information will be more limited and focused on 
continued compliance with the HOPWA program activities originally 
awarded until their initial grant application.
    The reporting and recordkeeping for both HOPWA formula and 
competitive grant programs are also included in this approval. 
Technical edits are proposed for forms HUD-40110-C and HUD-40110-D, and 
are limited to updating outdated references and information currently 
contained in the forms. Grantees provide annual information on program 
accomplishments that supports program evaluation and the ability to 
measure program beneficiary outcomes

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related to: Maintaining housing stability; preventing homelessness; and 
improving access to care and support. Competitive grantees report 
through HUD-40110-C, the HOPWA Annual Performance Report (APR); Formula 
grantees report through HUD-40110-D, the HOPWA Consolidated Annual 
Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). Grantees are required to 
report on the activities undertaken only. HUD systematically reviews 
and conducts data analysis in order to prepare national and individual 
grantee performance profiles that are not only used to measure program 
performance against benchmark goals and objectives, but also to 
communicate the program's achievement and contributions towards 
Departmental strategic goals.
    Completed technical edits incorporated into forms covered by this 
proposed information collection, as discussed above.

I. HUD-40110-B, HOPWA Competitive Application & Renewal of Permanent 
Supportive Housing Project Budget Summary

    a. Cover page description. The statement, ``Selections of 
applications for funding under the HOPWA Program are based on the 
rating factors set forth in the SuperNOFA for Housing and Community 
Development Programs and the criteria established in the annual HOPWA 
renewal notice for those permanent supportive housing grantee's seeking 
renewal funding.'' changed to, ``Selections of applications for funding 
under the HOPWA Program are based on the rating factors set forth in 
the published Notice of Funding Award (NOFA) and the criteria 
established in the annual HOPWA renewal notice for eligible permanent 
supportive housing grantees seeking renewal funding.'' This edit 
reflects a change in Departmental process that now each program office 
releases a NOFA when funding is available to be awarded.
    b. Cover page description. The public reporting burden was updated 
on the budget form to show the number of hours it would take to 
complete the renewal grant application versus the new competitive grant 
application.
    c. Transparency Act Compliance. This section of the form was 
removed. All grantees are required to enter this information into 
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) Subaward 
Reporting System (FSRS) so it is no longer necessary to collect this 
information here.
    d. Applicant Certifications. Language from Appendix A of 24 CFR 
part 87 was added to cover the certification regarding lobbying for all 
applicants.

II. HUD-40110-C, HOPWA Annual Performance Report (APR)

    a. Cover page and Overview pages.
    i. Descriptive paragraph. The number of burden hours was updated.
    ii. Recordkeeping. HMIS overview of HOPWA elements were updated to 
reflect current HMIS elements.
    iii. Filing Requirements. The physical address was updated to 
include the correct room number.
    iv. Program Income. The citation was updated to reflect new 2 CFR 
200 requirements.
    b. Part 2: Grantee Narrative and Assessment.
    i. E. Unmet Housing Need. This section was removed. Grantees are no 
longer required to report on local unmet need.
    c. Part 3: Summary Overview of Grant Activities.
    i. Section 3: Households. The link to HUD-published area median 
income was updated.

III. HUD-40110-D, HOPWA Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation 
Report (CAPER)

    a. Cover page and Overview pages.
    i. Descriptive paragraph. The number of burden hours was updated.
    ii. Recordkeeping. HMIS overview of HOPWA elements were updated to 
reflect current HMIS elements.
    iii. Filing Requirements. The physical address was updated to 
include the correct room number.
    iv. Program Income. The citation was updated to reflect new 2 CFR 
200 requirements.
    b. Part 1: 5. Grantee Narrative and Performance Assessment.
    i. d. Unmet Housing Need. This section was removed. Grantees are no 
longer required to report on local unmet need.
    c. Part 3. Accomplishment Data.
    i. Opening paragraph. References to reporting in IDIS were removed. 
Grantees are no longer required to use IDIS for the reporting of 
Accomplishment Data.
    d. Part 7: Summary Overview of Grant Activities.
    i. Section 3: Households. The link to HUD-published area median 
income was updated.
    Respondents (i.e., affected public): HOPWA competitive and renewal 
grant applicants, and all HOPWA formula, competitive, and renewal 
grantees.

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                                             Number of     Frequency of    Responses per    Burden hour    Annual burden    Hourly cost
         Information collection             respondents      response          annum       per response        hours       per response     Annual cost
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HOPWA Renewal Application...............              28               1              28              15             420          $23.85      $10,017.00
HOPWA Competitive Application...........              40               1              40              45           1,800           23.85       42,930.00
HUD-40110-C Annual Progress Report (APR)              99               1              99              55           5,445           23.85      129,863.25
HUD-40110-D Consolidated Annual                      128               1             128              41           5,248           23.85      125,164.80
 Performance and Evaluation Report
 (CAPER)................................
Recordkeeping for Competitive, Renewal,              227               1             227              60          13,620           23.85      324,837.00
 and Formula Grantees...................
Grant Amendments (budget change,                      30               1              30               6             180           23.85        4,293.00
 extension, or early termination).......
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    Total...............................             258  ..............             552  ..............          26,713  ..............      637,105.05
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    Renewal grants are awarded for a three-year operating period. 
Currently, there are 82 eligible renewal grantees. The number of 
respondents listed for HOPWA renewal applications represents one-third 
of the renewal grantees, or the estimated number of grantees projected 
to renew HOPWA grants each year. The number of respondents listed for 
HOPWA competitive applications represents the number of respondents 
expected to submit an application if funding becomes available in the 
next three years. Form HUD-40110-C, the APR is submitted by all renewal 
and competitive grantees on an annual basis. The number of respondents 
for the APR include 82 renewal grantees, eight (8) current HOPWA 
competitive grantees, and nine (9) potential competitive grantees, if 
funding becomes available.
    HOPWA grantees and applicants may be required to respond to more 
than one piece of information collection. The total number of 
respondents include: 82 Renewal grantees, eight (8) current HOPWA 
competitive grantees, 40 potential competitive applicants, and 128 
current HOPWA formula grantees. The total of 552 total annual responses 
captures each unique response from the 258 respondents. All annualized 
costs reflect staff time spent on tasks in the table. The hourly rate 
is based on a GS-9 for Rest of United States. 26,713 hours * $23.85 = 
$637,105.05.

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: June 12, 2017.
Clifford Taffet,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development.
[FR Doc. 2017-12569 Filed 6-15-17; 8:45 am]
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