[Federal Register: March 24, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 56)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4972-N-06]
Notice of Proposed Information for Public Comments, Housing
Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program Annual Reporting
Requirements
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described
below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: May 23, 2005.
ADDRESSES: 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: Shelia Jones, Reports Liaison
Officer, Department of Housing Urban and Development, 451 7th Street,
SW., Room 7232, Washington, DC 20410.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Rudy, 202-708-1827, Telephone
number (this is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting the proposed
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended).
This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and
affecting agencies concerning the proposed collection of information
to: (1) Evaluate 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; (2)
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (3) Enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Minimize the
burden of the collection of information to those who are to respond;
including through the use of appropriate automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., electronic
submission of responses.
This Notice also lists the following information:
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Title of Proposal: Annual performance reporting requirements for
formula and competitive Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS
(HOPWA) grant recipients.
OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2506-0133.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
Department is implementing a new long-term performance measure for
client outcomes that will assess program success in assisting HOPWA
clients achieve and maintain housing stability, avoid homelessness, and
improve access to HIV treatment and other care. These changes are
intended to assist HOPWA grantees and project sponsors aggregate
results from the use of their HOPWA resources by providing housing
assistance as the annual output measure and to collect individual
client information demonstrating the outcome for improved housing
stability for this special needs population.
Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD-40110-C and HUD-40110-D.
Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the
Information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response.
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Description of information collection Number of Responses Total annual Hrs. per
(annual reports) respondents per year responses responses Total hours
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40110-C Annual Progress Report (APR)..... 85 1 85 66 5,610
40110-D Consolidated Annual Performance 122 1 122 36 4,392
and Evaluation Report (CAPER)...........
Recordkeeping............................ 207 1 207 72 14,904
Grant amendments and extensions.......... 20 1 20 20 400
Uniform relocation act appeals process... 5 1 5 2 10
Environmental review recordkeeping....... 20 1 20 20 400
Miscellaneous other reporting............ 40 1 40 6 240
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Total of grantee annual reporting 207 1 207 ........... 25,956
burden:.............................
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Status of the proposed information collection: This is a revision
to existing annual data collection requirements in order to measure
annual performance outcomes. Implementation of these new reporting
requirements will commence during FY 2005.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: March 17, 2005.
Nelson R. Bregon,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development.
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