[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 38 (Monday, February 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11544-11545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-4550]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-12-12EK]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-7570 or 
send comments to Kimberly Lane, CDC Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 
Clifton Road, MS D-74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an email to 
[email protected].
    Comments are invited 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) ways to enhance 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. Written comments should be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    Process and Intermediate Outcome Evaluation of ``Teenage Pregnancy 
Prevention: Integrating Services, Programs, and Strategies through 
Community-Wide Initiatives''--New--National Center for Chronic Disease 
Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    In 2010, among Western industrialized nations, the United States 
had the highest rate of births among teens ages 15-19 years. Although 
the evidence strongly suggests that teenage pregnancy is a multifaceted 
problem stemming from interrelated internal and external factors, 
pregnancy prevention programs have typically focused on one factor 
(e.g., sex education or abstinence education). Several recent reviews 
have emphasized that multi-component approaches to teen pregnancy 
prevention, which are implemented at the local level, may offer the 
greatest potential in teenage pregnancy prevention. Multi-component 
approaches may include a combination of clinic services, sexuality 
education programs, job readiness training, academic tutoring, 
mentoring, and life skills training.
    In his budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010, President Obama proposed a 
new Teenage Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) Initiative to address the high 
teen pregnancy and birth rates by replicating evidence-based models and 
testing innovative strategies. On December 16, 2009, the President 
signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117). 
Division D Title II of the Act provides $110,000,000 for making 
competitive contracts and grants to public and private entities to fund 
medically accurate and age appropriate programs that reduce teen 
pregnancy. It also includes some of the Federal costs associated with 
administering and evaluating such projects.
    As part of this initiative, CDC released two funding opportunity 
announcements (FOAs) related to innovative evidence-based teenage 
pregnancy prevention programs: (1) DP10-1009, Teenage Pregnancy 
Prevention: Integrating Services, Programs, and Strategies Through 
Community-Wide Initiatives and (2) DP10-1025, Reducing Teen Pregnancy 
Through Family Planning: Integrating Services, Programs, and Strategies 
Through Community-Wide Initiatives. CDC is currently providing funding 
to nine state and community awardees, and five national organizations, 
to examine innovative, evidence-based teenage pregnancy prevention 
programs. Efforts are focused in communities with high rates of teen 
pregnancy in under-served African American and Latino youth. Components 
of these efforts include (1) implementing evidence-based or evidence-
informed prevention programs; (2) linking teens to quality health 
services; (3) educating stakeholders (parents, community leaders, and 
other constituents) about relevant evidence-based or evidence-informed 
strategies to reduce teen pregnancy; and (4) supporting the 
sustainability of the community-wide teen pregnancy prevention effort 
through capacity building and improved coordination of services.
    Upon receiving OMB approval, CDC proposes to collect the 
information needed to conduct a process and intermediate outcome 
evaluation of these efforts for the next three years of this five year 
TPP initiative. Using a repeat cross-sectional design, the information 
collection and evaluation plan will systematically document capacity 
building within funded communities over time and the extent to which 
communities implemented multi-component, community-wide initiative 
activities as planned. Respondents for the nine state and community 
awardees will include the project director/coordinator for each site, 
evaluators, and other program staff. In addition, to gain a variety of 
perspectives, information will be requested from multiple community and 
clinical partners associated with each state or community awardee 
(e.g., program implementers and core advisory group members). 
Information collected from these respondents will include needs 
assessments and selected costs of participating in the TPP initiative. 
Finally, CDC will collect information about the training and technical 
assistance needs of state and community awardees, and national 
organizations, which have been funded to support community-wide TPP 
activities.
    Specifically, the following information will be collected: the 
needs of nine project directors/coordinators will be assessed; the 
estimated burden for this yearly assessment is 7 hours. Fifty state and 
community awardees with submit yearly progress towards meeting 
performance measures; the estimated burden for this yearly assessment 
is 200 hours. The needs of fifty staff members will be assessed; the 
estimated burden for this yearly assessment is 38 hours. Training and 
technical assistance from 50 state and community awardees will be 
assessed; the estimated burden for this as-needed assessment is 600 
hours. The costs of 50 staff members will be assessed; the estimated 
burden for this as needed assessment is 125 hours. The training and 
technical assistance provided by 15 national organization awardee staff 
members will be assessed; the estimated burden for this as needed 
assessment is 180 hours. The needs of 50 clinical providers will be 
assessed; the estimated burden for this yearly assessment is 50 hours. 
The needs of 100 program implementation partners will be assessed; the 
estimated burden for this yearly assessment is 75 hours. The costs of 
150 community of and clinical partner participants will be

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assessed; the estimated burden for this as needed assessment is 375 
hours. The costs of sponsored activities for 50 community and clinical 
partners; the estimated burden for this yearly assessment is 125 hours.
    All information can be reported to CDC through an interactive web-
based system, ``iGTO,'' that awardees can use to manage their general 
organizational information and to support and track the implementation 
of strategies to prevent teen pregnancy. Respondents who prefer not to 
use the iGTO system will be able to export the assessment tools, 
complete them, and return their reports to CDC by electronic mail. 
Assessment and performance information will be reported to CDC 
annually. In addition, CDC will collect information about costs and 
awardee needs for training and technical assistance. To ensure high 
data quality, cost information will be submitted as soon as it becomes 
available. CDC estimates that each state or community awardee will 
submit 10 cost data reports per year. Training and technical assistance 
needs will be reported monthly so that CDC can provide immediate, 
targeted technical assistance as needed. The assessment information, 
performance measures and training and technical assistance information 
to be collected are critical to understanding (1) the teen pregnancy 
prevention needs of each target community, (2) quality implementation 
practices associated with evidence-based programs and contraceptive 
access, and (3) the impact of implemented strategies.
    OMB approval is requested for three years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of        Average
      Type of respondent            Form name        Number of     responses per    burden per     Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     response (hr)       (hr)
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State and Community Awardees..  Project Director/              9               1           45/60               7
                                 Coordinator
                                 Needs
                                 Assessment.
                                Performance                   50               1               4             200
                                 Measure
                                 Assessment Tool.
                                Staff Assessment              50               1           45/60              38
                                Training and                  50              12               1             600
                                 Technical
                                 Assistance Tool.
                                Cost Reporting                50              10           15/60             125
                                 Form For
                                 Sponsored
                                 Activities.
National Organization Awardees  Training and                  15             112  ..............             180
                                 Technical
                                 Assistance Tool.
Community and Clinical          Clinical                      50               1               1              50
 Partners.                       Provider Needs
                                 Assessment Tool.
                                Program                      100               1           45/60              75
                                 Implementation
                                 Partner Needs
                                 Assessment Tool.
                                Partner Cost                 150              10           15/60             375
                                 Reporting Form
                                 for
                                 Participants.
                                Cost Reporting                50              10           15/60             125
                                 Form For
                                 Sponsored
                                 Activities.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           1,775
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Kimberly S. Lane,
Chief Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-4550 Filed 2-24-12; 8:45 am]
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