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APIS information is verified using the 

travel documents. Additionally, records 

contain the results of comparisons of 

individuals to information maintained 

in CBP law enforcement databases, as 

well as information from the TSDB, 

information on individuals with 

outstanding wants or warrants, and 

information from other government 

agencies regarding high risk parties 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

No exemption shall be asserted with 

respect to information maintained in the 

system that is collected from a person 

and submitted by that person’s air or 

vessel carrier if that person, or his or her 

agent, seeks access or amendment of 

such information. 

This system, however, may contain 

records or information recompiled from 

or created from information contained 

in other systems of records that are 

exempt from certain provision of the 

Privacy Act. This system may also 

contain accountings of disclosures made 

with respect to information maintained 

in the system. For these records or 

information only, in accordance with 5 

U.S.C. 552a (j)(2) and (k)(2), DHS will 

also claim the original exemptions for 

these records or information from 

subsections (c)(3) and (4); (d)(1), (2), (3), 

and (4); (e)(1), (2), (3), (4)(G) through (I), 

(5), and (8); (f); and (g) of the Privacy 

Act of 1974, as amended, as necessary 

and appropriate to protect such 

information. 

Dated: February 27, 2015. 

Karen L. Neuman, 

Chief Privacy Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

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BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5835–N–01] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Multifamily Financial 

Management Template 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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: May 12, 

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: 

Colette Pollard, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC 

20410–5000; telephone 202–402–3400 

(this is not a toll-free number) or email 

at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov for a copy of 

the proposed forms or other available 

information. Persons with hearing or 

speech impairments may access this 

number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877– 

8339. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Harry Messner, Housing Program 

Manager, Office of Asset Management, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 

708–2626. 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. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title: Multifamily Financial 

Management Template. 

OMB Approval Number: 2502–0551. 

Type of Request: extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Form Number: None. 

Owners of certain HUD-insured and 

HUD-assisted properties are required to 

submit annual financial statements to 

HUD via the Internet in the HUDprescribed format and chart of 

accounts, and in accordance with the 

generally accepted accounting 

principles (GAAP): 

Respondents: Owners of certain HUDinsured and HUD-assisted properties. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

20,527. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

20,527. 

Frequency of Response: Annually. 

Average Hours per Response: 14. 

Total Estimated Burdens: 287,378. 

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. Chapter 35. 

Dated: March 4, 2015. 

Laura M. Marin, 

Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Housing-Associate Deputy Federal 

Housing Commissioner. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5853–N–01] 

Notice of Intent To Conduct a Violence 

Against Women Act (VAWA) and 

Housing Opportunities for Persons 

With AIDS (HOPWA) Project 

Demonstration 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Conduct a 

VAWA/HOPWA Project Demonstration. 

SUMMARY: Through this notice, HUD 

solicits comment on a proposed 

demonstration through which HUD will 

award grant funds to successful 

applicants to provide transitional and 

other temporary housing assistance and 

supportive services to low-income 

persons living with Human 

Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired 

Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/ 

AIDS) who are victims of domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual 

assault, or stalking. Grantees of the 

VAWA/HOPWA Project Demonstration 

will be required to partner with local 

domestic violence and sexual assault 

service providers for client outreach and 

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1 ‘‘Addressing the Intersection of HIV/AIDS, 

Violence against Women and Girls and GenderRelated Health Disparities: Interagency Federal 

Working Group Report’’ (Sept. 6, 2013), available 

at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/ 

docs/vaw-hiv_working_group_report_final_-_9-6— 

2013.pdf. 

engagement and for comprehensive 

supportive services to ensure client 

success in the program. The VAWA/ 

HOPWA Project Demonstration will 

explore the effectiveness of coordinating 

the expertise and resources of HIV/AIDS 

housing providers with domestic 

violence and sexual assault service 

providers in addressing the needs of this 

vulnerable population. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: April 13, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments responsive 

to this notice to the Office of General 

Counsel, Regulations Division, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 

10276, Washington, DC 20410–0001. All 

submissions should refer to the above 

docket number and title. Submission of 

public comments may be carried out by 

hard copy or electronic submission. 

Submission of Hard Copy Comments. 

Comments may be submitted by mail or 

hand delivery. Each commenter 

submitting hard copy comments, by 

mail or hand delivery, should submit 

comments to the address above, 

addressed to the attention of the 

Regulations Division. Due to security 

measures at all federal agencies, 

submission of comments by mail often 

results in delayed delivery. To ensure 

timely receipt of comments, HUD 

recommends that any comments 

submitted by mail be submitted at least 

2 weeks in advance of the public 

comment deadline. All hard copy 

comments received by mail or hand 

delivery are a part of the public record 

and will be posted to http:// 

www.regulations.gov without change. 

Electronic Submission of Comments. 

Interested persons may submit 

comments electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. HUD strongly 

encourages commenters to submit 

comments electronically. Electronic 

submission of comments allows the 

commenter maximum time to prepare 

and submit a comment, ensures timely 

receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to 

make comments immediately available 

to the public. Comments submitted 

electronically through the http:// 

www.regulations.gov Web site can be 

viewed by other commenters and 

interested members of the public. 

