[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54699-54700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19231]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Sexual Risk Avoidance Education 
National Evaluation: Nationwide Study of the National Descriptive Study 
(New Collection)

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

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE), 
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS), proposes survey and focus group data 
collection activities for the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education National 
Evaluation (SRAENE) Nationwide Study (NWS) of the National Descriptive 
Study (NDS).

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB must make a 
decision about the collection of information between 30 and 60 days 
after publication of this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, 
a comment is best assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it 
within 30 days of publication.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review-
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. You can 
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by 
emailing [email protected]. Identify all requests by the 
title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Description: OPRE/ACF/HHS proposes to conduct the NWS, a sub-study 
under the NDS of the SRAENE, to learn about Sexual Risk Avoidance 
Education (SRAE) program implementation experiences and outcomes of the 
SRAE grant program. The NWS builds on the Early Implementation Study, 
the first sub-study of the NDS, which was designed to tell the story 
about SRAE grant program plans (OMB Control #0970-0530). The NWS, which 
responds to Congress's reauthorization in February 2018 of title V, 
section 510 of the Social Security Act (Pub. L. 115-123), extended by 
the CARES ACT of 2020 (Pub. L. 116-136), will use a mixed-methods 
approach of surveys and focus groups to tell the story of the SRAE 
grant program, collecting detailed information on grantee program 
implementation experiences from grant recipients, SRAE program 
providers and facilitators, and youth program recipients. The NWS will 
also make use of extant data from grant-recipient performance measures 
on program outputs and outcomes. Combined with data on program 
implementation, the NWS will examine associations between 
implementation, outputs, and outcomes. The survey and focus group data 
are key to fully understanding program implementation experiences from 
all levels that bring the SRAE programs to youth-from grant 
administrators to program supervisors to the facilitators who interact 
directly with the youth themselves.
    The study is being undertaken by ACF and its contractor 
Mathematica. The study research questions driving the need for data 
collection are as follows:
    1. What are grant recipients' and providers' experiences with 
delivering SRAE curricular content? What are youth's experiences with 
receiving the SRAE curricular content?
    2. How did grant recipients and providers interpret, understand, 
and address the A to F topics in the SRAE legislation?
    3. Are some features of implementation more strongly associated 
with youth outcomes than others?
    4. What provider characteristics are associated with a greater 
number of youth served and with youth outcomes?
    To support these efforts, ACF proposes the following data 
collection activities: (1) a web-based survey of all grant recipient 
Directors who are not also providers, (2) a web-based survey of all 
SRAE program providers, (3) a web-based survey of all SRAE program 
facilitators, and (4) in-person (or virtual if necessary) focus groups 
with youth recipients of SRAE programming across five geographic 
regions of the United States.
    Respondents: Respondents to the surveys will be SRAE program grant 
Directors, SRAE program providers, and SRAE program facilitators. Focus 
group participants will be youth recipients of SRAE programming. The 
focus group participants will be recruited from middle and high school 
across five U.S. Geographic regions: West, Midwest, Southwest, 
Southeast, and Northeast.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                    Number of
                                                  Number of       responses per     Avg. burden    Total/annual
                 Instrument                      respondents       respondent      per response     burden (in
                                                 (total over       (total over      (in hours)        hours)
                                               request period)   request period)
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(1) NWS Grantee Survey......................                40                 1             .17               7
(2) NWS Provider Survey.....................               500                 1             .75             375
(3) NWS Facilitator Survey..................             1,600                 1             .75           1,200
(4) SRAE Program Youth Focus Group                         200                 1           * .83             166
 Discussion Guide...........................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:....  ................  ................  ..............           1,748
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* Average burden per response includes 5 minutes to complete the consent and assent forms.

    Authority: The Title V Competitive SRAE Program was authorized and 
funded by section 510 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 710), as 
amended by section 50502 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public 
Law 115-123) and extended by the CARES Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-
136).

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    See https://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/title05/0510.htm.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-19231 Filed 9-6-22; 8:45 am]
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