Notice2022-11364
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Sexual Risk Avoidance Education National Evaluation: Nationwide Study of the National Descriptive Study (New Collection)
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May 26, 2022
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Abstract
The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), proposes survey and focus group data collection activities for the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education National Evaluation (SRAENE) Nationwide Study (NWS) of the National Descriptive Study.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 102 (Thursday, May 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32030-32031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11364]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Sexual Risk Avoidance
Education National Evaluation: Nationwide Study of the National
Descriptive Study (New Collection)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation; Administration for
Children and Families; HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE),
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), proposes survey and focus group data
collection activities for the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education National
Evaluation (SRAENE) Nationwide Study (NWS) of the National Descriptive
Study.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
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
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6926393b2c00070f060a0605050c0a1d00060729080a0f4701011a470e061f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9ad5cac8dff3f4fcf5f9f5f6f6fff9eef3f5f4dafbf9fcb4f2f2e9b4fdf5ec">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all requests by the title of
the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: OPRE/ACF/HHS proposes to conduct the NWS, a sub-study
under the National Descriptive Study (NDS) of the SRAENE, to learn
about Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) program implementation
experiences and outcomes of the SRAE grant program. The NWS builds on
the Early Implementation Study, the first sub-study of the NDS, which
was designed to tell the story about SRAE grant program plans (OMB
Control #0970-0530). The NWS, which supports Congress's reauthorization
in February 2018 of title V, section 510 of the Social Security Act
(Pub. L. 115-123) and extended by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and
Economic Security (CARES) ACT of 2020 (Pub. L. 116-136), will use a
mixed-methods approach of surveys and focus groups to tell the story of
the SRAE grant program, collecting detailed information on grantee
program implementation experiences from grant recipients, SRAE program
providers and facilitators, and youth program recipients. The NWS will
also make use of extant data from grant-recipient performance measures
on program outputs and outcomes. Combined with data on program
implementation, the NWS will examine associations between
implementation, outputs, and outcomes. The survey and focus group data
are key to fully understanding program implementation experiences from
all levels that bring the SRAE programs to youth-from grant
administrators to program supervisors to the facilitators who interact
directly with the youth themselves.
The study is being undertaken by ACF and its contractor
Mathematica. The study research questions driving the need for data
collection are as follows:
1. What are grant recipients' and providers' experiences with
delivering SRAE curricular content? What are youth's experiences with
receiving the SRAE curricular content?
2. How did grant recipients and providers interpret, understand,
and address the A to F topics in the SRAE legislation?
3. Are some features of implementation more strongly associated
with youth outcomes than others?
4. What provider characteristics are associated with a greater
number of youth served and with youth outcomes?
To support these efforts, ACF proposes the following data
collection activities: (1) A web-based survey of all grant recipient
Directors who are not also providers, (2) a web-based survey of all
SRAE program providers, (3) a web-based survey of all SRAE program
facilitators, and (4) in-person (or virtual if necessary) focus groups
with youth recipients of SRAE programming across five geographic
regions of the United States.
Respondents: Respondents to the surveys will be SRAE program grant
Directors, SRAE program providers, and SRAE program facilitators. Focus
group participants will be youth recipients of SRAE programming. The
focus group participants will be recruited from middle and high school
across five U.S. Geographic regions: West, Midwest, Southwest,
Southeast, and Northeast.
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Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Number of responses per
respondents respondent Avg. burden Total/annual
Instrument (total over (total over per response burden (in
request request (in hours) hours)
period) period)
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(1) NWS Grantee Survey.......................... 40 1 .17 7
(2) NWS Provider Survey......................... 500 1 .75 375
(3) NWS Facilitator Survey...................... 1,600 1 .5 800
(4)SRAE Program Youth Focus Group Discussion 200 1 .75 150
Guide..........................................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,332.
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: The Title V Competitive SRAE Program was authorized and
funded by section 510 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 710), as
amended by section 50502 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Pub. L.
115-123) and extended by the CARES Act of 2020 (Pub. L. 116-136).
See <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/title05/0510.htm">https://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/title05/0510.htm</a>.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-11364 Filed 5-25-22; 8:45 am]
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