Notice2023-13223
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Evaluation of the Community Choice Demonstration, OMB Control No.: 2528-0337
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June 22, 2023
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Housing and Urban Development Department
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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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 119 (Thursday, June 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40841-40844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13223]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7075-N-08]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Evaluation of
the Community Choice Demonstration, OMB Control No.: 2528-0337
AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, 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 60 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: August 21, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection can be submitted within 60 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 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: Anna Guido, Reports
Management Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street SW, Room 8210, Washington, DC 20410-5000 or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5f0f3e2f3a2d28302d340d3a3b2a3c2b3630311e3c2b103939363c3a1f372a3b71383029"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="beeedfcedbccc9d1ccd5ecdbdacbddcad7d1d0ffddcaf1d8d8d7dddbfed6cbda90d9d1c8">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Guido, Reports Management
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Anna Guido at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#82c3ecece3acd2acc5f7ebe6edc2eaf7e6ace5edf4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2b6a45454a057b056c5e424f446b435e4f054c445d">[email protected]</span></a>,
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.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Evaluation of the Community Choice
Demonstration (formerly known as the Evaluation of the Housing Choice
Voucher Mobility Demonstration).
OMB Approval Number: 2528-0337.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Form Number: N/A.
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 to conduct an evaluation
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of its Community Choice Demonstration (formerly Housing Choice Voucher
Mobility Demonstration). This proposed information collection involves
three instruments that will be administered to subsets of households
participating in the Demonstration: a Home Assessment, a Child
Assessment, and an Obesity and Diabetes Risk Assessment.\1\ The Home
Assessment will assess how moving to an opportunity area affects
exposure to pest allergens and indoor pollutants that may impact health
conditions among low-income children. The Child Assessment will assess
how moving to an opportunity area may affect children's conduct
problems and physical and mental health. The Obesity and Diabetes Risk
Assessment will assess how moving to an opportunity area affects the
risk of obesity and diabetes (primarily for the head of household and
secondarily for one child in each household).
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\1\ As discussed below, the Obesity and Diabetes Risk Assessment
is also known as the Mobility Opportunity Vouchers for Eliminating
Disparities (MOVED) study.
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The Home and Child Assessments are funded by HUD and being
conducted by Abt Associates. HUD's contract with Abt Associates
provides flexibility to explore collaborations with other researchers
and funders to support additional knowledge-building efforts that build
on the foundation laid by the Demonstration so long as they advance
important research objectives, do not interfere with the core
Demonstration, and are structured in a way that minimizes overall
respondent burden. The Obesity and Diabetes Risk Assessment represents
one such collaboration; it is funded by the National Institute of
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) \2\ and led by Johns
Hopkins University (JHU) as part of a study called the Mobility
Opportunity Vouchers for Eliminating Disparities (MOVED) study. The
data collection for the MOVED study will also be conducted by Abt.
While NIH-funded studies do not normally require the submission of an
information collection request for compliance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, we are including the Obesity and Diabetes Risk
Assessment as part of this information collection request because it
will be administered to a subset of households participating in the
HUD-funded Demonstration. In addition, the Child Assessment will be
administered during the same visit, to the same households, and by the
same interviewers as the Obesity and Diabetes Risk Assessment.
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\2\ The NIDDK grant number is R01DK136610.
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Background on Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (Pub. L. 116-6) and the
Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Pub. L. 116-94)
authorized the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
to implement and evaluate the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Mobility
Demonstration (now referred to as the Community Choice Demonstration or
CCD or ``Demonstration''). The primary purpose of the Demonstration is
to provide voucher assistance and mobility-related services to families
with children to encourage families to move to lower-poverty areas and
expand their access to opportunity areas. The Demonstration will be
evaluated using a mix of methods, including a random assignment impact
study, a process study, and a cost analysis. The Demonstration has two
phases: In Phase 1, currently underway, enrolled families are being
assigned to two groups: one that is offered Comprehensive Mobility
Related Services (CMRS), and a control group that is offered usual PHA
services. In Phase 2, scheduled to begin in the fall of 2024, a second
treatment group will be added that runs concurrently with the CMRS and
control groups, in which families will be offered selected mobility-
related services (SMRS). (In Phase 2, families will be randomly
assigned to one of three groups: CMRS, SMRS, or the control group.)
Phase 1 of the study is evaluating whether the offer of CMRS helps
families with children access and remain in opportunity areas and
exploring which services appear to be most effective and cost-
effective. Phase 2 will evaluate the effectiveness of SMRS and compare
the outcomes of CMRS and SMRS.
On May 31, 2022 and June 9, 2022, OMB approved the administration
of a series of data collection instruments as part of the
Demonstration; OMB approved non-substantive changes to this information
collection in October 2022. The OMB Control # is 2528-0337 and expires
June 30, 2025. OMB approved non-substantive changes to this information
collection in October 2022.
