[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 21 (Thursday, January 31, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 5864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1699]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5193-N-03]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment:
Housing Counseling Outcome Evaluation
AGENCY: Office of the Policy Development and Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described
below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: March 31, 2008.
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: Reports Liaison Officer, Office
of Policy Development & Research, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 8226, Washington, DC 20410-5000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marina L. Myhre, (202) 708-3700,
extension 5705 for copies of the proposed forms and other available
documents. (This is not a toll-free number.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit the proposed
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended). This Notice
is soliciting comments from members of the public and affected agencies
concerning the proposed collection of information to: (1) Evaluate
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) Evaluate the accuracy
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4) 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).
This Notice also lists the following information:
Title of Proposal: Housing Counseling Outcome Evaluation.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This
request is for the clearance of survey instruments designed to provide
statistically accurate information on the outcomes realized by clients
of housing counseling agencies seeking assistance to either purchase a
home (pre-purchase clients) or to resolve or prevent mortgage
delinquency (post-purchase clients). Up to 60 housing counseling
agencies will be recruited to voluntarily participate in the study.
These agencies will be asked to seek the voluntary participation of all
of their pre-purchase, post-purchase, and mortgage foreclosure
mitigation and prevention clients over an eight-week period, with the
goal of enrolling up to 1,000 pre-purchase clients; up to 1,000 post-
purchase clients; and up to 2,000 mortgage foreclosure mitigation and
prevention clients. Participating clients will be asked to complete a
baseline survey providing demographic and financial information on
their household and their reasons for seeking counseling. The
participating counseling agencies will be asked to provide information
on the characteristics of all counseling services provided to
participating clients over a six-month period. Counseling agencies will
also be asked to provide information on all of their educators and
counselors providing services to these clients, including basic
demographics and information on their experience and training as
educators and counselors. The purpose of these surveys is to gather
information needed to both document the share of clients realizing
different outcomes following counseling and to analyze how these
outcomes vary with the characteristics of clients and the services they
receive.
OMB Approval Number: Pending.
Agency form numbers: None.
Members of Affected Public: Up to 60 housing Counseling Agencies
and up to 4,000 counseling clients.
Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response: The average time per client for
counseling agencies to document the services provided over a six-month
period is two hours. The average time for counseling agencies to
complete the survey on educator and counselor characteristics is one-
quarter of an hour (with an expected average of eight counselors per
agency). The average time for clients to complete the baseline survey
instrument is one-half hour. Total burden hours are 8,120 for
counseling agencies and 2,000 for counseling clients, or 10,120 total
burden hours.
Status of the proposed information collection: Pending OMB
approval.
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: January 24, 2008.
Darlene F. Williams,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
[FR Doc. E8-1699 Filed 1-30-08; 8:45 am]
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