[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8603-8604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03179]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7050-N-06; OMB Control No: 2528-0259]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Family Options 
12 Year Study: Tracking and Reengagement Data Collection

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer, 
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 30 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: March 17, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to [email protected] or 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 
Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email her at [email protected] or 
telephone 202-402-5535. This is not a toll-free number. 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.
    The Federal Register notice that solicited public comment on the 
information collection for a period of 60 days was published on January 
11, 2021 at 86 FR 1993.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Family Options 12 Year Study: 
Tracking and Reengagement Data Collection.
    OMB Approval Number: 2528-0259.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved 
collections.
    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 
follow-up 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 follow-up 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.

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                                                       Number of    Frequency    Responses     Burden hour   Annual  burden    Hourly cost
               Information collection                 respondents  of response   per annum    per response        hours       per response       Cost
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Welcome Back Newsletter and Participant Contact             2,241            1        2,241             .08             179          $10.15    $1,819.69
 Update Form........................................
12 Year Tracking Survey.............................        2,241            1        2,241             .25             560           10.15     5,686.54
Information Release Form............................        1,272            1        1,272             .08             102           10.15     1,032.86
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    Total...........................................        5,754  ...........  ...........  ..............             841  ..............     8,539.09
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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) If the information will be processed and used in a timely 
manner;
    (3) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information;
    (4) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (5) 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.


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Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-03179 Filed 2-14-22; 8:45 am]
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