[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 58 (Wednesday, March 25, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16948-16949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06210]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity: Title V State Sexual 
Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Program (New Collection)

AGENCY: The Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF); 
Administration for Children and Families (ACF).

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), 
Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) is accepting mandatory formula 
grant applications and State Plans from states and territories for the 
development of and implementation for Title V State Sexual Risk 
Avoidance Education (SRAE) Program. The Title V State SRAE Funding 
Opportunity Announcement sets forth the application requirements for 
the receipt of the following documents from applicants and awardees: 
Application, State Plan, and Performance Progress Report.

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, ACF 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 (OPRE), 330 C Street SW, Washington, 
DC 20201, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests, emailed or 
written, should be identified by the title of the information 
collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: This Notice is to solicit comments from the public on 
ACYF's proposed information collection documents (application, State 
Plan, and Performance Progress Report).
    Purpose and Use of the Information Collections: The application and 
State Plan will offer information about the proposed state project and 
it will be used as the primary basis to determine whether or not the 
project meets the minimum requirements for the award.
    The Performance Progress Report will inform the monitoring of the 
grantees program design, program evaluation, management improvement, 
service quality, and compliance with agreed upon goals. ACYF/FYSB will 
use the information to assure effective service delivery. Finally, the 
data from this collection will be used to report outcomes and 
efficiencies and will provide valuable information to policy makers and 
key stakeholders in the development of program and research efforts.
    Respondents: Fifty states and nine territories, to include the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, American 
Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, 
the Marshall Islands, and Palau.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                   Total number   Average burden
  Information collection title     Total number    of responses      hours per     Total burden    Annual burden
                                  of respondents  per respondent     response          hours           hours
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Application.....................              59               1              24           1,416             472
State Plan......................              59               3              40           7,080           2,360
Performance Progress Report.....              59               6              16           5,664           1,888
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    Estimated Annual Burden Total: 4,702.
    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,

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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: Section 510 (42 U.S.C. 710), as amended by Section 50502 
(Pub. L. 115-123))

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-06210 Filed 3-24-20; 8:45 am]
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