[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 233 (Wednesday, December 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84821-84822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26791]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review;
Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program Performance Analysis Study--
Extension OMB #0970-0536)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration
for Children and Families, 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 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: 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.
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.
Authority: 42 U.S.C 1310.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-26791 Filed 12-5-23; 8:45 am]
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