[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 84 (Monday, May 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 25337]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10744]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES).
    OMB No.: OMB No. 0970-0151.
    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 Experiences Survey (FACES). 
This study is being conducted under contract with Westat, Inc. (with 
Ellsworth Associates as their subcontractor (#105-96-1912)) to collect 
information on Head Start performance measures. This revision is 
intended to follow-on to the current design in order to follow the 
sample through the end of their first grade year of school.
    FACES currently involves five phases of data collection. The first 
phase was a Spring 1997 Field test in which approximately 2400 parents 
and children were studied in a nationally stratified random sample of 
40 Head Start programs. The second and third phases occurred in Fall 
1997 (Wave 1) and Spring 1998 (Wave 2) when data were collected on a 
sample of 3200 children and families in the same 40 programs. Spring 
1998 data collection included assessments of both Head Start children 
completing the program and former Head Start children completing 
kindergarten (kindergarten field test) as well as interviews with their 
parents and ratings by their kindergarten teachers. In the fourth and 
fifth phases, follow-up continued for a second program year, plus a 
kindergarten follow-up. The current plan is to extend data collection 
in spring of the first-grade year for both cohorts of children, those 
completing kindergarten in spring 1999, and those completing 
kindergarten in spring 2000.
    This schedule of data collection is necessitated by the mandates of 
the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 (Pub. L. 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. These mandates were reinforced by 
the Head Start Act Reauthorization of October, 1998, which called for 
planning for a study of Head Start children to continue follow-up 
through first grade.
    Respondents: Federal Government, Individuals or Households, and 
Not-for-profit institutions.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Estimated                       Estimated
                                                     Estimated       number of    Average burden   total annual
                   Instrument                        number of     responses per     hours per     burden hours
                                                    respondents     respondent       response        requested
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Year 1 (2000):
    First grade parents.........................            1604               1             .33             535
    First grade children........................            1604               1             .75            1203
    First grade teachers........................            1604               1             .50             802
Year 2 (2001):
    All parents.................................            2770               1             .08             231
    First grade parents.........................            1166               1             .33             389
    First grade children........................            1166               1             .75             875
    First grade teachers........................            1166               1             .50             583
Annualized totals:
    Year 1......................................            2540  ..............  ..............  ..............
    Year 2......................................            2078  ..............  ..............  ..............
Estimated total annual burden hours.............  ..............  ..............  ..............           2309
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Note: The 2309 annual hours is based on an average of 2000 and 2001 estimated burden hours.

    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained 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.
    OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the 
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of 
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best 
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of 
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information and collection should be sent directly to the following: 
Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 725 17th 
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503, Attn: Desk Officer for ACF.

    Dated: April 25, 2000.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-10744 Filed 4-28-00; 8:45 am]
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