[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 179 (Monday, September 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75542-75543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20953]


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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, 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 of 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 1/31/2025). The purpose of the requested extension is 
to continue the ongoing data collection and submission of the 
performance measures by SRAE grant recipients.

DATES: Comments due November 15, 2024. In compliance with the 
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting 
public comment on the specific aspects

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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 grant recipients are meeting performance benchmarks related 
to their program's mission and priorities.
    The SRAE PAS collects performance measures data from SRAE grant 
recipients, 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 grant recipients 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 grant recipients 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, it was removed through 
the previous OMB request, and youth in these programs now complete the 
same version of the exit survey as other youth.
    ACF is currently working on future revisions to this information 
collection, which will be submitted to OMB for review and approval in 
2025. Notices inviting public comment on those revisions will accompany 
that request, but comments received in response to this notice could 
also inform those revisions.
    Respondents: General Departmental (GDSRAE), State (SSRAE), and 
Competitive (CSRAE) grant recipients, their subrecipients, and program 
participants.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                    Number of
                                                   Number of      responses per   Average 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) Participant Entry Survey:
    GDSRAE participants.......................          126,130                1          0.1333          16,813
    SSRAE participants........................          317,633                1          0.1333          42,340
    CSRAE participants........................           20,136                1          0.1333           2,684
(2) Participant Exit Survey:
    GDSRAE participants.......................          100,904                1          0.1667          16,821
    SSRAE participants........................          254,106                1          0.1667          42,360
    CSRAE participants........................           16,109                1          0.1667           2,685
(3) Performance reporting data entry form:
 grant recipients:
    GDSRAE grant recipients...................              119                2              16           3,808
    SSRAE grant recipients....................               39                2              16           1,248
    CSRAE grant recipients....................               34                2              16           1,088
(4) Performance reporting data entry form:
 subrecipients:
    GDSRAE subrecipients......................              252                2              13           6,552
    SSRAE subrecipients.......................              426                2              13          11,076
    CSRAE subrecipients.......................               63                2              13           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 C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-20953 Filed 9-13-24; 8:45 am]
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