Information Collection Request

Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) Performance Measures

ICR 202606-0970-012 · OMB 0970-0497 · Received in OIRA

Forms and Documents
DocumentTypeStatusAvailability
PREP_Statutorily Mandated Collection_Race Ethnicity.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2026-06-15 Available
SSA_PREP PMs_0970-0497_revision 2026_6.12.26.docx Supporting Statement A Uploaded 2026-06-15 Available
SSB_PREP PMs_0970-0497_revision_2026_6.12.26.docx Supporting Statement B Uploaded 2026-06-15 Available
IC Document Collections
ICR Details
0970-0497 202606-0970-012
Received in OIRA 202502-0970-050
HHS/ACF OPRE
Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) Performance Measures
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular 06/22/2026
  Requested Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved 07/31/2026
144,508 224,649
24,552 41,053
0 0

The consequences of adolescent sexual activity remain a critical social and economic issue in the United States, shaping the lives of thousands of teens and their families every year. Despite declining births to teen mothers over the past 25 years, the teen birthrate in the United States remains higher than that in other industrialized countries and varies widely across geographic regions and racial/ethnic groups (Martin et al. 2017). Further, adolescents and young adults accounted for almost half of all new sexually transmitted infection (STI) cases in 2023 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023). Sexual activity in youth is also related to engaging in other risky behaviors such as alcohol and substance use. In March 2010, Congress authorized the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). PREP provides grants to states, tribes and tribal communities, and community organizations to support evidence-based programs to reduce teen pregnancy and STIs. The programs are required to provide education on both abstinence and contraceptive use. The programs also offer information on adulthood preparation subjects such as healthy relationships, adolescent development, financial literacy, parent–child communication, education and employment skills, and healthy life skills. Grant recipients are encouraged to target their programming to high-risk populations—for example, youth in foster care, homeless youth, youth with HIV/AIDS, pregnant youth who are under age 21, mothers who are under age 21, and youth residing in geographic areas with high teen birth rates. The Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Modernization Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-352) requires federal agencies to report annually on measures of program performance. It is essential that PREP grant recipients submit the performance data described in this information collection request (ICR) to enable the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to carry out its reporting requirements to Congress and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Further, collection of these data will allow grant recipients and ACF to continue reporting to others on PREP program design, implementation, and outcomes.

US Code: 31 USC 1101 Name of Law: GPRA Modernization Act of 2010
   US Code: 42 USC 1310 Name of Law: Public Heath and Welfare; Cooperative research or demonstration projects
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  91 FR 20658 04/17/2026
91 FR 36841 06/18/2026
No

  Total Request Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 144,508 224,649 0 -80,141 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 24,552 41,053 0 -16,501 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
No
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
This is a request to continue an existing information collection, with proposed revisions to the instruments. Changes in burden estimates reflect updated numbers of grants awarded and subrecipients and youth participants submitted by grant recipients, as well as changes to the instruments and updates to wage rates. Revisions to the PM reduce the overall length of the surveys and are expected to reduce the burden for completing the participant entry survey from eight minutes to five minutes per response and the participant exit survey from seven minutes to five minutes per response. The annual hourly burden estimate has decreased by 40 percent compared to the previously approved annual burden.

$988,785
No
    Yes
    No
No
No
No
Yes
Molly Buck 202 205-4724 [email protected]

  No

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.
06/22/2026