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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 247 (Thursday, December 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 105050-105051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30713]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

Proposed Information Collection Activity; Sexual Risk Avoidance 
Education (SRAE) National Evaluation Overarching Generic (New 
Collection)

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 Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) Office of 
Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) requests Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) approval for an overarching generic clearance to 
collect data from programs delivered by Sexual Risk Avoidance Education 
(SRAE) grant recipients on behalf of the SRAE National Evaluation. The 
generic mechanism will allow ACF to rapidly respond to research and 
evaluation opportunities that would not otherwise be feasible under the 
timelines associated with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 
opportunities may relate to innovative implementation strategies and 
program components in use by SRAE grant recipients as they arise, and 
in particular, for youth subpopulations served by grant recipients. The 
purpose of the data collections submitted under the generic will be to 
inform ACF programming by building evidence about what innovations work 
to improve programming and outcomes across the SRAE grant recipients 
and the youth they serve.

DATES: Comments due February 24, 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: Under the proposed umbrella generic, OPRE intends to 
conduct research and evaluation of innovative implementation strategies 
and program components used by SRAE grant recipients and in particular, 
for youth subpopulations served by grant recipients. There is not an 
extensive evidence base on SRAE programming to inform SRAE grant 
recipients' implementation and program improvement efforts. To add to 
this limited body of evidence and to support ACF's administration of 
the SRAE grant program, the SRAE National Evaluation includes data 
collection to identify strategies and components that have the 
potential to improve the delivery and/or quality of SRAE programming 
and to understand better how to meet the needs of the range of youth 
served by the programs. As the evaluation team identifies strategies 
that are ready for evaluation, the work will need to begin quickly so 
that the learnings can be disseminated back to SRAE grant recipients 
within the period of performance. Due to the need for this rapid 
decision making, OPRE is seeking approval for a generic clearance to 
conduct this research. Potential data collection efforts include 
conducting interviews with SRAE program staff, including front-line 
facilitators working directly with youth; staff from partner 
organizations that work with SRAE programs; brief exit tickets 
following individual program sessions, focus groups, and surveys of 
youth participating in SRAE programs; session logs completed by program 
facilitators after individual program sessions; and analysis plan and 
report templates that grant recipients can use to disseminate their own 
evaluation findings.
    Under this generic clearance, information is meant to inform ACF 
activities and may be incorporated into documents or presentations that 
are made public such as through conference presentations, websites, or 
social media. The following are some examples of ways in which we may 
share information resulting from these data collections: technical 
assistance (TA) plans, webinars, presentations, infographics, issue 
briefs/reports, evaluation specific reports, or other documents 
relevant to the field, such as federal leadership and staff, grant 
recipients, local implementing agencies, researchers, and/or training/
TA providers. In sharing findings, we will describe the study methods 
and limitations regarding generalizability and as a basis for policy.
    Following standard OMB requirements, OPRE will submit an individual 
request for each specific data

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collection activity under this generic clearance. Each request will 
include the individual instrument(s), a justification specific to the 
individual information collection, and any supplementary documents. 
Example instruments are available upon request.
    Respondents: Staff and administrators of SRAE programs; staff from 
partner organizations; current or former participants in SRAE programs; 
and grant recipients conducting their own evaluations.
    Annual Burden Estimates: A variety of instruments and platforms 
will be used to collect information from respondents and each 
individual request will vary by number of respondents and average time 
per response. The burden table below is illustrative to provide an 
estimated maximum level of burden for this overarching generic. While 
we will not exceed the total burden cap for this generic without 
requesting a change for updates, we may use more or less burden within 
each instrument type. Each individual request under the generic will 
provide information specific to the burden for that request.

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                                                     Number of
                                     Number of     responses per
                                    respondents     respondent      Avg. burden    Total burden    Annual burden
       Example instruments          (total over     (total over    per response     (in hours)      (in hours)
                                      request         request       (in hours)
                                      period)         period)
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Youth survey....................           2,160               3             0.5           3,240           1,080
Administrator, staff, and                    144               1            1.25             180              60
 partner interview topic guide..
Youth focus group topic guide...             120               1               1             120              40
Youth exit ticket...............           2,160              15            0.03             972             324
Facilitator Log.................              36              30            0.06            64.8            21.6
Analysis plan for local impact                10               1               8              80           26.67
 local evaluations..............
Analysis plan for local                       10               1               8              80           26.67
 descriptive evaluations........
Report template for local impact              10               1              32             320          106.67
 local evaluations..............
Report template for local                     10               1              32             320          106.67
 descriptive evaluations........
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,792.28.
    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.

Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-30713 Filed 12-23-24; 8:45 am]
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