The Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act, signed into law in March of 2010, established the
Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) which funds
programs designed to educate adolescents on both abstinence and
contraception for the prevention of pregnancy and sexually
transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS, and at least three
adulthood preparation subjects. The goal of the PREP
Multi-Component Evaluation will be to document how programs funded
through the State PREP program are designed and implemented in the
field and to assess selected PREP-funded programs' effectiveness.
The evaluation has three main components: (1) the Design and
Implementation Study; (2) the Performance Analysis Study; and (3)
the Impact and In-depth Implementation Study. The PREP program has
multiple components. However, this ICR is specifically related to
two components of the program - state formula grant funding and
"Competitive PREP" discretionary grant funding.
Approvals for two data
collection efforts and the associated instruments: (1) collection
of PREP performance measures for the Performance Analysis Study
(PAS) through participant entry and exit surveys and the
Performance Reporting System Data Entry Form for state and tribal
grantees; and (2) collection of baseline data for the Impact and
In-Depth Implementation Study (IIS) through the PREP baseline
survey was received on March 12, 2013 (OMB Control # 0970-0398). We
now seek approval for the data collections associated with the
Performance Analysis Study for CPREP grantees and for the
collection of youth follow-up data, staff interviews, a staff
survey, and youth focus groups under the In-Depth Impact and
Implementation Study. This request will increase the total burden
requested for the PREP Evaluation, under OMB Control No.
0970-0398.
Steve Hanmer 202 401-5651
Steven.Hanmer@ACF.hhs.gov
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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.