Notice2023-06458
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Evaluation of the Supportive Services Demonstration
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March 29, 2023
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Housing and Urban Development Department
Abstract
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 an additional 30 days of public comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18569-18571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06458]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7070-N-15; OMB Control No. 2528-0321]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Evaluation of
the Supportive Services Demonstration
AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer,
HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 an additional 30 days of
public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: April 28, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Anna P. Guido at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#662708080748364821130f0209260e130248010910"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="82c3ecece3acd2acc5f7ebe6edc2eaf7e6ace5edf4">[email protected]</span></a> or telephone 202-402-5535. 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: <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs">https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs</a>.
Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from
Ms. Guido.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in
Section A.
The Federal Register notice that solicited public comment on the
information collection for a period of 60 days was published on January
4, 2023, at 88 FR 365.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Evaluation of the Supportive
Services Demonstration.
OMB Approval Number: 2528-0321.
Type of Request: Revision.
Form Number: None.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has contracted
with Abt Associates Inc. and L&M Policy Research to continue conducting
an evaluation of HUD's Supportive Services Demonstration
(demonstration, or SSD), which was extended by Congress for an
additional two years in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. The
demonstration tests the Integrated Wellness in Supportive Housing
(IWISH) model and is designed to learn whether structured health and
wellness support can help older adults living in affordable housing
successfully age in place. The demonstration funds a full-time Resident
Wellness Director and part-time Wellness Nurse to work in HUD-assisted
housing developments that either predominantly or exclusively serve
households headed by people aged 62 and over. The demonstration is
testing whether IWISH will affect unplanned hospitalizations and the
use of other types of acute care with high healthcare costs, the use of
primary and nonacute care, the length of stay in housing, transitions
to long-term care facilities, and mortality. Eligible HUD-assisted
properties applied for the
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demonstration and were randomly assigned to one of three groups:
1. A ``treatment group'' that received grant funding to hire a
Resident Wellness Director and Wellness Nurse and implement the SSD
model (40 properties).
2. An ``active control'' group that did not receive grant funding
but received a stipend to participate in the evaluation (40
properties).
3. A ``passive control'' group that received neither grant funding
nor a stipend (44 properties).
The random assignment permits an evaluation that quantifies the
impact of the SSD model by comparing outcomes at the 40 treatment group
properties to outcomes at the 84 properties in the active and passive
control groups.
Under contract with HUD's Office of Policy Development and
Research, Abt Associates Inc. has been conducting a two-part
evaluation: a process study to describe the implementation of the
demonstration, and an impact study to measure the effect of the SSD
model on residents' use of healthcare services and housing stability.
The first phase of the demonstration ran from October 2017-October
2020. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act
and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 extended the
demonstration for an additional two years. Abt will continue to
evaluate the demonstration through September 2026.
During the first phase of the evaluation, Abt Associates Inc.
received OMB approval for the following primary data collection
activities:
<bullet> Questionnaires with staff from the treatment and active
control properties.
<bullet> Focus groups with residents of treatment and active
control properties and caregivers of residents of the treatment
properties.
<bullet> Interviews with Resident Wellness Directors and Wellness
Nurses at the treatment group properties.
<bullet> Interviews with Service Coordinators at the active control
group properties
<bullet> Interviews with representatives of organizations that own
or manage the active control or treatment properties.
This request is for an additional round of data collection for the
activities listed below:
<bullet> Interviews with Resident Wellness Directors and Wellness
Nurses at each of the 40 treatment properties.
<bullet> Interviews with property owners or managers at the 40
treatment properties and 40 active control properties.
<bullet> Interviews with up to 150 residents of 10 of the treatment
properties.
The purpose of these activities is to collect data from
demonstration staff, property owners and managers, and residents about
the continued implementation of the demonstration, including the
model's strengths and weakness, and how resident wellness services and
activities compare across treatment and control properties. The
evaluation will culminate in a comprehensive report that will be made
publicly available.
Respondents: Resident Wellness Directors, Wellness Nurses, Property
owners and managers, and HUD-assisted residents (aged 62 and over).
Estimated Number of Respondents: Up to 54 Resident Wellness
Directors, 44 Wellness Nurses, 40 property owners and managers of
treatment properties, 40 property owners and managers of active control
properties, and 150 HUD-assisted residents aged 62 and older living in
treatment properties.
Frequency of Response: Once for all interviews.
Average Hours per Response: Interviews with Resident Wellness
Directors and Wellness Nurses will take an estimated take 3 hours each,
interviews with property owners and managers will take an estimated 2
hours each, resident interviews conducted in the resident's preferred
language an estimated 1.5 hours each, and resident interviews conducted
via on-demand interpretation will take an estimated 3 hours each.
Exhibit A-2--Estimated Hour and Cost Burden of Information Collection
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Burden hour Hourly cost
Information collection Number of Frequency Responses per Annual per Annual cost
respondents of response per annum response burden hour response
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Interviews with Resident Wellness Directors.................. 54 1 54 3 162 \1\ $40.00 $6,480.00
Interviews with Wellness Nurses.............................. 44 1 44 3 132 \2\ 63.99 8,446.68
Interviews with Treatment Group Property Owners and Managers. 40 1 40 2 80 \3\ 51.23 4,098.40
Interviews with Active Control Property Owners and Managers.. 40 1 40 2 80 \3\ 51.23 4,098.40
Resident Interviews conducted in core languages.............. 120 1 120 1.5 180 \4\ 9.63 1,733.40
Resident Interviews conducted via on demand interpretation... 30 1 30 3 90 \4\ 9.63 866.70
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Total.................................................... 328 ........... ........... ........... 724 ........... 25,723.58
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\1\ Estimated cost burden for Resident Wellness Directors participating in interviews is based on the average hourly wage for private industry workers
by industry sector. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 2022, for the healthcare and social assistance industry ($40.00), accessed September 26,
2022 at Table 4. Private industry workers by occupational and industry group--2022 Q02 Results (<a href="http://bls.gov">bls.gov</a>).
\2\ Estimated cost burden for property Wellness Nurses participating in interview is based on the average hourly wage for private industry workers by
industry sector. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 2022, for Registered Nurse Occupations ($63.99), accessed September 26, 2022 at Table 4.
Private industry workers by occupational and industry group--2022 Q02 Results (<a href="http://bls.gov">bls.gov</a>).
\3\ Estimated cost burden for property owners and managers is a blended rate based on average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private
nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 2022 for all private industry workers ($38.91) and the
hourly cost for management, professional, and related workers ($63.55). Accessed September 26, 2022: Table 4. Private industry workers by occupational
and industry group--2022 Q02 Results (<a href="http://bls.gov">bls.gov</a>).
\4\ To estimate hourly cost for the residents, we used average Social Security benefit for retired works in June 2022, (accessed in September 26, 2022:
<a href="https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/factsheets/basicfact-alt.pdf">https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/factsheets/basicfact-alt.pdf</a>) which was $1,669 into an hourly rate of $9.63 per hour (by multiplying by 12 months and
dividing by 2,080 hours).
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
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information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
(5) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
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.
Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Office, Office of Policy Development and
Research, Chief Data Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-06458 Filed 3-28-23; 8:45 am]
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