60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Youth Homelessness System Improvement (YHSI)
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 req...
[Docket No. FR-7094-N-11; OMB Control No. 2506-0219]
AGENCY:
Office of Community Planning and Development, HUD.
ACTION:
Notice.
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:
January 8, 2027.
ADDRESSES:
Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection can be sent within 60 days of publication of this notice to
www.regulations.gov.
Interested persons are also invited to submit comments regarding this proposal and comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and should be sent to: Urnell Johnson, PRA Supervisor, Correspondence Unit, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 7232, Washington, DC 20410.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen DeBlasio, Director, Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 7262, Washington, DC 20410; email
Karen.M.DeBlasio@hud.gov,
telephone (202) 402-4773 (This is not a toll-free number). HUD welcomes and is prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as individuals with speech or communication disabilities. To learn more about how to make an accessible telephone call, please visit
www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.
Copies of available supporting documents for the proposed collection may be obtained from Ms. DeBlasio.
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:
Youth Homeless Systems Improvement (YHSI).
OMB Approval Number:
2506-0219.
Type of Request:
Renewal.
Form Number:
SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
Congress appropriated funds to the Department of Housing and Urban Development in FY2022-FY2026 to competitively award funds to selected communities to support them in establishing and implementing a response system for youth homelessness or for improving their existing response system. The YHSI projects focus on systems change to improve the capacity and increase collaboration with youth in the community; establish partnership with other youth-serving systems; connect housing and homelessness service providers to education, job training, and employment skills organizations; improve the centralized or coordinated assessment system also known as the Coordinated Entry Systems (CES); and improve data collection and use between systems that work with at-risk and homeless youth. This information collection revision is to monitor the progress of funded YHSI projects.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
86 YHSI grant recipients.
Estimated Number of Responses:
172.
Frequency of Response:
Biannual.
Average Hours per Response:
2.
Total Estimated Burdens:
$22,482.12.
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.
www.regulations.gov
www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs
44 U.S.C. 3507