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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 7 (Monday, January 13, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2713-2714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00437]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7090-N-11]

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Evaluation of 
the Older Adult Home Modification Grant Program; OMB Control No.: 2528-
0335

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research, 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: March 14, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection can be submitted 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 to: Anna Guido, Reports Management Officer, REE, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 
8210, Washington, DC 20410-5000 or email at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Guido, Reports Management 
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 
SW, Washington, DC 20410-5000; email [email protected]; telephone 
(202) 402-5535 (this is not a toll-free number). 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. Guido.

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: Evaluation of the Older Adult Home 
Modification Grant Program.
    OMB Approval Number: 2528-0335.
    Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: 
Congress authorized HUD to make grants to experienced non-profit 
organizations, States, local governments, or public housing agencies 
for safety and functional home modification repairs to meet the needs 
of low-income elderly homeowners to enable them to remain in their 
primary residence. To evaluate the effectiveness of the grants, HUD is: 
(1) evaluating the grantees' implementation of the grants and (2) 
evaluating the impact of the home modification on the recipient. HUD is 
seeking an extension of the currently approved collection.
    Members of the affected public: Office of Lead Hazard Control and 
Healthy Homes Grantees and Recipients for home modifications.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory for grantees. Voluntary for 
clients.
    Legal Authority: The data collection is conducted under title 12, 
United States Code, section. 1701z and section 3507 of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as amended.
    Table 1. provides an estimate of the annual burden to respondents.

                                                 Table 1--Estimated Annual Burden to Grantee Respondents
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                                                                                                                           Annual hourly
         Information collection            Total number    Frequency of    Responses per   Burden hours    Annual burden     cost per       Annual cost
                                          of respondents     response          annum       per response        hours         response
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Client Eligibility Documentation Form              2,235               1             745            0.08              62          $37.03          $2,299
 \a\....................................
Lost-to-Project Form \b\................           1,164               1             388            0.08              32           37.03           1,197
OAHM Program Documentation of Work                 1,341               1             447            0.58             259           37.03           9,600
 Completed Form \c\.....................
Grantee Process Evaluation Online Survey              75               1              25               4             100           37.03           3,703
 \d\....................................
Grantee Site Visit Interview Guide \e\..              12               2               4               3              24           37.03             889
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    Total Annual........................  ..............  ..............           1,607            7.75             478  ..............          17,688
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        Total over Three Years..........  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............           1,433  ..............          53,065
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\a\ 1,675 clients are expected to receive home modifications. Grantees will need to screen approximately 2,233 applicants and complete evaluation Client
  Eligibility Documentation forms for each of these applicants to reach their unit goal.
\b\ Of the 2,235 OAHMP applicants, 25% (558) are expected to be determined ineligible for program services, another 20% (335) of eligible clients are
  expected to decline to participate in the evaluation, and another 25% (268) are expected to be lost to project follow up by the end of the evaluation
  period. Grantees are required to complete the lost to project form for all applicants and clients lost to the project (1,164).
\c\ Grantees will complete the Home Modification Documentation only with clients who agree to participate in the evaluation. We estimate 25% of the
  eligible applicants (1676) will refuse to participate, leading to a total of 1,341 clients for which grantees will complete the form.
\d\ One program manager from each of up to 25 grantees will complete the Grantee Process Evaluation Online Survey each year of the three year period of
  performance (3X).
\e\ The Contractor will administer the Grantee Site Visit Interview Guide with approximately two grantee representatives at up to 12 site visits.

                                                 Table 2--Estimated Time and Costs to Client Respondents
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                                                                                                                           Annual hourly
         Information collection            Total number    Frequency of    Responses per   Burden hours    Annual burden     cost per       Annual cost
                                          of respondents     response          annum       per response        hours         response
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OAHM Client Program Questionnaire                  1,677               1             559            0.17              93          $11.24          $1,047
 Baseline \a\...........................

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Home Hazard Checklist Baseline \a\......           1,677               1             559            0.42             233           11.24           2,618
OAHM Program Evaluation Informed Consent           1,341               1             447            0.25             112           11.24           1,256
 \b\....................................
OAHM Client Impact Evaluation Interview            1,341               1             447            0.42             186           11.24           2,093
 Baseline \b\...........................
Home Hazard Checklist Post-Modification            1,074               1             358            0.42             149           11.24           1,677
 \c\....................................
OAHM Client Program Questionnaire Post-            1,074               1             358            0.17              60           11.24             671
 Modification \c\.......................
OAHM Client Impact Evaluation Interview            1,074               1             358            0.42             149           11.24           1,677
 Post-Modification \c\..................
Script to Schedule Client Process                    336               1             112            0.08               9           11.24             105
 Evaluation Interview \d\...............
Client Process Evaluation Interview \d\.             202               1              67            0.50              34           11.24             378
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    Total Annual........................  ..............  ..............           3,265            2.83             986  ..............          11,522
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        Total Over Three Years..........  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............           2,959  ..............          34,566
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\a\ 1,677 applicants are expected to be eligible to receive home modifications. Program Questionnaire and Home Hazard baseline data will be collected
  for all of these clients.
\b\ Assuming 20% (335) of eligible clients do not consent to participate in the Evaluation, 1,341 clients are expected to complete the baseline Client
  Impact Evaluation.
\c\ Of the clients that agree to participate in the Evaluation, it is assumed 20% (268) will be lost to project follow up during the course of the
  Evaluation, resulting in post-modification data being collected from 1,074 clients.
\d\ Assuming 40% of the clients contacted decline to participate in the process survey (134), we will contact 335 clients to ensure up to 200 of the
  clients who receive home modifications participate in the Client Process Evaluation interviews.

    Total Annual Costs: $29,210.
    Total Costs over 3 Years: $87,631.
    Total Client Respondents: 1,677.
    Hours/Client Respondent: 2.83.
    Total Grantee Respondents: 25.
    Hours/Grantee Respondent: 7.75.

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.

Todd M. Richardson,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
[FR Doc. 2025-00437 Filed 1-10-25; 8:45 am]
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