[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 184 (Monday, September 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58310-58311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22996]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: State Abstinence Education Program.
    OMB No.: 0970-0381.
    Description: The State Abstinence Program was extended through 
Fiscal Year 2014 under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 
2010 (Affordable Care Act, hereafter), Public Law 111-148.
    The Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) is accepting 
applications from States and Territories for the development and 
implementation of the State Abstinence Program. The purpose of this 
program is to support decisions to abstain from sexual activity by 
providing abstinence programming as defined by Section 510(b) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 710(b)) with a focus on those groups 
that are most likely to bear children out-of-wedlock, such as youth in 
or aging out of foster care.
    States are encouraged to develop flexible, medically accurate and 
effective abstinence-based plans responsive to their specific needs. 
These plans must provide abstinence education, and at the option of the 
State, where appropriate, mentoring, counseling, and adult supervision 
to promote abstinence from sexual activity, with a focus on those 
groups which are most likely to bear children out-of-wedlock. An 
expected outcome for all programs is to promote abstinence from sexual 
activity. Pursuant to the program announcement, all grantees must 
report on performance on a semiannual basis.
    OMB approval is requested to solicit comments from the public on 
paperwork reduction as it relates to ACYF's receipt of the application, 
state plan, and/or semiannual reporting documents from applicants and 
awardees labeled:

Application
State Plan
Performance Progress Report (PPR)

    Respondents: Application and Plan: 22 States and Territories who 
have not previously applied for the State Abstinence Program and PPR:50 
States and 9 Territories, to include, District of Columbia, Puerto 
Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, 
the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau.

                               12--Estimates of Annualized Burden Hours and Costs
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                                                  Average burden                     Number of
                   Instrument                        hours per       Number of     responses per   Total burden
                                                     response       respondents     respondent         hours
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Application.....................................              24              22               1             528
State Plan......................................              40              22               1             880
Performance Progress Reports....................              30              59               2           3,540
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                                                                                                           4,948
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    Total estimated annual burden hours: 4,948.
    The estimated monetary value of time is $50 x 4,948 hours = 
$247,400.

Additional Information

    Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the 
Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research 
and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: 
ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified by the 
title of the information collection. Email address: 
[email protected].

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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, Fax: 202-395-7285, 
Email: [email protected]. Attn: Desk Officer for the 
Administration for Children and Families.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-22996 Filed 9-20-13; 8:45 am]
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