82 FR 41635 - 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Evaluation of the HUD Youth Homelessness Demonstration Project Evaluation

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 169 (September 1, 2017)

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 comments 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 82, Number 169 (Friday, September 1, 2017)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18578]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-6003-N-08]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Evaluation of 
the HUD Youth Homelessness Demonstration Project Evaluation

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and 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 comments 
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: October 31, 2017.

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: Evaluation of the HUD Youth 
Homelessness Demonstration Project.
    OMB Approval Number: Pending.
    Type of Request: New.
    Agency Form Numbers: No agency forms will be used.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
purpose of the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Project Evaluation 
(YHDE), by the Office of Policy Development and Research, at the U.S. 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), is to assess the 
progress and results of the 2017 YHDP grantee communities in developing 
and executing a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending 
youth homelessness. YHDP grant funds help communities to work with 
youth advisory boards, child welfare agencies, and other community 
partners to create comprehensive community plans to end youth 
homelessness; these comprehensive plans are a major focus for the 
grantees in the first grant year. The grant funding is used for a 
variety of housing options, including rapid re-housing, permanent 
supportive housing, and transitional housing, as well as innovative 
programs. YHDP also will support youth-focused performance measurement 
and coordinated entry systems. In order to obtain a clear picture of 
YHDP grant activities, this longitudinal, multi-level evaluation will 
measure activities and progress of grantees essential to building and 
sustaining effective community change.
    Data collection will occur during two evaluation components with 
each component including data collection activities and analyses. These 
components include two waves of a web-based survey of Continuums of 
Care, and site visits with each demonstration community and the three 
selected comparison sites.
    Component one, a web-based survey of Continuums of Care (CoCs) in 
the U.S. will be administered twice, in Years 1 and 4 of the 
evaluation, to all CoC program directors across the country excluding 
the 10 YHDP grantees and three comparison communities, for a total of 
400 survey participants each wave. These data will provide an 
understanding of system developments occurring across the country and 
provide a comparative basis for understanding the demonstration 
communities. The survey will ask questions about the nature and 
capacity of the prevention and crisis approaches in place, the housing 
and service solutions, and the strategies for screening and assessing 
youth. It will focus on understanding the coordination and 
collaboration between the homeless assistance system and mainstream 
service systems, as well as whether and how the system prioritizes and 
coordinates referrals to the different programs.
    The second data collection component is comprised of site visits 
which will be conducted with each demonstration community and the three 
comparison non-grantee CoCs. The site visits will include interviews 
with key informants, with project technical assistance (TA) providers, 
and youth, as well as focus groups with different subgroups of youth. 
The site visit guide will describe data collection procedures to be 
followed to ensure rigor and consistency across site visit teams. The 
first site visit will be conducted as soon as OMB approval is received 
to collect information while grantees are developing their coordinated 
community plans. The second site visit will be conducted in early 2019 
to explore how the plans are being implemented, as well as barriers to 
or facilitators of change. The third and final site visits will be 
scheduled after community plans have been in effect for at least one 
year (mid-2020).
    Respondents: Continuum of Care Lead Agency contacts, key community 
partners, TA provider staff and youth with interaction with CoCs.
    Estimated total number of hours needed to prepare the information 
collection including number of respondents, frequency of response, 
hours of response, and cost of response time: Based on the assumptions 
and tables below, we calculate the estimated annual burden hours for 
the study to be 380 hours and the annual cost to be $6,716.90. Across 
the four years of the study, the total burden hours would be 1,520 and 
the total cost for the four years to be $26,867.60. The annual cost of 
information collection from CoC program directors assumes 400 
respondents, surveyed on two occasions over the four years of the 
evaluation,

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((400*2)/4=200). It is further assumed that two YHDP Grantee staff per 
site, and six Program administrators per site will be interviewed. The 
full calculation assumptions are shown below. Derivations for the 
column ``Hourly Cost Per Response,'' are explained below.

                                                Estimated Hour and Cost Burden of Information Collection
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                                             Number of     Frequency of    Responses per    Burden hour    Annual burden    Hourly cost
         Information collection             respondents      response          annum       per response        hours       per response    Annual cost $
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CoC Program Directors...................             400               2             200             0.2              40           30.54       $1,221.60
YHDP Grantee Staff......................              26               3              20             2.0              40           20.14          805.60
Program Administrators..................              78               3              59             1.0              59           30.54        1,801.86
Service Providers.......................              78               3              59             1.0              59           20.14        1,188.26
Government Agency Staff.................              26               3              20             0.8              16           24.56          392.96
TA Providers............................              10               3               8             1.0               8           20.14          161.12
Youth (Interviews)......................              26               3              20             1.0              20            7.25          145.00
Youth (Focus Groups)....................             468               3              92             1.5             138            7.25        1,000.50
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    Total...............................           1,112  ..............             478  ..............             380  ..............        6,716.90
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                        Estimated Hour Burden of Information Collection Calculation Basis
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                                                                              Frequency of
           Information collection                 Number of respondents         response     Responses per annum
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CoC Program Directors......................  400...........................               2      (400x2)/4 = 200
YHDP Grantee Staff.........................  2/site, 13 sites = 26.........               3        (26x3)/4 = 20
Program Administrators.....................  6/site, 13 sites = 78.........               3        (78x3)/4 = 59
Service Providers..........................  6/site, 13 sites = 78.........               3        (78x3)/4 = 59
Government Agency Staff....................  2/site, 13 sites = 26.........               3        (26x3)/4 = 20
TA Providers...............................  10............................               3         (10x3)/4 = 8
Youth (Interviews).........................  2/site, 13 sites = 26.........               3        (26x3)/4 = 20
Youth (Focus Groups).......................  36/site, 13 sites = 468.......               3       (468x3)/4 = 92
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    Total..................................  1,112.........................  ..............                  478
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    As summarized below, we estimated the hourly cost per response 
using the May 2015 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment 
Statistics median hourly wages for the labor categories, Social and 
Community Services Manager (11-9151, $30.54) and Social and Community 
Services Specialist, All Other (21-1099, $20.14). We used the Social 
and Community Services Manager rate for the CoC Program Directors and 
Program Administrators. We used the Social and Community Services 
Specialist, All Other rate for YHDP grantee staff, service providers, 
and TA providers. For the government workers, we used an average of 
state and local Social and Community Services Specialist, All Other 
(21-2099, $24.56). The youth hourly wage is based on the federal 
minimum wage of $7.25/hour.

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              Respondent                          Occupation               SOC code        Median hourly wage
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CoC program directors.................  Social and Community Services          11-9151  $30.54.
                                         Manager.
YHDP grantee staff....................  Social and Community Services          21-1099  $20.14.
                                         Specialist, All Others.
Program administrators................  Social and Community Services          11-9151  $30.54.
                                         Manager.
Service providers.....................  Social and Community Services          21-1099  $20.14.
                                         Specialist, All Others.
Government agency staff...............  Social and Community Services          21-1099  Average of state and
                                         Specialist, All Others.                         local, $24.56.
TA providers..........................  Social and Community Services          21-1099  $20.14.
                                         Specialist, All Others.
Youth.................................  Federal minimum wage..........              --  $7.25.
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics (May 2015), https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrci.htm.

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 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.


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    Dated: August 23, 2017.
Todd M. Richardson,
Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research.
[FR Doc. 2017-18578 Filed 8-31-17; 8:45 am]
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