2023-05584. 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Youth Homeless Systems Improvement (YHSI) Program

AGENCY:

HUD Office of Community Planning and Development, HUD.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

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 comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.

DATES:

Comments Due Date: May 19, 2023.

ADDRESSES:

Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection can be sent within 60 days of publication of this notice to [e-mail] or www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 60-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function.

Interested persons are also invited to submit comments regarding this proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and can be sent to: Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 8210, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone [phone] for Colette (this is not a toll-free number) or email at [e-mail] for a copy of the proposed forms or other available information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at email or [e-mail], telephone contact number or 202-402-3400 for Colette. This is not a toll-free number. HUD welcomes and is prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as individuals with speech or communication disabilities. To learn more about how to make an accessible telephone call, please visit https://www.fcc.gov/​consumers/​guides/​telecommunications-relay-service-trs.

Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Pollard.

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: Youth Homeless Systems Improvement (YHSI).

OMB Approval Number: 2506-PENDING.

Type of Request: New.

Form Number: N/A.

Description of the need for the information and proposed use: Congress appropriated funds to the Department of Housing and Urban Development in FY2022 and in FY2023 to competitively award funds to selected communities to develop projects that implement systems infrastructure to better address youth homelessness. The YHSI projects will focus on systems change to create and build capacity for Youth Action Boards; collect and use data from different systems to improve the youth homeless response system; develop strong leaders within a community; and improve the coordination, communication, operation, and administration of homeless assistance projects, including prevention and diversion strategies. This information collection proposal is to competitively award YHSI funds to communities and monitor the progress of the funded project.

Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal Governments.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 150.

Estimated Number of Responses: 190.

Frequency of Response: Biannual.

Average Hours per Response: 27.

Total Estimated Burdens: 2,670.

Submission documents	Number of respondents	Responses frequency (average)	Total annual responses	Burden hours per response	Total hours	Hourly rate	Burden cost per instrument
Information collection
Component 1. Project Selection:
YHSI Project Selection Narratives	100	1	100	22	2200	$53.67	$118,074.00
SF-424—Application for Federal Assistance	100	1	100	0	0	53.67	0.00
SF-424B Assurances for Non-Construction Programs	100	1	100	0	0	53.67	0.00
OMB-SF—LLL Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (where applicable)	100	1	100	0	0	53.67	0.00
Nonprofit Certification	50	1	50	0	0	53.67	0.00
Organizations Code of Conduct	100	1	100	0	0	53.67	0.00
Youth Action Board Letter of Support	100	1	100	1	100	53.67	5,367.00
Letter of Support—partner agency	100	1	100	1	100	53.67	5,367.00
Subtotal	100		100	24	2,400		128,808.00
Component 2. Milestone Reporting
Narrative update on project progress	40	2	80	2	160	53.67	8,587.20
Updated milestone chart	10	1	10	1	10	53.67	536.70
Subtotal	50		90	3	270		9,123.90
Total Application Collection	150		190	27	2,670		137,931.90

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;

(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 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.

C. Authority

Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, Marion McFadden, having reviewed and approved this document, is delegating the authority to electronically sign this document to submitter, Aaron Santa Anna, who is the Federal Register Liaison for HUD, for purposes of publication in the Federal Register .

Aaron Santa Anna,

Federal Register Liaison for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.