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The information collection
requirements contained in this notice
are subject to the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. As discussed in section
II.B. of this notice, a hospital must
submit the required information listed
on the cover sheet of the CMS Medicare
Waiver Demonstration Application to
receive consideration by the technical
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the time and effort necessary to
complete the Medicare Waiver
Application and submit the information
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Sexual Risk Avoidance
Education (SRAE) National Evaluation
Overarching Generic (New Collection)
Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation, Administration for
Children and Families, U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Children and Families’ (ACF) Office of
Planning, Research, and Evaluation
(OPRE) requests Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) approval for an
overarching generic clearance to collect
data from programs delivered by Sexual
Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) grant
recipients on behalf of the SRAE
National Evaluation. The generic
mechanism will allow ACF to rapidly
respond to research and evaluation
opportunities that would not otherwise
be feasible under the timelines
associated with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The
opportunities may relate to innovative
implementation strategies and program
components in use by SRAE grant
recipients as they arise, and in
particular, for youth subpopulations
served by grant recipients. The purpose
of the data collections submitted under
the generic will be to inform ACF
programming by building evidence
about what innovations work to
improve programming and outcomes
across the SRAE grant recipients and the
youth they serve.
DATES: Comments due February 24,
2025. 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.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the
proposed collection of information and
submit comments by emailing
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
Identify all requests by the title of the
information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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Description: Under the proposed
umbrella generic, OPRE intends to
conduct research and evaluation of
innovative implementation strategies
and program components used by SRAE
grant recipients and in particular, for
youth subpopulations served by grant
recipients. There is not an extensive
evidence base on SRAE programming to
inform SRAE grant recipients’
implementation and program
improvement efforts. To add to this
limited body of evidence and to support
ACF’s administration of the SRAE grant
program, the SRAE National Evaluation
includes data collection to identify
strategies and components that have the
potential to improve the delivery and/or
quality of SRAE programming and to
understand better how to meet the
needs of the range of youth served by
the programs. As the evaluation team
identifies strategies that are ready for
evaluation, the work will need to begin
quickly so that the learnings can be
disseminated back to SRAE grant
recipients within the period of
performance. Due to the need for this
rapid decision making, OPRE is seeking
approval for a generic clearance to
conduct this research. Potential data
collection efforts include conducting
interviews with SRAE program staff,
including front-line facilitators working
directly with youth; staff from partner
organizations that work with SRAE
programs; brief exit tickets following
individual program sessions, focus
groups, and surveys of youth
participating in SRAE programs; session
logs completed by program facilitators
after individual program sessions; and
analysis plan and report templates that
grant recipients can use to disseminate
their own evaluation findings.
Under this generic clearance,
information is meant to inform ACF
activities and may be incorporated into
documents or presentations that are
made public such as through conference
presentations, websites, or social media.
The following are some examples of
ways in which we may share
information resulting from these data
collections: technical assistance (TA)
plans, webinars, presentations,
infographics, issue briefs/reports,
evaluation specific reports, or other
documents relevant to the field, such as
federal leadership and staff, grant
recipients, local implementing agencies,
researchers, and/or training/TA
providers. In sharing findings, we will
describe the study methods and
limitations regarding generalizability
and as a basis for policy.
Following standard OMB
requirements, OPRE will submit an
individual request for each specific data
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collection activity under this generic
clearance. Each request will include the
individual instrument(s), a justification
specific to the individual information
collection, and any supplementary
documents. Example instruments are
available upon request.
Respondents: Staff and administrators
of SRAE programs; staff from partner
organizations; current or former
participants in SRAE programs; and
grant recipients conducting their own
evaluations.
Annual Burden Estimates: A variety
of instruments and platforms will be
used to collect information from
respondents and each individual
request will vary by number of
respondents and average time per
response. The burden table below is
Number of
respondents
(total over
request
period)
Example instruments
Youth survey ........................................................................
Administrator, staff, and partner interview topic guide ........
Youth focus group topic guide .............................................
Youth exit ticket ...................................................................
Facilitator Log ......................................................................
Analysis plan for local impact local evaluations ..................
Analysis plan for local descriptive evaluations ....................
Report template for local impact local evaluations ..............
Report template for local descriptive evaluations ................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,792.28.
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. 710.
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Data Collection for the
NextGen Project’s Well-Being
Storytelling Exhibit (New Collection)
Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation, Administration for
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Number of
responses per
respondent
(total over
request
period)
2,160
144
120
2,160
36
10
10
10
10
The Office of Planning,
Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) in the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF) is conducting additional
data collection activities for the Next
Generation of Enhanced Employment
Strategies Project (NextGen Project) that
provides an in-depth look at participant
experiences. This effort includes photo
elicitation methods and will be referred
to as the Well-Being Storytelling
Exhibit. The study team will use photo
elicitation and human-centered design
methods to explore how NextGen
participants, staff, and community
members conceptualize well-being. This
data will help the study team explore
the factors that may enhance or explain
impact study findings.
DATES: Comments due February 24,
2025. 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.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the
proposed collection of information and
submit comments by emailing
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
Identify all requests by the title of the
information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: OPRE is conducting the
NextGen Project to build the evidence
on effective strategies for helping people
with low incomes find and sustain
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per response
(in hours)
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1
1
15
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1
1
1
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Children and Families, U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
SUMMARY:
illustrative to provide an estimated
maximum level of burden for this
overarching generic. While we will not
exceed the total burden cap for this
generic without requesting a change for
updates, we may use more or less
burden within each instrument type.
Each individual request under the
generic will provide information
specific to the burden for that request.
