Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, HUD.
Notice.
The Proposed information collection requirement described below will be 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.
Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/ or OMB Control Number and should be sent to: Sheila Jones, Reports Liaison Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 7232, Washington, DC 20410
Mr. Michael Roanhouse (202) 708–1226 telephone number (this is not a toll-free number).
The Department is submitting the proposed information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended).
This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and affecting agencies concerning the proposed collection of information to:
This Notice also lists the following information:
In 2000, the Department of Housing and Urban Development will undertake a survey of homeless residential service providers in 15 jurisdictions including Atlanta, Ga, Columbus, OH, Grand Rapids, MI, Kansas City, MO, Lafayette, IN, New York City, NY, Philadelphia, PA, San Diego, CA, Spokane, WA, St. Louis, MO, St. Paul, MN, Washington, DC, Montgomery County, MD, State of Massachusetts, and State of Rhode Island. The survey is designed to collect data from providers on the types of services being offered, the number and types of staff employed, the characteristics of the program and its clients, and the provider's sources of revenue. The survey will provide information about the current operation of residential service programs assisting homeless persons in the 15 jurisdictions.
Homeless residential service providers offering emergency shelter, transitional housing, or permanent supportive housing in the 15 jurisdictions will be surveyed by mail. They will be asked to identify their program type and report on their program characteristics including staffing pattern and target population, clients' social-demographic profile, service provision, physical and architectural features of living accommodation, program structure and policy, and sources of revenue. In addition, providers will be asked to report their annual and seasonal capacity, as well as the capacity of their services in 1987 as a baseline of service capacity.
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C Chapter 35, as amended.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information collection; they also will become a matter of public record.