Revised Information Collection Request
Through this revised information collection request, we are seeking
approval for three new assessments: a Home Assessment, a Child
Assessment, and an Obesity and Diabetes Risk Assessment. The collection
of information through these three assessments, and through the
underlying Demonstration, will be closely coordinated to minimize
burden on families and ensure there is no duplication in data
collection across each of the assessments and between the assessments
and the Demonstration.
We seek approval for two rounds of data collection (baseline and
follow-up assessments) for each of these three assessments, which are
described in more detail below.
Home Assessment
The Home Assessment will be administered at two of the eight
Demonstration sites and include the heads of household of an estimated
570 households. Households selected to participate in the Home
Assessment will be contacted shortly after random assignment in the
Demonstration for a baseline Home Assessment that will include three
components: direct measurements of pest allergens and indoor air
quality, a brief survey, and observations noted by the interviewer. The
same data collection will be repeated approximately 12 months later.
The direct assessment will measure (1) temperature and relative
humidity, (2) carbon dioxide, (3) carbon monoxide, (4) mouse and
cockroach allergens, (5) particulate matter, and (6) volatile organic
compounds (chemicals that enter the air from paints, cleaners, etc.).
The brief survey will obtain information from the parent or guardian on
risk factors for asthma and other respiratory conditions and child
health conditions, such as exposure to cigarette smoke through smokers
in the household or building. The interviewer observations will focus
on risk factors for asthma and respiratory conditions and housing and
neighborhood quality.
Child Assessment
The Child Assessment will be conducted at three Demonstration sites
that are different from those of the Home Assessment to minimize the
reporting burden on participating families. The Child Assessment will
be administered to one child and to the parent or guardian of that
child in each of an estimated 837 households who have a child between 2
and 15. The study team will conduct in-person visits over a 3.5-year
data collection period, at two points in time: at baseline and a 2-year
follow up. The Child Assessment will involve a survey about a
prespecified focal child and a direct assessment of that child's
executive functioning. Most of the questions on the survey will be
asked of the parent or guardian, with some questions being asked
directly of children.
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Obesity and Diabetes Risk Assessment
The Obesity and Diabetes Risk Assessment will be administered to
the same households that are participating in the Child Assessment
during the same visit. The Obesity and Diabetes Risk Assessment will
also be administered to some households that do not have a child in the
age range specified for the Child Assessment and to some families that
decline to participate in the Child Assessment. As with the Child
Assessment, the data collection will focus on one child in each
household along with the parent or guardian of that child. The Obesity
and Diabetes Risk Assessment, which is expected to be administered to a
total of 900 households, includes:
<bullet> an adult survey
<bullet> anthropometric assessments (height, weight, and waist
circumference) of the adult and one focal child
<bullet> blood spot samples to test HbA1c levels (a measure of diabetes
risk) of the adult
<bullet> blood pressure readings
<bullet> observations noted by the interviewer, and
<bullet> accelerometer data on a sub-set of 400 adults and 400
children.
At the 2-year follow-up visit, the study team will conduct a follow-up
Obesity and Diabetes Risk Assessment that will include the same
components with all households that can be located and agree to
participate. In addition, semi-structured interviews will be conducted
with a subset of 75 households. The interviews will dive deeper into
the factors explored in the survey that are potentially associated with
obesity and diabetes risk in order to better understand the mechanisms
which impact health and well-being.
Hourly Cost per Response: The estimated total annual burden of this
information collection is 278,927.35 hours. The estimated total annual
cost for this information collection is $1,577,961.78. The estimated
total annual cost is calculated by multiplying the total number of
respondent hours for adults by $11.05. The hourly rate of $11.05 was
calculated using the average hourly minimum wage rate for households in
the Housing Choice voucher program living in the 8 study sites.\3\
Annualized cost estimates were not calculated for the child sample. The
child sample eligible to participate in the study will be under the age
of 18. Most, if not all, will be enrolled in school and working part-
time at the most. Thus, we did not calculate an hourly wage for the
child sample.
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\3\ Hourly minimum wage rates were averaged across the eight
study sites, which include Los Angeles, Louisiana, Minnesota, New
York City, New York State, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee.
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Respondents (i.e., affected public): Selected adults and children
who have enrolled in the Demonstration and are either (1) offered
comprehensive mobility-related services along with their voucher or (2)
offered standard PHA services along with their voucher.
Estimated Number of Respondents: The baseline and follow-up
assessments for the Home, Child, and the Obesity and Diabetes Risk
Assessments will be completed for an estimated 2,370 respondents. This
consists of 570 heads of household participating in the Home Assessment
and 900 parents or guardians and 900 children participating in the
Obesity and Diabetes Risk Assessment. We estimate that the Child
Assessment will be administered to 837 households that also participate
in the Obesity and Diabetes Risk Assessment, so they are already
included in the estimated number of respondents above.
Frequency of Response: Twice (baseline and follow-up).
Average Hours per Response:
<bullet> The Home Assessment, including consent (10 minutes or .17
hours), direct measurement (30 minutes or .5 hours), interviewer
observations (10 minutes or .17 hours) and a brief survey (15 minutes
or .25 hours) represents a total respondent burden of 1.08 hour.
