HVRP FOA Justification PRA clearance 2019

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, career counseling, and career technical 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. 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 approximately $13,500,000 will be awarded to urban and non-urban grants. Awards are available up to $500,000.

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 papercopy 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 Bureau of Labor Statistics has established the February 2019 average hourly earnings in the professional and business services industry at $33.17 per hour to monetize this burden. See Average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted, at, https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t19.htm.

3,000 hours x $33.17 = $99,510.

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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