Commenters should follow instructions 

provided on that site to submit 

comments electronically. 

No Facsimile Comments. Facsimile 

(FAX) comments are not acceptable. 

Public Inspection of Comments. All 

comments submitted to HUD regarding 

this notice will be available, without 

charge, for public inspection and 

copying between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Eastern Time, weekdays at the above 

address. Due to security measures at the 

HUD Headquarters building, an advance 

appointment to review the public 

comments must be scheduled by calling 

the Regulations Division at 202–708– 

3055 (this is not a toll-free number). 

Individuals with speech or hearing 

impairments may access this number 

through TTY by calling the Federal 

Relay Service at 800–877–8339 (this is 

a toll-free number). Copies of all 

comments submitted are available for 

inspection and downloading at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Palilonis, Office of HIV/AIDS 

Housing, Office of Community Planning 

and Development, U.S. Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street SW., Room 7212, 

Washington, DC 20410–7000, telephone 

number 202–402–5916 (this is not a tollfree number). Persons with hearing or 

speech impairments may access this 

number through TTY by calling the 

Federal Relay Service at 800–877–8339 

(this is a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On March 30, 2012, President Obama 

issued a Memorandum that established 

a Federal Interagency Working Group 

(Working Group) to explore the 

intersection of HIV/AIDS, violence 

against women and girls, and genderrelated health disparities. The Working 

Group prioritized addressing intimate 

partner violence (IPV) because of its 

high overall prevalence among women 

and girls, especially among women 

living with HIV. Studies indicate that 

over half (55 percent) of U.S. women 

living with HIV have experienced IPV, 

considerably higher than the national 

prevalence among women overall (36 

percent). Among women living with 

HIV/AIDS, trauma, abuse and violence 

are associated with less use of 

antiretroviral medication, decreased 

medication adherence, and increased 

risk of death. 

While multiple factors contribute to 

violence and HIV risk among women 

and girls, the Working Group 

highlighted the lack of stable, affordable 

housing as particularly crucial. Women 

living with HIV/AIDS and experiencing 

violence are often dependent on an 

abusive partner for resources, including 

housing. These barriers often prevent 

women from attaining the economic 

independence needed to escape their 

abusers. Studies show that women who 

experience IPV are four times more 

likely to report housing instability than 

women without histories of abuse by an 

intimate partner.1

The Working Group recommended 

enhancing Federal efforts to address 

HIV and IPV among homeless and 

marginally housed women and girls. In 

response to this recommendation, the 

U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on 

Violence Against Women (OVW) and 

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 

Development’s Office of HIV/AIDS 

Housing (OHH) collaborated to identify 

available resources to competitively 

award grant funding aimed at 

addressing the housing and supportive 

service needs of low-income persons 

living with HIV/AIDS who are victims 

of domestic violence, dating violence, 

sexual assault, or stalking. Although the 

Working Group focused on women and 

girls, the VAWA/HOPWA Project 

Demonstration will cover all victims 

regardless of sex, gender identity, sexual 

orientation, familial status, marital 

status, race, color, religion, national 

origin, disability, or age. 

OVW identified $1,490,000 in Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2014 funding from the 

Transitional Housing Assistance Grants 

for Victims of Domestic Violence, 

Dating Violence, Stalking or Sexual 

Assault Program (hereinafter 

‘‘Transitional Housing Assistance 

Program’’). To support this 

demonstration, OVW and OHH 

executed an Interagency Agreement 

assigning HUD to administer the 

Transitional Housing Assistance 

Program grant funds. OHH will also 

identify HOPWA competitive funding, 

to the extent available, that can be used 

to fund Special Projects of National 

Significance pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

12903(c)(3). 

II. Proposed Demonstration 

Under the VAWA/HOPWA Project 

Demonstration, HUD will use the 

Transitional Housing Assistance 

Program and HOPWA competitive funds 

to award grants to eligible applicants. 

Eligible applicants are those applicants 

that are eligible to apply for grants for 

Special Projects of National Significance 

under the HOPWA program (that is, 

States, units of general local 

government, and nonprofit 

organizations). Grantees will be required 

to use the grant funds received under 

the VAWA/HOPWA Project 

Demonstration to provide transitional 

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housing and/or temporary housing 

assistance (excluding emergency 

shelters), and supportive services to 

low-income persons living with HIV/ 

AIDS who are also victims of domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual 

assault, or stalking, including any 

minors and dependents living with such 

persons. 

Each successful applicant under this 

demonstration program will receive two 

separate grants from HUD: (1) A 

HOPWA grant, and (2) a Transitional 

Housing Assistance Program grant. 

Grantees must ensure that the grant 

funds are used to fund transitional 

housing or other temporary housing 

assistance, and supportive services for 

all program clients. The HOPWA grant 

amounts will be used to fund 

transitional and other temporary 

housing assistance for program clients, 

coordination and planning activities, 

and grant management and 

administration. The Transitional 

Housing Assistance Program grant 

amounts will be used to provide 

supportive services to clients. 

