80 FR 60167 - 30-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 192 (October 5, 2015)

HUD has submitted the proposed information collection requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public comment.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 192 (Monday, October 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60167-60168]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25283]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5831-N-45]


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

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the proposed information collection 
requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The 
purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public 
comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: November 4, 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: HUD Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503; fax: 202-395-5806. Email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, QMAC, 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.
    The Federal Register notice that solicited public comment on the 
information collection for a period of 60 days was published on July 1, 
2015 at 80 FR 37649.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Evaluation of the Section 811 
Project Rental Assistance Program, Phase I.
    OMB Approval Number: 2528-NEW.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    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 Section 811 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/or 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 (describe): State housing agencies, state health and 
human service and/or Medicaid provider agencies, and Section 811 PRA 
partner agencies in twelve grantee states.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: A total of 79 participants will 
participate in the process evaluation interviews across the 12 grantee 
sites. Twelve participants are state housing agencies implementing the 
Section 811 PRA program; twelve participants are Medicaid and/or health 
and human services agencies; and fifty five participants are Section 
811 PRA partner agencies.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 79 responses.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Average Hours per Response and Total Estimated Burdens: Interviews 
with state housing agency representatives will take an average of 6 
hours. Interviews with health and human services or Medicaid agency 
representatives and other state agency partners will take an average of 
6 hours each. The estimated number of hours for the grantee, health and 
human services or Medicaid partner, and other state agency may be 
spread across multiple respondents if more than one person is 
responsible for distinct activities related to the Section 811 PRA 
program.
    We will complete as much as the interview protocol as possible in 
advance of the site visit from available data sources including the 
2012 Section 811 PRA application for funding, quarterly grantee 
reports, and HUD administrative data. Interviews will be conducted 
orally and grantees will not be asked to provide written responses to 
any interview query. Prior to the interviews, we will conduct screening 
calls with each grantee to tailor the conversations and identify 
participants to include in the process interviews.
    The length of interviews with partner organizations will vary based 
on the roles they have in the Section 811 PRA program. We expect the 
interviews to take between 120 and 180 minutes based on the 
responsibilities of each partner.
    For the state housing agency staff and state health and human 
service agency or state Medicaid agency staff, researchers will 
administer interviews on the implementation of the Section 811 PRA 
Demonstration for an average of six hours. An additional 2 hours will 
be needed for agency staff 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 192 hours. The average 
interview for PRA Demonstration partner agency/property owner staff is 
90 minutes long, with an additional hour to compile information needed 
to complete the answers to the interview questions. The total burden 
for all Section 811 PRA program participants is 329.5 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               6               2              96
 implementing Section 811 PRA...
Medicaid agencies implementing                12               1               6               2              96
 Section 811 PRA................
Section 811 PRA Partner Agencies              55               1             1.5               1           137.5
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    Total.......................              79  ..............  ..............  ..............           329.5
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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: 12 U.S.C. 1701z-1 Research and Demonstrations.

    Dated: September 29, 2015.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
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