E6-17424. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY:

Office of the Secretary, HHS.

In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following summary of a proposed collection for public comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.

Type of Information Collection Request: Regular Clearance, Extension of a currently approved collection.

Title of Information Collection: National Outcomes Performance Assessment of the Collaborative Initiative to Help End Chronic Homelessness.

Form/OMB No.: OS-0990-0304.

Use: The goals of this 3-year program for persons experiencing chronic homelessness include: (1) Increase the effectiveness of integrated systems of care for chronically homeless persons by providing comprehensive services and treatment and linking them to housing; (2) create additional permanent housing for chronically homeless persons; (3) increase the use of underused mainstream resources that pay for services and treatment for chronically homeless persons (e.g., Medicaid, TANF, Food Stamps, block grants, state-funded children's health insurance programs); (4) replicate service, treatment, and housing models known to be effective based on sound evidence; and, (5) support the development of infrastructures that sustain the housing, services, treatments, and inter-organizational partnerships beyond the 3-year Initiative.

Frequency: Reporting, on occasion, quarterly, annually.

Affected Public: Individuals or Households.

Annual Number of Respondents: 723.

Total Annual Responses: 1857.

Average Burden per Response: .9.

Total Annual Hours: 1857.

To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access the HHS Web site address at http://www.hhs.gov/​ocio/​infocollect/​pending/​ or e-mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS document identifier, to [e-mail], or call the Reports Clearance Office on [phone]. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collections must be received within 30 days of this notice directly to the Desk Officer at the address below: OMB Desk Officer: John Kraemer, OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: (OMB #0990-0304), New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington DC 20503.

Dated: October 11, 2006.

Alice Bettencourt,

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance Officer.