[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 56 (Thursday, March 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17576-17577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05992]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[OMB No. 0970-0497]


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Personal Responsibility 
Education Program (PREP)--Extension

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), 
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: OPRE and the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) in ACF 
request an extension to a currently approved information collection of 
performance measures data for the PREP Program (OMB No. 0970-0497; 
expiration date: 06/30/2023). The purpose of the request is to (1) 
continue the ongoing data collection and submission of the performance 
measures by PREP grantees and (2) eliminate the requirement for 
grantees to aggregate participant survey data to the program level for 
submission.

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with 
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is 
soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information 
collection described above.

ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of 
information and submit comments by emailing 
[email protected]. Identify all requests by the title of 
the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: This notice is specific to a request for an extension 
of data collection activities for the PREP Performance Measures Study 
component, which 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. PREP grants support evidence-based 
programs to reduce teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. 
The programs are required to provide education on both abstinence and 
contraceptive use and to offer information on adulthood preparation 
subjects. Data will be used to determine if the PREP grantees are 
meeting their programs' mission and priorities. This request includes 
revisions to the program-level data collection forms (Instruments 3 and 
4) to no longer require grantees to aggregate participant survey data 
to the program level for submission.
    Respondents: SPREP, TPREP, CPREP, and PREIS grantees; their 
subrecipients; and program participants.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                     Number of
                                     Number of     responses per
                                    respondents     respondent    Average burden   Total burden    Annual burden
           Instrument               (total over     (total over    per response     (in hours)      (in hours)
                                      request         request       (in hours)
                                      period)         period)
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                                                  Instrument 1
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Participant entry survey........         351,001               1         0.13333          46,799          15,600
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                                                  Instrument 2
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Participant exit survey.........         320,203               1         0.11667          37,358          12,453
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                           Instrument 3: Performance Reporting System Data Entry Form
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SPREP grantees..................              51               6              18           5,508           1,836
TPREP grantees..................               8               6              18             864             288
CPREP grantees..................              27               6              14           2,268             756
PREIS grantees..................              12               6              14           1,008             336
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                          Instrument 4: Subrecipient Data Collection and Reporting Form
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SPREP subrecipients.............             259               6              14          21,756           7,252
TPREP subrecipients.............              27               6              14           2,268             756
CPREP subrecipients.............              54               6              12           3,888           1,296
PREIS subrecipients.............              20               6              12           1,440             480
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 41,052.
    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.

John M. Sweet, Jr.,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-05992 Filed 3-22-23; 8:45 am]
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