DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-7050-N-06; OMB Control No: 2528-0259]
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection:
Family Options 12 Year Study: Tracking and Reengagement Data Collection
AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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 30 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: [Insert date that is 30 days after the date of publication in
the Federal Register.]
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this notice to OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 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: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20410; e-mail her at Anna.P.Guido@hud.gov or telephone 202-402-5535. This
is not a toll-free number. 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.
The Federal Register notice that solicited public comment on the information collection for a
period of 60 days was published on January 11, 2021 at 86 FR 1993.

A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: Family Options 12 Year Study: Tracking and Reengagement
Data Collection.
OMB Approval Number: 2528-0259.
Type of Request: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collections.
Form Number: NA.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
The purpose of this proposed information collection is to locate the families that enrolled in
the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Family Options Study
between September 2010 and January 2012 and to update their current contact information.
The Family Options Study is a multi-site experiment designed to test the impacts of
different housing and service interventions on homeless families in five key domains: housing
stability, family preservation, adult well-being, child well-being, and self-sufficiency. Both the
design and the scale of the study provides a strong basis for conclusions about the relative
impacts of the interventions over time, and data collected at two previous points in time, twenty
(20) months after random assignment and thirty-seven (37) months after random assignment,
yielded powerful evidence regarding the positive impact of providing a non-time-limited housing
subsidy to a family experiencing homelessness. It is possible, though, that some effects of the
various interventions might change over time or take longer to emerge, particularly for child
well-being. Therefore, HUD plans to conduct a follow-up survey of study families roughly
eleven years after enrollment into the study. Locating, reengaging, and updating the contact
information for study families will be critical to supporting a healthy response rate for the
planned 11-year follow-up survey.
This Federal Register Notice provides an opportunity to comment on the Participant Update
Contact Form that will be used to reengage with study families and gather updated contact
information.

Information
Collection

Number of
Respondents

Welcome Back
Newsletter and
Participant Contact
Update Form
12 Year Tracking
Survey
Information
Release Form

2,241

Total

5,754

Annualized Burden Table
Frequency of
Responses
Burden
Response
Hour Per
Per Annum
Response
1
2,241
.08

Annual
Burden
Hours
Hourly Cost
Per
Response
$10.15

Cost
$1,819.69

2,241

2,241

.25

$10.15

$5,686.54

1,272

1,272

.08

$10.15

$1,032.86

$8,539.09

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) If the information will be processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information;
(4) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(5) 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.


Anna P. Guido,

Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Billing Code: 4210-67
[FR Doc. 2022-03179 Filed: 2/14/2022 8:45 am; Publication Date: 2/15/2022]