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

89 Fed. Reg. 75542 (Sep. 16, 2024)

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

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Federal RegisterSep 16, 2024
89 Fed. Reg. 75542 (Sep. 16, 2024)
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    Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families

    AGENCY:

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

    ACTION:

    Request for public comments.

    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 of the information collection described above.

    ADDRESSES:

    You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of information and submit comments by emailing OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 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

    Instrument Number of respondents (total over request period) Number of responses per respondent (total over request period) Average burden per response (in hours) Total/ annual burden (in hours)
    (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