[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 114 (Monday, June 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25304-25305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10857]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[OMB #: 0970-0536]
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Sexual Risk Avoidance
Education Program Performance Analysis Study
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 (FYSB) in the Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) requests approval for a revision to a
currently approved information collection activity as part of the
Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Program Performance Analysis
Study (PAS) (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #: 0970-0536;
expiration date December 31, 2025). The goal of the study is to
collect, analyze and report on performance measures data for the SRAE
program. The purpose of the request is to continue the ongoing data
collection and submission of the performance measures by SRAE grant
recipients, which includes revisions to the current performance
measures. We are proposing revisions to the current performance
measures to address feedback from grant recipients to simplify and
clarify participant surveys and to ensure the measures meet FYSB data
needs.
DATES: Comments due August 15, 2025. 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 grant recipients are meeting their programs' 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.
We are proposing revisions to the current performance measures to
address feedback from grant recipients to simplify and clarify
participant surveys, and to ensure the measures meet FYSB data needs.
The changes are expected to reduce the burden for completing the
participant entry survey from eight minutes to seven minutes per
response.
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 Total Annual
Instrument respondents respondent burden per burden (in burden (in
(total over (total over response hours) hours)
request period) request period) (in hours)
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(1) Participant Entry Survey:
GDSRAE participants.................. 185,401 1 0.1167 21,636 7,212
SSRAE participants................... 684,593 1 0.1167 79,892 26,631
CSRAE participants................... 54,914 1 0.1167 6,408 2,136
(2) Participant Exit Survey:
GDSRAE participants.................. 148,321 1 0.1667 24,725 8,242
SSRAE participants................... 547,674 1 0.1667 91,297 30,432
CSRAE participants................... 43,931 1 0.1667 7,323 2,441
(3) Performance reporting data entry
form: grant recipients:
GDSRAE grant recipients.............. 108 6 16 10,368 3,456
SSRAE grant recipients............... 38 6 16 3,648 1,216
CSRAE grant recipients............... 44 6 16 4,224 1,408
(4) Performance reporting data entry
form: subrecipients:
GDSRAE subrecipients................. 151 6 13 11,778 3,926
SSRAE subrecipients.................. 266 6 13 20,748 6,916
CSRAE subrecipients.................. 73 6 13 5,694 1,898
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Estimated Total and Annual Burden ............... ............... ........... 287,741 95,914
Hours...........................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 95,914.
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. 710(b)(6).
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-10857 Filed 6-13-25; 8:45 am]
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