60-Day Notice Evaluation of the HUD Youth Homelessness Demonstration Project

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(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: August 23, 2017.
Inez C. Downs,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–6003–N–08]

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Evaluation of the HUD
Youth Homelessness Demonstration
Project Evaluation
Office of Policy Development
and Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

HUD is seeking approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for the information collection
described below. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is
requesting comments from all interested
parties on the proposed collection of
information. The purpose of this notice
is to allow for 60 days of public
comment.

SUMMARY:

DATES:

Comments Due Date: October 31,

2017.
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:
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC
20410–5000; telephone (202) 402–5534
(this is not a toll-free number) or email
at [email protected] for a copy of
the proposed forms or other available
information. Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street

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SW., Washington, DC 20410; email
Anna P. Guido at Anna.P.Guido@
hud.gov or telephone (202) 402–5535
(this is not a toll-free number). Persons
with hearing or speech impairments
may access this number through TTY by
calling the toll-free Federal Relay
Service at (800) 877–8339. Copies of
available documents submitted to OMB
may be obtained from Ms. Guido.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the
information collection described in
Section A.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Evaluation of the HUD Youth
Homelessness Demonstration Project.
OMB Approval Number: Pending.
Type of Request: New.
Agency Form Numbers: No agency
forms will be used.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
purpose of the Youth Homelessness
Demonstration Project Evaluation
(YHDE), by the Office of Policy
Development and Research, at the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD), is to assess the
progress and results of the 2017 YHDP
grantee communities in developing and
executing a coordinated community
approach to preventing and ending
youth homelessness. YHDP grant funds
help communities to work with youth
advisory boards, child welfare agencies,
and other community partners to create
comprehensive community plans to end
youth homelessness; these
comprehensive plans are a major focus
for the grantees in the first grant year.
The grant funding is used for a variety
of housing options, including rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing,
and transitional housing, as well as
innovative programs. YHDP also will
support youth-focused performance
measurement and coordinated entry
systems. In order to obtain a clear
picture of YHDP grant activities, this
longitudinal, multi-level evaluation will
measure activities and progress of
grantees essential to building and
sustaining effective community change.
Data collection will occur during two
evaluation components with each
component including data collection
activities and analyses. These
components include two waves of a
web-based survey of Continuums of
Care, and site visits with each
demonstration community and the three
selected comparison sites.
Component one, a web-based survey
of Continuums of Care (CoCs) in the
U.S. will be administered twice, in

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Years 1 and 4 of the evaluation, to all
CoC program directors across the
country excluding the 10 YHDP grantees
and three comparison communities, for
a total of 400 survey participants each
wave. These data will provide an
understanding of system developments
occurring across the country and
provide a comparative basis for
understanding the demonstration
communities. The survey will ask
questions about the nature and capacity
of the prevention and crisis approaches
in place, the housing and service
solutions, and the strategies for
screening and assessing youth. It will
focus on understanding the
coordination and collaboration between
the homeless assistance system and
mainstream service systems, as well as
whether and how the system prioritizes
and coordinates referrals to the different
programs.
The second data collection
component is comprised of site visits
which will be conducted with each
demonstration community and the three
comparison non-grantee CoCs. The site
visits will include interviews with key
informants, with project technical
assistance (TA) providers, and youth, as
well as focus groups with different
subgroups of youth. The site visit guide
will describe data collection procedures
to be followed to ensure rigor and
consistency across site visit teams. The
first site visit will be conducted as soon
as OMB approval is received to collect
information while grantees are
developing their coordinated
community plans. The second site visit
will be conducted in early 2019 to
explore how the plans are being
implemented, as well as barriers to or
facilitators of change. The third and
final site visits will be scheduled after
community plans have been in effect for
at least one year (mid-2020).
Respondents: Continuum of Care Lead
Agency contacts, key community
partners, TA provider staff and youth
with interaction with CoCs.
Estimated total number of hours
needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of response,
hours of response, and cost of response
time: Based on the assumptions and
tables below, we calculate the estimated
annual burden hours for the study to be
380 hours and the annual cost to be
$6,716.90. Across the four years of the
study, the total burden hours would be
1,520 and the total cost for the four
years to be $26,867.60. The annual cost
of information collection from CoC
program directors assumes 400
respondents, surveyed on two occasions
over the four years of the evaluation,

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((400*2)/4=200). It is further assumed
that two YHDP Grantee staff per site,
and six Program administrators per site

will be interviewed. The full calculation
assumptions are shown below.

Derivations for the column ‘‘Hourly Cost
Per Response,’’ are explained below.

