Notice2024-00672
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request; Shelter Resident Assessment Tool V2.0
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Published
January 16, 2024
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentFederal Emergency Management Agency
Abstract
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit the information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission seeks comments concerning the transition of the Survivor Shelter Assessment Tool (SSAT), renamed the Shelter Resident Assessment Tool V 2.0 (SRAT), to the Mass Care/Emergency Assistance Section and how the interview process was simplified and streamlined.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2636-2637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00672]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA-2023-0021; OMB No. 1660-0142]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review, Comment Request; Shelter Resident Assessment Tool V2.0
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of revision and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit the
information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and
Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission seeks comments
concerning the transition of the Survivor Shelter Assessment Tool
(SSAT), renamed the Shelter Resident Assessment Tool V 2.0 (SRAT), to
the Mass Care/Emergency Assistance Section and how the interview
process was simplified and streamlined.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 15, 2024.
ADDRESSES: 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: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection should be made to Director,
Information Management Division, 500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472,
email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ca8c8f878be783a4aca5b8a7abbea3a5a4e789a5a6a6afa9bea3a5a4b9e787aba4abadafa7afa4be8aacafa7abe4aea2b9e4ada5bc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0f494a424e22466169607d626e7b666061224c6063636a6c7b6660617c22426e616e686a626a617b4f696a626e216b677c21686079">[email protected]</span></a> or
Ronan Dalcross, Mass Care & Emergency Assistance Section Chief,
Individual Assistance Division, FEMA Recovery Directorate, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e385868e82ce8b92ce8e829090ce80829186a385868e82cd878b90cd848c95"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1472717975397c653979756767397775667154727179753a707c673a737b62">[email protected]</span></a>, (202) 212-7269.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) (Pub. L. 93-288, as amended) is
the legal basis for FEMA to provide financial assistance and services
to individuals who apply for disaster assistance in the event of a
declared Emergency or Major disaster. The Individuals and Households
Program provides financial assistance and, if necessary, direct
assistance to eligible individuals and households who, as a direct
result of a major disaster or emergency declaration, have uninsured or
under-insured necessary expenses, a serious need and are unable to meet
such expenses or needs through other means under section 408 of the
Stafford Act, as codified at 42 U.S.C. 5174, and its implementing
regulations at 44 CFR 206.110. FEMA requires the ability to collect
information regarding the housing needs of shelter residents expressing
interest in or seeking disaster assistance to provide services and
assistance to transition them out of shelters and into temporary or
permanent housing solutions expeditiously. Additionally, aggregated
reports resulting from the individualized data collection about shelter
residents and their unmet housing and related needs will support
planning activities for FEMA, state entities, and Non-Governmental
Organizations to transition residents out of the shelter.
This proposed information collection previously published in the
Federal Register on September 27, 2023, at 88 FR 66478 with a 60-day
public comment period. One public comment was received with multiple
questions about the instrument itself. Comments mentioned the
accessibility and 508 compliance in the document used to present the
questions, and not the tool itself. Clarification was provided about
the tool, and the suggested additional items were added to the list of
accessible communication items in question 2 of the instrument. The
purpose of this notice is to notify the public that FEMA will submit
the information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management
and Budget for review and clearance.
Collection of Information
Title: Shelter Resident Assessment Tool (SRAT) V2.0.
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Number: 1660-0142.
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FEMA Forms: FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-168 (formerly 009-0-42), Shelter
Resident Assessment Tool (SRAT) V2.0.
Abstract: FEMA requires the ability to collect information
regarding the housing needs of shelter residents to provide services
and assistance to transition them out of shelters and into temporary or
permanent housing solutions expeditiously. FEMA may provide Public
Assistance funding to State, Tribal, and Territorial governments for
costs related to emergency shelter under section 403 of the Stafford
Act, as codified at 42 U.S.C. 5170b. Aggregated reports resulting from
the individualized data collection will support state, Non-Governmental
Organizations and FEMA planning activities to transition the shelter
population.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households (Primary); Federal
Government; State, Local or Tribal Government; Not-For-Profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 7,500.
Estimated Number of Responses: 7,500.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,625.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost: $70,119.
Estimated Respondents' Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Estimated Respondents' Capital and Start-Up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to the Federal Government: $73,090.
Comments
Comments may be submitted as indicated in the ADDRESSES caption
above. Comments are solicited to (a) evaluate whether the proposed data
collection is necessary for the proper performance of the Agency,
including whether the information shall have practical utility;
evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
Millicent Brown Wilson,
Records Management Branch Chief, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2024-00672 Filed 1-12-24; 8:45 am]
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