Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request, 63912-63913 [07-5611]

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• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
• Administration for Children and Families
• Children and Families Administration

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 13, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63912-63913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5611]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Community-Based Abstinence Education Program (CBAE).
    OMB No.: 0970-0272.
    Description: The discretionary funding Community-Based Abstinence 
Education Program (CBAE) is authorized by Title XI, Section 1110, of 
the Social Security Act (using the definitions contained in Title V, 
Section 510(b)(2) of the Social Security Act).

Performance Progress Report/Program Narrative

    The CBAE Performance Progress Report/Program Narrative is a 
semiannual report form through which grantees report performance 
information used by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) 
to evaluate each grantee's compliance with Federal law and progress 
toward achieving its goals. Performance information includes:
     Description of major activities and accomplishments during 
the reporting period;
     Description of deviations or departures from the original 
project;
     Description of significant findings and events;
     Description of dissemination activities;
     Description of other activities; and
     Description of activities planned for the next reporting 
period, including goals and objectives.

Program-Specific Performance Measure

    The CBAE program is developing a program-specific performance 
measure in response to the PART review (a process by which the Office 
of Management and Budget analyzes and rates a Federal program's 
procedures and strategies for evaluating its effectiveness), for which 
the program received a rating of Adequate. In an effort to gather 
program-specific data on rates of abstinence pre- and post-program 
participation, ACF and the Office of Management and Budget determined 
that a program-specific performance measure should be developed to 
assess key outcomes among program participants. The CBAE office 
convened a panel of abstinence education experts to gather input on the 
measure, and, based on the input

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provided, the CBAE office is developing the measure. CBAE grantees will 
be required to ask ten to fifteen questions of the youth served in a 
pre- and post-survey, as well as a representative sample of the youth 
served in a post-post-survey.
    The questions are being carefully constructed by an experienced 
evaluator to measure initiation and discontinuation of sexual 
intercourse as well as two key predictors of initiation: Sexual values 
and behavioral intentions.
    The program office will collect and compile data to establish 
baselines and ambitious targets for the program-specific performance 
measure. The data will be aggregated and results will be shared with 
the public as they become available.
    Respondents: Performance Progress Report/Program Narrative--Non-
profit community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, 
schools/school districts, universities/colleges, hospitals, public 
health agencies, local governments, Tribal councils, small businesses/
for-profit entities, housing authorities, etc. Program-Specific 
Performance Measure--Youth Participants

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                             Number of        Average burden
             Instrument                   Number of        responses per        hours per         Total burden
                                         respondents         respondent          response            hours
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Community-Based Abstinence Education                 60                  2                 50              6,000
 Performance Progress Report/Program
 Narrative..........................
Community-Based Abstinence Education          1,000,000                  3                1/6            500,000
 Program-Specific Performance
 Measure............................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 506,000.
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of 
Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, 
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail 
address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be identified 
by the title of the information collection.
    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.

    Dated: November 6, 2007.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-5611 Filed 11-9-07; 8:45 am]
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