ESTIMATED HOUR AND COST BURDEN OF INFORMATION COLLECTION
Information collection

Number of
respondents

Frequency of
response

Responses
per annum

Burden hour
per response

Annual burden
hours

Hourly cost
per response

Annual cost
$

CoC Program Directors
YHDP Grantee Staff ....
Program Administrators
Service Providers .........
Government Agency
Staff ..........................
TA Providers ................
Youth (Interviews) ........
Youth (Focus Groups)

400
26
78
78

2
3
3
3

200
20
59
59

0.2
2.0
1.0
1.0

40
40
59
59

30.54
20.14
30.54
20.14

$1,221.60
805.60
1,801.86
1,188.26

26
10
26
468

3
3
3
3

20
8
20
92

0.8
1.0
1.0
1.5

16
8
20
138

24.56
20.14
7.25
7.25

392.96
161.12
145.00
1,000.50

Total ......................

1,112

........................

478

........................

380

........................

6,716.90

ESTIMATED HOUR BURDEN OF INFORMATION COLLECTION CALCULATION BASIS
Information collection

Number of
respondents

CoC Program Directors ...........................................
YHDP Grantee Staff ................................................
Program Administrators ...........................................
Service Providers .....................................................
Government Agency Staff ........................................
TA Providers ............................................................
Youth (Interviews) ....................................................
Youth (Focus Groups) .............................................

400 ..........................................................................
2/site, 13 sites = 26 ................................................
6/site, 13 sites = 78 ................................................
6/site, 13 sites = 78 ................................................
2/site, 13 sites = 26 ................................................
10 ............................................................................
2/site, 13 sites = 26 ................................................
36/site, 13 sites = 468 ............................................

2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

(400×2)/4 = 200
(26×3)/4 = 20
(78×3)/4 = 59
(78×3)/4 = 59
(26×3)/4 = 20
(10×3)/4 = 8
(26×3)/4 = 20
(468×3)/4 = 92

Total ..................................................................

1,112 .......................................................................

........................

478

As summarized below, we estimated
the hourly cost per response using the
May 2015 Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Occupational Employment Statistics
median hourly wages for the labor
categories, Social and Community
Services Manager (11–9151, $30.54) and
Social and Community Services

Specialist, All Other (21–1099, $20.14).
We used the Social and Community
Services Manager rate for the CoC
Program Directors and Program
Administrators. We used the Social and
Community Services Specialist, All
Other rate for YHDP grantee staff,
service providers, and TA providers. For

Respondent

Occupation
and
and
and
and
and

Community
Community
Community
Community
Community

Services
Services
Services
Services
Services

Frequency of
response

Responses
per annum

the government workers, we used an
average of state and local Social and
Community Services Specialist, All
Other (21–2099, $24.56). The youth
hourly wage is based on the federal
minimum wage of $7.25/hour.

SOC code

CoC program directors ............
YHDP grantee staff .................
Program administrators ...........
Service providers .....................
Government agency staff ........

Social
Social
Social
Social
Social

Manager ...............................
Specialist, All Others ...........
Manager ...............................
Specialist, All Others ...........
Specialist, All Others ...........

11–9151
21–1099
11–9151
21–1099
21–1099

TA providers ............................
Youth .......................................

Social and Community Services Specialist, All Others ...........
Federal minimum wage ............................................................

21–1099
—

Median hourly wage
$30.54.
$20.14.
$30.54.
$20.14.
Average of state and local,
$24.56.
$20.14.
$7.25.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics (May 2015), https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrci.htm.

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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;

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(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 the use
of appropriate automated collection
techniques or other forms of information

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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.

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Dated: August 23, 2017.
Todd M. Richardson,
Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Policy Development and Research.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–6021–N–02]

Fair Market Rents for the Housing
Choice Voucher Program, Moderate
Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy
Program, and Other Programs Fiscal
Year 2018 and Adoption of
Methodology Changes for Estimating
Fair Market Rents
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of Fiscal Year (FY) 2018
Fair Market Rents (FMRs) and adoption
of methodology changes for estimating
FMRs.
AGENCY:

