2024-06546. Submission for OMB Review; Runaway and Homeless Youth-Homeless Management Information System (RHY-HMIS; Office of Management and Budget# 0970-0573)

AGENCY:

Family and Youth Services Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION:

Request for public comments.

SUMMARY:

The Family and Youth Services Bureau's Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) Program is requesting a 3-year extension of the Runaway and Homeless Youth—Homeless Management Information System (RHY-HMIS) data collection efforts (OMB #0970-0573, expiration 07/31/2024). There are no changes requested to the data elements.

DATES:

Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB must decide about the collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document in the Federal Register . Therefore, a comment is best assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

ADDRESSES:

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function. You can also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by emailing [e-mail]. Identify all emailed requests by the title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description: The RHY Program has a requirement to collect information from all youth who receive shelter and supportive services with RHY funding. In April 2015, the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, through a formal Memorandum of Understanding, integrated the RHY data collection with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) HMIS and HUD's data standards along with other federal partners. HUD has OMB approval for HUD's data standards and ACF has approval under a separate OMB number for the RHY data elements. The data collection effort includes universal data elements that are collected by all federal partners and RHY program specific elements, which are tailored to the RHY Program using HUD's HMIS.

Respondents: Youth who receive emergency and longer-term shelter and supportive services under RHY funding.

Annual Burden Estimates

Instrument	Total number of respondents	Total number of responses per respondent	Average burden hours per response	Total burden hours	Annual burden hours
RHY-HMIS: Basic Center Program (Intake)	123,000	1	0.38	46,740	15,580
RHY-HMIS: Basic Center Program (Exit)	123,000	1	0.33	40,590	13,530
RHY-HMIS: Transitional Living Program (including Maternity Group Home program and TLP Demonstration Programs; Intake)	24,000	1	0.38	9,120	3,040
RHY-HMIS: Transitional Living Program (including Maternity Group Home program and TLP Demonstration Programs; Exit)	24,000	1	0.33	7,920	2,640
RHY-HMIS: Street Outreach Program (Contact)	108,000	1	0.5	54,000	18,000
RHY-HMIS: Street Outreach Program (Engagement)	30,000	1	0.28	8,400	2,800
RHY Funded Grantees (data entry)	308,225	2	0.36	221,922	73,974
RHY Funded Grantees (data submission)—FY24	675	2	0.16	216	72
RHY Funded Grantees (data submission)—FY25 & FY26	675	8	0.16	864	288
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours					129,924

Authority: Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-378) through Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 and reauthorized by the Juvenile Justice Reform Act through FY 2019.

Mary C. Jones,

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.