Attachment B - Comment received

PREP Multi-Component Evaluation:

Field Instrument Package – Comment Received

From: usacitizen1 usacitizen1 [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 1:47 PM
To: ACF OPREInfoCollection; Hanmer, Steven (ACF); [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT ON FEDERAL REGISTER FW: TH CITIZENS OF THE USA HAVE PAID ENOUGH FOR THESE SEX STUDIES

THE CITIZENS OF THE USA HAVE PAID ENOUGH FOR THESE SEX STUDIES. IS THERE PRURIENT INTEREST HERE THAT KEEPS THESE STUDIES GOIONG INTO ETERNITY?
IT IS TIME TO CUT THE BUDGET OF THIS AGENCY WHICH IS DOING TEN DIFFERENT STUDIES ON PREGNANCY, SEX, ETC. ISNT IT TIME TO CUT ALL THESE STUDIES DOWN. THIS AGENCY SHOWS NO REALITY CONTACT IN THE ECONOMIC CHAOS IN THE USA THESE DAYS WHEN THE CITIZENS/TAXPAYERS ARE ASKING ALL AGENCIES TO DOWNSIZE. THE TAXPAYERS NEED CHEAPER, SMALLER, MORE PRODUCTIVE GOVERNMETN. INSTEAD WE HAVE THIS HUGE ADMINISTRATIVE BUREAUCRACY AT ACF IN FAT CAT WASHINGTON DC WITH THEIR HIGH SALARIES, HIGH PENSIONS, ETC. WE NEED CUTS IN PROGRAMS. WE CANT DO EVERYTHING. WE NEED TO CLEQARLY SEE PRIORITIES IN THIS DEPT WITH SPENDING ONLY TO TOP PRIORITIES, NOT TO EVERYTHING THAT GREW UP IN THE LAST 50 YEARS. you never sunset any program at all. it never gets shut down. it just grows like topsy.

IT IS TIME TO CUT THIS BUDGET TO ZERO. IT IS TIME TO DOWNSIZE ALL THIS SOCIAL ENGINEERING AND STUDY. WE CANT AFFORD SO MUCH STUDY ANYMORE.
JEAN PUBLIC ADDRESS IF REQUIRED

Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 07:15:08 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: TH CITIZENS OF THE USA HAVE PAID ENOUGH FOR THESE SEX STUDIES
To: [email protected]

CUT THIS BUDGET TO ZERO - THERE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH ALREADY DONE BY PRURIENT PEOIPLE

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 131 (Friday, July 8, 2011)]

[Notices]

[Pages 40371-40372]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 2011-16977]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) Multi-

Component Evaluation.

    OMB No.: New Collection.

    Description: The Family and Youth Services Bureau (HHS/ACF/ACYF/

FYSB) and the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (HHS/ACF/

OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) are

proposing a data collection activity to be undertaken for the Personal

Responsibility Education Program (PREP) Multi-Component Evaluation.

    The impact study included in the PREP Multi-Component Evaluation is

a random assignment evaluation which will expand available evidence on

whether the replication of evidence-based effective programs, or the

substantial incorporation of elements of these programs, funded as part

of the Personal Responsibility Education Program, are effective at

delaying sexual activity, increasing condom or contraceptive use for

sexually active youth, or reducing pregnancy among youth. The

evaluation will document and test a range of pregnancy prevention

approaches in up to five program sites. The findings from the

evaluation will be of interest to the general public, to policy-makers,

and to organizations interested in teen pregnancy prevention.

    This Federal Register Notice is to notify the public regarding

field data collection for the ``Impact and In-Depth Implementation

Study'' component of the Personal Responsibility 'Education Program

(PREP) Multi-Component Evaluation.

    The proposed field data collection activity involves the collection

of information from interviews, focus groups, and short surveys with a

range of experts and persons involved with programs about various

aspects of existing prevention programs and topics the experts view as

important to address through evaluation. Interviews and short surveys

will focus on information leading to site selection. These data will be

also used to help enhance decisions about the types of programs to be

evaluated in the study.

Respondents

    Researchers; Policy Experts; State Level Coordinators; Program

Directors; Program Staff; Program Participants; School Administrators.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates

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                                   Field data collection instrument clearance

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                                                 Annual  number     Number of        Average

                   Instrument                          of         responses per   burden hours     Total burden

                                                   respondents     respondent     per response        hours

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Discussion Guide for Use with Researchers,                   10               1            1                10

Policy Experts, and Macro-Level Coordinators..

Discussion Guide for Use with Program Directors              20               2            2                80

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Discussion Guide for Use with Program Staff....              40               1            2                80

Focus Group Discussion Guide for Use with                   100               1            1.5             150

Program Participants..........................

Discussion Guide for Use with School                         70               1            1                70

Administrators................................

Short Survey with Program Directors............              70               1            0.25             17.5

Short Survey with Program Staff................             140               1            0.25             35

Short Survey with School Administrators........              70               1            0.25             17.5

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    Estimated Annual Burden Total for Field      ..............  ..............  ..............            460

     Clearance.................................

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Additional Information

    Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the

Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research

and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447,

Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified

by the title of the information collection. E-mail address:

[email protected].

OMB Comment

    OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collection of

information between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document

in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best assured of having

its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information

collection should be sent directly to the following: Office of

Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Fax: 202-395-6974,

Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and Families.

    Dated: July 1, 2011.

Steven M. Hanmer,

OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 2011-16977 Filed 7-7-11; 8:45 am]

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