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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5609–N–01]
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection for Public Comment: Choice
Neighborhoods Evaluation, Phase I
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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: Comment Due Date: March 19,
2012.
SUMMARY:
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
electronically to Paul.A.Joice@hud.gov
or in hard copy to: Paul Joice, Office of
Policy Development and Research,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room
8120, Washington, DC 20410–6000.
Please use ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods
Evaluation PRA Comment’’ in the
subject line of any email.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
Joice at (202) 402–4608 (this is not a
toll-free number) or
Paul.A.Joice@hud.gov, for copies of the
proposed forms and other available
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documents. Please use ‘‘Choice
Neighborhoods Evaluation PRA
Comment’’ in the subject line of any
email.
The
Department of Housing and Urban
Development will submit the proposed
extension of 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: Choice
Neighborhoods Evaluation, Phase I.
OMB Control Number: Pending.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use: HUD is
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
conducting an evaluation of the Choice
Neighborhoods Initiative, focused on
the initial round of grants funded in
August 2011. This evaluation requires
the collection of information from
households living in the Choice
Neighborhoods sites. This proposed
information collection will support the
first phase of the evaluation, which is
focused on studying implementation of
the grants and establishing a baseline for
long-term evaluation of program
outcomes. The information collection is
necessary to understand the experience
of the residents in the Choice
Neighborhood sites.
Agency Form Numbers: None.
Members of the Affected Public: This
information collection request will
affect residents in assisted and
unassisted housing in each of the sites.
We will use a longitudinal resident
tracking survey to examine resident
outcomes over time. To monitor
outcomes for assisted housing residents,
the research team proposes conducting
a multi-wave survey that tracks a
representative sample of the original
assisted housing residents during
implementation and revitalization of the
site. The survey will track outcomes of
interest, including housing location and
quality; and resident physical and
mental health, safety, employment, and
education.
To assess the outcomes of assisted
residents, we will sample from the
public housing developments at each
site, including residents at the time of
Assisted
households
Other households
the survey as well as residents who
relocated during 2012. We will
oversample special populations (e.g.,
disabled, seniors, large families, or
limited English proficiency households)
when appropriate. Our research design
calls for the collection of a random
sample at the Chicago and New Orleans
sites, and assumes 250 completed
surveys. At the Boston site we will
obtain 100 completed surveys (i.e., as
complete coverage as possible of the
occupied units, with no oversampling).
In the event that funding becomes
available to support a survey of assisted
residents at the Seattle and San
Francisco sites, we will obtain 250
completed surveys at each site.
To allow for comparisons between
assisted-households in units that will be
transformed by the CNI and those in the
neighborhood, the content of the
unassisted resident survey and the
assisted-resident will be as similar as
possible. Part of this task will be to
define the appropriate neighborhood
boundary for the survey. Our goal is to
have a minimum of 250 completed
interviews with unassisted residents,
with a larger sample in sites with bigger
neighborhoods. Units will be drawn
from a random sample of housing units
in the defined neighborhood.
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 following chart
details the respondent burden:
Total households
Hours per
response
Total hours
New Orleans ........................................................................
Chicago ................................................................................
Boston ..................................................................................
Seattle ..................................................................................
San Francisco ......................................................................
250
250
100
250
250
250
250
250
250
250
500
500
350
500
500
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
375
375
262.5
375
375
Total ..............................................................................
1,100
1,250
2,350
.75
1,762.5
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,
as amended.
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Status of the proposed information
collection: Pending OMB approval.
[Docket No. FR–5415–FA–35]
Dated: January 10, 2012.
Raphael W. Bostic,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development
and Research.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5609-N-01]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment:
Choice Neighborhoods Evaluation, Phase I
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for 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: Comment Due Date: March 19, 2012.
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 electronically to
Paul.A.Joice@hud.gov or in hard copy to: Paul Joice, Office of Policy
Development and Research, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street SW., Room 8120, Washington, DC 20410-6000. Please use
``Choice Neighborhoods Evaluation PRA Comment'' in the subject line of
any email.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Joice at (202) 402-4608 (this is
not a toll-free number) or Paul.A.Joice@hud.gov, for copies of the
proposed forms and other available
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documents. Please use ``Choice Neighborhoods Evaluation PRA Comment''
in the subject line of any email.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Housing and Urban
Development will submit the proposed extension of 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: Choice Neighborhoods Evaluation, Phase I.
OMB Control Number: Pending.
Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use: HUD
is conducting an evaluation of the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative,
focused on the initial round of grants funded in August 2011. This
evaluation requires the collection of information from households
living in the Choice Neighborhoods sites. This proposed information
collection will support the first phase of the evaluation, which is
focused on studying implementation of the grants and establishing a
baseline for long-term evaluation of program outcomes. The information
collection is necessary to understand the experience of the residents
in the Choice Neighborhood sites.
Agency Form Numbers: None.
Members of the Affected Public: This information collection request
will affect residents in assisted and unassisted housing in each of the
sites. We will use a longitudinal resident tracking survey to examine
resident outcomes over time. To monitor outcomes for assisted housing
residents, the research team proposes conducting a multi-wave survey
that tracks a representative sample of the original assisted housing
residents during implementation and revitalization of the site. The
survey will track outcomes of interest, including housing location and
quality; and resident physical and mental health, safety, employment,
and education.
To assess the outcomes of assisted residents, we will sample from
the public housing developments at each site, including residents at
the time of the survey as well as residents who relocated during 2012.
We will oversample special populations (e.g., disabled, seniors, large
families, or limited English proficiency households) when appropriate.
Our research design calls for the collection of a random sample at the
Chicago and New Orleans sites, and assumes 250 completed surveys. At
the Boston site we will obtain 100 completed surveys (i.e., as complete
coverage as possible of the occupied units, with no oversampling). In
the event that funding becomes available to support a survey of
assisted residents at the Seattle and San Francisco sites, we will
obtain 250 completed surveys at each site.
To allow for comparisons between assisted-households in units that
will be transformed by the CNI and those in the neighborhood, the
content of the unassisted resident survey and the assisted-resident
will be as similar as possible. Part of this task will be to define the
appropriate neighborhood boundary for the survey. Our goal is to have a
minimum of 250 completed interviews with unassisted residents, with a
larger sample in sites with bigger neighborhoods. Units will be drawn
from a random sample of housing units in the defined neighborhood.
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 following chart details the
respondent burden:
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Assisted Other Total Hours per
households households households response Total hours
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New Orleans..................... 250 250 500 .75 375
Chicago......................... 250 250 500 .75 375
Boston.......................... 100 250 350 .75 262.5
Seattle......................... 250 250 500 .75 375
San Francisco................... 250 250 500 .75 375
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Total....................... 1,100 1,250 2,350 .75 1,762.5
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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 10, 2012.
Raphael W. Bostic,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
[FR Doc. 2012-1006 Filed 1-18-12; 8:45 am]
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