7 CFR 1944-I, "Self-Help Technical Assistance Grants"

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form HUD 935-2 Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan	Form	New	Available
Form SF-425 Federal Financial Report	Form	New	Available
Form SF-270 Request for Advance or Reimbursement	Form	New	Available
Form SF-424B Assurances – Nonconstruction Programs	Form	New	Available
Form SF-424A Budget Information Non-Construction Programs	Form	New	Available
Form AD 1047 Certificaion Regarding Debarrment, Suspension and other Responsibility Matters	Form	Modified	Available
Form AD 1049 Certifiction Regarding Drug-Free Workplace Requirments	Form	Modified	Available
Form SF 424 Application for Fedral Assistance	Form	Modified	Available
Form RD 400-4 Assurance Agreement	Form	Modified	Available
Form RD 400-1 Equal Opportunity Agreement	Form	Modified	Available
Form AD 1047 Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, and othe Responsibility Matters	Form	Modified	Available
Form AD 1049 Certification Regarding Drug-Free Workplace Requirements	Form	Modified	Available
Form SF 424 Applicaton for Federal Assistance	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form RD 400-4 Assurance Agreement	Form	Modified	Available
Form RD 400-1 Equal Opportunity Agreement	Form	Modified	Available
1944-I 2018 SuptStmt.doc	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2018-10-22	Available
2018 1944-I Grid (1).xls	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2018-10-23	Available

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
233538	Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan	Form	New	Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan
233537	Federal Financial Report	Form	New	Federal Financial Report
233536	Request for Advance or Reimbursement	Form	New	Request for Advance or Reimbursement
233535	Assurances – Nonconstruction Programs	Form	New	Assurances – Nonconstruction Programs
233533	Budget Information Non-Construction Programs	Form	New	Budget Information Non-Construction Programs
233532	Amendment to the Self-Help Technical Assistance Grant Agreement		New
233531	Agreement Between Grantee and Families		New
233530	Agreement to Establish a Certified Recordkeeping System		New
233527	Copy of proposed option or schedule of proposed options		New
233526	Resolution authorizing application for a site option loan		New
233523	Environmental Report		New
233522	Predevelopment grantee closeout: Final accounting of funds		New
233521	Request for RHS Evaluation Review		New
233519	Grant Closeout – Final Grantee Evaluation		New
233518	Grantee audit		New
233517	Generate quarterly SHARES report		New
233516	Agreement of compliance with all applicable Federal statutes and regulations		New
233515	Qualification for Federal assistance		New
233514	Establishing Interest Bearing Accounts		New
233513	Authorization from the Board of Directors		New
233512	Personnel Information		New
233511	Grant Agreement		New
233510	Number of homes/ Factors for awards		New
233509	Evidence of multi-funded status/cost allocation plan		New
233508	Disclosure of Lobbying Activities		New
233507	Conflict-of-interest Disclosure		New
233506	Monthly activities schedule		New
233505	Proposed Budget		New
233504	Evidence of land availability		New
233503	Evidence of need and demand		New
233502	Financial statement		New
233501	Organizational Documents		New
233494	Evidence of Capacity to Operate a MSH Program		New
1907	7 CFR 1944-I - Local/State & Tribal Governments	Form	Modified	Certificaion Regarding Debarrment, Suspension and other Responsibility Matters
1907	7 CFR 1944-I - Local/State & Tribal Governments	Form	Modified	Certifiction Regarding Drug-Free Workplace Requirments
1907	7 CFR 1944-I - Local/State & Tribal Governments	Form	Modified	Application for Fedral Assistance
1907	7 CFR 1944-I - Local/State & Tribal Governments	Form	Modified	Assurance Agreement
1907	7 CFR 1944-I - Local/State & Tribal Governments	Form	Modified	Equal Opportunity Agreement
190094	7 CFR 1944-I - Nonprofit organization	Form	Modified	Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, and othe Responsibility Matters
190094	7 CFR 1944-I - Nonprofit organization	Form	Modified	Certification Regarding Drug-Free Workplace Requirements
190094	7 CFR 1944-I - Nonprofit organization	Form	Modified	Applicaton for Federal Assistance
190094	7 CFR 1944-I - Nonprofit organization	Form	Modified	Assurance Agreement
190094	7 CFR 1944-I - Nonprofit organization	Form	Modified	Equal Opportunity Agreement

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0575-0043	ICR Reference No: 201810-0575-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201505-0575-001
Agency/Subagency: USDA/RHS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: 7 CFR 1944-I, "Self-Help Technical Assistance Grants"
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 12/21/2018
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 10/24/2018
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved.

table that charts list comparision

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2021	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2018
Responses	3,475	0	3,441
Time Burden (Hours)	3,177	0	3,283
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: This regulation promulgates the policies and procedures for providing technical assistance funds to eligible applicants to finance programs of technical and supervisory assistance for self-help housing.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 90 - 448 523 Name of Law: Housing Act of 1949
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	83 FR 25642	06/04/2018
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	83 FR 53442	10/23/2018
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 35

table that charts list of burden

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
7 CFR 1944-I - Local/State & Tribal Governments	RD 400-1, RD 400-4, AD 1049, AD 1047, SF 424	Equal Opportunity Agreement ,   Assurance Agreement ,   Application for Fedral Assistance ,   Certifiction Regarding Drug-Free Workplace Requirments ,   Certificaion Regarding Debarrment, Suspension and other Responsibility Matters
7 CFR 1944-I - Nonprofit organization	RD 400-4, SF 424, AD 1049, AD 1047, RD 400-1	Equal Opportunity Agreement ,   Assurance Agreement ,   Applicaton for Federal Assistance ,   Certification Regarding Drug-Free Workplace Requirements ,   Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, and othe Responsibility Matters
Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan	HUD 935-2	Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan
Agreement Between Grantee and Families
Agreement of compliance with all applicable Federal statutes and regulations
Agreement to Establish a Certified Recordkeeping System
Amendment to the Self-Help Technical Assistance Grant Agreement
Assurances – Nonconstruction Programs	SF-424B	Assurances – Nonconstruction Programs
Authorization from the Board of Directors
Budget Information Non-Construction Programs	SF-424A	Budget Information Non-Construction Programs
Conflict-of-interest Disclosure
Copy of proposed option or schedule of proposed options
Disclosure of Lobbying Activities
Environmental Report
Establishing Interest Bearing Accounts
Evidence of Capacity to Operate a MSH Program
Evidence of land availability
Evidence of multi-funded status/cost allocation plan
Evidence of need and demand
Federal Financial Report	SF-425	Federal Financial Report
Financial statement
Generate quarterly SHARES report
Grant Agreement
Grant Closeout – Final Grantee Evaluation
Grantee audit
Monthly activities schedule
Number of homes/ Factors for awards
Organizational Documents
Personnel Information
Predevelopment grantee closeout: Final accounting of funds
Proposed Budget
Qualification for Federal assistance
Request for Advance or Reimbursement	SF-270	Request for Advance or Reimbursement
Request for RHS Evaluation Review
Resolution authorizing application for a site option loan

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ICR Summary of Burden

table that charts list of burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	3,475	3,441	0	0	34	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	3,177	3,283	0	0	-106	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: With this submission the number of respondents has decrease from 105 to 100. A corrected miscalculation in the last submission resulted in a slight increase of responses by 34. The decrease in respondents caused burden hours to decrease by 106.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $733,589

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 10/24/2018

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