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)
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 192 (October 5, 2015)
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[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] [[Page 60167]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [[Page 60168]] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average burden/ Number of Frequency of Average burden/ data Total Respondents respondents response response collection estimated (hours) (hours) burden (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total....................... 79 .............. .............. .............. 329.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [FR Doc. 2015-25283 Filed 10-2-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210-67-P
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND Form Number: N/A. program; twelve participants are
URBAN DEVELOPMENT Description of the need for the Medicaid and/or health and human
information and proposed use: The services agencies; and fifty five
[Docket No. FR–5831–N–45] Office of Policy Research and participants are Section 811 PRA
Development, U.S. Department of partner agencies.
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Housing and Urban Development Estimated Number of Responses: 79
Collection: Evaluation of the Section
(HUD), is proposing a data collection responses.
811 Project Rental Assistance
activity as part of the evaluation of the
Program, Phase I Frequency of Response: Once.
Section 811 Supportive Housing for
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Persons with Disabilities (Section 811) Average Hours per Response and
Officer, HUD. Project Rental Assistance (PRA) Total Estimated Burdens: Interviews
Program. The Section 811 PRA Program with state housing agency
ACTION: Notice.
is a new model of housing assistance representatives will take an average of 6
SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the authorized in 2010 that provides hours. Interviews with health and
proposed information collection project-based rental assistance to state human services or Medicaid agency
requirement described below to the housing agencies for the development of representatives and other state agency
Office of Management and Budget supportive housing for extremely low- partners will take an average of 6 hours
(OMB) for review, in accordance with income persons with disabilities. each. The estimated number of hours for
the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Housing agencies must have a formal the grantee, health and human services
purpose of this notice is to allow for an partnership with the state health and or Medicaid partner, and other state
additional 30 days of public comment. human service agency and/or the state agency may be spread across multiple
DATES: Comments Due Date: November Medicaid provider to provide services respondents if more than one person is
4, 2015. and supports directly to residents living responsible for distinct activities related
in units funded with Section 811 PRA. to the Section 811 PRA program.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
The Section 811 PRA program We will complete as much as the
invited to submit comments regarding
authorizing statute requires HUD to interview protocol as possible in
this proposal. Comments should refer to
describe the assistance under the advance of the site visit from available
the proposal by name and/or OMB
program, to analyze its effectiveness, data sources including the 2012 Section
Control Number and should be sent to:
and propose recommendations for 811 PRA application for funding,
HUD Desk Officer, Office of future assistance under Section 811.
Management and Budget, New quarterly grantee reports, and HUD
HUD is implementing a two-phase administrative data. Interviews will be
Executive Office Building, Washington, evaluation of the Section 811 PRA
DC 20503; fax: 202–395–5806. Email: conducted orally and grantees will not
program. The first phase of the be asked to provide written responses to
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. evaluation is focused on a process any interview query. Prior to the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: evaluation that will describe the interviews, we will conduct screening
Colette Pollard, Reports Management implementation of the program in the calls with each grantee to tailor the
Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing first 12 states awarded Section 811 PRA conversations and identify participants
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street funds. The second phase will evaluate to include in the process interviews.
SW., Washington, DC 20410; email the program effectiveness and its impact
Colette Pollard at Colette.Pollard@ on residents. This request for OMB The length of interviews with partner
hud.gov or telephone 202–402–3400. clearance covers the first phase of the organizations will vary based on the
This is not a toll-free number. Persons evaluation. Data collection includes in- roles they have in the Section 811 PRA
with hearing or speech impairments person interviews with staffs at state program. We expect the interviews to
may access this number through TTY by agencies, (housing, health and human take between 120 and 180 minutes
calling the toll-free Federal Relay services and state Medicaid providers) based on the responsibilities of each
Service at (800) 877–8339. and Section 811 PRA partner agencies partner.
Copies of available documents (property owners or managers of For the state housing agency staff and
submitted to OMB may be obtained properties where Section 811 PRA state health and human service agency
from Ms. Pollard. participants live and staff at or state Medicaid agency staff,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This organizations that provide supportive researchers will administer interviews
notice informs the public that HUD is services to PRA participants). The on the implementation of the Section
seeking approval from OMB for the purpose of the interviews is to 811 PRA Demonstration for an average
information collection described in document the implementation of six hours. An additional 2 hours will
Section A. experience of the Section 811 PRA be needed for agency staff to compile
The Federal Register notice that program. material needed on the PRA program in
solicited public comment on the Respondents (describe): State housing order to answer the research questions.
information collection for a period of 60 agencies, state health and human The total burden for state housing
days was published on July 1, 2015 at service and/or Medicaid provider agency and Medicaid respondents is 192
80 FR 37649. agencies, and Section 811 PRA partner hours. The average interview for PRA
agencies in twelve grantee states. Demonstration partner agency/property
A. Overview of Information Collection Estimated Number of Respondents: A owner staff is 90 minutes long, with an
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Title of Information Collection: total of 79 participants will participate additional hour to compile information
Evaluation of the Section 811 Project in the process evaluation interviews needed to complete the answers to the
Rental Assistance Program, Phase I. across the 12 grantee sites. Twelve interview questions. The total burden
OMB Approval Number: 2528–NEW. participants are state housing agencies for all Section 811 PRA program
Type of Request: New collection. implementing the Section 811 PRA participants is 329.5 hours.
