Notice2025-00437
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Evaluation of the Older Adult Home Modification Grant Program; OMB Control No.: 2528-0335
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January 13, 2025
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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 60 days of public comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 7 (Monday, January 13, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2713-2714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00437]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7090-N-11]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Evaluation of
the Older Adult Home Modification Grant Program; OMB Control No.: 2528-
0335
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for 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: March 14, 2025.
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.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. Interested persons are also
invited to submit comments regarding this proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number 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#cd9dacbda8bfbaa2bfa69fa8a9b8aeb9a4a2a38caeb982ababa4aea88da5b8a9e3aaa2bb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f8a899889d8a8f978a93aa9d9c8d9b8c919796b99b8cb79e9e919b9db8908d9cd69f978e">[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 20410-5000; email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#55143b3b347b057b12203c313a153d20317b323a23"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1d5c73737c334d335a687479725d756879337a726b">[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 Older Adult Home
Modification Grant Program.
OMB Approval Number: 2528-0335.
Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.
Form Number: N/A.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
Congress authorized HUD to make grants to experienced non-profit
organizations, States, local governments, or public housing agencies
for safety and functional home modification repairs to meet the needs
of low-income elderly homeowners to enable them to remain in their
primary residence. To evaluate the effectiveness of the grants, HUD is:
(1) evaluating the grantees' implementation of the grants and (2)
evaluating the impact of the home modification on the recipient. HUD is
seeking an extension of the currently approved collection.
Members of the affected public: Office of Lead Hazard Control and
Healthy Homes Grantees and Recipients for home modifications.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory for grantees. Voluntary for
clients.
Legal Authority: The data collection is conducted under title 12,
United States Code, section. 1701z and section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as amended.
Table 1. provides an estimate of the annual burden to respondents.
Table 1--Estimated Annual Burden to Grantee Respondents
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Annual hourly
Information collection Total number Frequency of Responses per Burden hours Annual burden cost per Annual cost
of respondents response annum per response hours response
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Client Eligibility Documentation Form 2,235 1 745 0.08 62 $37.03 $2,299
\a\....................................
Lost-to-Project Form \b\................ 1,164 1 388 0.08 32 37.03 1,197
OAHM Program Documentation of Work 1,341 1 447 0.58 259 37.03 9,600
Completed Form \c\.....................
Grantee Process Evaluation Online Survey 75 1 25 4 100 37.03 3,703
\d\....................................
Grantee Site Visit Interview Guide \e\.. 12 2 4 3 24 37.03 889
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Total Annual........................ .............. .............. 1,607 7.75 478 .............. 17,688
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Total over Three Years.......... .............. .............. .............. .............. 1,433 .............. 53,065
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\a\ 1,675 clients are expected to receive home modifications. Grantees will need to screen approximately 2,233 applicants and complete evaluation Client
Eligibility Documentation forms for each of these applicants to reach their unit goal.
\b\ Of the 2,235 OAHMP applicants, 25% (558) are expected to be determined ineligible for program services, another 20% (335) of eligible clients are
expected to decline to participate in the evaluation, and another 25% (268) are expected to be lost to project follow up by the end of the evaluation
period. Grantees are required to complete the lost to project form for all applicants and clients lost to the project (1,164).
\c\ Grantees will complete the Home Modification Documentation only with clients who agree to participate in the evaluation. We estimate 25% of the
eligible applicants (1676) will refuse to participate, leading to a total of 1,341 clients for which grantees will complete the form.
\d\ One program manager from each of up to 25 grantees will complete the Grantee Process Evaluation Online Survey each year of the three year period of
performance (3X).
\e\ The Contractor will administer the Grantee Site Visit Interview Guide with approximately two grantee representatives at up to 12 site visits.
Table 2--Estimated Time and Costs to Client Respondents
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Annual hourly
Information collection Total number Frequency of Responses per Burden hours Annual burden cost per Annual cost
of respondents response annum per response hours response
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OAHM Client Program Questionnaire 1,677 1 559 0.17 93 $11.24 $1,047
Baseline \a\...........................
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Home Hazard Checklist Baseline \a\...... 1,677 1 559 0.42 233 11.24 2,618
OAHM Program Evaluation Informed Consent 1,341 1 447 0.25 112 11.24 1,256
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OAHM Client Impact Evaluation Interview 1,341 1 447 0.42 186 11.24 2,093
Baseline \b\...........................
Home Hazard Checklist Post-Modification 1,074 1 358 0.42 149 11.24 1,677
\c\....................................
OAHM Client Program Questionnaire Post- 1,074 1 358 0.17 60 11.24 671
Modification \c\.......................
OAHM Client Impact Evaluation Interview 1,074 1 358 0.42 149 11.24 1,677
Post-Modification \c\..................
Script to Schedule Client Process 336 1 112 0.08 9 11.24 105
Evaluation Interview \d\...............
Client Process Evaluation Interview \d\. 202 1 67 0.50 34 11.24 378
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Total Annual........................ .............. .............. 3,265 2.83 986 .............. 11,522
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Total Over Three Years.......... .............. .............. .............. .............. 2,959 .............. 34,566
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\a\ 1,677 applicants are expected to be eligible to receive home modifications. Program Questionnaire and Home Hazard baseline data will be collected
for all of these clients.
\b\ Assuming 20% (335) of eligible clients do not consent to participate in the Evaluation, 1,341 clients are expected to complete the baseline Client
Impact Evaluation.
\c\ Of the clients that agree to participate in the Evaluation, it is assumed 20% (268) will be lost to project follow up during the course of the
Evaluation, resulting in post-modification data being collected from 1,074 clients.
\d\ Assuming 40% of the clients contacted decline to participate in the process survey (134), we will contact 335 clients to ensure up to 200 of the
clients who receive home modifications participate in the Client Process Evaluation interviews.
Total Annual Costs: $29,210.
Total Costs over 3 Years: $87,631.
Total Client Respondents: 1,677.
Hours/Client Respondent: 2.83.
Total Grantee Respondents: 25.
Hours/Grantee Respondent: 7.75.
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.
Todd M. Richardson,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
[FR Doc. 2025-00437 Filed 1-10-25; 8:45 am]
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