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Dated: August 16, 2018. 

Matthew Jear, 

Director, Portfolio Management Division, 

Pacific Rim Region, Public Buildings Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18117 Filed 8–23–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–YF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity 

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, 

and Evaluation; ACF; HHS. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

Title: Head Start Child and Family 

Experiences Survey (FACES) (OMB 

#0970–0151). 

SUMMARY: The Office of Planning, 

Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), 

Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF), U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS), is 

proposing to collect data for a new 

round of the Head Start Family and 

Child Experiences Survey (FACES). 

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of 

publication. 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. 

ADDRESSES: 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, 330 C Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE 

Reports Clearance Officer. Email 

address: OPREinfocollection@

acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be 

identified by the title of the information 

collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Similar to 

FACES 2014–2018, in 2019, two parallel 

studies will commence. FACES 2019 

focuses on Head Start Regions I through 

X (which are geographically based); AI/ 

AN (American Indian and Alaska 

Native) FACES 2019 focuses on Region 

XI (which funds Head Start programs 

that serve federally recognized 

American Indian and Alaska Native 

tribes). Both studies will provide data 

on a set of key indicators for Head Start 

programs. In fall 2019 and spring 2020, 

FACES will assess the school readiness 

skills of 2,400 Head Start children in 

Regions I–X (FACES 2019) and 800 

children in Region XI (AI/AN FACES 

2019), survey their parents, and ask 

their Head Start teachers to rate 

children’s social and emotional skills. 

This sample will be drawn from 60 

programs in Regions I–X and 22 

programs in Region XI. In spring 2020, 

classroom observations of sampled 

programs will occur. In Regions I–X, the 

number of programs will increase from 

the 60 that are used to collect data on 

children’s school readiness outcomes to 

180 for the purpose of conducting 

observations in 720 Head Start 

classrooms. In Region XI, the program 

sample will remain at 22, and 

approximately 80 Head Start classroom 

observations will take place. Program 

director, center director, and teacher 

surveys will also be conducted in spring 

2020 in Regions I–XI. In spring 2022, 

program level data collection will be 

repeated in Regions I–X only. FACES 

2019 also features a ‘‘Core Plus’’ design, 

with the above activities reflecting the 

Core data, with the potential of ‘‘Plus’’ 

studies to inform emerging 

programmatic questions. If any Plus 

studies are conducted, they will be 

conducted within the Core sample and 

will be included in a future Federal 

Register notice. 

Previous Federal Register notices 

provided the opportunity for public 

comment on the proposed Head Start 

program recruitment and center 

selection process (FR 82, pg. 48819 

10/20/2017; FR 83, pg. 7480 02/21/ 

2018). This notice describes the planned 

data collection activities for the FACES 

2019 and AI/AN FACES 2019 data 

collection. Data collection activities 

include classroom and child sampling 

information collection, direct child 

assessments, parent surveys, teacher 

child reports, and staff surveys. 

Sampling of children and classrooms 

for FACES starts with site visits to 157 

Head Start centers (120 for FACES 2019 

and 37 for AI/AN FACES 2019) in fall 

2019. Field enrollment specialists (FES) 

will request a list of all Head Startfunded classrooms from Head Start 

staffNext, for each selected classroom, 

the FES will request enrollment 

information for each child enrolled. 

Data collection will then start with site 

visits in fall 2019 to 82 Head Start 

programs (60 for FACES 2019 and 22 for 

AI/AN FACES 2019) to directly assess 

the school readiness skills of 3,200 

children (2,400 for FACES 2019 and 800 

for AI/AN FACES 2019) sampled for 

FACES and whose parents agree to 

participate. Parents of sampled children 

will complete surveys on the Web or by 

telephone about their children and 

family background. Head Start teachers 

will rate each sampled child 

(approximately 10 children per 

classroom) using the Web or paper- and 

pencil forms. These activities will occur 

a second time in spring 2020. When the 

FACES 2019 program sample size 

increases to 180 programs in the spring, 

the methods of data collection for this 

phase will feature classroom sampling 

and site visitors conducting 

observations of the quality of 

classrooms. Head Start program 

directors, center directors, and teachers 

will complete surveys about themselves 

and the services and instruction at Head 

Start. The purpose of the FACES data 

collection is to support the 2007 

reauthorization of the Head Start 

program (Pub. L. 110–134), which calls 

for periodic assessments of Head Start’s 

quality and effectiveness. 

