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help Early Head Start improve services 

to infants and toddlers and their 

families. Baby FACES uses a 

longitudinal age cohort study design 

that selected all children in the spring 

of 2009 that were within a four month 

peri-natal window. These children will 

be followed in the study until they are 

age 3 unless they leave the Early Head 

Start before reaching that age. 

Materials for the wave 4 program visit 

data collection effort, previously 

submitted to OMB, covered peri-natal 

and age 1 cohort data collections. Data 

collection for the age 1 cohort will be 

completed by October 31, 2011. ACF 

anticipates collecting data for an 

additional 12 months in order to 

complete data collection for the perinatal cohort. 

Respondents: Program Directors, 

teachers and home visitors of sampled 

children, parents of sample children, 

sampled children. 

Estimates of Annualized Burden Hours 

As in the first three waves, the 

proposed data collection does not 

impose a financial burden on 

respondents. Respondents will not incur 

any expenses other than the time spent 

completing the interviews, reports and 

direct assessments. 

The estimated annual burden for 

study respondents—parents, children, 

and program staff—is listed in the table 

below. 

Response times are the same as 

reported in the initial OMB statement. 

The times were derived from previous 

studies using the same instruments with 

a similar population and confirmed 

with our population during earlier 

rounds of data collection. The number 

of respondents is based on the number 

of perinatal cohort members as of spring 

2010 (our most recent round of data 

collection). 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

Parent Interview ............................................................................................... 135 1 1 135 

Program Director Interview .............................................................................. 89 1 1 89 

Child Care Provider Interview .......................................................................... 27 1 1 27 

Home Visitor Interview ..................................................................................... 41 1 .75 31 

Primary Caregiver/Home Visitor Child Rating ................................................. 68 2.6 .25 44 

Family Service Tracking .................................................................................. 68 136 .167 1,544 

Child Direct Assessment ................................................................................. 135 1 1 135 

Parent-Child Interaction ................................................................................... 135 1 .25 34 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours ..................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 2,039 

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 Planning, Research 

and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant 

Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 

20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance 

Officer. E-mail address: 

OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 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: March 28, 2011. 

Steven M. Hanmer, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4184–03–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Announcement of Award 

AGENCY: Children’s Bureau, ACYF, ACF, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Announcement of the Award of 

a Single-Source Expansion Supplement 

Grant to the Regents of the University of 

Michigan, at Anne Arbor, MI, for the 

Quality Improvement Center on the 

Representation of Children in the Child 

Welfare System (QIC-ChildRep). 

CFDA Number: 93.652. 

Legislative Authority: Adoption 

Opportunities Program, section 203 of the 

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and 

Adoption Reform Act of 1978, (Pub. L. 95– 

266), as amended by the Keeping Children 

and Families Safe Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108– 

36). 

Amount of Award: $250,000. 

Project Period: September 30, 2009 

through September 29, 2014. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF), Children’s 

Bureau (CB) announces the award of a 

single-source program expansion 

supplement grant to the Regents of the 

University of Michigan at Anne Arbor, 

MI, Quality Improvement Center on the 

Representation of Children in the Child 

Welfare System (QIC-ChildRep), to 

support additional and enhanced 

evaluation of the QIC-ChildRep research 

and demonstration projects. 

The Regents of the University of 

Michigan was awarded a cooperative 

agreement in FY 2009 as the result of a 

competition to establish the QICChildRep. The purpose of the QICChildRep is to improve the quality of 

legal representation for children and 

youth in child welfare cases so that 

States and Tribes achieve the best 

safety, permanency and well-being 

outcomes for children and youth. 

Under the cooperative agreement, the 

QIC-ChildRep develops knowledge 

about effective strategies to provide 

competent and effective representation 

for children and youth in child welfare 

cases, promotes the certification of 

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lawyers as specialist is child welfare, 

develops and implements child 

representation research and 

demonstration projects to promote 

evidence-based, evidence-informed 

practice improvements and effective 

child representation, establishes and 

maintains a national information 

sharing network to disseminate 

information on promising practices; 

evaluates the impact of selected projects 

implementing the child representation 

models on outcomes for children and 

families who have competent and 

effective child representation, and 

identifies barriers and recommends 

need changes in laws, policies, 

procedures and/or practice. The 

supplemental funds will be used to 

provide additional training, technical 

assistance, and support to each research 

and demonstration site to fully 

implement and maintain rigorous onsite and cross-site evaluation plans. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail 

Collins, Children’s Bureau, 1250 

Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, 

DC 20047. Telephone: 202–205–8552, 

e-mail: gail.collins@acf.hhs.gov. 

Dated: March 23, 2011. 

Bryan Samuels, 

Commissioner, Administration on Children, 

Youth and Families. 

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BILLING CODE 4184–29–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Request for Public Comment on 

Proposed Funding Opportunity 

Announcement for Special Initiative 

Concerning the Assets for 

Independence Program 

AGENCY: Office of Community Services, 

ACF, HHS. 

