[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45290-45291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16573]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

[Document Identifier: HHS-OS-0990-New 30D]


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 August 12, 
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-30D 
for reference.

Information Collection Request Title: Sustainability Study of Programs 
Funded by OAH in 2010 (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 Sustainability study is a key piece of OAH's broad and 
ongoing effort to comprehensively evaluate all of its funding efforts 
which consist of: (1) The Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPP); the 
(2) Pregnancy Assistance Fund (PAF); and the CDC Communitywide program 
funded in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
    The proposed information request includes the instrument 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 former 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

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current and future PAF, TPP, and CDC Communitywide grantees.
    Likely Respondents: Program administrators at up to 50 grantee 
organizations.

                                    Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                  Annual  number     Number of      burden per     Total burden
                    Form name                           of         responses per   response  (in       hours
                                                    respondents     respondent        hours)
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In-Depth Interview Master Topic Guide...........              17               2             1.5            50.0
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    Total.......................................              17  ..............  ..............            50.0
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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. Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-16573 Filed 7-8-16; 4:15 pm]
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