Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program, 48966 [2024-12629]

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• DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 112 (Monday, June 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 48966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12629]



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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0554]


Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: VA 
Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program

AGENCY: Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 
this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), 
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), will submit the collection of 
information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature 
of the information collection and its expected cost and burden, and it 
includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
by clicking on the following link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, 
select ``Currently under Review--Open for Public Comments'', then 
search the list for the information collection by Title or ``OMB 
Control No. 2900-0554.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VA PRA information: Maribel Aponte, 
202-461-8900, [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0554 https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRASearch.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Public Law 109-461 provided permanent authority for VA's 
Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem (GPD) Program for homeless 
Veterans. The categories of grants include per diem for non-capital 
grants, special needs grants, and case management grants. The program 
will not be awarding capital grants in the coming years. This factor, 
along with historical program data on the actual number of applications 
received, has resulted in a decrease in the anticipated number of 
annual grant applications and associated annual burden hours. There are 
no changes to the information being collected.
    Funds appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for 
this program are expected to be significantly less than the total 
amount requested by applicants. Therefore, information must be 
collected to determine which applicants are eligible and to prioritize 
applications for determining who will be awarded funds. VA does not 
require applicants to use a VA Form to respond to the collection of 
information. Rather, VA requires applicants to respond to the 
collection of information as published in the Notice of Funding 
Opportunity (NOFO) in standard business format, and they may use the 
Federal-wide Standard Forms from the SF-424 family of forms. VA 
provides the outline for the collection in the NOFO and uses the 
standard business format to evaluate applicants for all the grant 
programs under the statutory authority for VA to make grants.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. The Federal Register Notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of 
information was published at 89 FR 23637, April 4, 2024.
    Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 10,000 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 20 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Once annually.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 500.
    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of Enterprise and Integration, Data 
Governance Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2024-12629 Filed 6-7-24; 8:45 am]
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