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OMB Control No: 0970-0497	ICR Reference No: 202606-0970-012
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202502-0970-050
Agency/Subagency: HHS/ACF	Agency Tracking No: OPRE
Title: Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) Performance Measures
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 06/22/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2026
Responses	144,508	224,649
Time Burden (Hours)	24,552	41,053
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Abstract: 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.

Authorizing Statute(s): 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

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 20658	04/17/2026
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 36841	06/18/2026
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	144,508	224,649	-80,141
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	24,552	41,053	-16,501
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: 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.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $988,785

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Yes

Agency Contact: Molly Buck 202 205-4724 mary.buck@acf.hhs.gov

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