[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60105-60106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30145]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES).
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Administration on Children, Youth and Families
(ACYF), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) of the
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is requesting Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) clearance for interview instruments to be
used in the Head Start Family and Child Experience Survey (FACES). This
study is being conducted under contracts with Abt Associates Inc.
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(with The CDM Group, Inc. as their subcontractor (#105-96-1930)) to
collect descriptive information on Head Start families, and Westat,
Inc. (with Ellsworth Associates as their subcontractor (#105-96-1912))
to collect information on Head Start performance measures. The design
calls for three rounds of data collection. A nationally representative
group of 2,400 families with children enrolled in approximately 160
centers in 40 Head Start programs will be identified in Spring, 1997.
At that time, Head Start staff and parents will be interviewed,
classroom observations will be completed, and children will be
assessed. The second data collection period will occur in Fall, 1997.
Again, staff and parents will be interviewed, and children will be
assessed and observed in their classrooms. At that time children from
the Spring, 1997 sample that left Head Start to enter kindergarten
following the 1996-97 Head Start year will be replaced by a
representative sample of children just entering Head Start. All
families, including those whose children entered kindergarten in Fall,
1997 will be tracked through the school year. The final data collection
effort will occur in Spring, 1998 and involve all families and children
identified in the earlier two data collection periods.
A subgroup of 120 families will be identified from the Spring and
Fall, 1997 samples for participation in the Validation Substudy. The
Validation Substudy data collection will require home visits to
participating families at each major data collection point and a series
of monthly contacts between data collections periods. The monthly
contacts will begin with the Spring, 1997 data collection and continue
through December, 1998.
This schedule of data collection is necessitated by the mandates of
the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 (Public Law
103-62), which requires that the Head Start Bureau move expeditiously
toward development and testing of Head Start Performance Measures, and
by the 1994 reauthorization of Head Start (Head Start Act, as amended,
May 18, 1994, Section 649 (d)), which requires assessment of Head
Start's quality and effectiveness.
Respondents: Federal Government, Individuals or Households, and
Not-for-profit institutions.
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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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Spring, 1997..................................................... 7,840 1 0.652 5,110
Fall, 1997....................................................... 8,400 1 0.648 5,440
Spring, 1998..................................................... 11,460 1 0.654 7,500
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 9,025.
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: November 20, 1996.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-30145 Filed 11-25-96; 8:45 am]
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