[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83035-83037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23644]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7082-N-10]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Data Collection 
and Reporting for HUD's Homeless Assistance Programs--Annual 
Performance Report and System Performance Report; OMB Control No.: 
2506-0145

AGENCY: Office of Community Planning and Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment 
from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. 
The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: December 16, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection can be sent within 60 days of publication of 
this notice to www.regulations.gov. Interested persons are also invited 
to submit comments regarding this proposal by name and/or OMB Control 
Number and can be sent to: Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, 
REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, 
Room 8210, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202-402-3400 (this is 
not a toll-free number) or email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e2a18d8e87969687ccb28d8e8e839086a28a9786cc858d94"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="783b17141d0c0c1d5628171414190a1c38100d1c561f170e">[email protected]</span></a> for a copy 
of the proposed forms or other available information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Snow, Office of Community 
Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aff8c6c3c3c6cec281fcc1c0d8efc7dacb81c8c0d9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="26714f4a4a4f474b0875484951664e534208414950">[email protected]</span></a> or 
telephone 202-402-4541. HUD welcomes and is prepared to receive calls 
from individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as 
individuals with speech or communication disabilities. To learn more 
about how to make an accessible telephone call, please visit https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs. 
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.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Data Collection and Reporting for 
HUD's Continuum of Care Program--Annual Performance Report and System 
Performance Report.
    OMB Approval Number: 2506-0145.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This 
request is for clearance of data collection and reporting to enable the 
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of

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Community Planning and Development (CPD) to continue to manage and 
assess the effectiveness of its homeless assistance projects on an 
annual basis. Per 24 CFR 578.103(e), HUD requires recipients and 
subrecipients that receive funding through the CoC Program (authorized 
by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended) to prepare 
and submit annual project-level reports on performance and spending.
    This request will also enable the HUD CPD Office to initiate a 
process to assess the effectiveness of local coordinated systems of 
homeless assistance. The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as 
amended, requires communities to measure their performance as a 
coordinated system, in addition to analyzing performance of specific 
projects and project types. Section 427 of the Act established a set of 
selection criteria for HUD to use in awarding CoC Program funding. 
These selection criteria require CoCs to report to HUD their system-
level performance. The intent of these selection criteria are to 
encourage CoCs, in coordination with Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) 
Program recipients and all other homeless assistance stakeholders in 
the community, to regularly measure their progress in meeting the needs 
of people experiencing homelessness in their community and to report 
this progress to HUD. This request is for HUD to collect system-level 
performance measure data from CoCs on an annual basis, as described in 
Appendix B of this document.
    The project APR and system-level performance measures both rely on 
a primary data source in each CoC--a local Homeless Management 
Information System (HMIS). An HMIS is an electronic data collection 
system that stores project-level and person-level information about 
homeless persons who access a community's homeless service system. Over 
the past two decades, HUD has supported the development of local HMIS 
by funding their development and implementation, by providing technical 
assistance, and by developing national data standards that enable the 
collection of standardized information on the characteristics, service 
patterns and service needs of homeless persons within a jurisdiction 
and across jurisdictions. These standards are described in HUD's HMIS 
Data Standards.
    In addition to a CoC's HMIS data, the system-level performance 
measures will also rely on data collected by CoCs as part of their 
Point-in-Time (PIT) count efforts. CoCs are required by HUD to complete 
a sheltered PIT count of all homeless persons who are sheltered in 
emergency shelter, transitional housing, and Safe Havens and a count of 
unsheltered persons on a single night in January at least once every 
other year. HUD incentivizes annual participation in the sheltered and 
unsheltered PIT count through its annual CoC Program Competition. HUD 
releases a Notice which outlines its data collection guidance for the 
PIT count and the Housing Inventory Count (HIC), which is an annual 
point-in-time inventory of projects within a CoC that provide beds and 
units dedicated to serve persons who are homeless. jurisdictions. These 
standards are described in HUD's HMIS Data Standards.

