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information on the quality of services

that Head Start Quality Improvement

Centers (QICs) provide to Head Start

grantees. Respondents will include QIC

staff, collaborative partners of QIC

organizations, and Head Start grantees.

Specifically, site visit interviews will be

conducted with QIC Directors and QIC

Area Specialists, while telephone

interviews will be conducted with QIC

Directors, Grantee Directors, and Partner

Agencies.

Training and technical assistance are

critical in supporting the continuous

improvement efforts of Head Start

grantee and delegate agencies serving

children birth to five and their families.

The report of the Advisory Committee

on Head Start Quality and Expansion in

December 1993 reaffirmed the

importance of T/TA and recommended

that the Head Start Bureau reassess and

design the T/TA system to support

program quality and expansion. The

Head Start Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103–

252) also emphasized the importance of

T/TA and stated that T/TA activities

must ensure that needs of local Head

Start agencies relating to improving

program quality and expansion are

addressed to the maximum extent

feasible. The Advisory Committee on

Services for Families with Infants and

Toddlers also stressed the need for

ongoing staff training and training

programs to ensure that staff are ‘‘crosstrained’’ in the areas of child

development, family development, and

community building.

The assessment is designed to gather

information for program management

and planning purposes about the kind

and quality of services provided by each

QIC. Information collected will be used

by the Bureau to: (1) Identify the quality

of approaches undertaken in each phase

of the strategic planning cycle; (2)

identify any patterns or changes over

time in the delivery of T/TA; and (3)

determine the feasibility of future

initiatives and funding decisions. The

data collected will provide a means for

the Head Start Bureau to carry out the

Federal role outlined in the Cooperative

Agreement establishing the QICs. These

data also may be used, in part, to fulfill

the Department’s requirement to report

to Congress on the Head Start program

under the Government Performance and

Results Act (GPRA).

Respondents: Head Start Partner

Agencies and Head Start Quality

Improvement Centers.

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of

respondents

Number of

responses

per respondent

Average

burden

hours per

response

Total burden hours

QIC Director, Site Visit Interview ..................................................................................... 28 30 .1 84

QIC Area Specialist, Site Visit Interview ......................................................................... 116 19 .16 353

QIC Director, Telephone Interview .................................................................................. 28 8 .19 42

Head Start Partner, Agency Telephone Interview ........................................................... 112 11 .09 112

Grantee Director, Telephone Interview ........................................................................... 256 18 .11 512

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 1103.

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 Information Services,

Division of Information Resource

Management Services, 370 L’Enfant

Promenade, SW, Washington, DC 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: February 1, 2000.

Bob Sargis,

Reports Clearance Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Proposed Information Collection

Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

Title: Provision of Services in

Interstate Child Support.

Enforcement: Standard Forms.

OMB No.: 0970–0085.

Description: Pub. L. 104–193, The

Personal Responsibility and Work

Opportunity Reconciliation Act

(PRWORA) of 1996 amended 42 U.S.C.

666 to require State Child Support

Enforcement (CSE) programs to enact

the Uniform Interstate Family Support

Act (UIFSA) into State law by January

1, 1998. To ensure standardization

among the States, section 311(b) of

UIFSA requires the States to use

standard interstate forms, as mandated

by Federal law. 45 CFR 303.7 requires

CSE programs to transmit child support

case information on standard interstate

forms when referring cases to other

States for processing. The forms, which

promote uniformity and

standardization, and expiring and we

are taking this opportunity to make

minor revisions to them to, among other

things, reflect the UIFSA is now the law

for all 54 CSE programs.

Respondents: States.

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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of

respondents

Number of

responses

per respondent

Average burden hours

per response

Total annual

burden hours

Transmittal #1 .......................................................................................................... 54 10,861.20 .42 246,332.02

Transmittal #2 .......................................................................................................... 54 2,715.30 .08 11,730.01

Transmittal #3 .......................................................................................................... 54 543.05 .17 4,985

Uniform Petition ....................................................................................................... 54 5430.60 .12 35,190.29

Gen Testimony ........................................................................................................ 54 6,516.72 .33 116,127.95

Affidavit/Paternity ..................................................................................................... 54 2715.30 .25 36,656.55

Locate Data Sheet ................................................................................................... 54 375 .08 1,620

Notice/Control Order ................................................................................................ 54 8,145.75 .17 74,777.98

Registration Statement ............................................................................................ 54 7,168.39 .17 65,805.82

Estimate Total Annual Burden Hours ............................................................... ...................... ...................... ...................... 593,226

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 Information Services,

370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW,

Washington, DC 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: February 3, 2000.

Bob Sargis,

Reports Clearance Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting

Requirements Under Emergency

Review by the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB)

Title: April 2000 Current Population

Survey Supplement on Child Support.

OMB No.: 0992–0003.

Description: Collection of these data

will assist legislators and policymakers

in determining how effective their

policymaking efforts have been over

time in applying the various child

support legislation to the overall child

support enforcement picture. This

information will help policymakers

determine to what extent individuals on

welfare would be removed from the

welfare rolls as a result of more

stringent child support enforcement

efforts.

Respondents: Individuals.

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of respondents

Number of responses per

respondent

Average burden hours per

response

Total burden

hours

Survey .............................................................................................................. 47,000 1 .0241 1,136

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 1,136.

Additional Information: ACF is

requesting that OMB grant a 180 day

approval for this information collection

under procedures for emergency

processing by April 1, 2000. A copy of

this information collection, with

applicable supporting documentation,

may be obtained by calling the

Administration for Children and

Families, Reports Clearance Officer, Bob

Sargis at (202) 401–6465 or e-mail at

rsargis@acf.dhhs.gov.

Comments and questions about the

information collection described above

should be directed to the following by

April 1, 2000: Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk

Officer for ACF, Office of Management

and Budget, Paperwork Reduction

Project, 725 17th Street NW,

Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395–7316.

Dated: February 3, 2000.

Bob Sargis,

Reports Clearance Officer.

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