Urban and Non-Urban Homeless Veterans? Reintegration Program (HVRP) Grants Justification

Generic Solicitation for Grant Applications

Control Number 1225-0086

Urban and Non-Urban Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program (HVRP) Grants

Abstract:

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) is announcing a grant competition under 38 U.S.C. Section 2021, which provides that “the Secretary of Labor shall conduct, directly or through grant or contract, such programs as the Secretary determines appropriate to provide job training, counseling, and placement services (including job readiness, literacy, and skills training) to expedite the reintegration of homeless veterans into the labor force. Applications proposing to serve homeless veterans under this HVRP solicitation will fall into one of two categories: Urban or Non-Urban geographical areas. HVRP grants are intended to address two objectives: to provide services to assist in reintegrating homeless veterans into meaningful employment within the labor force, and to stimulate the development of effective service delivery systems that will address the complex problems facing homeless veterans.

Electronic availability:

This grant solicitation is available on the grants.gov Web site. Based on past DOL experience, the Department anticipates 50 percent of responses will be submitted electronically.

Small Entities:

This information collection will not have a significant impact on a substantial number of small entities.

Assurances of confidentiality:

These grant solicitations do not offer applicants assurances of confidentiality.

Special circumstances:

This information collection complies with 5 CFR 1320.5.

Burden:

Based on past experience, the DOL expects to receive approximately 100 applications. Public reporting burden for the information collection is estimated to average 20 hours per response for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.

100 applications x 20 hours = 2000 hours.

In addition to the application, each grantee will be required to submit quarterly financial, performance, and narrative reports to the ETA. Those information collection requirements will be cleared under a separate Control Number.

The DOL has increased the December 2011 average hourly earnings in the professional and business services industry of $27.90 by 40 percent (total $39.06) to monetize this burden. See The Employment Situation—January 2012, DOL, Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/empsit_03092012.pdf at 32.

2000 hours x $39.06 = $78,120.

The DOL associates no other burden costs with this information collection.

Total burden: 100 respondents, 100 responses, 2000 hours, $0 other cost burden.

Supporting Statement B; Statistical Methods

This information collection does not employ statistical methods.

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