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Respondents: (i.e. affected public): 

Business, Not for profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,080. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 8. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Average Hours per Response: 1.5 

Hour. 

Total Estimated Burdens: 12. 

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: November 12, 2014. 

Colette Pollard, 

Department Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5752–N–91] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Continuum of Care 

Homeless Assistance Grant 

Application—Continuum of Care 

Registration 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the 

proposed information collection 

requirement described below to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review, in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act. The 

purpose of this notice is to allow for an 

additional 30 days of public comment. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: December 

19, 2014. 

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: 

HUD Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503; fax: 202–395–5806. Email: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colette Pollard, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW., Washington, DC 20410; email at 

Colette Pollard@hud.gov or telephone 

202–402–3400. Persons with hearing or 

speech impairments may access this 

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

8339. This is not a toll-free number. 

Copies of available documents 

submitted to OMB may be obtained 

from Ms. Pollard. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice informs the public that HUD has 

submitted to OMB a request for 

approval of the information collection 

described in Section A. 

The Federal Register notice that 

solicited public comment on the 

information collection for a period of 60 

days was published on September 11, 

2014. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: 

Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance 

Grant Application—Continuum of Care 

Registration. 

OMB Approval Number: 2506–0182. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Form Number: Not Applicable. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: The 

regulatory authority to collect this 

information is contained in 24 CFR part 

579, and the HEARTH Act. The CoC 

Homeless Assistance Application 

Registration (OMB 2506–0182) is the 

first part of the information collection 

process to be used in HUD’s annual 

competitive homeless assistance 

program, the CoC Program, authorized 

by the HEARTH Act. It is separate from 

the annual CoC Homeless Assistance 

Consolidated Application, which 

contains the CoC Application and the 

Project Applications that are covered 

under the approved PRA package 2506– 

0112. This separation is necessary due 

in to the fact that the CoC Registration 

occurs several months before collection 

of the CoC Homeless Assistance 

Consolidated Application and that the 

information collected during CoC 

Registration does not frequently change. 

The annual CoC Registration 

comprises the first phase of the 

combined CoC Homeless Assistance 

information collection form. During this 

phase, HUD collects the contact 

information of the collaborative 

applicant for the CoC, and the HMIS 

Lead Agency as well as the geographic 

areas served by the CoC applicant. 

Additionally, CoCs approve their 

preliminary pro-rata need and affirm 

their annual renewal demand, and HUD 

collects information regarding the CoC’s 

board structure and the capacity of the 

CoC to carry out the various activities 

outlined in the program regulations. The 

registration information is necessary to 

assist in the selection of project 

proposals submitted to HUD (by State 

and local governments, public housing 

authorities, and nonprofit organizations) 

for the awarded funds during the annual 

CoC competition because it provides 

vital information about the CoC 

applicants. 

All collaborative applicants are 

required to register their CoCs in the esnaps electronic grants management 

system prior to the opening of the CoC 

Homeless Assistance competition. The 

registration requirements include a 

basic description of the CoC’s lead 

organization, contact information, and 

geographic area. The information to be 

collected by HUD will be used to 

determine eligibility for CoC Homeless 

Assistance and establish grant amounts. 

To determine the total amount a CoC 

may request for renewal funding, 

collaborative applicants will list their 

Continuum’s programs on a Grant 

Inventory Worksheet (GIW) that will 

allow HUD to accurately assess 

individual project applications during 

the CoC Application process. The 

information from the GIW is essential 

for operation of the CoC competition. 

For the CoC, the GIW allows each CoC 

to see all the project grants side-by-side 

that will be eligible for competition in 

the annual competition. This then 

allows them to determine, in 

communication with HUD, the total 

amount of funding (the annual renewal 

demand or ARD) that their CoC has 

available in a given competition year, 

which then allows them to make 

informed planning decisions about 

which project grants they want to 

prioritize, reduce or eliminate in the 

actual CoC Homeless Assistance 

Program Application. In turn, the 

program details in the GIW allow HUD 

to conduct an accurate assessment of 

renewal project applications and to 

determine in the aggregate what the 

total renewal demand for all CoCs will 

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likely be. HUD can then determine how 

much of the annual appropriation will 

be available for new projects (once all 

the funding for renewals is covered), or 

in years of budget shortages, how much 

CoCs will be advised to cut from their 

total funding to meet the amount of 

funds available. 

