[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 40 (Friday, February 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11995-11996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04085]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Personal Responsibility
Education Program (PREP) Performance Measures and Adulthood Preparation
Subjects (PMAPS) Studies--Data Collection Related to the Performance
Measures Study--Extension (OMB #0970-0497).
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; Administration
for Children and Families; HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: A goal of the Performance Measures and Adulthood Preparation
Subjects (PMAPS) studies is to collect, analyze, and report on
performance measure data for the Personal Responsibility Education
Program (PREP) programs. The Office of Planning, Research, and
Evaluation (OPRE) and the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) in
the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) request a revision
to a currently approved information collection (OMB No. 0970-0497;
expiration date: 04/30/2020). The purpose of the request is to make
adaptions to the participant entry and exit surveys, and continue the
ongoing data collection of the performance measures from PREP grantees.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and Families is soliciting
public comment on the specific aspects of the information collection
described above.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be
obtained and comments may be forwarded by emailing
[email protected]. Alternatively, copies can also be
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families,
Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All
requests, emailed or written, should be identified by the title of the
information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The PMAPS studies consist of two components: The
Performance Measures Study and the Adulthood Preparation Subjects
Study. The data collection for the Adulthood Preparation Subjects Study
is complete. This notice is specific to a request for an extension of
data collection activities for the Performance Measures Study only. The
Performance Measures Study component 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. Data will be used to
determine if PREP and PREIS grantees are meeting performance benchmarks
related to the program's mission and priorities.
This request includes the development of adapted participant entry
and exit surveys for middle school students (6th, 7th, and 8th grade
youth) that exclude the most sensitive questions pertaining to sexual
behavior. This is because some of the PREP middle school curricula do
not include topics on sexual behavior, i.e., focus only on healthy
relationship education. The adapted surveys will be used by all
grantees that serve middle school youth. In addition, some minor edits
have been made to the high school surveys.
Respondents: Performance measurement data collection instruments
will be administered to individuals representing SPREP, TPREP, CPREP,
and PREIS grantees, their sub-awardees, and program participants.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Total number Annual number responses per hours per Annual burden
of respondents of respondents respondent response hours
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PREP Participant Entry Survey... 319,673 106,558 1 0.15 15,984
PREP Participant Exit Survey.... 291,624 97,208 1 0.13333 12,961
Performance Reporting System 153 51 2 18 1,836
Data Form--State grantees......
Performance Reporting System 28 9 2 18 324
Data Form--TPREP grantees......
Performance Reporting System 75 25 2 14 700
Data Form--CPREP grantees......
Performance Reporting System 38 13 2 14 364
Data Form--PREIS grantees......
Performance Reporting System 987 329 2 14 9,212
Data Form--State sub-awardees..
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Performance Reporting System 85 28 2 14 784
Data Form--TPREP sub-awardees..
Performance Reporting System 110 37 2 12 888
Data Form--CPREP sub-awardees..
Performance Reporting System 66 22 2 12 528
Data Form--PREIS sub-awardees..
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 43,581.
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.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-04085 Filed 2-27-20; 8:45 am]
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