Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 233 / Wednesday, December 6, 2023 / Notices 84821 

contact Caroline Gallaher at 410–786– 

8705). 

Dated: November 30, 2023. 

William N. Parham, III, 

Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office 

of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26738 Filed 12–5–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

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. 

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 

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 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

Instrument 

Number of 

respondents 

(total over 

request 

period) 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

(total over 

request 

period) 

Avg. burden 

per response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

Annual burden 

(in hours) 

(1) Participant Entry Survey 

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 

(2) Participant Exit Survey 

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 

(3) Performance reporting data entry form: grantees 

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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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES—Continued 

Instrument 

Number of 

respondents 

(total over 

request 

period) 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

(total over 

request 

period) 

Avg. burden 

per response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

Annual burden 

(in hours) 

(4) Performance reporting data entry form: subrecipients 

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 

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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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

[Document Identifier: OS–0990–0482] 

Agency Information Collection 

Request; 60-Day Public Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirement of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the 

Secretary (OS), Department of Health 

and Human Services, is publishing the 

following summary of a proposed 

collection for public comment. 

DATES: Comments on the ICR must be 

received on or before February 5, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 

Sherrette.Funn@hhs.gov or by calling 

(202) 264–0041 and PRA@HHS.GOV. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

When submitting comments or 

requesting information, please include 

the document identifier 0990–0482–60D 

and project title for reference, to 

Sherrette A. Funn, email: 

Sherrette.Funn@hhs.gov, PRA@

HHS.GOV or call (202) 264–0041 the 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested 

persons are invited to send comments 

regarding this burden estimate or any 

other aspect of this collection of 

information, including any of the 

following subjects: (1) The necessity and 

utility of the proposed information 

collection for the proper performance of 

the agency’s functions; (2) the accuracy 

of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(4) the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology to minimize the information 

collection burden. 

Title of the Collection: Continued 

Evaluation of the National Hypertension 

Control Initiative. 

Type of Collection: Revision. 

OMB No.: 0990–0482–OS/Office of 

Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH)/ 

Office of Minority Health (OMH). 

Abstract: As part of the federal 

response to COVID–19, the U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS)/Office of Secretary (OS)/ 

Office of Assistant Secretary for Health 

(OASH)/Office of Minority Health 

(OMH) has funded a new initiative 

involving two cooperative agreements 

with the American Heart Association 

(AHA) to improve COVID–19-related 

health outcomes by addressing 

hypertension (high blood pressure) 

among racial and ethnic minority 

populations. 

The $32 million project from the HHS 

Office of Minority Health (OMH) and 

the Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA) Bureau of 

Primary Health Care will support the 

implementation of the National 

Hypertension Control Initiative (NHCI), 

a national initiative to improve blood 

pressure control among the most at-risk 

populations, including racial and ethnic 

minorities. 

The NHCI will support 350 

participating HRSA-funded health 

centers by providing patient and 

provider education and training for 

effective hypertension control and 

integration of remote blood pressure 

monitoring technology into treating 

hypertension for patients served by 

participating health centers. The project 

will also utilize the American Heart 

Association’s targeted media campaigns 

and existing partnerships with 

community-based organizations (CBOs) 

to help reach Black, Latino, and other 

impacted communities with (i) 

culturally and linguistically appropriate 

messages, (ii) access to blood pressure 

screenings, and (iii) connection to 

health centers to encourage proper 

treatment and management of 

hypertension of screened individuals. 

This initiative serves to increase the 

number of adult patients with 

controlled hypertension and reduce the 

potential risk of COVID-related health 

outcomes. 

AHA aims to conduct an evaluation to 

assess the feasibility of the 

implementation of each of the three 

NHCI strategies. The findings of this 

evaluation will inform the improvement 

and tailoring of AHA’s communication 

approaches about the importance of and 

techniques for improving blood pressure 

control, including the benefits of 

accurately measuring, rapidly acting, 

and having a patient-focused approach 

to blood pressure control. 

Methodology 

The current proposed evaluation of 

the NHCI project will use a mixed 

methods design, integrating both 

quantitative and qualitative data 

collection and analyses. Three main 

goals of data collection will be to: (1) 

track and monitor Community Health 

Workers’ (CHW) progress on activities 

related to knowledge and practices for 

blood pressure control and general 

health quarterly, (2) assess the reach and 

success of NHCI project strategies 

implemented by CHC partners. 

Specifically, the AHA will engage in: 

Primary Data Collection 

CHW Application. Collecting 

information on participating 

Community Health Workers (CHWs) at 

a single point in time to assist with 

placement in workforce activities 

related to blood pressure control. 

CHW Assessment Form. Monitoring 

the placement and community-based 

goals of CHWs participating in the NHCI 

at a single point in time. 

CHW Empowered To Serve (ETS) 

Program Modules. Administering health 

lessons and quizzes to Community 

Health Workers (CHWs) working with 

Community-based Organizations and 

Community Health Centers to assess 


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