Federal Register: November 26, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 229)
DOCID: fr26no08-90 FR Doc E8-28068
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Housing and Urban Development Department
Docket ID: [Docket No. FR-5187-N-64]
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr26no08-90
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Proposed Information Collection: Family Unification Program (FUP)
DATES: Comments Due Date: December 26, 2008.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
Public Housing Agencies (PHA) application for funding of new Housing Choice Vouchers to promote family unification. The Family Unification Program (FUP) is a program under which vouchers are provided to families for whom the lack of adequate housing is a primary factor in the imminent placement of the family's child, or children, in outofhome care; or the delay in the discharge of the child, or children, to the family from outofhome care. Youths at least 18 years old and not more than 21 years old (have not reached 22nd birthday) who left foster care at age 16 or older and who do not have adequate housing are also eligible to receive housing assistance under the FUP. A FUP voucher issued to such a youth may only be used to provide housing assistance for the youth for a maximum of 18 months.
SUMMARY:
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
This notice informs the public that the Department of Housing and Urban Development has submitted to OMB a request for approval of the Information collection described below. This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and affecting agencies concerning the proposed collection of information to: (1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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.
This notice also lists the following information:
Title of Proposal: Family Unification Program (FUP).
OMB Approval Number: 2577NEW.
Form Numbers: HUD52515, HUD50058, HUD96011, SF424, SFLLL, HUD 2993, HUD2994A and HUD27061.
Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use:
Public Housing Agencies (PHA) application for funding of new Housing
Choice Vouchers to promote family unification. The Family Unification
Program (FUP) is a program under which vouchers are provided to
families for whom the lack of adequate housing is a primary factor in
the imminent placement of the family's child, or children, in outof
home care; or the delay in the discharge of the child, or children, to
the family from outofhome care. Youths at least 18 years old and not
more than 21 years old (have not reached 22nd birthday) who left foster
care at age 16 or older and who do not have adequate housing are also
eligible to receive housing assistance under the FUP. A FUP voucher
issued to such a youth may only be used to provide housing assistance for the youth for a maximum of 18 months.
Frequency of Submission: On occasion, annually.
Number of Annual Hours per
respondents responses x response = Burden hours
Reporting Burden................... 200 1 ... 26.78 ... 5,357.2 [[Page 72072]]
Total Estimated Burden Hours: 5,357.2.
Status: New collection.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as amended.
Dated: November 20, 2008.
Lillian L. Deitzer,
Departmental Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Lillian Deitzer, Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Lillian Deitzer at Lillian_ L._Deitzer@HUD.gov or telephone (202) 4028048. This is not a toll free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Deitzer.