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OMB Control No: 2506-0112	ICR Reference No: 200803-2506-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200703-2506-001
Agency/Subagency: HUD/CPD	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Grant Application
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 04/25/2008
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 05/01/2008
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 03/25/2008
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2008	6 Months From Approved	03/31/2010
Responses	22,900	0	13,500
Time Burden (Hours)	184,812	0	201,677
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: Grant application to determine eligibility for the Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance grant program, to establish grant amounts, and to ensure that technical requirements are met.

Emergency Justfication: Ms. Chandana L. Achanta OMB Desk Officer Office of Management and Budget New Executive Office Building Washington, DC 20503 Dear Ms. Achanta: The Department is seeking emergency review of the Paperwork Reduction Act requirements contained in the "Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Grant Application. The Notice of Paperwork Submission (copy enclosed), proposed for immediate Federal Register publication, explains the burden of the collection requirements and invites public comments on them. This program is supported by the information collection for the Continuum of Care Program under OMB control number 2506-0112. The revised information collection will significantly reduce the burden of applicants for "Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Programs and will create electronic submission for FY2008. The emergency processing is requested due to late requirements that address the development of an electronic submission system. The Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs is creating this electronic system in response to HUDs requirement to migrate the majority of its funding opportunities to electronic submission and to streamline the CoC application project. This will allow HUD to improve its competitive funding process. The revised information collection will also address Congressional direction on improving homeless data collection at the local and national levels. In compliance with the requirements of 5 CFR 1320.13, this letter requests emergency processing within seven days from the date of the Federal Register publication of the Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB. This emergency processing is essential to provide much needed funding for projects serving Americas most vulnerable population. Thank you for your consideration and assistance. Sincerely, Nelson R. Bregón General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development

Authorizing Statute(s): None

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	72 FR 222	11/19/2007
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	22,900	13,500	9,400
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	184,812	201,677	-16,865
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Using Information Technology

Short Statement: The burden hours per respondent were lessened this year by making the application electronic and removing the collection of HMIS Data and Technical Standards data from the application process. The collection of HMIS Data and Technical Standards data will become its own process at a later date as a separate package. The overall amount of time that it will take for an applicant to complete the application should also lessen because the electronic system will ask the applicant for a piece of information only once, store it in a data base, and then populate that answer elsewhere in the application where the information is necessary. We expect the burden hours to decrease dramatically in the 2009 Competition as CoCs and applicants will be able to retrieve the information that they submitted in the 2008 Competition from the data base and change only the necessary items.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,392,135

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Ann Oliva 202 402-4497

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