81 FR 60719 - Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program Application Notice of Emergency Approval of an Information Collection, and 60-Day Notice To Commence Extended Approval

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 171 (September 2, 2016)

HUD is announcing that it received approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) of the information collection in the application to obtain funding under HUD's Youth Homeless Demonstration Program (YHDP) Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). In accordance with the implementing regulations of the PRA, HUD requested emergency review under 5 CFR 1320.13(a)(2)(i) because public harm was reasonably likely to occur if the regular clearance procedures were followed. OMB granted emergency approval in response to HUD's request. While HUD has PRA approval for the YHDP NOFA application, HUD needs to establish traditional approval of this application (i.e. 3-year approval). Therefore, this notice, which solicits public comment for a period of 60 days, commences the process to obtain traditional approval under the PRA

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5910-N-13]


Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program Application Notice of 
Emergency Approval of an Information Collection, and 60-Day Notice To 
Commence Extended Approval

AGENCY: Office of Community Planning and Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD is announcing that it received approval from the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) of the information collection in the application to obtain 
funding under HUD's Youth Homeless Demonstration Program (YHDP) Notice 
of Funding Availability (NOFA). In accordance with the implementing 
regulations of the PRA, HUD requested emergency review under 5 CFR 
1320.13(a)(2)(i) because public harm was reasonably likely to occur if 
the regular clearance procedures were followed. OMB granted emergency 
approval in response to HUD's request.
    While HUD has PRA approval for the YHDP NOFA application, HUD needs 
to establish traditional approval of this application (i.e. 3-year 
approval). Therefore, this notice, which solicits public comment for a 
period of 60 days, commences the process to obtain traditional approval 
under the PRA

DATES: Comments Due Date: November 1, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name 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: Matthew Aronson, SNAPS Specialist, 
CPD, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 10 Causeway St., 
Boston, MA 02114; email Matthew Aronson at [email protected] or 
telephone 617-994-8408. 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 Mr. 
Aronson.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD has 
submitted to OMB a request for approval of the information collection 
described in section A. HUD's Youth Homeless Demonstration Program NOFA 
and accompanying application can be found at https://www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/YHDP-NOFA.pdf.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Youth Homelessness Demonstration 
Program Application.
    OMB Approval Number: 2506-0210.
    Type of Request: Renewal of previously approved collection.
    Form Number: Youth Homelessness Demonstration Application (all 
parts), SF 424, HUD-2991, HUD-2993, HUD-2880, and SF-LLL, HUD-50070.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
appropriation for the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) 
was made available through the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 
(Pub. L. 114-113, approved December 18, 2015), ``the Act''. The Act 
appropriated $33,000,000 to HUD ``to implement projects to demonstrate 
how a comprehensive approach to serving homeless youth, age 24 and 
under, in up to 10 communities, including at least four rural 
communities, can dramatically reduce youth homelessness,'' $5 million 
to HUD ``to provide technical assistance on youth homelessness, and 
collection, analysis, and reporting of data and performance measures 
under the comprehensive approaches to serve homeless youth, in addition 
to and in coordination with other technical assistance funds provided 
under this title,'' and a further $2.5 million to HUD ``for homeless 
youth program evaluations conducted in partnership with the Department 
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Health and Human Services.'' Through this NOFA, HUD is holding a 
competition in order to identify those 10 communities that will make 
best use of the congressionally appropriated funds and provide HUD with 
the best opportunity to meet the YHDP objectives. Without asking for 
this information, HUD will be unable to meet the congressional mandate 
within the Act.
    Once communities have been selected, HUD must collect individual 
grant applications to meet the Act requirement that YHDP projects be 
renewable under the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program authorized by the 
McKinney-Vento Act, as amended by S. 896 The Homeless Emergency 
Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act of 2009 (42 
U.S.C. 11371 et seq.) and the CoC Program Homeless Assistance Grant 
Application requirements (OMB 2506-0112).
    Finally, HUD must collect the Coordinated Community Plan to meet 
the appropriations requirement ``to demonstrate how a comprehensive 
approach to serving homeless youth . . . can dramatically reduce youth 
homelessness.'' In HUD's experience leading similar coordinated 
community efforts (e.g. LGBTQ Youth Homelessness Prevention Pilot, OMB 
2506-0204), the planning process is a challenging and resource 
intensive endeavor, requiring systems analysis, values sharing, 
priority negotiating, the creation of leadership structure, the 
development of a logic model, and a plan for constant feedback and 
continuous process improvement, among other things. The submission of a 
coordinated community plan will allow HUD to assess the ability of the 
selected communities to appropriately use the funding made available by 
Congress.
    Respondents (i.e. affected public): CoC collaborative applicants, 
which can be States, local governments, private nonprofit 
organizations, public housing authorities, and community mental health 
associations that are public nonprofit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 200 applicants 10 communities 
(project applications and plans).
    Estimated Number of Responses: 200 community selection 
applications, 50 project applications, 10 community plans.
    Frequency of Response: 1 community selection application per 
applicant, project applications per selected community, 1 community 
plan per selected community.
    Average Hours per Response: 25 hours, 10 hours, 240.17 hours.
    Total Estimated Burdens: 5,000 + 500 + 2,401.7 = 7,901.7 hours.

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: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. chapter 35.

    Dated: August 29, 2016.
Ann Marie Oliva,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs.
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