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Average Average Total
Number of Frequency of burden/ burden/ estimated
Respondents respondents response response data collection burden
(hours) (hours) (hours)
State housing agencies implementing Section 811 PRA .... 12 1 6 2 96
Medicaid agencies implementing Section 811 PRA ............ 12 1 6 2 96
Section 811 PRA Partner Agencies .................................... 55 1 1.5 1 137.5
Total .............................................................................. 79 ........................ ........................ ........................ 329.5
B. Solicitation of Public Comment (OMB) for review, in accordance with Public Housing, Rent Supplement,
This notice is soliciting comments the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Rental Assistance Payment, and
from members of the public and affected purpose of this notice is to allow for an Moderate Rehabilitation (Mod Rehab)
parties concerning the collection of additional 30 days of public comment. properties to convert to long-term
information described in Section A on DATES: Comments Due Date: November Section 8 rental assistance contracts.
the following: 4, 2015. Participation in the initiative is
(1) Whether the proposed collection ADDRESSES: Interested persons are voluntary. Public Housing Agencies
of information is necessary for the invited to submit comments regarding interested in participating in the
proper performance of the functions of this proposal. Comments should refer to Demonstration are required to submit
the agency, including whether the the proposal by name and/or OMB applications to HUD. The attached
information will have practical utility; Control Number and should be sent to: application will be used to determine
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s HUD Desk Officer, Office of eligibility for Public Housing projects
estimate of the burden of the proposed Management and Budget, New only. HUD intends through the
collection of information; Executive Office Building, Washington, conversion process, to assure the
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, DC 20503; fax: 202–395–5806. Email: physical and financial sustainability of
utility, and clarity of the information to OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov properties and enable owners to
be collected; and leverage private financing to address
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of immediate and long-term capital needs,
Colette Pollard, Reports Management
the collection of information on those improve operations, and implement
Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing
who are to respond; including through energy efficiency improvements. The
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
the use of appropriate automated RAD application is Excel based and will
SW., Washington, DC 20410; email
collection techniques or other forms of be pre-populated with data the
Colette Pollard at Colette.Pollard@
information technology, e.g., permitting Department collects and maintains for
hud.gov or telephone 202–402–3400.
electronic submission of responses. each housing agency. Information
This is not a toll-free number. Persons
HUD encourages interested parties to collected by the applications will allow
with hearing or speech impairments
submit comment in response to these the Department to determine which
may access this number through TTY by
questions. applicants meet the eligibility
calling the toll-free Federal Relay
requirements and have the capacity to
Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 Research and Service at (800) 877–8339.
Demonstrations.
successfully meet RAD’s mission
Copies of available documents
delineated in PIH Notice PIH–2012–32,
Dated: September 29, 2015. submitted to OMB may be obtained
REV–2: Rental Assistance
Colette Pollard, from Ms. Pollard.
Demonstration—Partial Implementation
Department Reports Management Officer, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This and Request for Comments. To review
Office of the Chief Information Officer. notice informs the public that HUD is the current version of the application,
[FR Doc. 2015–25283 Filed 10–2–15; 8:45 am] seeking approval from OMB for the please visit the RAD Web site:
BILLING CODE 4210–67–P
information collection described in www.hud.gov/rad/. Under the ‘For
Section A. Public Housing Providers’ tab, navigate
The Federal Register notice that to the Application Material section, and
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND solicited public comment on the links are provided for each state.
URBAN DEVELOPMENT information collection for a period of 60 Obtain the current Public Housing
days was published on July 31, 2015 at Application: http://portal.hud.gov/
[Docket No. FR–5831–N–47]
80 FR 45673. hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=RAD_
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information A. Overview of Information Collection App_PH.xlsx.
Collection: Rental Assistance Respondents: State, Local or Tribal
Title of Information Collection: Rental
Demonstration (RAD) Application Government.
Assistance Demonstration (RAD)
Forms Estimated Number of Respondents:
Application Form.
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information OMB Approval Number: 2577–0278. The estimated number of respondents is
Officer, HUD. Type of Request: Revision of a 5,900 annually with one response per
currently approved collection. respondent.
ACTION: Notice.
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Form Number: HUD–5260 RAD Estimated Number of Responses:
SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the Application. 5,900.
proposed information collection Description of the need for the Frequency of Response: Once.
requirement described below to the information and proposed use: The Average Hours per Response: 2 Hours.
Office of Management and Budget Rental Assistance Demonstration allows Total Estimated Burdens: 11,800.
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