80 FR 37649 - 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Evaluation of the Section 811 Project Rental Assistance Program, Phase I

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 126 (July 1, 2015)

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.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 1, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37649-37650]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16202]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5837-N-03]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Evaluation of 
the Section 811 Project Rental Assistance Program, Phase I

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection.

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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 60 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: August 31, 2015.

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: Colette Pollard, Reports 
Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 7th Street SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 
202-402-3400 (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-

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free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-3400. 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. Pollard.

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: Evaluation of the Section 811 
Project Rental Assistance Program, Phase I.
    OMB Approval Number: N/A.
    Type of Request: New.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
Office of Policy Research and Development, U.S. Department of Housing 
and Urban Development (HUD), is proposing a data collection activity as 
part of the evaluation of the Section 811 Supportive Housing for 
Persons with Disabilities (Section 811) Project Rental Assistance (PRA) 
Program. The PRA Program is a new model of housing assistance 
authorized in 2010 that provides project-based rental assistance to 
state housing agencies for the development of supportive housing for 
extremely low-income persons with disabilities. Housing agencies must 
have a formal partnership with the state health and human service 
agency and the state Medicaid provider to provide services and supports 
directly to residents living in units funded with Section 811 PRA.
    The Section 811 PRA program authorizing statute requires HUD to 
describe the assistance under the program, to analyze its 
effectiveness, and propose recommendations for future assistance under 
Section 811. HUD is implementing a two-phase evaluation of the Section 
811 PRA program. The first phase of the evaluation is focused on a 
process evaluation that will describe the implementation of the program 
in the first 12 states awarded Section 811 PRA funds. The second phase 
will evaluate the program effectiveness and its impact on residents. 
This request for OMB clearance covers the first phase of the 
evaluation. Data collection includes in-person interviews with staffs 
at state agencies, (housing, health and human services and state 
Medicaid providers) and Section 811 PRA Partner Agencies (property 
owners or managers of properties where Section 811 PRA participants 
live and staff at organizations that provide supportive services to PRA 
participants). The purpose of the interviews is to document the 
implementation experience of the Section 811 PRA Program.
    Respondents (i.e. affected public): State housing agencies, state 
health and human service and Medicaid provider agencies, and Section 
811 PRA Partner Agencies.
    Total Estimated Burden: For the state housing agency staff, state 
health and human service agency staff and state Medicaid agency staff, 
researchers will administer interviews on the implementation of the 
Section 811 PRA Program for a total of five hours. An additional two 
hours will be needed to compile material needed on the PRA program in 
order to answer the research questions. The total burden for state 
housing agency and Medicaid respondents is 168 hours. The average 
burden of interviews for Section 811 PRA Partner Agency staff is one 
hour, with an additional hour to compile information needed to complete 
the interview. The total burden for PRA Partner Agencies is 137.5 
hours. The total burden for all respondents is 305.5 hours.

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                                                                                  Average burden/
                                     Number of     Frequency of   Average burden/       data           Total
           Respondents              respondents      response         response      collection       estimated
                                                                      (hours)         (hours)     burden (hours)
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State housing agencies                        12               1               5               2              84
 implementing Section 811 PRA...
Medicaid agencies implementing                12               1               5               2              84
 Section 811 PRA................
Section 811 PRA Partner Agencies              55               1             1.5               1           137.5
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    Total Burden Hours..........  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............           305.5
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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.

     Authority:  1701z-1 Research and Demonstrations; 12 U.S.C. 
chapter 13.

    Dated: June 22, 2015.
Katherine M. O'Regan,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy Development and Research.
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