30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Recordkeeping for HUD's Continuum of Care Program, 70958-70959 [2013-28505]

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• DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70958-70959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28505]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5683-N-104]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Recordkeeping 
for HUD's Continuum of Care Program

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: December 27, 2013.

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: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard 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 March 25, 2013.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Recordkeeping for HUD's Continuum 
of Care Program.
    OMB Approval Number: 2506--New.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Form Number: None.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
    This submission is to request a new OMB number for the information 
collection for the recordkeeping requirements that Continuum of Care 
program recipients will be expected to implement and retain. On May 20, 
2009, the President signed into law ``An Act to Prevent Mortgage 
Foreclosures and Enhance became Public Law 111-22; Division B of this 
law is the HEARTH Act. As amended by the HEARTH Act, Subpart C of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act establishes the Continuum of 
Care Program. The Continuum of Care Program is formed from the 
consolidation and amendment of three separate homeless assistance 
programs (The Supportive Housing Program, the Shelter Plus Care 
Program, and the Moderate Rehabilitation/Single Room Occupancy Program) 
into one single grant program. The three programs that had been carried 
out under title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C.11371 et seq.). The HEARTH Act was designed to improve 
administrative efficiency and enhance response coordination and 
effectiveness in addressing the needs of homeless persons through the 
Continuum of Care Program. The purpose of the program is to promote 
communitywide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; provide 
funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, and State and local 
governments to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families while 
minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused to homeless individuals, 
families, and communities by homelessness; promote access to and 
effective utilization of mainstream programs by homeless individuals 
and families; and optimize self-sufficiency among individuals and 
families experiencing homelessness. Publication of the interim rule for 
the Continuum of Care Program on July 31, 2012, found at 24 CFR part 
578, continues HUD's implementation of the HEARTH Act. This rule 
establishes the regulatory framework for the Continuum of Care Program 
and the Continuum of Care planning process, including requirements 
applicable to the establishment of a Continuum of Care. A Continuum of 
Care is designed to address the critical problem of homelessness 
through a coordinated community-based process of identifying needs and 
building a system of housing and services to address those needs. The 
statutory provisions and implementing interim regulations govern the 
Continuum of Care Program recordkeeping requirements for recipient and 
subrecipients and the standard operating procedures for ensuring that 
Continuum of Care Program funds are used in accordance

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Mortgage Credit Availability,'' which with the program requirements. To 
see the regulations for the new CoC program and applicable 
supplementary documents, visit HUD's Homeless Resource Exchange at 
https://www.onecpd.info/resource/2033/hearthcoc-program-interim-rule/.
    Respondents (i.e. affected public): Continuum of Care program 
recipients and subrecipients.
    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 CoC record keeping requirements 
include 45 distinct activities. Each activity requires a different 
number of respondents ranging from 10 to 350,000. Each activity also 
has a unique frequency of response, ranging from once to 200 times 
annually, and a unique associated number of hours of response, ranging 
from 15 minutes to 180 hours. The total number of hours needed for all 
reporting is 1,921,711 hours.

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. Chapters 35.

    Dated: November 21, 2013.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-28505 Filed 11-26-13; 8:45 am]
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