                                                                Annual Performance Report
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                                                                                                     Burden hour    Annual      Hourly
         Information collection            Number of        Frequency of response        Responses       per        burden     cost per     Annual cost
                                          respondents                                    per annum     response      hours     response
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Annual Performance Report (CoC               3,550.00  Annual.........................            1            4   14,200.00      $43.53     $618,126.00
 Program)--Non-profit Recipients.
Annual Performance Report (YHDP)--Non-         200.00  Quarterly......................            5            5    5,000.00       43.53      217,650.00
 profit Recipients.
Performance Report (Special CoC NOFO           110.00  Quarterly......................            4            4    1,760.00       43.53       76,612.80
 Grants that report quarterly)--Non-
 profit Recipients.
Performance Report (Special CoC NOFO            28.00  Annual.........................            1            4      112.00       43.53        4,875.36
 Grants that report annually)--Non-
 profit Recipients.
Annual Performance Report (CoC Builds           13.00  Annual.........................            1            4       52.00       43.53        2,263.56
 NOFO)--Non-profit Recipients.
Annual Performance Report (CoC               3,550.00  Annual.........................            1            4   14,200.00       43.53      618,126.00
 Program)--State and Local Recipients.
Annual Performance Report (YHDP)--State        200.00  Quarterly......................            5            5    5,000.00       43.53      217,650.00
 and Local Recipients.
Performance Report (Special CoC NOFO           110.00  Quarterly......................            4            4    1,760.00       43.53       76,612.80
 Grants that report quarterly)--State
 and Local Recipients.
Performance Report (Special CoC NOFO            28.00  Annual.........................            1            4      112.00       43.53        4,875.36
 Grants that report annually)--State
 and Local Recipients.
Annual Performance Report (CoC Builds           12.00  Annual.........................            1            4       48.00       43.53        2,089.44
 NOFO)--State and Local Recipients.
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    Total..............................      7,801.00  ...............................  ...........  ...........   42,244.00  ..........    1,838,881.32
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                                                           System Performance Measures Report
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                                                                                                     Burden hour    Annual      Hourly
         Information collection            Number of        Frequency of response        Responses       per        burden     cost per     Annual cost
                                          respondents                                    per annum     response      hours     response
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Group 1: CoCs with Automated Software          385.00  Annual.........................            1           13    5,005.00      $43.53     $217,867.65
 Report.
Group 2: CoCs with Manual Software              15.00  Annual.........................            1           15         225       43.53        9,794.25
 Report.
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    Total..............................        400.00  ...............................          400  ...........       5,230  ..........      227,405.40
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                                                                Performance Data Check-up
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                                                                                                     Burden hour    Annual      Hourly
         Information collection            Number of        Frequency of response        Responses       per        burden     cost per     Annual cost
                                          respondents                                    per annum     response      hours     response
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Annual Performance Report (CoC Program)      7,100.00  Annual.........................            1            1    7,100.00      $29.76     $211,296.00
Annual Performance Report (YHDP).......        400.00  Quarterly......................            5            1    2,000.00       42.41       84,820.00
Annual Performance Report (Special CoC          56.00  Annual.........................            1            1       56.00       29.76        1,666.56
 NOFA Grants).
Quarterly Performance Report (Special          222.00  Quarterly......................            4            1      888.00       29.76       26,426.88
 CoC NOFA Grants).
CoC Builds.............................         25.00  Annual.........................            1            1       25.00       29.76          744.00
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    Total..............................      7,778.00  ...............................        12.00  ...........   10,069.00  ..........      324,953.44
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                                                                                                     Burden hour    Annual      Hourly
         Information collection            Number of        Frequency of response        Responses       per        burden     cost per     Annual cost
                                          respondents                                    per annum     response      hours     response
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System Performance Measures Reports....        400.00  Annual.........................         1.00         1.00      400.00      $42.41      $16,964.00
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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.

C. Authority

    Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
chapter 35.

Marion M. McFadden,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development.
[FR Doc. 2024-23644 Filed 10-11-24; 8:45 am]
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