[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 53 (Monday, March 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 15225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05876]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Runaway and Homeless Youth Homeless 
Management Information System (RHY-HMIS; New Collection)

AGENCY: Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB); Administration on 
Children, Youth and Families (ACYF); Administration for Children and 
Families; HHS.

ACTION: Request for Public Comment.

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SUMMARY: The Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), 
Family and Youth Services Bureau has a legislative requirement to 
collect and maintain client statistical records on the numbers and the 
characteristics of runaway and homeless youth, and youth at risk of 
family separation, who receive shelter and supportive services through 
the Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) Program funding. RHY data 
collection is integrated with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
Development's (HUD) Homeless Management Information System (HMIS).

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 within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Description: The RHY Program has a requirement to collect 
information from all youth who receive shelter and supportive services 
with RHY funding. In April 2015, ACYF, through a formal Memorandum of 
Understanding, integrated the RHY data collection with HUD's HMIS and 
HUD's data standards along with other federal partners. HUD's data 
standards has its own OMB clearance, but ACYF is requesting approval 
for the RHY data collection efforts as HUD's will no longer include all 
federal partners. The data collection instrument includes universal 
data elements, which are collected by all federal partners and program 
specific elements, which are tailored to each program using HUD's HMIS.
    Respondents: Youth who receive emergency and longer-term shelter 
and supportive services under RHY funding. RHY grantees who enter and 
upload data.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                   Total number       Average
           Instrument              Total number    of responses    burden hours    Total burden    Annual burden
                                  of respondents  per respondent   per response        hours           hours
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RHY-HMIS: Basic Center Program           123,000               1            0.38          46,740          15,580
 (Intake).......................
RHY-HMIS: Basic Center Program           123,000               1            0.33          40,590          13,530
 (Exit).........................
RHY-HMIS: Transitional Living             18,000               1            0.38           6,840           2,280
 Program (including Maternity
 Group Home program and TLP
 Demonstration Programs; Intake)
RHY-HMIS: Transitional Living             18,000               1            0.33           5,940           1,980
 Program (including Maternity
 Group Home program and TLP
 Demonstration Programs; Exit)..
RHY-HMIS: Street Outreach                108,000               1             0.5          54,000          18,000
 Program (Contact)..............
RHY-HMIS: Street Outreach                 30,000               1            0.28           8,400           2,800
 Program (Engagement)...........
RHY Funded Grantees (data entry)         279,000               2            0.36         200,880          66,960
RHY Funded Grantees (data                    611               2            0.16             196              65
 submission)--FY21..............
RHY Funded Grantees (data                    611               8            0.16             782             261
 submission)--FY22 & FY23.......
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 121,456.
    Authority: Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act of 2008 (Pub.L. 110-378) 
through FY 2013 and more recently reauthorized by the Juvenile Justice 
Reform Act through FY 2019.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-05876 Filed 3-19-21; 8:45 am]
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