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Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals
and Households—Other Needs; 97.036,
Disaster Grants—Public Assistance
(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039,
Hazard Mitigation Grant.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID FEMA–2013–0001]
Notice of Adjustment of Statewide Per
Capita Indicator for Recommending a
Cost Share Adjustment
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2013–03078 Filed 2–11–13; 8:45 am]
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AGENCY:
FEMA gives notice that the
statewide per capita indicator for
recommending cost share adjustments
for major disasters declared on or after
January 1, 2013, through December 31,
2013, is $133.
DATES: This notice applies to major
disasters declared on or after January 1,
2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Roche, Recovery Directorate,
Federal Emergency Management
Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington,
DC 20472, (202) 646–3834.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to 44 CFR 206.47, the statewide per
capita indicator that is used to
recommend an increase of the Federal
cost share from seventy-five percent
(75%) to not more than ninety percent
(90%) of the eligible cost of permanent
work under section 406 and emergency
work under section 403 and section 407
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act is
adjusted annually. The adjustment to
the indicator is based on the Consumer
Price Index for All Urban Consumers
published annually by the U.S.
Department of Labor. For disasters
declared on January 1, 2013, through
December 31, 2013, the qualifying
indicator is $133 per capita of State
population.
This adjustment is based on an
increase of 1.7 percent in the Consumer
Price Index for All Urban Consumers for
the 12-month period that ended
December 2012. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the U.S. Department of
Labor released the information on
January 16, 2013.
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SUMMARY:
(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling;
97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034,
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA);
97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant;
97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to
Individuals and Households In Presidentially
Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049,
Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance—
Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals
and Households; 97.050, Presidentially
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5683–N–13]
Notice of Submission of Proposed
Information Collection to OMB; Family
Self-Sufficiency Program
Demonstration
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The proposed information
collection requirement described below
has been 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.
The Department is conducting this
study under contract with MDRC and its
subcontractors (Branch Associates and
M. Davis and Company, Inc.). The
project is an evaluation of the Family
Self-Sufficiency Program operated at
Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) across
the U.S. The study will use random
assignment methods to evaluate the
effectiveness of the program. FSS has
operated since 1992 and serves voucher
holders and residents of public housing.
The FSS model is essentially case
management plus an escrow account.
FSS case managers create a plan with
families to achieve goals and connect
with services that will enhance their
employment opportunities. Families
accrue money in their escrow accounts
as they increase their earnings. To date,
HUD has funded two other studies of
the FSS program, but neither can tell us
how well families would have done in
the absence of the program. A random
assignment model is needed because
participant self-selection into FSS limits
the ability to know whether program
features rather than the characteristics
of the participating families caused
tenant income gains. Random
assignment will limit the extent to
which selection bias is driving observed
results. The demonstration will
document the progress of a group of FSS
participants from initial enrollment to
program completion (or exit). The intent
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is to gain a deeper understanding of the
program and illustrate strategies that
assist participants to obtain greater
economic independence. While the
main objective of FSS is stable, suitable
employment, there are many interim
outcome of interest, which include:
Getting a first job; getting a higher
paying job; self-employment/small
business ownership; no longer needing
benefits provided under one or more
welfare programs; obtaining additional
education, whether in the form of a high
school diploma, higher education
degree, or vocational training; buying a
home; buying a car; setting up savings
accounts; or accomplishing similar goals
that lead to economic independence.
Data collection will include the families
that are part of the treatment and control
groups, as well as PHA staff. Data will
be gathered through a variety of
methods including surveys,
informational interviews, direct
observation, and analysis of
administrative records.
DATES:
Comments Due Date: March 14,
2013.
Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
approval Number (2528-New) 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:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov fax:
202–395–5806.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Colette Pollard., Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410;
email Colette Pollard at
Colette.Pollard@hud.gov. or telephone
(202) 402–3400. This is not a toll-free
number. Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Pollard.
This
notice informs the public that the
Department of Housing and Urban
Development has submitted to OMB a
request for approval of the Information
collection described below. This notice
is soliciting comments from members of
the public and affecting 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
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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 Proposed: Family SelfSufficiency Program Demonstration.
OMB Approval Number: 2528-New.