Respondents: Head Start children, 

parents of Head Start children, and 

Head Start teachers and Head Start staff. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 165 / Friday, August 24, 2018 / Notices 42895 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument 

Total 

number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Annual 

burden 

hours 

FACES 2019 Classroom sampling form from Head Start 

staff ................................................................................... 360 120 1 0.17 20 

FACES 2019 Child roster form from Head Start staff ......... 120 40 1 0.33 13 

FACES 2019 Parent consent form ...................................... 2,400 800 1 0.17 136 

FACES 2019 Head Start parent survey .............................. 2,400 800 2 0.42 672 

FACES 2019 Head Start child assessment ........................ 2,400 800 2 0.75 1,200 

FACES 2019 Head Start teacher child report ..................... 240 80 20 0.17 272 

FACES 2019 Head Start teacher survey ............................ 720 240 1 0.50 120 

FACES 2019 Head Start program director survey .............. 180 60 1 0.50 30 

FACES 2019 Head Start center director survey ................. 360 120 1 0.50 60 

AI/AN FACES 2019 Classroom sampling form from Head 

Start staff .......................................................................... 37 13 1 0.17 2 

AI/AN FACES 2019 Child roster form from Head Start 

staff ................................................................................... 37 13 1 0.33 4 

AI/AN FACES 2019 Parent consent form ........................... 800 267 1 0.17 45 

AI/AN FACES 2019 Head Start parent survey .................... 800 267 2 0.50 267 

AI/AN FACES 2019 Head Start child assessment .............. 800 267 2 0.75 401 

AI/AN FACES 2019 Head Start teacher child report .......... 80 27 20 0.17 92 

AI/AN FACES 2019 Head Start teacher survey .................. 80 27 1 0.58 16 

AI/AN FACES 2019 Head Start program director survey ... 22 8 1 0.33 3 

AI/AN FACES 2019 Head Start center director survey ....... 37 13 1 0.33 4 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3,357. 

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. 

(Authority: Section 640(a)(2)(D) and section 

649 of the Improving Head Start for School 

Readiness Act of 2007) 

Emily B. Jabbour, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18333 Filed 8–23–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Title: Sponsorship Review Procedures 

for Approval for Unaccompanied Alien 

Children. 

OMB No.: 0970–0278. 

Description: The Administration for 

Children (ACF), Office of Refugee 

Resettlement (ORR) requests the use of 

emergency processing procedures in 

accordance with 5 CFR Section 1320.13 

to expand the scope of an existing 

information collection under OMB 

control number 0970–0278, 

Reunification Procedures for 

Unaccompanied Alien Children, 

renamed to Sponsorship Review 

Procedures for Approval of 

Unaccompanied Alien Children. The 

information collection will allow ACF 

to conduct suitability assessments to vet 

potential sponsors of unaccompanied 

alien children in accordance with a 

Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) 

between ORR and the Department of 

Homeland Security. Specifically, the 

information collection allows ORR to 

obtain biometric and biographical 

information from sponsors, adult 

members of their household, and adult 

care givers identified in a sponsor care 

plan, where applicable. ORR in turn 

shares the information collected with 

other federal departments to conduct 

background checks. ORR intends the 

instruments used in this submission to 

be available for use by mid-May 2018. 

ACF cannot reasonably comply with 

the normal clearance procedures 

because the use of normal clearance 

procedures is reasonably likely to 

prevent the collection of needed 

information in a timely manner. 

Complying with the normal clearance 

procedures would delay or disrupt 

ORR’s ability to expand the background 

checks in order to more 

comprehensively evaluate the suitability 

of potential sponsors of unaccompanied 

alien children, and to ensure safe and 

appropriate placement of children. The 

information collection is essential to the 

mission of the agency. 

Respondents: Sponsors, adult 

household members, parents or legal 

guardians of unaccompanied alien 

children. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

Family Reunification Application ...................................................................... 50,000 1 0.75 37,500 

Authorization for Release of Information ......................................................... 90,000 1 0.5 45,000 

Fingerprint Instructions .................................................................................... 90,000 1 1.25 112,500 


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