[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77538-77540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31703]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Family and Youth Services Bureau; Proposed Information Collection 
Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) Multi-
Component Evaluation.
    OMB No.: 0970-0398
    Description: The Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) and the 
Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), Administration for 
Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services (HHS), are proposing data collection activity as part of the 
PREP Multi-Component Evaluation.
    The goals of the PREP Multi-Component Evaluation are to document 
how PREP programs are operationalized in the field, collect performance 
measure data for PREP programs, and assess the effectiveness of 
selected PREP-funded programs. The PREP Multi-Component Evaluation will 
make a significant contribution to the teen pregnancy prevention 
literature and will produce useful findings for state and federal 
policymakers, researchers, and program administrators.
    The evaluation will include the following three primary, 
interconnected components, or ``studies'':
    1. The Impact and Implementation Study (IS): This study will 
involve impact and in-depth implementation evaluations of four to five 
specific PREP-funded sites. The study will consider how selected 
programs implemented key components of the PREP program, such as adult 
preparation subjects and substantial emphasis on abstinence and 
contraception and addressed key implementation considerations, such as 
adherence, dosage, quality of service delivery, and participant 
response. The impact of the selected PREP programs will be determined 
based on a random assignment (at the individual, classroom, or school 
level) evaluation design, which will involve baseline surveys and two 
follow-up surveys. This will allow short- and long-term impacts to be 
measured. One information collection request for a field instrument, 
focused on discussions with individuals involved in PREP programs (i.e. 
state-level PREP program coordinators, program directors, program 
staff, and school administrators) in order to inform site selection for 
this study, was approved on November 6, 2011.
    2. The Design and Implementation Study (DIS): This study will be a 
broad descriptive analysis of how States designed and implemented PREP 
programs. The study will use multiple methods of information 
collection, including telephone interviews that will be conducted in 
every state operating a PREP program, to better understand the general 
design and implementation of PREP programs. For this study, two rounds 
of interviews will be conducted: The first round of interviews, known 
as the ``Design Survey'', will focus on how states designed programs, 
and the second round of interviews, known as the ``Implementation 
Survey'', will focus on how states and sub-awardees actually 
implemented their programs. An information collection request has 
already been submitted to OMB for the ``Design Survey'' discussion 
guide.
    3. The Performance Analysis Study (PAS): This study will focus on 
the development and collection of performance data for the purpose of 
semi-annual and annual reporting on state PREP performance outcomes, in 
order to determine if PREP grantees (i.e. states and sub-awardees) are 
meeting performance benchmarks related to the program's mission and 
priorities. At present, there is only one information collection 
request for the PAS.
    This 60 Day Notice covers (a) the baseline and administrative 
instruments for the Impact and Implementation Study; (b) all 
instruments for the Performance Analysis Study; and (c) a request for 
OMB to waive subsequent 60-day Federal Register notices pertaining to 
the PREP Multi-Component Evaluation.
    Impact and Implementation Study Respondents: Respondents to the 
baseline survey will be participants in PREP-funded programs, including 
school students and other youth. Administrative respondents include 
schools and organizations that oversee PREP-funded programs or that 
have program and/or school participation data.
    Performance Analysis Study Respondents: Performance measurement 
data collection instruments will be administered to individuals 
representing states (i.e. PREP state-level coordinators), as well as 
sub-awardees (i.e. program directors), program facilitators, other 
program staff, and program participants.

Annual Burden Estimates

    The following instruments, part of the Impact and Implementation 
Study (IIS), were approved on November 6, 2011.

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                                                                Number of      Average burden
               Instrument                 Annual number of    responses per       hours per       Total burden
                                             respondents       respondent         response            hours
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Discussion Guide for use with Macro-                    10                 1                 1                10
 Level Coordinators.....................
Discussion Guide for Use with Program                   20                 2                 2                80
 Directors..............................
Discussion Guide for Use with Program                   40                 1                 2                80
 Staff..................................

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Discussion Guide for Use with School                    70                 1                 1                70
 Administrators.........................
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    Approved Annual Burden..............  ................  ................  ................               240
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    The following instrument, the ``Design Survey'' discussion guide 
for the the Design and Implementation Study (DIS), is currently under 
review at OMB.

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                                                                Number of      Average burden
               Instrument                 Annual number of    responses per       hours per       Total burden
                                             respondents       respondent         response            hours
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Discussion Guide for Use with PREP State-               46                 1                 1                46
 Level Coordinators and State-Level
 Staff..................................
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    Total Annual Burden.................  ................  ................  ................                46
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    The following instruments, part of the Impact and Implementation 
Study, are proposed for public comment under this 60-Day Federal 
Register Notice.

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                                                                Number of      Average burden
               Instrument                 Annual number of    responses per       hours per       Total burden
                                             respondents       respondent         response            hours
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Baseline instrument.....................             2,000                 1                .7             1,400
Administrative data collection                          34                 2                 4               272
 instrument for schools and
 organizations..........................
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    Total Annual Burden.................  ................  ................  ................             1,672
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    The following instruments, part of the Performance Analysis Study, 
are proposed for public comment under this 60-Day Federal Register 
Notice.

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                                                                Number of      Average burden
               Instrument                 Annual number of    responses per       hours per       Total burden
                                             respondents       respondent         response            hours
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                       Measures of Demographics, Behaviors, Intentions, Perceived Impacts
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Program entrance survey.................            90,000                 1               .33            29,700
Program exit survey.....................            60,300                 1               .33            19,899
Demographics, behaviors, intentions, and               350                 2                 4             2,800
 perceived impacts data collection......
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                                      Measures of Attendance, Reach, Dosage
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Participant attendance log..............             1,400                 2                 4            11,200
Participant attendance log..............             1,400                 2                 4            11,200
Program session log.....................             1,400                 2                 4            11,200
Attendance, reach, and dosage data                     350                 2                 4             2,800
 collection.............................
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                                              Measures of Fidelity
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Session observation instrument..........             1,400                 2                 8            22,400
Fidelity data collection................               350                 2                 4             2,800
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                                      Measures of Cost, Partners, Training
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Program director survey.................               350                 2                 4             2,800
State PREP coordinator survey...........                49                 2                 4               392
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                                            State Submission of Data
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Data collection from sub-awardees on                    49                 2                16             1,568
 demographics, behaviors, intentions,
 perceived impacts, attendance, reach,
 dosage, fidelity, cost, partners, and
 training...............................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden.......  ................  ................  ................           107,559
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    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of 
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., 
Washington, DC 20447, OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. Email address: 
[email protected]. All requests should be identified by 
the title of the information collection.
    The Department specifically requests comments on (a) whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection 
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology. 
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted 
within 60 days of this publication.

    Dated: December 6, 2011.
Steven M. Hanmer,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-31703 Filed 12-12-11; 8:45 am]
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