Notice2026-07499
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) Performance Measures
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Published
April 17, 2026
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Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
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 approval for a revision to a currently approved information collection activity as part of the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) Performance Measures project (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #: 0970-0497; expiration date July 31, 2026). The goal of the project is to collect, analyze, and report on performance measures data for the PREP-funded programs. The purpose of the request is to continue the ongoing data collection and submission of the performance measures by PREP grant recipients, with revisions to the current performance measures. We are proposing revisions to the current participant surveys and reporting forms to address feedback from grant recipients to simplify and clarify information collections, and to ensure the measures meet FYSB data needs while reducing burden.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 74 (Friday, April 17, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20658-20659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-07499]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0497]
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Personal Responsibility
Education Program (PREP) Performance Measures
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 Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) and
the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) in the Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) request approval for a revision to a
currently approved information collection activity as part of the
Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) Performance Measures
project (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #: 0970-0497; expiration
date July 31, 2026). The goal of the project is to collect, analyze,
and report on performance measures data for the PREP-funded programs.
The purpose of the request is to continue the ongoing data collection
and submission of the performance measures by PREP grant recipients,
with revisions to the current performance measures. We are proposing
revisions to the current participant surveys and reporting forms to
address feedback from grant recipients to simplify and clarify
information collections, and to ensure the measures meet FYSB data
needs while reducing burden.
DATES: Comments due June 16, 2026.
ADDRESSES: 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. You can obtain
copies of the proposed collection of information and submit comments by
emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b9d6c9cbdcd0d7dfd6dad6d5d5dcdacdd0d6d7f9d8dadf97d1d1ca97ded6cf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1a756a687f73747c75797576767f796e7375745a7b797c34727269347d756c">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all requests by the
title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The purpose of PREP is to provide grants to states,
tribes and tribal communities, and community organizations to support
evidence-based programs to reduce teen pregnancy and sexually
transmitted infections. The programs are required to provide education
on both abstinence and contraceptive use. The programs also offer
information on adulthood preparation subjects such as healthy
relationships, adolescent development, financial literacy, parent-child
communication, education and employment skills, and healthy life
skills.
The PREP project collects performance measures data from PREP 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 risk behaviors and behaviors
related to adulthood preparation prior to program participation; and
youth behavior intentions at program exit. The performance measures
help the ACF program office and grant recipients to monitor and report
on progress in implementing PREP programs and inform technical
assistance. In addition, ACF will use the information to continue
fulfilling its reporting requirements to Congress and OMB concerning
the PREP initiative.
Some of the performance measures data come from youth participants
through surveys PREP 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 participants in
the Personal Responsibility Education Innovative Strategies (PREIS) and
Tribal PREP (TPREP) programs, to reduce the burden on participants in
those programs (who are likely responding to other surveys); youth in
these programs complete the same version of the exit survey as other
youth.
We are proposing revisions to the current performance measures to
address feedback from grant recipients and to ensure the measures meet
FYSB data needs. Grant recipients have requested various changes to
simplify and clarify the measures, including noting particular
questions in the participant surveys that youth have difficulty
understanding and responding to. In addition, contractor staff have
noted which measures most frequently result in help desk contacts or
are prone to data quality issues. Finally, FYSB staff identified
measures that are no longer needed or could be obtained from other
sources. Types of revisions include re-wording to use simpler language,
reducing the number of sub-items or response categories, avoiding
patterns in which survey respondents need to skip one or more questions
based on their response to an earlier question, and removing some
measures entirely. The proposed revisions to the participant surveys
were cognitively tested with program participants for clarity and to
check burden estimates.
Respondents: State PREP (SPREP), TPREP, Competitive PREP (CPREP),
and PREIS grant recipients, their subrecipients, and program
participants.
Annual Burden Estimates: The changes described above reduced the
overall length of the surveys and are expected to reduce the burden for
completing the participant entry survey from 8 minutes to 5 minutes per
response and the participant exit survey from 7 minutes to 5 minutes
per response. Additionally, the estimated number of respondents has
been adjusted to reflect the estimated number over the next 3 years,
which is reduced compared to previous estimates. Overall, we expect a
40 percent reduction in the annual burden hours under this request
compared to the previously approved annual burden.
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Number of
Number of responses per Avg. burden
Instrument respondents respondent per response Total burden Annual burden
(total over (total over (in hours) (in hours) (in hours)
request period) request period)
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Instrument 1
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Participant entry survey 235,353 1 0.0833 19,605 6,535
(all versions).............
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Instrument 2
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Participant exit survey (all 195,528 1 0.0833 16,287 5,429
versions)..................
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Instrument 3: Performance Reporting System Data Entry Form
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State grant recipients...... 49 6 18 5,292 1,764
TPREP grant recipients...... 7 6 18 756 252
CPREP grant recipients...... 27 6 14 2,268 756
PREIS grant recipients...... 12 6 14 1,008 336
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Instrument 4: Subrecipient Data Collection and Reporting Form
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State subrecipients......... 269 6 14 22,596 7,532
TPREP subrecipients......... 25 6 14 2,100 700
CPREP subrecipients......... 36 6 12 2,592 864
PREIS subrecipients......... 16 6 12 1,152 384
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Estimated Total and ................ ................ .............. 73,656 24,552
Annual Burden Hours....
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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. 1310.
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026-07499 Filed 4-16-26; 8:45 am]
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