30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Family Self-Sufficiency Program Demonstration, 58012-58013 [2017-26522]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
58012
Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 235 / Friday, December 8, 2017 / Notices
Colette.Pollard@hud.gov, or telephone
202–402–3400. This is not a toll-free
number. Person 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 August 29, 2017.
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Requirements for Single Family
Mortgage Instruments.
OMB Approval Number: 2502–0404.
Type of Request: Extension.
Form Number: None
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: This
information is used to verify that a
mortgage has been properly recorded
and is eligible for FHA insurance.
Respondents (i.e. affected public):
Individuals or household.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
15,871.
Estimated Number of Responses:
1,306,931.
Frequency of Response: one per
mortgage.
Average Hours per Response: 5
minutes.
Total Estimated Burdens: 108,911.
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.
VerDate Sep<11>2014
20:38 Dec 07, 2017
Jkt 244001
C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35.
Dated: November 14, 2017.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017–26526 Filed 12–7–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4210–67–P
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5997–N–77]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Family Self-Sufficiency
Program Demonstration
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
HUD 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: January 8,
2018.
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:
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20410; email
Anna P. Guido at Anna.P.Guido@
hud.gov or telephone 202–402–5535.
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. Guido.
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
SUMMARY:
PO 00000
Frm 00066
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
days was published on July 14, 2017 at
82 FR 32571.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Family Self-Sufficiency Demonstration.
OMB Approval Number: 2528–0296.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Form Number: No forms.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
Department is conducting this study
under contract with MDRC and its
subcontractor (M. Davis and Company,
Inc.) and consultants. The project is an
evaluation of the Family SelfSufficiency (FSS) 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 selfselection 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 underway 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
outcomes 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 for this evaluation are being
gathered through a variety of methods
E:\FR\FM\08DEN1.SGM
08DEN1
58013
Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 235 / Friday, December 8, 2017 / Notices
including informational interviews and
discussions, direct observation, and
focus groups. The work covered under
this information request is for
interviews with PHA staff, partners, and
study participants receiving FSS
services.
Respondents: For the annual webbased partnership survey and weekly
time text survey, 100 respondents from
the grantee and key project partner at 7
demonstration sites.
For the monthly web-based time
survey, 35 supervisory staff.
Respondents:
PHA and Partner Staff ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................
Individuals receiving subsidized housing and enrolled in the FSS program (treatment group) ..............................................................................................
90
90
Table 1
Information collection
Number of
respondents
Frequency
of response
Study Participant Interviews and/or Focus Groups ..................
PHA Staff Interviews (on-site) ...................................................
PHA Staff Interviews (telephone) ..............................................
Cost Study Data Collection Activities with PHA staff ...............
FSS Partner Staff Interviews ....................................................
90.00
27.00
18.00
18.00
27.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
Total ...................................................................................
180.00
....................
Responses
per annum
Burden hour
per response
Annual burden hours
90.00
27.00
18.00
18.00
27.00
1.50
1.50
1.50
2.00
1.50
135.00
40.50
27.00
36.00
40.50
....................
....................
279.00
Hourly cost
per response
1 7.25
Annual cost
3 35.97
978.75
1,049.76
699.84
1,294.92
1,456.79
....................
5,480.06
2 25.92
2 25.92
3 35.97
1 Households
participating in the Family Self-Sufficiency Demonstration will range widely in employment position and earnings. We have estimated the hourly wage at the expected prevailing minimum wage, which is $7.25 per hour. While we expect about 50 percent of the participants to
be employed at the time of study entry (based on a report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, wherein some 55 percent of non-elderly,
non-disabled households receiving voucher assistance reported earned income in 2010. (https://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3634)), the calculation above assumes an up to amount if all participants were employed.
2 For program staff participating in interviews, the $25.91 estimate uses the median hourly wages of selected occupations (classified by Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) codes) and was sourced from the Occupational Employment Statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Potentially relevant occupations and their median hourly wages are:
Occupation
SOC code
Community and Social Service Specialist ........................................................................................................................................................
Social/community Service Manager ..................................................................................................................................................................
21–1099
11–9151
Median
hourly
wage rate
$20.73
31.10
Source: Occupational Employment Statistics, accessed online October 16, 2017 at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm.
3 For program staff supporting data extraction activities and FSS Partner staff, the estimate uses the median hourly wages of selected relevant occupations in a
manner similar to the above. A standard wage assumption of $35.97hr was created by averaging median hourly wage rates for these occupations:
Occupation
SOC code
Database Administrator .....................................................................................................................................................................................