<bullet> The Child Assessment includes the consent (8 minutes or
.13 hours), survey about child (asked of parent/guardian) and parent/
guardian's presence during direct child assessment (a total of 45
minutes or .75 hours), and the direct child assessment (22 minutes or
.37 hours for the child). This represents a total respondent burden of
75 minutes or 1.25 hours. Consent for the Child Assessment and the
Obesity and Diabetes Risk Assessment will be obtained at the same time,
through the same instrument; we have apportioned the total time
estimate for the combined instrument across the two assessments.
<bullet> The Obesity and Diabetes Risk Assessment, including
consent and enrollment (15 minutes or .25 hours); adult survey (60
minutes or 1 hour); anthropometric assessments for adults (10 minutes
or 0.17 hours) and children (10 minutes or 0.17 hours and 10 minutes or
.17 hours for the parent or guardian who must also be present); and
blood spot sample of the adult (10 minutes or 0.17 hours). The Home
observations/housing assessment of the home will take 15 minutes (.25
hours). For the subset of 400 adults and 400 children selected to wear
an accelerometer, we estimate a total of 1 hour to put on and return
the accelerometer. Returning the accelerometer will involve the
participant placing the device in the self-addressed, postpaid return
envelope that the interviewer provided and mailing it back to the study
team. We have also included the full burden of participants wearing the
accelerometer for 7 days for a total burden of 169 hours per
participant in the accelerometer sub-group. We expect the blood
pressure reading to take 15 minutes or .25 hours. For the sub-set of 75
adults that are interviewed as part of the semi-structured interviews,
consent is expected to take 10 minutes (or .17 hours) and the
interviews are expected to take 60-90 minutes, or 1-1.5 hours. Finally,
we have included quarterly tracking emails/texts or calls between the
baseline survey and the follow-up survey that remind participants to
confirm or update their name, address, phone, and email. The tracking
also allows them to provide the name, address and phone number of
someone who will always know how to reach them. We estimate the burden
to be 8 minutes or .13 hours for tracking emails/texts and 10 minutes
or .17 hours for tracking calls.
Legal Authority: The survey is conducted under Title 12, United
States Code, Section 1701z.
Total Estimated Burdens:
Annualized Burden Table
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Burden Annual Hourly
Information collection Number of Frequency of Responses hour per burden cost per Annual cost
respondents response per annum response hours response
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Home Assessment:
Home Assessment Consent............................. 570 2 1,140 0.17 193.8 $11.05 $2,141.49
Direct Measurements................................. 570 2 1,140 0.5 570 11.05 6,298.50
Interviewer Observations............................ 570 2 1,140 0.17 193.8 11.05 2,141.49
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Survey.............................................. 570 2 1,140 0.25 285 11.05 3,149.25
Child Assessment:
Child Assessment Consent............................ 837 2 1,674 0.13 217.62 11.05 2,404.70
Survey about child (asked of parent/guardian) and 837 2 1,674 0.75 1,255.5 11.05 13,873.28
parent/guardian's presence during direct Child
Assessment.........................................
Direct Child Assessment............................. 837 2 1,674 0.37 619.38 N/A N/A
The Obesity and Diabetes Risk Assessment:
Consent for Obesity and Diabetes Risk Assessment.... 900 2 1,800 0.25 450 11.05 4,972.5
Adult Survey........................................ 900 2 1,800 1 1,800 11.05 19,890.00
Anthropometric assessments (adult).................. 900 2 1,800 0.17 306 11.05 3,381.30
Anthropometric assessments (child).................. 900 2 1,800 0.17 306 N/A N/A
Anthropometric assessments (child, but accounting 900 2 1,800 0.17 306 11.05 3,381.30
for parent's time).................................
Blood spot samples (adult).......................... 900 2 1,800 0.17 306 11.05 3,381.30
Home Observations/Housing Assessment................ 900 2 1,800 0.25 450 11.05 4,972.5
Accelerometers (adult).............................. 400 2 800 169 135,200 11.05 1,493,960.00
Accelerometers (child).............................. 400 2 800 169 135,200 N/A N/A
Blood pressure reading (adult)...................... 900 2 1,800 0.25 450 11.05 4,972.5
Consent for semi-structured interviews.............. 75 1 75 0.17 12.75 11.05 140.89
Semi-structured interviews.......................... 75 1 75 1.5 112.5 11.05 1,243.13
Tracking emails/texts............................... 900 2 1,800 0.13 234 11.05 2,585.70
Tracking calls...................................... 900 3 2,700 0.17 459 11.05 5,071.95
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Totals.......................................... 2,370 .............. 30,232 ......... 278,927.35 ......... 1,577,961.28
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Respondent's Obligation: Participation is voluntary.
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 comments in response to
these questions.
C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
3507.
Todd M. Richardson,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Development and
Research.
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