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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5831–N–45]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Evaluation of the Section
811 Project Rental Assistance
Program, Phase I
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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: November
4, 2015.
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, QMAC, 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.
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.
Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Pollard.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for 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 1, 2015 at
80 FR 37649.
SUMMARY:
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A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Evaluation of the Section 811 Project
Rental Assistance Program, Phase I.
OMB Approval Number: 2528–NEW.
Type of Request: New collection.
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Form Number: N/A.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
Office of Policy Research and
Development, U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development
(HUD), is proposing a data collection
activity as part of the evaluation of the
Section 811 Supportive Housing for
Persons with Disabilities (Section 811)
Project Rental Assistance (PRA)
Program. The Section 811 PRA Program
is a new model of housing assistance
authorized in 2010 that provides
project-based rental assistance to state
housing agencies for the development of
supportive housing for extremely lowincome persons with disabilities.
Housing agencies must have a formal
partnership with the state health and
human service agency and/or the state
Medicaid provider to provide services
and supports directly to residents living
in units funded with Section 811 PRA.
The Section 811 PRA program
authorizing statute requires HUD to
describe the assistance under the
program, to analyze its effectiveness,
and propose recommendations for
future assistance under Section 811.
HUD is implementing a two-phase
evaluation of the Section 811 PRA
program. The first phase of the
evaluation is focused on a process
evaluation that will describe the
implementation of the program in the
first 12 states awarded Section 811 PRA
funds. The second phase will evaluate
the program effectiveness and its impact
on residents. This request for OMB
clearance covers the first phase of the
evaluation. Data collection includes inperson interviews with staffs at state
agencies, (housing, health and human
services and state Medicaid providers)
and Section 811 PRA partner agencies
(property owners or managers of
properties where Section 811 PRA
participants live and staff at
organizations that provide supportive
services to PRA participants). The
purpose of the interviews is to
document the implementation
experience of the Section 811 PRA
program.
Respondents (describe): State housing
agencies, state health and human
service and/or Medicaid provider
agencies, and Section 811 PRA partner
agencies in twelve grantee states.
Estimated Number of Respondents: A
total of 79 participants will participate
in the process evaluation interviews
across the 12 grantee sites. Twelve
participants are state housing agencies
implementing the Section 811 PRA
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program; twelve participants are
Medicaid and/or health and human
services agencies; and fifty five
participants are Section 811 PRA
partner agencies.
Estimated Number of Responses: 79
responses.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Average Hours per Response and
Total Estimated Burdens: Interviews
with state housing agency
representatives will take an average of 6
hours. Interviews with health and
human services or Medicaid agency
representatives and other state agency
partners will take an average of 6 hours
each. The estimated number of hours for
the grantee, health and human services
or Medicaid partner, and other state
agency may be spread across multiple
respondents if more than one person is
responsible for distinct activities related
to the Section 811 PRA program.
We will complete as much as the
interview protocol as possible in
advance of the site visit from available
data sources including the 2012 Section
811 PRA application for funding,
quarterly grantee reports, and HUD
administrative data. Interviews will be
conducted orally and grantees will not
be asked to provide written responses to
any interview query. Prior to the
interviews, we will conduct screening
calls with each grantee to tailor the
conversations and identify participants
to include in the process interviews.
The length of interviews with partner
organizations will vary based on the
roles they have in the Section 811 PRA
program. We expect the interviews to
take between 120 and 180 minutes
based on the responsibilities of each
partner.
For the state housing agency staff and
state health and human service agency
or state Medicaid agency staff,
researchers will administer interviews
on the implementation of the Section
811 PRA Demonstration for an average
of six hours. An additional 2 hours will
be needed for agency staff to compile
material needed on the PRA program in
order to answer the research questions.
The total burden for state housing
agency and Medicaid respondents is 192
hours. The average interview for PRA
Demonstration partner agency/property
owner staff is 90 minutes long, with an
additional hour to compile information
needed to complete the answers to the
interview questions. The total burden
for all Section 811 PRA program
participants is 329.5 hours.
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Number of
respondents
Respondents
Frequency of
response
Average
burden/
response
(hours)
Average
burden/
data collection
(hours)
Total
estimated
burden
(hours)
State housing agencies implementing Section 811 PRA ....
Medicaid agencies implementing Section 811 PRA ............
Section 811 PRA Partner Agencies ....................................
12
12
55
1
1
1
6
6
1.5
2
2
1
96
96
137.5
Total ..............................................................................
79
........................
........................
........................
329.5
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: 12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 Research and
Demonstrations.
Dated: September 29, 2015.
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–5831–N–47]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Rental Assistance
Demonstration (RAD) Application
Forms
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
HUD has submitted the
proposed information collection
requirement described below to the
Office of Management and Budget
SUMMARY:
VerDate Sep<11>2014
18:34 Oct 02, 2015
Jkt 238001
(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: November
4, 2015.
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, QMAC, 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.
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.
Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Pollard.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for 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 31, 2015 at
80 FR 45673.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Rental
Assistance Demonstration (RAD)
Application Form.
OMB Approval Number: 2577–0278.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Form Number: HUD–5260 RAD
Application.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
Rental Assistance Demonstration allows
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Public Housing, Rent Supplement,
Rental Assistance Payment, and
Moderate Rehabilitation (Mod Rehab)
properties to convert to long-term
Section 8 rental assistance contracts.
