[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 85 (Friday, May 1, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25470-25471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-09321]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7024-N-19]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Family
Unification Program/Family Self-Sufficiency Demonstration Evaluation
OMB Control No.: 2528-NEW
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 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: June 1, 2020.
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 www.reginfo.gov/public/do/StartPrintedPage15501PRAMain.
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. Person 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.
The Federal Register notice that solicited public comment on the
information collection for a period of 60 days was published on January
13, 2020 at 85 FR 1822.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Family Unification Program/Family
Self-Sufficiency Demonstration Evaluation.
OMB Approval Number: 2528-New.
Type of Request: New Collection.
Form Number: Pending.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
Family Unification Program/Family Self-Sufficiency (FUP/FSS)
Demonstration, authorized in HUD's FY 2015 appropriations, was designed
to test whether combining FUP and FSS for eligible youth would result
in beneficial outcomes. The demonstration program was first announced
in January 2016, and a total of 51 PHAs are participating in the
demonstration as of 2019. As a part of the demonstration, the time
limit on rental assistance was extended to match the maximum allowable
five-year FSS contract (at the start of the demonstration, this was an
increase from 18 months, although FUP-Youth vouchers were extended to
36 months shortly after the time the demonstration was announced). No
funds or additional FUP vouchers were allocated for the demonstration,
although certain regulatory requirements were relaxed for participating
Public Housing Agencies (PHAs), with the aim of better aligning the
existing programs into the new approach. As a result, all participating
PHAs already had FUP allocations. Participating PHAs can choose to
modify their FSS programs to better meet the needs of youth
participants. The most recent FUP awards (FY17 and FY18) require
partnership with a local Continuum of Care (CoC), which can increase
referrals of eligible youth through coordinated entry.
The main goal of the FUP/FSS Demonstration Evaluation is to assess
whether the combination of FUP and FSS, along with the extension of
time limits, has been an effective approach to improving housing
stability and self-sufficiency outcomes for youth aging out of foster
care. Related to this is whether participation in the demonstration has
provided an avenue for closer and more productive partnerships between
PHAs, Public Child Welfare Agencies (PCWAs), and other youth-focused
organizations involved. This includes capturing information about how
PHAs and their PCWA partners have worked together to implement the
demonstration program and the challenges and lessons learned from their
experience to date.
Initial take-up rates for the demonstration, as well as non-
demonstration FUP-Youth voucher issuances, have both generally been
low. Given these low take-up rates, an additional baseline goal will be
to assess the extent to which the FUP/FSS Demonstration is being
actively implemented across the 51 participating PHAs and why some
sites that applied to the demonstration do not appear to be
implementing the program or issuing many FUP-Youth vouchers. To this
end, while many of the core evaluation questions are focused on
implementation questions and challenges, the study will also
necessarily explore why some demonstration sites do not appear to be
fully engaged with the program. Finally, a goal of the evaluation is to
measure short-term outcomes for participating youth and determine any
emerging common attributes among them.
This notice announces HUD's intent to collect information through
the following methods: (1) Study investigators (from Urban Institute)
will administer an agency-level web-based survey to all PHAs and PCWAs
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participating in the demonstration. (2) Investigators will conduct one-
time telephone interviews with a sample of staff from 10 PHAs in the
demonstration to gather more nuanced information than can be collected
in the web-based surveys. (3) Investigators will also visit three FUP/
FSS demonstration sites to conduct interviews with PHA and PCWA
administrators, front-line workers, community service providers, as
well as interviews with youth participants. (4) To describe the
characteristics of the participating PHAs and FUP/FSS participants and
measure short-term outcomes, the study investigators will analyze HUD
Public and Indian Housing Information Center (PIC) and Voucher
Management System (VMS) administrative data.
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Number of Frequency of Responses per Burden hour Total burden Hourly cost
Instrument respondents response annum per response hours per response Cost
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Public Housing Authority (PHA) Survey... 51.00 1.00 51.00 0.50 25.50 \1\ $34.46 $878.73
Public Child Welfare Agency (PCWA) 51.00 1.00 51.00 0.50 25.50 \6\ 34.46 878.73
Survey.................................
Interview Guide for PHA Staff........... 41.00 1.00 41.00 1.00 41.00 \6\ 34.46 1,412.86
Interview Guide for Public Child Welfare 16.00 1.00 16.00 1.00 16.00 \6\ 34.46 551.36
Agency (PCWA) Staff....................
Interview Guide for Community Service 3.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 3.00 \2\ 23.92 71.76
Provider Staff.........................
Interview Guide for Continuum of Care 3.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 3.00 \7\ 23.92 71.76
(COC) Lead Organization Staff..........
Interview Guide for Youth............... 18.00 1.00 18.00 1.00 18.00 \3\ 7.25 130.50
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Total............................... .............. .............. 183.00 .............. 132.00 .............. 3,995.70
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\1\ ``Occupational Employment Statistics: Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2018--Social and Community Service Managers,'' Bureau of Labor
Statistics, accessed December 6th, 2019, https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes119151.htm.
\2\ ``Occupational Employment Statistics: Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2018--Child, Family and Social Workers,'' Bureau of Labor Statistics,
accessed December 6th, 2019, https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes211021.htm.
\3\ For youth interviews, we assume an hourly wage of $7.25, the federal minimum wage.
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.
(5) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
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.
Dated: April 20, 2020.
Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-09321 Filed 4-30-20; 8:45 am]
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