Form Numbers: None.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use:
The Department is conducting this
study under contract with MDRC and its
subcontractors (Branch Associates and
M. Davis and Company, Inc.). The
project is an evaluation of the Family
Self-Sufficiency Program operated at
Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) across
the U.S. The study will use random
assignment methods to evaluate the
effectiveness of the program. FSS has
operated since 1992 and serves voucher
holders and residents of public housing.
The FSS model is essentially case
management plus an escrow account.
FSS case managers create a plan with
families to achieve goals and connect
with services that will enhance their
employment opportunities. Families
accrue money in their escrow accounts
as they increase their earnings. To date,
HUD has funded two other studies of
the FSS program, but neither can tell us
how well families would have done in
the absence of the program. A random
assignment model is needed because
participant self-selection into FSS limits
the ability to know whether program
features rather than the characteristics
of the participating families caused
tenant income gains. Random
assignment will limit the extent to
which selection bias is driving observed
results. The demonstration will
document the progress of a group of FSS
participants from initial enrollment to
program completion (or exit). The intent
is to gain a deeper understanding of the
program and illustrate strategies that
assist participants to obtain greater
economic independence. While the
main objective of FSS is stable, suitable
employment, there are many interim
outcome of interest, which include:
Getting a first job; getting a higher
paying job; self-employment/small
business ownership; no longer needing
benefits provided under one or more
welfare programs; obtaining additional
education, whether in the form of a high
school diploma, higher education
degree, or vocational training; buying a
home; buying a car; setting up savings
accounts; or accomplishing similar goals
that lead to economic independence.
Data collection will include the families
that are part of the treatment and control
groups, as well as PHA staff. Data will
be gathered through a variety of
methods including surveys,
informational interviews, direct
observation, and analysis of
administrative records.
Number of
respondents
Annual
responses
3,000
1
Reporting Burden ..............................................................................
Total Estimated Burden Hours: 6,378.
Status: New collection.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as
amended.
Dated: February 6, 2013.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5450–N–04]
Federal Housing Administration (FHA):
PowerSaver Home Energy Retrofit
Loan Pilot Program: Extension of Pilot
Program
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
On March 31, 2011, HUD
published a notice that announced
HUD’s FHA Home Energy Retrofit Loan
Pilot Program (Retrofit Pilot Program)
known as FHA PowerSaver, which is a
pilot program conducted for loans
originated during a period of two years,
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commencing on May 2, 2011. The
Retrofit Pilot Program is authorized by
the Energy Innovation Fund of the 2010
Appropriations Act, which directs HUD
to conduct an Energy Efficient Mortgage
Innovation pilot program targeted to the
single family housing market. The
March 31, 2011, notice provided that
HUD may extend the duration of the
pilot program through Federal Register
notice. HUD uses this authority to
extend the Retrofit Pilot Program to
Title I loan applications dated on or
before May 4, 2015.
DATES: The Retrofit Pilot Program is
extended for an additional two years to
include Title I loan applications dated
on or before May 4, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patricia McBarron, Office of Single
Family Housing Development, Office of
Housing, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20410–8000;
telephone number 202–708–2121 (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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010
(Pub. L. 111–117, approved December
16, 2009, 123 Stat. 3034), directed HUD
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to conduct an Energy Efficient Mortgage
Innovation pilot program targeted to the
single family housing market and
allocated $25,000,000 for such pilot
program. On March 31, 2011, HUD
published a notice at 76 FR 17936 that
announced HUD’s FHA Home Energy
Retrofit Loan Pilot Program known as
FHA PowerSaver. The Retrofit Pilot
Program, operating under Title I, section
2 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.
1703), authorizes HUD to provide loan
insurance in order to help homeowners
finance energy-saving alterations,
repairs, and improvements in
connection with existing structures or
manufactured homes.
The March 31, 2011, notice provided
that the Retrofit Pilot Program would be
conducted for loans originated during a
period of two years, commencing on
May 2, 2011 and ending on May 2, 2013.
The notice also provided that HUD may
extend the duration of the Retrofit Pilot
Program through Federal Register
notice in order to better assess the
program’s effectiveness. HUD has
determined that an extension of the
Retrofit Pilot Program, as provided in
the March 31, 2011, notice, is desirable
for evaluating its success. An extension
will enable more lenders and
homeowners to participate in the
Retrofit Pilot Program, thereby
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5683-N-13]
Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB;
Family Self-Sufficiency Program Demonstration
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described
below has been 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.
