Youth Research Cohort- Results and Findings From the 2023 Solicitation of Public Comment

Federal Register Notice: From April to December 2023, the Program solicited public comments on the proposed four-phase approach to establishing the Youth Research Cohort (YRC) and on best practices, design, and uses of the YRC.

• This solicitation received 26 responses in total, of which 18 were relevant to the YRC.

Request for Information with Questions and Answers: Concurrently, NIOSH published a 120-day period to collect public comments on best practices and preferred approaches to assemble a YRC, as well as methods to develop, coordinate, and manage outreach and education strategies.

• This solicitation received 12 responses total.

The submissions, in general, provided:

• Overwhelming support to the initiative and approaches to options development for the Youth Research Cohort;
• Recommendations to “ensure broad and diverse representation and meaningful involvement of a community and public partner advisors throughout options development;”
• Clarification/ideas to expand enrollment criteria for participation in Youth Research Cohort;
• Requests for a YRC that is representative of the population being served and supportive of research involving a broad range of physical and mental health conditions; and
• Recommendations to make community organization networks and resources available throughout YRC development and enrollment.

For more details on the public comments and the recommendations provided, visit: Summary of RFI and FRN Comments on the Youth Research Cohort [PDF, 3 pages, 107 KB] .