Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 154 / Friday, August 13, 2021 / Notices 44737 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Neuroscience Center, 6001 Executive 

Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852 (Virtual 

Meeting). 

Closed: September 15, 2021, 11:00 a.m. to 

3:30 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications and/or proposals. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Neuroscience Center, 6001 Executive 

Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852 (Virtual 

Meeting). 

Contact Person: Tracy Lynn Waldeck, 

Ph.D., Director, Division of Extramural 

Activities, National Institute of Mental 

Health, Neuroscience Center, 6001 Executive 

Boulevard, Room 4133, Rockville, MD 20892, 

(301) 480–6833, waldeckt@mail.nih.gov. 

Any interested person may file written 

comments with the committee by forwarding 

the statement to the Contact Person listed on 

this notice. The statement should include the 

name, address, telephone number and when 

applicable, the business or professional 

affiliation of the interested person. 

Information is also available on the 

Institute’s/Center’s home page: 

www.nimh.nih.gov/about/advisory-boardsand-groups/namhc/index.shtml, where an 

agenda and any additional information for 

the meeting will be posted when available. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program No. 93.242, Mental Health Research 

Grants, National Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: August 9, 2021. 

Melanie J. Pantoja, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse 

and Alcoholism; Notice of Closed 

Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, notice is hereby given of the 

following meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Institute on 

Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Special 

Emphasis Panel; Integrative Neuroscience 

Initiative on Alcoholism (INIA) Consortia 

(RFA AA 21–011,012,013) Review Panel B. 

Date: October 19, 2021. 

Time: 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and 

Alcoholism, 6700B Rockledge Drive, 

Bethesda, MD 20892 (Virtual Meeting). 

Contact Person: Beata Buzas, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Extramural Project 

Review Branch, Office of Extramural 

Activities, National Institute on Alcohol 

Abuse and Alcoholism, 6700B Rockledge 

Drive, Room 2116, MSC 6902, Bethesda, MD 

20817, (301) 443–0800, bbuzas@mail.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.271, Alcohol Research 

Career Development Awards for Scientists 

and Clinicians; 93.272, Alcohol National 

Research Service Awards for Research 

Training; 93.273, Alcohol Research Programs; 

93.891, Alcohol Research Center Grants; 

93.701, ARRA Related Biomedical Research 

and Research Support Awards., National 

Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: August 9, 2021. 

Melanie J. Pantoja, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

In compliance with Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 concerning 

opportunity for public comment on 

proposed collections of information, the 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration (SAMHSA) 

will publish periodic summaries of 

proposed projects. To request more 

information on the proposed projects or 

to obtain a copy of the information 

collection plans, call the SAMHSA 

Reports Clearance Officer at (240) 276– 

0361. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collections of information 

are necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Project: Minority AIDS InitiativeManagement Reporting Tools (MAI– 

MRTs)—(OMB No. 0930–0357)— 

Revision 

The Substance Abuse and Mental 

Health Services Administration 

(SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse 

Prevention (CSAP) is requesting from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approval for the revised Minority 

AIDS Initiative (MAI) monitoring tools, 

which includes both youth and adult 

questionnaires, as well as the quarterly 

progress report. This revision includes 

the inclusion of new cohorts, substantial 

revisions to the youth and adult 

questionnaires, updates to the data used 

to estimate response rates and expected 

numbers of participants by service 

duration (see Table 1 below). 

The cohorts of grantees funded by the 

MAI and included in this clearance 

request are: 

• Capacity Building Initiative 2017 

• Capacity Building Initiative 2018 

• Prevention Navigators 2017 

• Prevention Navigators 2019 

• Prevention Navigators 2020 

• Prevention Navigators 2021 

The target population for the grantees 

will be at-risk minority adolescents and 

young adults. All MAI grantees are 

expected to report their monitoring data 

using SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention 

Framework (SPF) and to target minority 

populations, as well as other high-risk 

groups residing in communities of color 

with high prevalence of Substance 

Abuse and HIV/AIDS. The primary 

objectives of the monitoring tools 

include: 

• Assess the success of the MAI in 

reducing risk factors and increasing 

protective factors associated with the 

transmission of the Human 

Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), 

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and other 

sexually transmitted diseases (STD). 

• Measure the effectiveness of 

evidence-based programs and 

infrastructure development activities 

such as: Outreach and training, 

mobilization of key stakeholders, 

substance abuse and HIV/AIDS 

counseling and education, testing, 

referrals to appropriate medical 

treatment and/or other intervention 

strategies (i.e., cultural enrichment 

activities, educational and vocational 

resources, social marketing campaigns, 

and computer-based curricula). 

• Investigate intervention types and 

features that yield the best outcomes for 

specific population groups. 


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44738 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 154 / Friday, August 13, 2021 / Notices 

1See http://www.gao.gov/assets/680/678551.pdf. 

2https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2016-29215. 

