[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16650-16651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06181]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7025-N-04]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Data Collection 
and Reporting for HUD's Homeless Assistance Programs--Annual 
Performance Report and System Performance Report

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: May 26, 2020.

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: William Snow, Office of Community 
Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 7th Street SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202-
402-4541 (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: William Snow, Office of Community 
Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-4541. 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. Snow.

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: Data Collection and Reporting for 
HUD's Continuum of Care Program--Annual Performance Report and System 
Performance Report.
    OMB Approval Number: Pending.
    Type of Request: New.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This 
request is for clearance of data collection and reporting to enable the 
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of 
Community Planning and Development (CPD) to continue to manage and 
assess the effectiveness of its homeless assistance projects on an 
annual basis. Per 24 CFR 578.103(e), HUD requires recipients and 
subrecipients that receive funding through the CoC Program (authorized 
by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended by the 
Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) 
Act) to prepare and submit annual project-level reports on performance 
and spending.
    This request will also enable the HUD CPD Office to initiate a 
process to assess the effectiveness of local coordinated systems of 
homeless assistance. The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as 
amended, now requires communities to measure their performance as a 
coordinated system, in addition to analyzing performance by specific 
projects or project types. Section 427 of the Act established a set of 
selection criteria for HUD to use in awarding CoC Program funding. 
These selection criteria require CoCs to report to HUD their system-
level performance. The intent of these selection criteria are to 
encourage CoCs, in coordination with Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) 
Program recipients and all other homeless assistance stakeholders in 
the community, to regularly measure their progress in meeting the needs 
of people experiencing homelessness in their community and to report 
this progress to HUD. This request is for HUD to collect system-level 
performance measure data from CoCs on an annual basis, as described in 
Appendix B of this document.
    The project APR and system-level performance measures both rely on 
a primary data source in each CoC--a local Homeless Management 
Information System (HMIS). An HMIS is an electronic data collection 
system that stores person-level information about homeless persons who 
access a community's homeless service system. Over the past decade, HUD 
has supported the development of local HMIS by funding their 
development and implementation, by providing technical assistance, and 
by developing national data standards that enable the collection of 
standardized information on the characteristics, service patterns and 
service needs of homeless persons within a jurisdiction and across 
jurisdictions. These standards are described in HUD's HMIS Data 
Standards.

                                                                Annual Performance Report
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                                                             Number of     Frequency of     Burden hour    Annual burden    Hourly cost
                 Information collection                     respondents      response      per response        hours       per response     Annual cost
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Annual Performance Report (CoC Program)--Non-profit                4,000               1               4          16,000          $39.89     $638,240.00
 Recipients.............................................
Annual Performance Report (YHDP)--Non-profit Recipients.             200               5               5           5,000           39.89      199,450.00

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Performance Report (Unsheltered Grants)--Non-profit                   25               5               4             500           39.89       19,945.00
 Recipients.............................................
Annual Performance Report--State and Local Recipients...           4,000               1               4          16,000           39.89      638,240.00
Annual Performance Report (YHDP)--State and Local                    200               5               5           5,000           39.89      199,450.00
 Recipients.............................................
Performance Report (Unsheltered Grants)--State and Local              25               5               4             500           39.89       19,945.00
 Recipients.............................................
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    Total...............................................           8,450          10,250  ..............          43,000  ..............    1,715,270.00
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                                                           System Performance Measures Report
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                                                             Number of     Frequency of     Burden hour    Annual burden    Hourly cost
                 Information collection                     respondents      response      per response        hours       per response     Annual cost
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Group 1: CoCs with Automated Software Report............             385               1              13           5,005          $39.89     $199,649.45
Group 2: CoCs with Manual Software Report...............              15               1              15             225           39.89        8,975.25
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    Total...............................................             400             400  ..............           5,230  ..............      208,624.70
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                                                                Performance Data Check-Up
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                                                             Number of     Frequency of     Burden hour    Annual burden    Hourly cost
                 Information collection                     respondents      response      per response        hours       per response     Annual cost
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CoCs....................................................             400               4               1           1,600          $35.52      $56,832.00
HMIS Lead Agency........................................             400               1               1             400           35.52       14,208.00
Project Recipients......................................             600               1               1             300           35.52       10,656.00
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    Total...............................................           1,400               6  ..............           2,300  ..............       81,696.00
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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: March 5, 2020.
John Bravacos,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development.
[FR Doc. 2020-06181 Filed 3-23-20; 8:45 am]
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