Social/community Service Manager ..................................................................................................................................................................
15–1141
11–9151
Median
hourly
wage rate
$40.84
31.10
Source: Occupational Employment Statistics, accessed online October 16, 2017 at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm.
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
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 using
appropriate automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
VerDate Sep<11>2014
20:38 Dec 07, 2017
Jkt 244001
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: November 17, 2017.
Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017–26522 Filed 12–7–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4210–67–P
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5997–N–76]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Evaluation of the HUD–DOJ
Pay for Success Re-Entry Permanent
Supportive Housing Demonstration
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
AGENCY:
PO 00000
Frm 00067
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
ACTION:
Notice.
HUD 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: January 8,
2018.
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:
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
SUMMARY:
E:\FR\FM\08DEN1.SGM
08DEN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 235 (Friday, December 8, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58012-58013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-26522]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5997-N-77]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Family Self-
Sufficiency Program Demonstration
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: HUD 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: January 8, 2018.
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: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Anna P. Guido at
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-5535. 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. Guido.
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
14, 2017 at 82 FR 32571.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Family Self-Sufficiency
Demonstration.
OMB Approval Number: 2528-0296.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Form Number: No forms.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
Department is conducting this study under contract with MDRC and its
subcontractor (M. Davis and Company, Inc.) and consultants. The project
is an evaluation of the Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) 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 underway 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 outcomes 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 for this evaluation are being gathered through a variety of
methods
[[Page 58013]]
including informational interviews and discussions, direct observation,
and focus groups. The work covered under this information request is
for interviews with PHA staff, partners, and study participants
receiving FSS services.
Respondents: For the annual web-based partnership survey and weekly
time text survey, 100 respondents from the grantee and key project
partner at 7 demonstration sites.
For the monthly web-based time survey, 35 supervisory staff.
Respondents:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHA and Partner Staff...................................... 90
Individuals receiving subsidized housing and enrolled in 90
the FSS program (treatment group).........................
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Table 1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Information collection Number of Frequency Responses Burden hour Annual Hourly cost Annual cost
respondents of response per annum per burden per
response hours response
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Study Participant Interviews and/or Focus Groups............. 90.00 1.00 90.00 1.50 135.00 \1\ 7.25 978.75
PHA Staff Interviews (on-site)............................... 27.00 1.00 27.00 1.50 40.50 \2\ 25.92 1,049.76
PHA Staff Interviews (telephone)............................. 18.00 1.00 18.00 1.50 27.00 \2\ 25.92 699.84
Cost Study Data Collection Activities with PHA staff......... 18.00 1.00 18.00 2.00 36.00 \3\ 35.97 1,294.92
FSS Partner Staff Interviews................................. 27.00 1.00 27.00 1.50 40.50 \3\ 35.97 1,456.79
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total.................................................... 180.00 ........... ........... ........... 279.00 ........... 5,480.06
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\[thinsp]Households participating in the Family Self-Sufficiency Demonstration will range widely in employment position and earnings. We have
estimated the hourly wage at the expected prevailing minimum wage, which is $7.25 per hour. While we expect about 50 percent of the participants to be
employed at the time of study entry (based on a report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, wherein some 55 percent of non-elderly, non-
disabled households receiving voucher assistance reported earned income in 2010. (https://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3634)), the calculation above
assumes an up to amount if all participants were employed.
\2\[thinsp]For program staff participating in interviews, the $25.91 estimate uses the median hourly wages of selected occupations (classified by
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes) and was sourced from the Occupational Employment Statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor's
Bureau of Labor Statistics. Potentially relevant occupations and their median hourly wages are:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Median
Occupation SOC code hourly wage
rate
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Community and Social Service Specialist....... 21-1099 $20.73
Social/community Service Manager.............. 11-9151 31.10
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source: Occupational Employment Statistics, accessed online October 16,
2017 at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm.
\3\ For program staff supporting data extraction activities and FSS
Partner staff, the estimate uses the median hourly wages of selected
relevant occupations in a manner similar to the above. A standard wage
assumption of $35.97hr was created by averaging median hourly wage
rates for these occupations:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Median
Occupation SOC code hourly wage
rate
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Database Administrator........................ 15-1141 $40.84
Social/community Service Manager.............. 11-9151 31.10
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source: Occupational Employment Statistics, accessed online October 16,
2017 at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm.
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 using 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: November 17, 2017.
Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-26522 Filed 12-7-17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4210-67-P