The Department is conducting this study under contract with MDRC
and its subcontractors (Branch Associates and M. Davis and Company,
Inc.). The project is an evaluation of the Family Self-Sufficiency
Program operated at Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) across the U.S. The
study will use random assignment methods to evaluate the effectiveness
of the program. FSS has operated since 1992 and serves voucher holders
and residents of public housing. The FSS model is essentially case
management plus an escrow account. FSS case managers create a plan with
families to achieve goals and connect with services that will enhance
their employment opportunities. Families accrue money in their escrow
accounts as they increase their earnings. To date, HUD has funded two
other studies of the FSS program, but neither can tell us how well
families would have done in the absence of the program. A random
assignment model is needed because participant self-selection into FSS
limits the ability to know whether program features rather than the
characteristics of the participating families caused tenant income
gains. Random assignment will limit the extent to which selection bias
is driving observed results. The demonstration will document the
progress of a group of FSS participants from initial enrollment to
program completion (or exit). The intent is to gain a deeper
understanding of the program and illustrate strategies that assist
participants to obtain greater economic independence. While the main
objective of FSS is stable, suitable employment, there are many interim
outcome of interest, which include: Getting a first job; getting a
higher paying job; self-employment/small business ownership; no longer
needing benefits provided under one or more welfare programs; obtaining
additional education, whether in the form of a high school diploma,
higher education degree, or vocational training; buying a home; buying
a car; setting up savings accounts; or accomplishing similar goals that
lead to economic independence. Data collection will include the
families that are part of the treatment and control groups, as well as
PHA staff. Data will be gathered through a variety of methods including
surveys, informational interviews, direct observation, and analysis of
administrative records.
DATES: Comments Due Date: March 14, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB
approval Number (2528-New) 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: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov fax: 202-395-5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard., Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at
Colette.Pollard@hud.gov. or telephone (202) 402-3400. 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 the
Department of Housing and Urban Development has submitted to OMB a
request for approval of the Information collection described below.
This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and
affecting 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
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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 Proposed: Family Self-Sufficiency Program Demonstration.
OMB Approval Number: 2528-New.
Form Numbers: None.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
The Department is conducting this study under contract with MDRC
and its subcontractors (Branch Associates and M. Davis and Company,
Inc.). The project is an evaluation of the Family Self-Sufficiency
Program operated at Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) across the U.S. The
study will use random assignment methods to evaluate the effectiveness
of the program. FSS has operated since 1992 and serves voucher holders
and residents of public housing. The FSS model is essentially case
management plus an escrow account. FSS case managers create a plan with
families to achieve goals and connect with services that will enhance
their employment opportunities. Families accrue money in their escrow
accounts as they increase their earnings. To date, HUD has funded two
other studies of the FSS program, but neither can tell us how well
families would have done in the absence of the program. A random
assignment model is needed because participant self-selection into FSS
limits the ability to know whether program features rather than the
characteristics of the participating families caused tenant income
gains. Random assignment will limit the extent to which selection bias
is driving observed results. The demonstration will document the
progress of a group of FSS participants from initial enrollment to
program completion (or exit). The intent is to gain a deeper
understanding of the program and illustrate strategies that assist
participants to obtain greater economic independence. While the main
objective of FSS is stable, suitable employment, there are many interim
outcome of interest, which include: Getting a first job; getting a
higher paying job; self-employment/small business ownership; no longer
needing benefits provided under one or more welfare programs; obtaining
additional education, whether in the form of a high school diploma,
higher education degree, or vocational training; buying a home; buying
a car; setting up savings accounts; or accomplishing similar goals that
lead to economic independence. Data collection will include the
families that are part of the treatment and control groups, as well as
PHA staff. Data will be gathered through a variety of methods including
surveys, informational interviews, direct observation, and analysis of
administrative records.
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Number of Annual Hours per
respondents responses x response = Burden hours
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Reporting Burden.................... 3,000 1 .. 2.126 .. 6,378
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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 6,378.
Status: New collection.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. 35, as amended.
Dated: February 6, 2013.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-03204 Filed 2-11-13; 8:45 am]
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