SRAE National Evaluation Impact and Implementation Study Information Collection

FR: Children and Families Administration

Published April 8th, 2026

Detected April 8th, 2026

Summary

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is seeking public comments on a new information collection request for the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) National Evaluation: Impact and Implementation Study. The study will collect data through youth surveys administered three times (pre-randomization, immediate post-program, and 6-month follow-up), along with semi-structured interviews with program staff and youth focus group discussions. Comments are due May 8, 2026.

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What changed

ACF is proposing a new data collection effort for the SRAE National Evaluation to assess both implementation fidelity and program impact on youth participants. The collection instruments include youth surveys measuring behavioral outcomes and interview/focus group guides for program staff and youth to evaluate program delivery effectiveness.

For affected parties including SRAE program grantees, implementation staff, and participating youth, this represents an administrative data collection with minimal compliance burden. Organizations selected as study sites should prepare to support data collection activities including survey administration and facilitating interview/focus group participation. The study results will contribute to the evidence base for SRAE programming and inform future program improvement efforts.

What to do next

Review the proposed data collection instruments at reginfo.gov
Submit comments by May 8, 2026
Contact ACF at infocollection@acf.hhs.gov to obtain copies of the proposed collection

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Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) National Evaluation: Impact and Implementation Study (New Collection)

A Notice by the Children and Families Administration on 04/08/2026

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Public Inspection Published Document: 2026-06758 (91 FR 17807) Document Headings ###### Department of Health and Human Services

Administration for Children and Families

AGENCY:

Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION:

Request for Public Comments.

SUMMARY:

The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) and the Family and Youth Services Bureau in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) are proposing to collect data for the new Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) National Evaluation: Impact and Implementation Study.

DATES:

Comments due May 8, 2026.

ADDRESSES:

The public may view and comment on this information collection request at: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202604-0970-001. You can also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by emailing infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. Identify all emailed requests by the title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description: The SRAE National Evaluation: Impact and Implementation Study will include implementation and impact studies of SRAE programs for youth. The implementation study will describe youth attendance, program fidelity, youth engagement and rapport with facilitators, and fit of the program to the implementation setting. The impact study will assess data about study participants, which the study team will use to estimate the impact of the SRAE program. This new information collection request includes a youth survey for the impact study, which will be used to collect data from youth in participating sites three times, (1) before randomization (pre-survey), (2) immediately after completion of the SRAE or the comparison program (immediate post-survey), and (3) 6 months after study enrollment (follow-up survey). It also includes a semi-structured interview guide for program staff and a youth focus group discussion guide. These instruments will provide information on the effectiveness of the delivery of the SRAE program. The data will be used to add to the evidence base of SRAE programming to inform SRAE grant recipients' implementation and program improvement efforts, aligned with SRAE legislation that calls for a national evaluation of the program.

Note: Draft versions of this information collection were previously available for public comment (89 FR 105050, 90 FR 23530) as part of a separate request. This comment period and submission request are specific to the SRAE National Evaluation: Impact and Implementation Study.

Respondents: The implementation study data collection instruments will be conducted with program staff and youth program participants. The youth survey will collect outcome data from youth program participants before and after completing the program, and 6-months after study enrollment.

| Instrument | Number of
respondents
(total over
request

period) | Number of
responses per
respondent
(total over
request

period) | Avg. burden per response
(in hours) | Total burden
(in hours) | Annual burden
(in hours) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Youth Survey (pre-survey) | 500 | 1 | 0.33 | 165 | 55 |
| 1. Youth Survey (immediate post-program) | 450 | 1 | 0.25 | 113 | 38 |
| 1. Youth Survey (6-month follow-up) | 400 | 1 | 0.33 | 132 | 44 |
| 2. Staff Interview Protocol | 32 | 1 | 0.83 | 27 | 9 |
| 3. Youth Focus Group Protocol | 60 | 1 | .67 | 40 | 13 |
| Total Annual Burden | | | | | 159 |
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 710.