[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 40 (Friday, February 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11995-11996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04085]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Personal Responsibility 
Education Program (PREP) Performance Measures and Adulthood Preparation 
Subjects (PMAPS) Studies--Data Collection Related to the Performance 
Measures Study--Extension (OMB #0970-0497).

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; Administration 
for Children and Families; HHS.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: A goal of the Performance Measures and Adulthood Preparation 
Subjects (PMAPS) studies is to collect, analyze, and report on 
performance measure data for the Personal Responsibility Education 
Program (PREP) programs. The Office of Planning, Research, and 
Evaluation (OPRE) and the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) in 
the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) request a revision 
to a currently approved information collection (OMB No. 0970-0497; 
expiration date: 04/30/2020). The purpose of the request is to make 
adaptions to the participant entry and exit surveys, and continue the 
ongoing data collection of the performance measures from PREP grantees.

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. 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.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be 
obtained and comments may be forwarded by emailing 
[email protected]. Alternatively, copies can also be 
obtained 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. All 
requests, emailed or written, should be identified by the title of the 
information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: The PMAPS studies consist of two components: The 
Performance Measures Study and the Adulthood Preparation Subjects 
Study. The data collection for the Adulthood Preparation Subjects Study 
is complete. This notice is specific to a request for an extension of 
data collection activities for the Performance Measures Study only. The 
Performance Measures Study component includes collection and analysis 
of performance measure data from State PREP (SPREP), Tribal PREP 
(TPREP), Competitive PREP (CPREP), and Personal Responsibility 
Education Innovative Strategies (PREIS) grantees. Data will be used to 
determine if PREP and PREIS grantees are meeting performance benchmarks 
related to the program's mission and priorities.
    This request includes the development of adapted participant entry 
and exit surveys for middle school students (6th, 7th, and 8th grade 
youth) that exclude the most sensitive questions pertaining to sexual 
behavior. This is because some of the PREP middle school curricula do 
not include topics on sexual behavior, i.e., focus only on healthy 
relationship education. The adapted surveys will be used by all 
grantees that serve middle school youth. In addition, some minor edits 
have been made to the high school surveys.
    Respondents: Performance measurement data collection instruments 
will be administered to individuals representing SPREP, TPREP, CPREP, 
and PREIS grantees, their sub-awardees, and program participants.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
           Instrument              Total number    Annual number   responses per     hours per     Annual burden
                                  of respondents  of respondents    respondent       response          hours
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PREP Participant Entry Survey...         319,673         106,558               1            0.15          15,984
PREP Participant Exit Survey....         291,624          97,208               1         0.13333          12,961
Performance Reporting System                 153              51               2              18           1,836
 Data Form--State grantees......
Performance Reporting System                  28               9               2              18             324
 Data Form--TPREP grantees......
Performance Reporting System                  75              25               2              14             700
 Data Form--CPREP grantees......
Performance Reporting System                  38              13               2              14             364
 Data Form--PREIS grantees......
Performance Reporting System                 987             329               2              14           9,212
 Data Form--State sub-awardees..

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Performance Reporting System                  85              28               2              14             784
 Data Form--TPREP sub-awardees..
Performance Reporting System                 110              37               2              12             888
 Data Form--CPREP sub-awardees..
Performance Reporting System                  66              22               2              12             528
 Data Form--PREIS sub-awardees..
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 43,581.
    Comments: 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.

    Authority:  Sec. 50503, Pub. L. 115-123.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-04085 Filed 2-27-20; 8:45 am]
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