[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 188 (Monday, September 29, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58368-58369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23120]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5752-N-82]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Planning Phase
Evaluation of the LGBTQ Youth Homelessness Prevention Initiative
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the proposed information collection
requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public
comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: October 29, 2014.
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: 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: Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email at Colette Pollard @hud.gov or
telephone 202-402-3400. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may
access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay
Service at (800) 877-8339. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of
available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Pollard.
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.
The Federal Register notice that solicited public comment on the
information collection for a period of 60 days was published on July
25, 2014.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Planning Phase Evaluation of the
LGBTQ Youth Homelessness Prevention Initiative.
OMB Approval Number: 2506-New.
Type of Request: New collection.
Form Number: None.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
LGBTQ Youth Homelessness Prevention Initiative began in the summer of
2013 as part of a federal interagency initiative. The initiative's goal
is to prevent homelessness among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
and questioning (LGBTQ) youth, and to intervene early when homelessness
occurs for these youth. Federal partners from the U.S. Departments of
Education, Health, and Juvenile Justice, as well as the U.S.
Interagency Council on Homelessness, support this HUD initiative. The
initiative supports the federal goal to end youth homelessness by 2020
and contributes to the development of a model for preventing LGBT youth
homelessness that other communities can replicate. There are two
communities participating in this initiative and both receive technical
assistance (TA) to support their initiative planning (and later in the
process, their initiative implementation).
At this time, both communities are in the midst of their strategic
planning and we do not currently have information on the strategies
they plan to implement starting in fall 2014. Hence, this request for
OMB clearance only covers the first evaluation phase. This planning
phase evaluation will document how the two participating communities
have approached their local plan development. Furthermore, it will
examine the resources required to carry out the planning process, what
worked well, what challenges emerged and how they were addressed, and
lessons learned. To produce this information, HUD will collect
quantitative and qualitative data from primary sources using four
methods: interviews, surveys, focus groups, and document review.
Participants will consist of the local initiative leads as well as
individuals involved in local initiative steering committees and
subcommittees. Documents to be reviewed will not require new data
collection--they are available through the ongoing TA to the two
communities.
This first evaluation phase will focus on nine aspects of the
planning process: (1) Role of local leads, (2) timeline; (3) needs
assessment, (4) logic model; (5) local plan development; (6) role of
steering committee; (7) role of subcommittees; (8) community
involvement; and (9) technical assistance supports. These areas were
chosen to better understand development of the local plans, including
learned lessons, overall strengths/assets, and weaknesses/challenges of
the planning phase. A separate OMB clearance request will be submitted
as part of the second evaluation phase, which will examine
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each community's implementation of their local plans.
Respondents (i.e. affected public): Organizations participating in
the two local initiatives, including local lead organizations and
participants on the local steering committees and subcommittees.
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Burden Annual Hourly
Information collection Number of Frequency Responses hour per burden cost per Annual cost
respondents of response per annum response hours response
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Planning Phase Interview: Local leads, steering committee 13 1 1 1 13 $25.46 $331
members, and subcommittee members (n=96)....................
Planning Phase Focus Group: Local leads, steering committee 24 1 1 1 24 25.46 611
members, and subcommittee members (n=96)....................
Planning Phase Survey: Local leads, steering committee 110 1 1 .25 27.5 25.46 700
members, and subcommittee members (n=96)....................
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Total.................................................... 110 1 1 .25-1 64.5 25.46 1,642
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*$25.46 is a GS-11 equivalent hourly cost. Hourly cost per response will vary at participating nonprofit and local government offices.
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: September 22, 2014.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-23120 Filed 9-26-14; 8:45 am]
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