[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 175 (Thursday, September 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48513-48514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24197]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Project
Title: Early Head Start Evaluation Father Study.
OMB No.: 0970-0169.
Description: The Head Start Reauthorization Act of 1994 established
a special initiative creating funding for services for families with
infants and toddlers. In response the Administration on Children, Youth
and Families (ACYF) designed the Early Head Start (EHS) program. In
September 1995, ACYF awarded grants to 68 local programs to serve
families with infants and toddlers. ACYF has awarded grants to
additional programs, totaling more than 290.
EHS programs are designed to produce outcomes in four domains: (1)
child development, (2) family development, (3) staff development, and
(4) community development. The Reauthorization required that his new
initiative be evaluated. To study the effect of the initiative, ACYF
awarded a contract through a competitive procurement to Mathematica
Policy Research, Inc. (MPR) with a subcontract to Columbia University's
Center for Young Children and Families. The evaluation will be carried
out from October 1, 1995 through March 30, 2002. Data collection
activities that are the subject of this Federal Register notice are
intended for the fourth phase of the EHS evaluation. The sample for the
assessments will be approximately 1,144 fathers from the 3,000 EHS
sample families, whose mothers and infants/toddlers are participating
in the study (see OMB #0970-0143) in 13 of the EHS study sites. Each
family will be randomly assigned to a treatment group or a control
group. The 36-month father assessments will be conducted through
personal interviewing, structured observations and videotaping. 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.
The information will be used by government managers, Congress and
others to better understand the roles of fathers and father-figures
with their children and in the EHS program.
Respondents: Fathers or father-figures of children whose families
are in the EHS national evaluation sample (both program and control
group families).
Annual Burden Estimates
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Estimated Number of Average burden
Instrument number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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36-month father interview....................... 89 1 1.0 89
36-month interview and videotaping protocol..... 74 1 1.3 96
36-month abbreviated interview and videotaping
protocol....................................... 30 1 1.05 32
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Estimated Total Annual Burden: 217.
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
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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 agency 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: September 9, 1993.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-24197 Filed 9-9-98; 8:45 am]
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