Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; Evaluation of the Rapid Re-Housing for Homeless Families Demonstration Program

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. The FY 2008 budget for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (H.R. 2764) included a $25 million set-aside to implement a Rapid Re-housing for Families Demonstration (RRHD) Program "expressly for the purposes of providing housing and services to homeless families." Also included in the legislation was a requirement that there be an evaluation of the demonstration program "in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the rapid re-housing approach in addressing the needs of homeless families." The Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) states that "the Rapid Re-housing Demonstration program will include an evaluation phase, which will focus on determining the efficacy of the assessment process and the housing/ service intervention related to how successfully households are able to independently sustain housing after receiving short-term leasing assistance." The Participation Agreement (for the collection of informed consent and contact information), the 6-month Tracking Letter, and the Participant Follow-up Survey Instruments are all necessary to conduct the Congressionally-mandated evaluation of the Rapid Re-Housing for Families Demonstration Program.