ACTION: Request for Public Comment. 

C.F.D.A. Number: 93.602 

Statutory Authority: The Assets for 

Independence Act (Title IV of the 

Community Opportunities, Accountability, 

and Training and Educational Services Act of 

1998, as amended, Pub. L. 105–285, 42 U.S.C. 

604 note) authorizes the Department of 

Health and Human Services to award grants 

to support Assets for Independence (AFI) 

projects and to research and evaluate the 

effectiveness of the AFI program and 

Individual Development Accounts (IDAs). 

SUMMARY: In FY 2011, the Office of 

Community Services (OCS) will 

coordinate with the Administration on 

Native Americans (ANA) to implement 

the Native Asset Building Initiative, 

through which the two offices will 

support Tribes and Native organizations 

in planning and implementing 

comprehensive asset-building projects. 

The initiative will feature special grants 

through the Assets for Independence 

(AFI) program. These grants will be in 

addition to the annual AFI grants that 

OCS will award in FY 2011. In contrast 

to the annual awards, though, the 

eligibility criteria to be listed for these 

AFI grants in the ‘‘Native Asset Building 

Initiative’’ will vary from the annual AFI 

awards’ eligibility criteria. This is 

because the criteria used to determine 

eligibility for these special initiative 

awards will be more consistent with 

those used to determine eligibility in the 

ANA grant program with which OCS is 

coordinating. Consequently, the 

eligibility for the special AFI grants will 

be limited to Native 501(c)(3) nonprofits serving Native Americans; 

Federally recognized Tribal 

governments or Alaska Native Villages, 

as defined in the Alaska Native Claims 

Settlement Act, that are joint applicants 

with a 501(c)(3) Native non-profit 

organization; and Native non-profit 

organizations designated by the 

Secretary of the Treasury as Community 

Development Financial Institutions and 

Native non-profit credit unions 

designated by the National Credit Union 

Administration as low-income credit 

unions that demonstrate a collaborative 

relationship with a local community 

based organization whose activities are 

designed to address poverty and the 

needs of community members for 

economic independence and stability. 

Other entities will not be eligible for 

awards under this initiative, but will 

continue to be eligible for awards under 

the annual AFI funding opportunity 

announcement that was published 

issued for FY 2011 through FY 2013 on 

February 24, 2011 on http:// 

www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/ 

HHS-2011-ACF-OCS-EI-0137. 

It is estimated that OCS will award up 

to 10 AFI program grants under Native 

Asset Building Initiative, with overall 

funding of approximately $2,500,000 

toward the initiative. It is anticipated 

that each recipient of these special AFI 

grants will also receive a separate ANA 

award for their project. 

In addition to these special AFI 

awards, we estimate that $15,000,000 in 

grants will be awarded in FY 2011 

under the annual AFI funding 

opportunity announcement published 

on February 24, 2011. 

Proposed Funding Opportunity 

Announcement; Native Asset Building 

Initiative 

In FY 2011, OCS will coordinate with 

the Administration on Native 

Americans (ANA) on the Native Asset 

Building Initiative to support Tribes and 

Native organizations in planning and 

implementing comprehensive asset 

building projects. OCS and ANA are 

providing this support through a joint 

funding opportunity and training and 

technical assistance. 

The OCS component of the joint 

funding opportunity will feature special 

Assets for Independence (AFI) program 

grants the eligibility for which will be 

limited to entities that are eligible for 

ANA grants. Therefore, eligibility for the 

special AFI grants will be limited to 

Native 501(c)(3) non-profits serving 

Native Americans; Federally recognized 

Tribal governments or Alaska Native 

Villages, as defined in the Alaska Native 

Claims Settlement Act, that are joint 

applicants with a 501(c)(3) Native nonprofit organization; Native non-profit 

organizations designated by the 

Secretary of the Treasury as Community 

Development Financial Institutions and 

Native non-profit credit unions 

designated by the National Credit Union 

Administration as low-income credit 

unions that demonstrate a collaborative 

relationship with a local communitybased organization whose activities are 

designed to address poverty and the 

needs of community members for 

economic independence and stability. 

Other entities will not be eligible to 

submit applications for the AFI grants 

under the Native Asset Building 

Initiative. It is estimated that OCS will 

award up to ten AFI program grants 

under the initiative, with overall 

funding of approximately $2,500,000. 

The ANA component of the Native 

Asset Building Initiative will feature a 

new funding opportunity through the 

Social and Economic Development 

Strategies (SEDS) program as well. The 

SEDS grants will provide funding for 

each project’s operational and staffing 

costs, as well as support for financial 

literacy education training, capacity 

building, and other asset building 

activities. 

The OCS AFI grants will provide 

funding to support the provision of 

Individual Development Accounts 

(IDA), or matched savings accounts, 

component of each selected applicant’s 

comprehensive asset building project. 

The AFI grantees will also provide 

funding to support limited 

administrative costs related to the IDA 

component. AFI is a demonstration of 

the use of IDAs and related strategies 

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