# 2026-16187: OMB Eyes Runaway Hotline Data Collection Renewal 2026-16187, Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; National Communication System for Runaway and Homeless Youth, Currently Operated by the National Runaway Safeline Data Collection, is a Federal Register notice from Health and Human Services Department, Children and Families Administration published 2026-08-07, effective Comments due September 8, 2026.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-14). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16187 - As of: 2026-08-14 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Document number: 2026-16187 - Title: Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; National Communication System for Runaway and Homeless Youth, Currently Operated by the National Runaway Safeline Data Collection - Type: Notice - Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; Children and Families Administration - Citation: 91 FR 51174 - Published: 2026-08-07 - Effective: Comments due September 8, 2026. - Comments close: 2026-09-08 - Significant: no - Touches household money: yes - Regulation identifier numbers: none - Last updated: 2026-08-14 ## In one line OMB Eyes Runaway Hotline Data Collection Renewal ## Summary The Family and Youth Services Bureau's (FYSB) Runaway and Homeless Youth Division has a legislative requirement to fund a National Communication System, which is currently operated by the National Runaway Safeline (NRS). The NRS provides information, referral services, crisis intervention, and prevention resources to vulnerable youth at risk of running away and/or becoming homeless and their families or legal guardians at no cost. When necessary, the NRS refers runaway and homeless youth to shelters, counseling, medical assistance, and other vital services. The NRS collects information from all contacts with youth and adults connecting with the NRS (i.e., parents, family members, legal guardians, service providers) on a voluntary basis to inform crisis services and develop an annual report on the information collected during calls, chats, emails, and forum posts from young people who reached out to the NRS's crisis services. This information collection is approved under Office of Management and Budget (OMB)#: 0970-0610. FYSB plans to submit a request to OMB to extend approval of these activities beyond the current expiration date of May 31, 2026. ## Effects PRIA read - OMB Extension Request for Data Collection: benefit, medium. The Family and Youth Services Bureau plans to submit a request to the Office of Management and Budget to extend approval of the National Runaway Safeline data collection beyond its current expiration date of May 31, 2026. This extension would allow the National Communication System activities to co… - Free Crisis Help and Referrals: benefit, high. The National Runaway Safeline provides information, referrals, crisis intervention, and prevention resources at no cost to vulnerable youth at risk of running away or becoming homeless and to their families or legal guardians. When needed, the NRS refers youth to shelters, counseling, medical assis… - Aggregated Data; No PII Collected: benefit, low. The NRS collects information from contacts on a voluntary basis and provides data to FYSB only in the aggregate; the notice states that no personally identifiable data are collected. The aggregated findings will be used in required reporting about youth in crisis nationwide (OMB#: 0970-0610). - Time Burden on Hotline Respondents: cost, low. The notice provides annual burden estimates for people contacting the NRS: the Youth in Crisis Form expects 47,175 responses at 0.23 hours per response (total 3,617 hours), the NRS Live Chat Form expects 29,679 responses at 0.65 hours per response (total 6,430 hours), and the estimated total annual… ## Related documents - [2026-16414](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16414): Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System, 2026-08-12 - [2026-16134](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16134): Reducing Federal Burden for Head Start Programs, 2026-08-07 - [2026-11530](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-11530): Employment and Training Services for Noncustodial Parents in the Child Support Program; Rescission, 2026-06-09 - [2026-09383](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-09383): Restoring Flexibility To Support Head Start Program Access, 2026-05-12 - [2026-06632](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-06632): Work Participation Rate Calculation Changes: Recalibration of the Caseload Reduction Credit and Prohibition of Small Checks in Work Partici…, 2026-04-06 - [2026-20363](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20363): Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Federal Case Registry, 2026-10-05 ## Sources - [2026-16187 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/07/2026-16187/submission-for-office-of-management-and-budget-review-national-communication-system-for-runaway-and) - [2026-16187 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-07/pdf/2026-16187.pdf) ## Related - [Previous: 2026-16186, Certain Preserved Mushrooms From Poland: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Dut…](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16186) - [Next: 2026-16188, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Managemen…](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16188) - [All Federal Register documents](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16187 (as of 2026-08-14).