[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 6 (Monday, January 11, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1993-1994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-00251]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7041-N-01; OMB Control No. 2528-0259]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Family Options 
Study: Long-Term Followup

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: March 12, 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: Family Options Study: Long-Term 
Followup.
    OMB Approval Number: 2528-0259.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement without change of a previously 
approved collection.
    Form Number: NA.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
purpose of this proposed information collection is to locate the 
families that enrolled in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
Development's (HUD) Family Options Study between September 2010 and 
January 2012 and to update their current contact information.
    The Family Options Study is a multi-site experiment designed to 
test the impacts of different housing and service interventions on 
homeless families in five key domains: Housing stability, family 
preservation, adult well-being, child well-being, and self-sufficiency. 
Both the design and the scale of the study provides a strong basis for 
conclusions about the relative impacts of the interventions over time, 
and data collected at two previous points in time, twenty (20) months 
after random assignment and thirty-seven (37) months after random 
assignment, yielded powerful evidence regarding the positive impact of 
providing a non-time-limited housing subsidy to a family experiencing 
homelessness. It is possible, though, that some effects of the various 
interventions might change over time or take longer to emerge, 
particularly for child well-being. Therefore, HUD plans to conduct a 
followup survey of study families roughly eleven years after enrollment 
into the study. Locating, reengaging, and updating the contact 
information for study families will be critical to supporting a healthy 
response rate for the planned 11-year followup survey.
    This Federal Register Notice provides an opportunity to comment on 
the Participant Update Contact Form that will be used to reengage with 
study families and gather updated contact information.
    Respondents: Families enrolled in the Family Options Study.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: This information collection will 
affect 2,241 individuals.
    Estimated Time per Response: Completion of the Participant Update 
Contact Form is expected to take, on average, five minutes, or 0.08 
hours.
    Frequency of Response: The Participant Update Contact Form will be 
completed be each family a single time.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: The estimated total annual 
burden of this information collection is 179 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: The estimated total annual cost for 
this information collection is $1,817. The estimated total annual cost 
is calculated by multiplying the total number of respondent hours (179) 
by $10.15. The amount of $10.15 was calculated using the minimum hourly 
wage ($7.25) plus an assumed 40 percent for fringe benefits.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: The survey is 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.

                                                                 Annualized Burden Table
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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        Cost
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Participant Update Contact Form.........           2,241               1               1             .08             179          $10.15       $1,816.85
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    Total...............................           2,241  ..............  ..............  ..............             179  ..............        1,816.85
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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.

C. Authority

    Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35.
    The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research, Michael J. Marshall, 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 Register Liaison for the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development.
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