81 FR 66076 - 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Family Options Study: Long-Term Tracking

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 186 (September 26, 2016)

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 81, Number 186 (Monday, September 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66076-66077]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23018]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5915-N-11]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Family Options 
Study: Long-Term Tracking

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development & Research, 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 60 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: November 25, 2016.

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: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone (202) 402-
5534 (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-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 
877-8339.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Anna P. Guido at 
[email protected] or telephone (202) 402-5535. 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. Guido.

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: Family Options Study: Long-Term 
Tracking.
    OMB Approval Number: 2528-0259.
    Type of Request: Revision of currently approved collection.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
purpose of this proposed information collection is to continue tracking 
the families that enrolled in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
Development's (HUD) Family Options Study between September 2010 and 
January 2012. The Family Options Study is a multi-site experiment 
designed to test the impacts of different housing and services 
interventions on homeless families in five key domains: Housing 
stability, family preservation, adult well-being, child well-being, and 
self-sufficiency. Families who enrolled in the Family Options Study 
were actively tracked for a minimum of three years after their 
enrollment into the study; the last outreach to families took place 
between March 2014 and March 2015. Both the design and the scale of the 
study provides a strong basis for conclusions about the relative 
impacts of the interventions over time; both the short-term (20 month) 
and long-term (37-month) impacts from this study yielded powerful 
evidence regarding the impact of a non-time-limited housing subsidy. It 
is possible, though, that some effects of the various interventions 
might take longer to emerge, particularly for child well-being. 
Therefore, HUD wishes to maintain contact with the sample of families 
in order to observe the longer-term effects of the interventions in a 
limited set of measures, and to assess the feasibility of an additional 
round of data collection in the future.

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                                           Number of    Frequency    Responses                               Annual  burden    Hourly cost
         Information collection           respondents  of response   per annum    Burden hour  per response       hours       per response   Annual cost
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Informed Consent........................        2,271            1        2,271  .17 hours (10 minutes)....           378.5          $10.15       $3,842
Tracking Interview......................        2,271            1        2,271  .25 hours (15 minutes)....             568           10.15        5,762
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    Total...............................  ...........  ...........  ...........  ..........................           946.5  ..............        9,604
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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

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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: September 12, 2016.
Katherine M. O'Regan,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy Development and Research.
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