[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 120 (Thursday, June 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37411-37412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15010]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) Multi-
Component Evaluation--Performance Measure and Baseline Data Collection.
    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 three primary, interconnected 
components or ``studies'':
    1. The Impact and In-depth Implementation Study (IS);
    2. The Design and Implementation Study (DIS); and
    3. The Performance Analysis Study (PAS).
    Description on all three studies was provided in a 60-Day Federal 
Register Notice posted in Vol. 76, No. 239, p. 77538 on December 13, 
2011.
    This 30 Day Notice covers (a) the baseline instrument for the 
Impact and In-depth 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 In-depth Implementation Study Respondents: Respondents 
to the baseline survey will be participants in PREP-funded programs, 
including students and other youth.
    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 table provides burden estimates for the previously-
approved information collection requests, as well as the currently 
requested information collection requests. Burden for all components 
have been annualized over three years for this request.

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                                                  Annual  number     Number of        Average
  Data collection instrument         Type of            of         responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                   respondent       respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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                              Collection of Field Data (Approved November 6, 2011)
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Discussion Guide for use with   Macro-Level                   10               1               1              10
 Macro-Level Coordinators.       Coordinators.
Discussion Guide for use with   Program                       20               2               2              80
 Program Directors.              Directors.
Discussion Guide for use with   Program Staff...              40               1               2              80
 Program Staff.
Discussion Guide for use with   School                        70               1               1              70
 School Administrators.          Administrators.
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                             Design Survey Data Collection (Approved March 7, 2012)
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Design Survey: Discussion       State-Level                   30               1               1              30
 Guide for Use with PREP State-  Coordinators
 Level Coordinators and State-   and State-Level
 Level Staff.                    Staff.
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                          Performance Measures and Baseline Data (Currently Requested)
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Instrument 1: Participant       Participant.....          90,250               1         0.08333            7521
 entry survey.
Instrument 2: Participant exit  Participant.....           2,200               1         0.16667          12,034
 survey.

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Instrument 3: Baseline Survey.  Participant.....           1,900               1            0.75           1,425
Instrument 4: Performance       Grantee                       65               1              24           1,560
 Reporting System Data Entry     Administrator.
 Form.
Instrument 5: Sub-Awardee data  Sub-Awardee                  475               1        24.16667          11,479
 collection and reporting.       Administrator.
Instrument 6: Implementation    Site Facilitator             950               1              16          15,200
 site data collection.
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 49,489.

Additional Information

    Copies of the proposed collection 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, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance 
Officer. Email address: [email protected]. All requests 
should be identified by the title of the information collection.

OMB Comment

    OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collection of 
information between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document 
in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best assured of having 
its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent directly to the following: Office of 
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Email: [email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration, for 
Children and Families.

Steven M. Hanmer,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer, Administration for Children and 
Families.
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