Section 8(c)(1) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (USHA), as
amended by the Housing Opportunities
Through Modernization Act of 2016
(HOTMA), requires the Secretary to
publish FMRs not less than annually,
adjusted to be effective on October 1 of
each year. Section 8(c)(1)(B) of USHA,
as amended by HOTMA, requires that
HUD publish for comment a notice of
proposed material changes in the
methodology for estimating FMRs and a
notice containing HUD’s final decisions
regarding such proposed substantial
methodological changes. On May 26,
2017, HUD published a notice
proposing changes to the methodology
used for estimating FMRs and requested
public comment.
This notice adopts HUD’s May 26,
2017 proposed material changes to the
methodology for estimating FMRs and
notifies interested parties that FY 2018
FMRs are available at www.huduser.gov.
This notice also describes the methods
used to calculate the FY 2018 FMRs and
enumerates the procedures for Public
Housing Agencies (PHAs) and other
interested parties to request
reevaluations of their FMRs as required
by HOTMA. Lastly, this notice responds
to public comments HUD received on its
May 26, 2017 notice.
DATES:
Comment Due Date: October 2, 2017.
Applicability Date: October 2, 2017
unless HUD receives a request for
reevaluation of specific area FMRs as
described below.
ADDRESSES: HUD invites interested
persons to submit comments regarding

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the FMRs and to request reevaluation of
the FY 2018 FMRs to the Regulations
Division, Office of General Counsel,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW.,
Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410–
0001. Communications must refer to the
above docket number and title and
should contain the information
specified in the ‘‘Request for Comments/
Request for Reevaluation’’ section.
There are two methods for submitting
public comments.
1. Submission of Comments by Mail.
Comments or requests for reevaluation
may be submitted by mail to the
Regulations Division, Office of General
Counsel, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW.,
Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410–
0500. Due to security measures at all
federal agencies, however, submission
of comments by mail often results in
delayed delivery. To ensure timely
receipt of comments or reevaluation
requests, HUD recommends that
comments or requests submitted by mail
be submitted at least two weeks in
advance of the deadline. HUD will make
all comments or reevaluation requests
received by mail available to the public
at http://www.regulations.gov.
2. Electronic Submission of
Comments. Interested persons may
submit comments or reevaluation
requests electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov. HUD strongly
encourages commenters to submit
comments or reevaluation requests
electronically. Electronic submission of
comments or reevaluation requests
allows the author maximum time to
prepare and submit a comment or
reevaluation request, ensures timely
receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to
make them immediately available to the
public. Comments or reevaluation
requests submitted electronically
through the http://www.regulations.gov
Web site can be viewed by other
submitters and interested members of
the public. Commenters or reevaluation
requestors should follow instructions
provided on that site to submit
comments or reevaluation requests
electronically.
Note: To receive consideration as public
comments or reevaluation requests,
comments or requests must be submitted
through one of the two methods specified
above. Again, all submissions must refer to
the docket number and title of the notice.

No Facsimile Comments or
Reevaluation Requests. Facsimile (FAX)
comments or requests for FMR
reevaluation are not acceptable.
Public Inspection of Public Comments
and Reevaluation Requests. All properly

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submitted comments and reevaluation
requests and communications regarding
this notice submitted to HUD will be
available for public inspection and
copying between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
weekdays at the above address. Due to
security measures at the HUD
Headquarters building, an advance
appointment to review the public
comments and reevaluation requests
must be scheduled by calling the
Regulations Division at 202–708–3055
(this is not a toll-free number).
Individuals with speech or hearing
impairments may access this number
through TTY by calling the Federal
Relay Service at 800–877–8339 (toll-free
number). Copies of all comments and
reevaluation requests submitted are
available for inspection and
downloading at http://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
technical information on the
methodology used to develop FMRs or
a listing of all FMRs, please call the
HUD USER information line at 800–
245–2691 or access the information on
the HUD USER Web site http://
www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/
fmr.html. FMRs are listed at the 40th or
50th percentile in Schedule B. For
informational purposes, 40th percentile
rents for the areas with 50th percentile
FMRs will be provided in the HUD FY
2018 FMR documentation system at
https://www.huduser.gov/portal/
datasets/fmr.html#2018_query and 50th
percentile rents for all FMR areas will
be published at http://
www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/
50per.html.
Questions related to use of FMRs or
voucher payment standards should be
directed to the respective local HUD
program staff. Questions on how to
conduct FMR surveys may be addressed
to Marie L. Lihn or Peter B. Kahn of the
Economic and Market Analysis
Division, Office of Economic Affairs,
Office of Policy Development and
Research at HUD headquarters, 451 7th
Street SW., Room 8208, Washington, DC
20410; telephone number 202–402–2409
(this is not a toll-free number), or they
may be reached at [email protected].
Persons with hearing or speech
impairments may access HUD numbers
through TTY by calling the Federal
Relay Service at 800–877–8339 (toll-free
number).
Electronic Data Availability. This
Federal Register notice will be available
electronically from the HUD User page
at https://www.huduser.gov/portal/
datasets/fmr.html. Federal Register
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