HHS Updates Teen Responsibility Program Metrics
Published Date: 6/18/2026
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Summary
The Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) is updating how it collects data from states, tribes, and community groups that run teen education programs. These changes will make reporting easier and clearer while still tracking important info about teen health and life skills. Comments on the updates are open until July 20, 2026, and the program continues to support grants that help teens learn about relationships, health, and more.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
40% Cut in Annual Reporting Burden
PREP’s revisions are expected to reduce overall annual burden hours by 40 percent compared to the previously approved estimate, with the filing showing an annual burden of 24,552 hours and a total burden of 73,656 hours over the request period. The changes simplify reporting forms and participant measures for grant recipients and subrecipients.
PREP Grants Continue Supporting Teen Health
PREP continues to fund grants to states, tribes, and community organizations to support evidence-based programs that teach both abstinence and contraceptive use plus topics like healthy relationships, adolescent development, financial literacy, and employment skills. ACF will keep collecting performance measures to monitor program progress.
Shorter Surveys for Teen Participants
If your child participates in PREP programs, the participant entry survey is shortened from 8 minutes to 5 minutes and the exit survey from 7 minutes to 5 minutes. The revisions apply to an estimated 235,353 entry and 195,528 exit participant responses and are intended to make answering questions easier and faster.
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