Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) Performance Measures and Adulthood Preparation Subjects (PMAPS)
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
No
Regular
10/12/2021
table that charts list comparision
Requested
Previously Approved
06/30/2023
06/30/2023
224,735
204,731
42,257
43,069
0
0
The approved PREP PMAPS information collection includes (1) grantee-, provider-, and program-level measures of PREP program structure and delivery, and (2) measures grantees collect through participant entry and exit surveys. OMB originally approved the information collection in April 2017 and approved a request for a data collection extension in June 2020. Since the extension request, OMB approved nonsubstantive changes to Instruments #3 and Instrument #4 to add, and then revise, a set of measures to capture changes in PREP programming resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The approved data collection instruments include the following:
- Instrument #1: Participant entry survey
- Instrument #2: Participant exit survey
- Instrument #3: Performance reporting system data form â grantees
- Instrument #4: Performance reporting system data form â subrecipients
The Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) embarked on revising the performance measures collected through the PREP participant entry (Instrument #1) and exit surveys (Instrument #2) to (1) ensure that all items directly align with legislation, (2) reduce the number of items that some grantees might consider sensitive, (3) reduce burden, and (4) improve clarity. This review and the resulting updates were completed because some questions added by the last administration either did not reflect the program legislation and/or were not helpful to inform program improvement. Updates include one additional version of the Entry and Exit Surveys (Instruments #1 and #2). Currently, there are three versions. The additional version is for middle school youth in PREIS/TPREP programs. Similar to currently approved versions 1b and 2b, the additional versions (1c and 2c) include a limited number of questions at Entry and Exit to decrease burden due to granteesâ participation in evaluation studies, which often include extensive surveys.
In addition, we are proposing to reduce the number of pandemic-related measures in Instruments #3 and #4. The effects of the pandemic on PREP programs have diminished as schools reopened and other pandemic restrictions lessened. As a result, many of the pandemic-related measures are less relevant, so we propose reducing them to only a few measures on the pandemicâs lingering effects. Streamlining this set of measures will also reduce burden of the data collection.
An additional factor motivating the revisions to all instruments is that the timing for implementation of the revised performance measures coincides with new cohorts of FY2022 PREP grantees whose awards begin in October 2021.
PL:
Pub.L. 114 - 10 215
Name of Law: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015
The proposed changes to the instruments will reduce the burden hours for respondents. In addition, we have revised the burden table in Supporting Statement A to reflect minor changes in the numbers of PREP grantees (from 92 to 101) and subrecipients (from 391 to 400) and the expected corresponding changes to the number of PREP participants. We have also updated the burden table to reflect the latest wage rates based on the National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics from May 2020. The combination of these changes decreases the expected annual burden by 812 hours. We have updated the burden table in Supporting Statement A to reflect these changes.
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.
NonSubstantive Change Request -- PREP PMAPS October 2021.docx
Appendix A_60 Day FRN_PREP PMAPS Revision 2020_0970-0497_2.28.20.pdf
Performance Measure Data Report Form (Instrument 4)