Supporting Statement: Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program

Generic Funding Opportunity Announcement

Control Number 1225-0086

Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program

Abstract:

This ICR seeks to clear the unique information collection requirements in the Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program Funding Opportunity Announcement (including job readiness, literacy, and skills training) to expedite the reintegration of homeless veterans into the labor force. Applications proposing to serve homeless veterans and incarcerated veterans under this Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program (HVRP) solicitation will fall into either urban or non-urban geographical area categories. Awardees will be required to co-enroll all HVRP participants at American Job Centers. HVRP grants seek 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. VETS anticipates that up to $13,000,000, to be adjusted based on available appropriations will be available for urban and non-urban grants. Awards will range from a minimum of $100,000 to a maximum of $300,000 for each urban grant and from a minimum of $100,000 to a maximum of $200,000 for each non-urban grant.

Electronic availability:

This grant solicitation is available on the grants.gov Web site. Based on past DOL experience, the Department anticipates all responses will be submitted electronically; however, a “hardcopy” filing option is available.

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 150 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.

150 applications x 20 hours = 3,000 hours.

The DOL has increased the November 2012 average hourly earnings in the professional and business services industry of $28.22 by 40 percent (total $39.51) to monetize this burden. See The Employment Situation—January 2013, DOL, Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/empsit_02012013.pdf at 35.

3,000 hours x $39.51 = $118,530.

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

Total burden: 150 respondents, 150 responses, 3000 hours, $0 other cost burden.

Supporting Statement B; Statistical Methods

This information collection does not employ statistical methods.

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