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 a
second round of data collection conducted for the evaluation's
Design and Implementation Study (DIS). The Design Survey phase of
the DIS component was implemented across all State PREP grantees.
The Implementation Survey phase of the DIS will provide a detailed
description of how a sub-set of four states have created structures
and supports to assist program providers in implementing
evidence-based programs with quality and fidelity to their
designs.
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