The optional board requirement 

questions in the registration forms are 

an important part of the registration 

process. To meet the performance goals 

established by statute, CoCs will need to 

significantly increase their capacity for 

strategy, planning, monitoring, and 

evaluation. In addition, the HEARTH 

Act and the 24 CFR part 578 allow for 

the development of United Funding 

Agencies (UFAs), a significant change to 

the structure of the CoC and the 

relationship between HUD and grantees. 

For the CoCs that seek UFA status, they 

must demonstrate that they have the 

operational capacity and a high 

functioning CoC Board that can serve as 

the sole manager of their projects, in 

order to qualify. With UFA established 

by statute and regulation, HUD needs as 

much information as possible regarding 

the baseline operational readiness of 

CoCs, and the few CoCs that may apply 

as a UFA will need to provide more 

information during the Registration 

process. As recently as the FY2013 

competition, only 16 CoCs applied for 

UFA status, three were conditionally 

approved, and ultimately only two met 

the high standards of management and 

organizational capacity needed to serve 

this function. Providing all CoCs with 

the option of reporting their Board 

status will allow HUD to prepare for 

UFA applications and estimate how our 

program resources will need to be 

allocated over the next few years of 

program implementation. 

Respondents: (i.e. affected public): 

States, local governments, private 

nonprofit organizations, public housing 

authorities, and community mental 

health associations that are public 

nonprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

410 Respondents. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 410 

responses per year. 

Frequency of Response: Once a year. 

Average Hours per Response: Two to 

three hours per response (two for most 

applicants and three for UFA 

applicants). 

Total Estimated Burdens: 840 hours. 

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: November 12, 2014. 

Colette Pollard, 

Department Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[145A2100DD/AAK3000000/A0H501010/

241A00] 

Revision of Agency Information 

Collection for Indian Child Welfare 

Quarterly and Annual Report 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is 

submitting to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request for 

approval for the revision of collection of 

information for the Indian Child Welfare 

Quarterly and Annual Report. The 

information collection is currently 

authorized by OMB Control Number 

1076–0131, which expires November 

30, 2014. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

December 19, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on the information collection to the 

Desk Officer for the Department of the 

Interior at the Office of Management and 

Budget, by facsimile to (202) 395–5806 

or you may send an email to: OIRA_

Submission@omb.eop.gov. Please send a 

copy of your comments to: Ms. 

Evangeline Campbell, Chief, Division of 

Human Services, Office of Indian 

Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849 

C Street NW., MS–4513–MIB, 

Washington, DC 20240; facsimile: (202) 

208–5113; email: Evangeline.Campbell@

bia.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Evangeline Campbell, (202) 513–7621. 

You may review the information 

collection request online at http://

www.reginfo.gov. Follow the 

instructions to review Department of the 

Interior collections under review by 

OMB. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The BIA is seeking to revise the 

information collection conducted under 

25 CFR part 23, related to the Indian 

Child Welfare Act (ICWA). BIA collects 

information using a consolidated 

caseload form, which tribal ICWA 

program directors fill out. BIA uses the 

information to determine the extent of 

service needs in local Indian 

communities, assess ICWA program 

effectiveness, and provide date for the 

annual program budget justification. 

The aggregated report is not considered 

confidential. A response is required to 

obtain and/or retain a benefit. 

The revision includes changes to the 

existing form, reducing which is now, 

Part A—Indian Child Welfare Act 

(ICWA) Data, and adds a new section, 

Part B—Tribal Child Abuse Neglect 

Data. Part A—ICWA Data has been 

simplified, including fewer categories 

that were no longer considered useful 

for planning purposes, based on 

feedback received from BIA Regional 

staff. Part B—Tribal Child Abuse and 

Neglect Data is a new section. Part B 

only applies to tribes that operate child 

protection programs. 

Copies of the forms are available on 

the Web site at http://www.bia.gov/

WhoWeAre/BIA/OIS/HumanServices/

index.htm for review and comment. We 

estimate the hourly burden for Part A— 

ICWA Data will be reduced, from 30 

minutes to 15 minutes, and when 

applicable, Part B—Tribal Child Abuse 

and Neglect Data is estimated to take 

approximately 15 minutes to complete. 

II. Request for Comments 

On September 8, 2014, BIA published 

a notice announcing the revision of this 

information collection and provided a 

60-day comment period in the Federal 

Register (79 FR 53206). There were no 

comments received in response to this 

notice. 

The BIA requests your comments on 

this collection concerning: (a) The 

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