HUD will publish a Notice of Funding 

Availability (NOFA) in FY 2015 that 

will explain requirements for the 

VAWA/HOPWA Project Demonstration, 

detail project selection criteria and 

solicit applications. HUD expects to 

make awards to 7 to 9 applicants 

depending on the amount of total 

funding that will be available for the 

demonstration. Funds will be awarded 

on a one-time-only, non-renewable basis 

for a 3-year operating period. Generally, 

a program client may be assisted under 

this demonstration for not more than 24 

months. This period may be extended 

up to an additional six months with 

respect to a client that has made a goodfaith effort to acquire permanent 

housing and has been unable to do so. 

Grantees must transition assisted 

households to permanent housing, or 

other housing assistance, by the end of 

the operating period. Grantees will be 

required to partner with local domestic 

violence and sexual assault service 

providers for client outreach and 

engagement and for comprehensive 

supportive services to ensure client 

success in the program. 

Grantees must ensure that HOPWA 

funds will be used to carry out eligible 

activities under the HOPWA program. 

All HOPWA funds must be spent in 

accordance with the authorizing 

HOPWA statute (42 U.S.C. 12901 et 

seq.), program regulations at 24 CFR 

part 574, and all NOFA requirements. 

Grantees must also ensure that 

Transitional Housing Assistance 

Program funds will be spent in 

accordance with the authorizing statute 

of the Transitional Housing Assistance 

Program (42 U.S.C. 13975) and all 

NOFA requirements. Projects must 

comply with all applicable federal, 

state, and local fair housing and civil 

rights laws, including, but not limited 

to, the Fair Housing Act, Title VI of the 

Civil Rights Act, Section 504 of the 

Rehabilitation Act, and the Americans 

with Disabilities Act. 

III. Evaluating the Demonstration 

OHH and OVW intend to build on the 

outcomes of the VAWA/HOPWA Project 

Demonstration, and potentially use it as 

a model for future interagency 

collaboration. Grantees will be expected 

to participate in any technical assistance 

efforts designed to identify and share 

best practices from the demonstration 

with the broader HIV/AIDS housing and 

domestic violence and sexual assault 

service provider networks. In addition, 

grantees will be required to measure and 

report on outcomes related to housing 

stability and health outcomes for 

VAWA/HOPWA Project Demonstration 

clients. 

Grantees will also be required to 

comply with all reporting requirements 

under both HOPWA and the 

Transitional Housing Assistance 

Program. This will include the 

submission of a HOPWA Annual 

Performance Report (APR) and an 

annual report that will describe the 

number of minors, adults, and 

dependents assisted with a Transitional 

Housing Assistance Grant and the 

number of months of assistance that 

each received. OHH and OVW will use 

this information to evaluate the program 

and make policy recommendations in 

the future. 

IV. Solicitation of Public Comment 

In accordance with section 470 of the 

Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act 

of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 3542), HUD is 

seeking comment on the demonstration 

for a period of 30 days. Section 470 

provides that HUD may not begin a 

demonstration program not explicitly 

authorized by statute until a description 

of the demonstration program is 

published in the Federal Register and a 

60-day period expires following the date 

of publication, during which time HUD 

solicits public comment and considers 

the comments submitted. A public 

comment period of 30 days is being 

provided so that HUD may receive 

public comments and have the 

opportunity to consider those comments 

during the 60-day period. After the close 

of the public comment period, and 

following full consideration of 

comments submitted, HUD will publish 

the NOFA that will detail project 

selection criteria and solicit 

applications for funding under the 

VAWA/HOPWA Project Demonstration. 

Dated: March 6, 2015. 

Clifford Taffet, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Community 

Planning and Development. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5846–N–01] 

Jobs-Plus Pilot Initiative 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On October 7, 2014, HUD 

announced through notice in the 

Grants.gov Web site the Notice of 

Funding Availability (NOFA) for the 

Jobs-Plus Pilot Initiative. The Jobs-Plus 

Pilot Initiative (Jobs-Plus) provides 

competitive grants to partnerships 

between public housing authorities, 

local workforce investment boards 

established under section 117 of the 

Workforce Investment Act of 1998, and 

other agencies and organizations that 

provide support to help public housing 

residents obtain employment and 

increase earnings. Applicants for Job 

Plus consist of public housing agencies 

(PHAs) who demonstrate the ability to 

provide services to residents, partner 

with workforce investment boards, and 

leverage service dollars. The October 7, 

2014 NOFA provided for full 

implementation of Jobs-Plus. This 

Federal Register notice published today 

announces waivers and alternative 

requirements and meets the Jobs-Plus 

statutory requirement to publish 

waivers and alternative requirements 

authorized by the statute at least 10 days 

before they may take effect. 

DATES: Effective Dates: Sections I and II 

of the Appendix—Jobs-Plus Initiative 

and Alternate Requirements in this 

notice are effective March 13, 2015. The 

statutory and regulatory waivers in the 

appendix to this notice are effective 

March 23, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

assure a timely response, please 

electronically direct requests for further 

information to this email address: 

JobsPlus@hud.gov. Written requests may 

also be directed to the following 

address: Office of Public and Indian 

Housing—Anice S. Chenault, U.S. 

Department of Housing and Urban 

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