[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 193 (Friday, October 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69642-69643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22302]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Sexual Risk Avoidance 
Education Program Performance Analysis Study--Extension (Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0536)

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

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) and 
the Family and Youth Services Bureau in the Administration for Children 
and Families (ACF) request an extension without changes to a currently 
approved information collection activity as part of the Sexual Risk 
Avoidance Education (SRAE) Program Performance Analysis Study (PAS). 
The goal of the study is to collect, analyze, and report on performance 
measures data for the SRAE program (OMB Control No. 0970-0536; 
expiration date 12/31/2023). The purpose of the requested extension is 
to continue the ongoing data collection and submission of the 
performance measures by SRAE grantees. Materials under the submission 
will be updated to reflect only surveys currently in use.

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: The purpose of the SRAE program is to educate youth on 
how to voluntarily refrain from nonmarital sexual activity and prevent 
other youth risk behaviors. Data will continue to be used to determine 
if the SRAE grantees are meeting performance benchmarks related to 
their program's mission and priorities.
    The SRAE PAS collects performance measures data from SRAE grantees, 
program providers, and participants. The data include information on 
program structure, cost, and support for implementation; program 
attendance, reach, and dosage; the characteristics of youth involved in 
programming; youth sexual and other risky behavior prior to program 
participation; and youth sexual and other risky behavior intentions at 
program exit. The performance measures help the ACF program office and 
grantees to monitor and report on progress in implementing SRAE 
programs and inform technical assistance.
    Some of the performance measures data come from youth participants 
through surveys SRAE grantees administer at program entry and exit. 
There are separate versions of the entry and exit surveys for middle 
school youth, which exclude some of the more sensitive items that are 
included in the versions for high school and older youth. There is also 
a shorter version of the entry survey for programs conducting impact 
studies, to reduce the burden on participants in those programs who are 
likely responding to other surveys as part of their impact study. 
Although there was a version of the exit survey for programs conducting 
impact studies in the past, youth in these programs complete the same 
version of the exit survey as other youth. As the shorter exit surveys 
are no longer in use, they will be removed through this request.
    Respondents: General Departmental (GDSRAE), State (SSRAE), and 
Competitive (CSRAE) grantees, their subrecipients, and program 
participants.

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                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                     Number of
                                     Number of     responses per
                                    respondents     respondent      Avg. 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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                                          (1) Participant Entry Survey
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GDSRAE participants.............         378,390               1          0.1333          50,439          16,813
SSRAE participants..............         952,899               1          0.1333         127,021          42,340
CSRAE participants..............          60,408               1          0.1333           8,052           2,684
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                                           (2) Participant Exit Survey
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GDSRAE participants.............         302,712               1          0.1667          50,462          16,821
SSRAE participants..............         762,319               1          0.1667         127,079          42,360
CSRAE participants..............          48,326               1          0.1667           8,056           2,685
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                               (3) Performance reporting data entry form: grantees
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GDSRAE grantees.................             119               6              16          11,424           3,808
SSRAE grantees..................              39               6              16           3,744           1,248
CSRAE grantees..................              34               6              16           3,264           1,088
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                            (4) Performance reporting data entry form: subrecipients
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GDSRAE subrecipients............             252               6              13          19,656           6,552
SSRAE subrecipients.............             426               6              13          33,228          11,076
CSRAE subrecipients.............              63               6              13           4,914           1,638
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 149,113.
    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: 42 U.S.C. 1310.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-22302 Filed 10-5-23; 8:45 am]
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