Participation in the initiative is
voluntary. Public Housing Agencies
interested in participating in the
Demonstration are required to submit
applications to HUD. The attached
application will be used to determine
eligibility for Public Housing projects
only. HUD intends through the
conversion process, to assure the
physical and financial sustainability of
properties and enable owners to
leverage private financing to address
immediate and long-term capital needs,
improve operations, and implement
energy efficiency improvements. The
RAD application is Excel based and will
be pre-populated with data the
Department collects and maintains for
each housing agency. Information
collected by the applications will allow
the Department to determine which
applicants meet the eligibility
requirements and have the capacity to
successfully meet RAD’s mission
delineated in PIH Notice PIH–2012–32,
REV–2: Rental Assistance
Demonstration—Partial Implementation
and Request for Comments. To review
the current version of the application,
please visit the RAD Web site:
www.hud.gov/rad/. Under the ‘For
Public Housing Providers’ tab, navigate
to the Application Material section, and
links are provided for each state.
Obtain the current Public Housing
Application: https://portal.hud.gov/
hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=RAD_
App_PH.xlsx.
Respondents: State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
The estimated number of respondents is
5,900 annually with one response per
respondent.
Estimated Number of Responses:
5,900.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Average Hours per Response: 2 Hours.
Total Estimated Burdens: 11,800.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5831-N-45]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Evaluation of
the Section 811 Project Rental Assistance Program, Phase I
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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: November 4, 2015.
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, QMAC, 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. 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.
Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from
Ms. Pollard.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for 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 1,
2015 at 80 FR 37649.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Evaluation of the Section 811
Project Rental Assistance Program, Phase I.
OMB Approval Number: 2528-NEW.
Type of Request: New collection.
Form Number: N/A.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
Office of Policy Research and Development, U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD), is proposing a data collection activity as
part of the evaluation of the Section 811 Supportive Housing for
Persons with Disabilities (Section 811) Project Rental Assistance (PRA)
Program. The Section 811 PRA Program is a new model of housing
assistance authorized in 2010 that provides project-based rental
assistance to state housing agencies for the development of supportive
housing for extremely low-income persons with disabilities. Housing
agencies must have a formal partnership with the state health and human
service agency and/or the state Medicaid provider to provide services
and supports directly to residents living in units funded with Section
811 PRA.
The Section 811 PRA program authorizing statute requires HUD to
describe the assistance under the program, to analyze its
effectiveness, and propose recommendations for future assistance under
Section 811. HUD is implementing a two-phase evaluation of the Section
811 PRA program. The first phase of the evaluation is focused on a
process evaluation that will describe the implementation of the program
in the first 12 states awarded Section 811 PRA funds. The second phase
will evaluate the program effectiveness and its impact on residents.
This request for OMB clearance covers the first phase of the
evaluation. Data collection includes in-person interviews with staffs
at state agencies, (housing, health and human services and state
Medicaid providers) and Section 811 PRA partner agencies (property
owners or managers of properties where Section 811 PRA participants
live and staff at organizations that provide supportive services to PRA
participants). The purpose of the interviews is to document the
implementation experience of the Section 811 PRA program.
Respondents (describe): State housing agencies, state health and
human service and/or Medicaid provider agencies, and Section 811 PRA
partner agencies in twelve grantee states.
Estimated Number of Respondents: A total of 79 participants will
participate in the process evaluation interviews across the 12 grantee
sites. Twelve participants are state housing agencies implementing the
Section 811 PRA program; twelve participants are Medicaid and/or health
and human services agencies; and fifty five participants are Section
811 PRA partner agencies.
Estimated Number of Responses: 79 responses.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Average Hours per Response and Total Estimated Burdens: Interviews
with state housing agency representatives will take an average of 6
hours. Interviews with health and human services or Medicaid agency
representatives and other state agency partners will take an average of
6 hours each. The estimated number of hours for the grantee, health and
human services or Medicaid partner, and other state agency may be
spread across multiple respondents if more than one person is
responsible for distinct activities related to the Section 811 PRA
program.
We will complete as much as the interview protocol as possible in
advance of the site visit from available data sources including the
2012 Section 811 PRA application for funding, quarterly grantee
reports, and HUD administrative data. Interviews will be conducted
orally and grantees will not be asked to provide written responses to
any interview query. Prior to the interviews, we will conduct screening
calls with each grantee to tailor the conversations and identify
participants to include in the process interviews.
The length of interviews with partner organizations will vary based
on the roles they have in the Section 811 PRA program. We expect the
interviews to take between 120 and 180 minutes based on the
responsibilities of each partner.
For the state housing agency staff and state health and human
service agency or state Medicaid agency staff, researchers will
administer interviews on the implementation of the Section 811 PRA
Demonstration for an average of six hours. An additional 2 hours will
be needed for agency staff to compile material needed on the PRA
program in order to answer the research questions. The total burden for
state housing agency and Medicaid respondents is 192 hours. The average
interview for PRA Demonstration partner agency/property owner staff is
90 minutes long, with an additional hour to compile information needed
to complete the answers to the interview questions. The total burden
for all Section 811 PRA program participants is 329.5 hours.
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Average burden/
Number of Frequency of Average burden/ data Total
Respondents respondents response response collection estimated
(hours) (hours) burden (hours)
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State housing agencies 12 1 6 2 96
implementing Section 811 PRA...
Medicaid agencies implementing 12 1 6 2 96
Section 811 PRA................
Section 811 PRA Partner Agencies 55 1 1.5 1 137.5
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Total....................... 79 .............. .............. .............. 329.5
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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: 12 U.S.C. 1701z-1 Research and Demonstrations.
Dated: September 29, 2015.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-25283 Filed 10-2-15; 8:45 am]
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