[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 153 (Thursday, August 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37453-37454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16843]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) Multi-
Component Evaluation Extension.
    OMB No.: 0970-0398.
    Description: The Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) and the 
Office of Planning, Research, Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration 
for Children and Families (ACF) are requesting an extension without 
change of a currently approved information collection (OMB No. 0970-
0398). The purpose of the extension is to complete the ongoing follow-
up data collection for the Personal Responsibility Education Program 
(PREP) Multi-Component Evaluation, which was designed to document how 
PREP programs are designed and implemented in the field, collect 
performance measure data for PREP programs, and assess the 
effectiveness of selected PREP-funded programs.
    The PREP Multi-Component Evaluation contains three components: A 
Design and Implementation Study, a Performance Analysis Study, and an 
Impact and In-Depth Implementation Study. Data collection related to 
the

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Design and Implementation Study is complete; data collection related to 
the Performance Analysis Study will be complete in late summer 2017. 
This notice is specific to data collection activities for the Impact 
and In-Depth Implementation Study, which is being conducted in four 
sites. The proposed extension is necessary to complete ongoing follow-
up data collection. The resulting data will be used in a rigorous 
program impact analysis to assess the effectiveness of each program in 
reducing teen sexual activity and associated risk behaviors.
    Respondents: Youth participants who agreed to participate in the 
study upon enrollment in the four impact study sites.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                Total/annual      Number of      Average burden
                 Instrument                      number of      responses per      hours per       Total/annual
                                                respondents      respondents        response       burden hours
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Second follow-up survey.....................             325                1              .75              244
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    Estimated Total/Annual Burden Hours: 244
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of 
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW., Washington, DC 
20201, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. Email address: 
[email protected]. All requests should be identified by 
the title of the information collection.
    The Department specifically requests comments 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) 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. 
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted 
within 60 days of this publication.

Mary Jones,
ACF/OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-16843 Filed 8-9-17; 8:45 am]
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