[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 49 (Monday, March 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 13380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05603]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: HHS-OS-0990-new-60D]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of 
Health and Human Services, announces plans to submit a new Information 
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, OS seeks comments 
from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other 
aspect of the ICR.

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before May 13, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 
[email protected] or by calling (202) 690-6162.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance 
staff, [email protected] or (202) 690-6162.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the document identifier HHS-OS-0990-new-60D 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Sustainability study of 
federally-funded programs designed to prevent or delay teen pregnancy 
(TPP Sustainability Study).
    Abstract: The Office of Adolescent Health (OAH), U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS) is requesting approval by OMB on a new 
collection. The TPP Sustainability Study is a key piece of OAH's broad 
and ongoing effort to comprehensively evaluate all of its teen 
pregnancy prevention funding efforts which consist of: (1) The Teen 
Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPP); the (2) Pregnancy Assistance Fund 
(PAF); and the Communitywide program funded through OAH and the Centers 
for Disease Control (CDC).
    The proposed information request includes instruments that will 
collect data on: (1) Whether and how federally-funded programs have 
been sustained; (2) factors affecting program sustainability; (3) 
methods and strategies employed by grantees to sustain programs; (4) 
support and technical assistance that grantees received related to 
sustaining the programs; and (5) key lessons learned based on the 
outcomes of these efforts. The data will be analyzed and incorporated 
into study deliverables that clearly describe grantees' sustainability 
efforts for all audiences and highlight key challenges, successes, and 
lessons learned for future funding and program implementation.
    The data will be used for the study team to identify key factors in 
program sustainability, the strategies that either worked or did not 
work in sustaining programs over time, and the types of support and 
assistance grantees required in order to sustain programs. Collecting 
this data is crucial to closing an existing gap in OAH knowledge about 
how to support the sustainability efforts of current and future 
grantees, including the 2015-2020 TPP grantee cohort and the 2013-2016 
PAF cohort.
    Likely Respondents: Program administrators at 117 grantee 
organizations.

                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                    Form name                        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)         hours
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Grantee Survey..................................              39               1            0.41            16.0
In-Depth Interview Master Topic Guide...........              17               2            1.5             51.0
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    Total.......................................              56  ..............  ..............            66.0
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OS specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and utility of 
the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the 
agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden, (3) ways 
to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected, and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection 
burden.

Terry S. Clark,
Asst Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-05603 Filed 3-11-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4168-11-P