[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6953-6954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02315]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Formative Evaluation of Family 
Unification Program (FUP) Vouchers for Youth Transitioning Out of 
Foster Care (New Collection)

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; Administration 
for Children and Families; HHS.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of 
Planning, Research, and Evaluation is requesting public comment on data 
collection activities as part of the Formative Evaluation of Family 
Unification Program (FUP) Vouchers for Youth Transitioning Out of 
Foster Care. The purpose of the request is to conduct information 
collection activities, including an online survey, interviews, and 
focus group discussions.

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB is required to 
make a decision concerning the collection of information between 30 and 
60 days after publication of this document in the Federal Register. 
Therefore, a comment is best assured of having its full effect if OMB 
receives it within 30 days of publication.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office 
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Email: 
[email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration 
for Children and Families.
    Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by emailing 
[email protected]. Alternatively, copies can also be 
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, 
Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW, 
Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All 
requests, emailed or written, should be identified by the title of the 
information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Description: The ACF Office of Planning, 
Research, and Evaluation is proposing a new information collection. The 
information collection activities are part of the Formative Evaluation 
of Family Unification Program (FUP) Vouchers for Youth Transitioning 
Out of Foster Care. The purpose of the request is to conduct 
information collection activities, which consist of an online survey of 
FUP liaisons from agencies and organizations serving transition-age 
youth in foster care and site visits to selected agencies and 
organizations that have allocated a significant number of FUP vouchers 
to youth. During site visits, staff from the Urban Institute and Chapin 
Hall at the University of Chicago will interview agency and program 
leaders, frontline staff, and participants. The information collection 
also includes collection of administrative data from sites selected for 
visits. This descriptive work will capture how FUP for youth has been 
administered on the ground, how eligible youth are identified and 
referred by the public child welfare agency (PCWA), barriers to 
obtaining a voucher or leasing-up into housing, what public housing 
authorities (PHAs) and public child welfare agencies have done to 
streamline the application process, and other aspects of program 
operations. The activities and products from this project will help ACF 
to fulfill its ongoing legislative mandate for program evaluation 
specified in the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999.
    Respondents: PCWA and PHA agency administrators, program managers/
FUP liaisons, front-line staff, and young adults being served by FUP.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                   Total  number  Annual  number     Number of        Average
           Instrument                   of              of         responses per   burden hours    Annual burden
                                    respondents     respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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PHA survey......................             111              56               1            0.58              32
PCWA survey.....................              72              36               1            0.58              21
CoC survey......................              99              50               1            0.58              29
Interview guide for FSS manager.               8               4               1               1               4
Interview guide for CoC lead                  16               8               1               1               8
 organization administrator and
 FUP liaison....................
Focus group guide for PHA intake             192              96               1             1.5             144
 workers and case managers......
Focus group guide for PCWA                   312             156               1             1.5             234
 caseworkers, referring
 partners, and service provider
 partners.......................
Interview guide for service                    7               4               1               1               4
 provider FUP leads.............
Interview guide for PCWA                      16               8               1               1               8
 administrator and FUP liaison..

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Interview guide for PHA                       16               8               1               1               8
 administrator and FUP liaison..
Focus group guide for youth.....              96              48               1             1.5              72
Administrative data list........              24              12               1               5              60
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    Total.......................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............             624
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 624.

    Authority: Title IV-E of the Social Security Act, IV-E Sec.  
477(g)(1-2), as amended by the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-02315 Filed 2-5-20; 8:45 am]
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