[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54800-54801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27034]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Comprehensive Child Development Program Cohort 1
Longitudinal Follow up Study.
OMB No.: New Request.
Description: In 1988, the Congress enacted the Comprehensive Child
Development Act (Pub. L. 100-297) that authorized the Administration
for Children and Families to fund up to 25 Comprehensive Child
Development Programs (CCDP). In 1989 and 1990, twenty-four CCDP
programs located throughout the country were funded to demonstrate the
long-term effectiveness of a comprehensive response to the multiple
problems facing low income families including providing intensive,
comprehensive, integrated, and continuous supportive services to (1)
enhance the physical, emotional, and intellectual development of
infants and young children, and (2) provide necessary support to their
parents and other family members.
The Head Start Reauthorization Act of 1994 established priority for
longitudinal studies that examine the developmental progress of
children and their families during and following participation in a
Head Start program, including the examination of factors that
contribute to or detract from such progress. In response to this
priority, the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF)
ACYF awarded a contract through a competitive procurement to Civitan
International Research Center at the University of Alabama at
Birmingham (CIRC) with a subcontract to CSR, Incorporated. The
evaluation will be carried out from October 1, 1995, through September
30, 2000. Data collection activities that are the subject of this
Federal Register notice are intended for the second and fourth phases
of the CCDP Cohort 1 Longitudinal Followup Study.
Respondents: Focus children, parents of focus children, teachers of
focus children, and key actors in the service delivery systems of the
focus children's communities.
The sample for the child and family assessments consists of focus
children and their families in eight of the original 24 CCDP sites. A
total of 1,780 focus children and their families were randomly assigned
to treatment (CCDP
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services) and control (no CCDP services) groups in these eight sites.
Vigorous recruitment of treatment and control group families for the
CCDP Cohort 1 Longitudinal Follow-up Study has resulted in
approximately 1,325 of the 1,780 families agreeing to participate.
The teacher assessments will be conducted by only those teachers of
treatment and control group children. Early field work estimates the
number of teachers to be 600.
Service delivery systems assessments will be completed by key
actors in the service delivery systems of the CCDP site communities. It
is anticipated that 5 key actors will complete the assessments in each
site (for a total of 40 key actors).
The focus child and parent assessments will be conducted through
computer assisted personal interviewing and pencil and paper self-
administered questionnaires. All data collection instruments have been
designed to minimize the burden on respondents by minimizing
interviewing and assessment time. Participation in the study is
voluntary and confidential.
Annual Burden Estimates:
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Number of Average
Number of responses burden Total
Instrument respondents per hours per burden
respondent response hours
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Parent Interviews................................................ 1,325 1 2.27 3002
Direct Child Assessments......................................... 1,325 1 0.42 552
Teacher Assessments.............................................. 600 1 1.25 737
Service Delivery System Questionnaire............................ 40 1 0.42 17
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,308.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Information Services, Division of Information Resource Management
Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20447, Attn:
ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified by the
title of the information collection.
The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Dated: October 16, 1996.
Douglas J. Godesky,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-27034 Filed 10-21-96; 8:45 am]
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