3https://www.congress.gov/115/plaws/publ435/ 

PLAW-115publ435.pdf. See also the website, at 

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/ 

house-bill/4174, on the bill, H.R. 4174 of the 115th 

Congress, that became the Act. 

• Assess the extent to which access to 

health care was enhanced for 

population groups and individuals 

vulnerable to behavioral health 

disparities residing in communities 

targeted by funded interventions. 

• Assess the process of adopting and 

implementing the SPF with the target 

populations. 

• Added questions to capture details 

on the intervention and the referrals to 

the record management section 

(completed by grantee staff). 

TABLE 1—ESTIMATES OF ANNUALIZED HOUR BURDEN

Type of respondent activity Number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

Quarterly Progress Report ................................................... 197 4 732 4 2,928 

Adult questionnaire .............................................................. 10,000 2 20,000 .20 4,000 

Youth questionnaire ............................................................. 2,500 2 5,000 .20 1000 

Total .............................................................................. 12,697 ........................ 25,732 ........................ 7,928 

Send comments to Carlos Graham, 

SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 

5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15E57–A, 

Rockville, Maryland 20857, OR email a 

copy to carlos.graham@samhsa.hhs.gov. 

Written comments should be received 

by October 12, 2021. 

Carlos Graham, 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6278–N–01] 

HUD Program Evaluation Policy— 

Policy Statement 

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development 

and Research, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This policy statement 

articulates the core principles and 

practices of the Department of Housing 

and Urban Development’s evaluation 

and research activities. This policy 

reaffirms HUD’s commitment to 

conducting rigorous, relevant 

evaluations and to using evidence from 

evaluations to inform policy and 

practice. 

DATES: August 13, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information about this notice, contact 

Todd M. Richardson, Evaluation Officer, 

Office of Policy Development and 

Research, U.S. Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone 

(202) 402–5922. The listed telephone 

number is not a toll-free number. 

Persons with hearing- or speechimpairments may access this number 

through TTY by calling Federal Relay 

Service at 1–800–877–8339 (this is a 

toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Evaluation activity occurs in several 

offices at HUD, but the special mission 

of HUD’s Office of Policy Development 

and Research (PD&R) is to inform HUD 

policy development and 

implementation to improve life in 

American communities through 

conducting, supporting, and sharing 

research, surveys, demonstrations, 

program evaluations, and best practices. 

Within HUD, PD&R is responsible for 

most, but not all, program evaluations. 

The office provides reliable and 

objective data and analysis to help 

inform policy decisions. 

In July 2016, GAO issued a report 

entitled ‘‘Department of Housing and 

Urban Development: Actions Needed to 

Incorporate Key Practices into 

Management Functions and Program 

Oversight,’’ (GAO 16–497) in which 

GAO presented a broad assessment of 

HUD’s management of its operations 

and programs.1 In the report, GAO 

examined HUD efforts to: (1) Meet 

Federal requirements and implement 

key practices for management functions, 

including performance planning and 

reporting and human capital, financial, 

acquisition, and information technology 

(IT) management; and (2) oversee and 

evaluate programs. 

PD&R is the primary office within 

HUD responsible for data analysis, 

research, program evaluations, and 

policy studies that inform the 

development and implementation of 

programs and policies across HUD 

offices. PD&R undertakes program 

evaluations, often by using a process 

that includes convening expert panels. 

However, GAO found that PD&R had 

neither developed agency-wide, written 

policies for its program evaluations, nor 

documented the criteria used to select 

the expert panels and review the quality 

of program evaluations. 

On December 6, 2016 (81 FR 87949), 

HUD issued a policy statement in the 

Federal Register 2 responding to the 

GAO report by setting out the core 

principles and practices of PD&R’s 

evaluation and research activities. This 

statement incorporated some language 

from a policy statement by the Office of 

Policy, Research, and Evaluation of the 

Administration for Children and 

Families of the U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

On January 14, 2019, the Foundations 

for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 

2018 (‘‘Evidence Act’’), Public Law 115– 

435, was enacted.3 Section 101 of the 

Evidence Act created 5 U.S.C. 311–315 

and mandated that the head of each 

agency appoint an Evaluation Officer, 

including at HUD. This officer must 

establish common standards for all HUD 

evaluations, whether performed by 

PD&R or another office. This issuance 

articulates department-wide evaluation 

standards and states other new 

principles based on PD&R’s experience 

since the November 2016 publication. 

II. HUD Program Evaluation Policy 

Section 101 of the Evidence Act 

defines ‘‘evaluation’’ to mean ‘‘an 

assessment using systematic data 

collection and analysis of one or more 

programs, policies, and organizations 

intended to assess their effectiveness 

and efficiency.’’ 

HUD has identified the following core 

principles and practices as fundamental 

to ensuring high-quality and consistent 

evaluation results: Rigor, relevance, 

transparency, independence, ethics, and 

technical innovation. This policy 

applies to all HUD-sponsored 


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