[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 222 (Tuesday, November 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73291-73292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-25323]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7029-N-10]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Implementation 
Evaluation of EnVision Centers

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (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: January 19, 2021.

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: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202-402-5534 
(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: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Anna P. Guido at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-5535. 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. Guido.

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: Implementation Evaluation of 
EnVision Centers.
    OMB Approval Number: Pending.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This 
request is for the collection of information for an implementation 
evaluation of EnVision Centers. EnVision Centers offer collocated and 
integrated services with the goal of helping low-income persons achieve 
self-sufficiency. Using leveraged resources from local and federal 
partnerships, HUD encourages EnVision

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Centers to target and integrate services within four main pillars: 
Economic empowerment, educational advancement, health and wellness, and 
character and leadership. In June 2018, HUD designated 18 EnVision 
Centers as part of the initiative's first cohort of designations and 
has since expanded the initiative with three additional cohorts--a 
total of over 40 designated EnVision Centers. This new and rapidly 
growing initiative creates a critical need to gain an in-depth 
understanding from local stakeholders of implementation efforts to 
date, which will help develop and guide the initiative while 
establishing a framework of knowledge for future program monitoring and 
evaluation efforts. The evaluation team will collect data from sites 
using qualitative, semi-structured interviews with four groups of key 
local stakeholders: Site leadership, front line staff, participants, 
and representatives from organizations (partners) that provide services 
and resources to the EnVision Center. The interviews will primarily 
seek to understand how communities selected and established their 
center, the process for centralized intake and participant level data 
collection, and how new partnerships and services have developed since 
the center's designation. Through an Inter-Agency Agreement (IAA), the 
Library of Congress' Federal Research Division will conduct the 
evaluation under guidance from HUD.
    Respondents: This evaluation will conduct qualitative, semi-
structured interviews with four groups of respondents: Leadership, 
front line staff, participants, and partners. 18 EnVision Center sites 
will be selected for interviews. Leadership will include community 
executives (from Public Housing Authorities, local government, non-
profits, etc.) who were involved with early planning efforts that led 
the community to apply for EnVision Center designation, and persons 
involved with managing the daily operations of the center. Front line 
staff will include onsite service coordinators, intake workers, and 
case managers who are involved with the intake and triaging of services 
or work directly with connecting participants to services at the 
EnVision Center. Participants will include persons who were offered or 
have received services or assistance at the EnVision Center. Partners 
will be representatives from organizations (such as service providers, 
faith-based entities, or philanthropic organizations) that provide 
services and resources at the EnVision Center.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: A total of about 270 respondents 
for the semi-structured interviews, with about 15 respondents for each 
site.
    Estimated Time per Response: We expect each qualitative interview 
to last about 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: 1 time.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 270 burden hours for the 
qualitative interviews.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $5,372 for the qualitative interviews.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: The interviews will be conducted under Title 12, 
United States Code, Section 1701z and Section 3507 of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, 44, U.S.C., 35, as amended.

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                                                                                                                            Hourly cost
         Information collection              Number of     Frequency of    Responses per    Burden hour    Annual burden   per response        Cost
                                            respondents      response          annum       per response        hours            \1\
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Qualitative Interviews--Leadership......              90               1               1               1              90          $35.05       $3,154.50
Qualitative Interviews--Front Line Staff              54               1               1               1              54           17.39          939.06
Qualitative Interviews--Participants....              90               1               1               1              90            7.25          652.50
Qualitative Interviews--Partners........              36               1               1               1              36           17.39          626.04
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    Total...............................             270  ..............  ..............  ..............             270  ..............        5,372.10
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\1\ Hourly costs for leadership, front line staff, and partners based on the Occupational Employment Statistics: https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_624200.htm#21-0000. Hourly cost for participants based on the Federal Minimum Wage: https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/wages/minimumwage.

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.

C. Authority

    Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35. The Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research, Seth Appleton, having reviewed and approved this document, is 
delegating the authority to electronically sign this document to 
submitter, Nacheshia Foxx, who is the Federal Register Liaison for HUD, 
for purposes of publication in the Federal Register.

Nacheshia Foxx,
Federal Liaison for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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