State Personal Responsibility
Education Program (PREP)
No
material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved
collection
No
Regular
05/28/2025
Requested
Previously Approved
03/31/2027
03/31/2027
156
156
3,744
3,744
0
0
The Administration on Children, Youth
and Families' (ACYF) Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB)
administers the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP),
which funds states and territories to implement personal
responsibility education programs that educate adolescents on both
abstinence and contraception for the prevention of pregnancy and
sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS. PREP projects
must also implement at least three adulthood preparation subjects
and replicate evidence-based effective programs or substantially
incorporate elements of effective programs that have been proven on
the basis of scientific research to change behavior. This means
delaying sexual activity, increasing condom or contraceptive use
for sexually active youth, or reducing pregnancy among youth.
States and territories are required to submit plans for the
implementation of personal responsibility education. The plans
provide information about how the state or territory plans to use
their state allotment for the development and implementation of
education programs aimed to reduce the pregnancy rates and birth
rates for youth populations, especially youth populations that are
the most high-risk or vulnerable for pregnancies or otherwise have
special circumstances, including youth in foster care, homeless
youth, youth with HIV/AIDS, pregnant youth who are under 21 years
of age, mothers who are under 21 years of age, and youth residing
in areas with high birth rates for youth. No changes are proposed
to the state plan. States and territories must also submit a
performance progress report (PPR) on a semi-annual basis that
informs the monitoring of their program design, program evaluation,
management improvement, service quality, and compliance with agreed
upon goals. The PPRs provide FYSB with information to assure
effective service delivery for youth participants, report outcomes
and efficiencies, and provide valuable information to policy makers
and key stakeholders in the development of program and research
efforts. FYSB proposes updates to the PPR to include a request for
information related to equity activities and strategies to mitigate
challenges. The inclusion of information on equity activities will
support the FYSB Equity Action Plan objectives and identify
opportunities to inform the development of T&TA resources, as
needed. The inclusion of strategies to mitigate challenges will
allow grant recipients to demonstrate how they overcome challenges
which can inform peer to peer sharing. The following ICR has been
updated with non substantive changes in response to the Defending
Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth
to the Federal Government Executive Order (Defending Women EO) and
recent Presidential Actions related to diversity, equity, and
inclusion (DEI), such as those covered under the EO Initial
Recissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions.
The previous approval included
the application for State PREP. These have been completed and there
are no requests for applications planned over the next three years.
There are no changes to the State PREP State Plan information
collection since the last OMB approval. Changes are proposed to the
PPRs and include the addition of information related to equity
activities and strategies to mitigate challenges. The additional
requests in the PPRs are not expected to change the estimated
average time to complete a PPR. Finally, we have updated the number
of respondents to reflect the current number of funded State PREP
programs.
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.