99-12106. Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 92 (Thursday, May 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25884-25885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12106]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Project:
    Title: Head Start Fellows Program.
    OMB No.: 0970-1040.
    Description: Public Law 103-252, the Human Services Amendments of 
1994, amended the Head Start Act (the Act) to authorize the creation of 
a Head Start Fellows Program to support the professional development of 
individuals working in the field of child development and family 
services. The Act was most recently reauthorized through fiscal year 
2003, by the Coats Human Services Amendments of 1998, Public Law 105-
285.
    Head Start Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis to 
individuals (other than Federal employees) selected from among 
applicants who are working, on the date of application, in local Head 
Start programs or otherwise working in the fields of child development 
and children and family services. The information collected from the 
applications is used to ensure that individuals selected to be Head 
Start

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Fellows have the appropriate experience/skills, and that the training 
developed for them and the work assigned to them will enhance their 
ability to make significant contributions to the fields of child 
development and family services. The information collected is used by 
program staff and policy makers at the Federal level to make judgements 
on the progress and needs of the program.
    Respondents: Individuals or households.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                  Number of      Average burden
                 Instrument                      Number of      responses per      hours per       Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent        response          hours
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Head Start Fellows..........................             200                1                2              400
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 400.
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) 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, 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: May 7, 1999.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-12106 Filed 5-12-99; 8:45 am]
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