0.5
1.25
1
0.03
0.06
8
8
32
32
Total burden
(in hours)
3,240
180
120
972
64.8
80
80
320
320
Annual
burden
(in hours)
1,080
60
40
324
21.6
26.67
26.67
106.67
106.67
employment. The project is identifying
and testing innovative employment
programs designed to help people facing
complex challenges secure economic
independence. The project is partnering
with the Social Security Administration
to incorporate a focus on employmentrelated early interventions for people
with current or foreseeable disabilities
who have limited work history and are
potential applicants for Supplemental
Security Income. Primary data
collection for the project is approved
under Office of Management and Budget
#0970–0545.
The study team is continuing primary
data collection activities; while this
request builds on those efforts, it is
specific to new data collection activities
that will create a Well-Being
Storytelling Exhibit. First, the study
team will use photo elicitation methods
with NextGen participants and staff.
Respondents will submit photos that
show how they conceptualize wellbeing across several aspects of their
lives, including economic security,
physical and mental health,
relationships, and safety. Then, the
study team will use the photos as the
basis for an interview with respondents.
During the analysis phase, the study
team will code photos and interviews
using a codebook based on the NextGen
programs’ logic models, to make it easy
to identify where participant- and staffdefined well-being overlaps (or does
not) with the program’s intended
outcomes. After photo elicitation data
collection is complete, the study team
will create an exhibit that displays
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Sexual Risk Avoidance
Education (SRAE) National Evaluation Overarching Generic (New
Collection)
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 Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) Office of
Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) requests Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) approval for an overarching generic clearance to
collect data from programs delivered by Sexual Risk Avoidance Education
(SRAE) grant recipients on behalf of the SRAE National Evaluation. The
generic mechanism will allow ACF to rapidly respond to research and
evaluation opportunities that would not otherwise be feasible under the
timelines associated with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
opportunities may relate to innovative implementation strategies and
program components in use by SRAE grant recipients as they arise, and
in particular, for youth subpopulations served by grant recipients. The
purpose of the data collections submitted under the generic will be to
inform ACF programming by building evidence about what innovations work
to improve programming and outcomes across the SRAE grant recipients
and the youth they serve.
DATES: Comments due February 24, 2025. 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.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of
information and submit comments by emailing
[email protected]. Identify all requests by the title of
the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: Under the proposed umbrella generic, OPRE intends to
conduct research and evaluation of innovative implementation strategies
and program components used by SRAE grant recipients and in particular,
for youth subpopulations served by grant recipients. There is not an
extensive evidence base on SRAE programming to inform SRAE grant
recipients' implementation and program improvement efforts. To add to
this limited body of evidence and to support ACF's administration of
the SRAE grant program, the SRAE National Evaluation includes data
collection to identify strategies and components that have the
potential to improve the delivery and/or quality of SRAE programming
and to understand better how to meet the needs of the range of youth
served by the programs. As the evaluation team identifies strategies
that are ready for evaluation, the work will need to begin quickly so
that the learnings can be disseminated back to SRAE grant recipients
within the period of performance. Due to the need for this rapid
decision making, OPRE is seeking approval for a generic clearance to
conduct this research. Potential data collection efforts include
conducting interviews with SRAE program staff, including front-line
facilitators working directly with youth; staff from partner
organizations that work with SRAE programs; brief exit tickets
following individual program sessions, focus groups, and surveys of
youth participating in SRAE programs; session logs completed by program
facilitators after individual program sessions; and analysis plan and
report templates that grant recipients can use to disseminate their own
evaluation findings.
Under this generic clearance, information is meant to inform ACF
activities and may be incorporated into documents or presentations that
are made public such as through conference presentations, websites, or
social media. The following are some examples of ways in which we may
share information resulting from these data collections: technical
assistance (TA) plans, webinars, presentations, infographics, issue
briefs/reports, evaluation specific reports, or other documents
relevant to the field, such as federal leadership and staff, grant
recipients, local implementing agencies, researchers, and/or training/
TA providers. In sharing findings, we will describe the study methods
and limitations regarding generalizability and as a basis for policy.
Following standard OMB requirements, OPRE will submit an individual
request for each specific data
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collection activity under this generic clearance. Each request will
include the individual instrument(s), a justification specific to the
individual information collection, and any supplementary documents.
Example instruments are available upon request.
Respondents: Staff and administrators of SRAE programs; staff from
partner organizations; current or former participants in SRAE programs;
and grant recipients conducting their own evaluations.
Annual Burden Estimates: A variety of instruments and platforms
will be used to collect information from respondents and each
individual request will vary by number of respondents and average time
per response. The burden table below is illustrative to provide an
estimated maximum level of burden for this overarching generic. While
we will not exceed the total burden cap for this generic without
requesting a change for updates, we may use more or less burden within
each instrument type. Each individual request under the generic will
provide information specific to the burden for that request.
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Number of
Number of responses per
respondents respondent Avg. burden Total burden Annual burden
Example instruments (total over (total over per response (in hours) (in hours)
request request (in hours)
period) period)
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Youth survey.................... 2,160 3 0.5 3,240 1,080
Administrator, staff, and 144 1 1.25 180 60
partner interview topic guide..
Youth focus group topic guide... 120 1 1 120 40
Youth exit ticket............... 2,160 15 0.03 972 324
Facilitator Log................. 36 30 0.06 64.8 21.6
Analysis plan for local impact 10 1 8 80 26.67
local evaluations..............
Analysis plan for local 10 1 8 80 26.67
descriptive evaluations........
Report template for local impact 10 1 32 320 106.67
local evaluations..............
Report template for local 10 1 32 320 106.67
descriptive evaluations........
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,792.28.
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. 710.
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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