[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 147 (Thursday, July 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45886-45887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16527]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity: State Personal 
Responsibility Education Program (PREP) (OMB #0970-0380)

AGENCY: Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB), Administration on 
Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Administration for Children and 
Families (ACF), HHS.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), 
Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) requires mandatory formula 
grant applications, state plans, and performance progress reports from 
states and territories for the development of and implementation of 
their State Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP). The State 
PREP Funding Opportunity Announcement sets forth the application and 
state plan requirements for the receipt of the following documents from 
applicants and awardees: Application, State Plan, and Performance 
Progress Report.
    ACYF/FYSB are requesting a reinstatement with no changes to the 
previously approved information collections under OMB #0970-0380.

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: The purpose of the State PREP 
is to educate adolescents on both abstinence and contraception to 
prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections and at least 
three adulthood preparation subjects. The Application and State Plan 
will offer information about the proposed state project and 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 ensure 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.

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    Respondents: Forty-four states and seven territories, to include 
the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the 
Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and 
Palau.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                   Annual number  Average burden
                   Instrument                      Total number    of responses      hours per     Annual burden
                                                  of respondents  per respondent     response          hours
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Application.....................................              51               1              24            1224
State Plan......................................              51               1              40            2040
Performance Progress Reports....................              51               2              16            1632
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,896.
    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: Section 513 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
713), as amended by Section 50503 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 
2018 (Pub. L. 115-123), which extended funding through fiscal year 
2019, and was further extended by Section 3822 of the Coronavirus 
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub. L. 116-136).

John M. Sweet Jr,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-16527 Filed 7-29-20; 8:45 am]
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