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must meet when it promulgates a 

proposed rule (and subsequent final 

rule) that imposes substantial direct 

requirement costs on state and local 

governments, preempts state law, or 

otherwise has Federalism implications. 

Since this regulation does not impose 

any costs on state or local governments, 

the requirements of Executive Order 

13132 are not applicable. 

In accordance with the provisions of 

Executive Order 12866, this notice was 

not reviewed by the Office of 

Management and Budget. 

The Administrator of the Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), 

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, having 

reviewed and approved this document, 

authorizes Lynette Wilson, who is the 

Federal Register Liaison, to 

electronically sign this document for 

purposes of publication in the Federal 

Register. 

Dated: August 24, 2021. 

Lynette Wilson, 

Federal Register Liaison, Centers for Medicare 

& Medicaid Services. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18543 Filed 8–26–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Head Start Family and Child 

Experiences Survey (FACES) (OMB 

#0970–0151) 

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, 

and Evaluation, Administration for 

Children and Families, HHS. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

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 wave 

of the Head Start Family and Child 

Experiences Survey (FACES) as well as 

a follow-up to a special data collection 

fielded in the fall of 2021. 

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of 

publication. In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, ACF 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 emailing 

OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 

Alternatively, copies can also be 

obtained 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. All requests, 

emailed or written, should be identified 

by the title of the information collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description: 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. FACES 2019 

focuses on Head Start Regions I through 

X (which are geographically based); 

AIAN (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. Information about the Head 

Start program recruitment and center 

selection processes and on the fall 2019, 

spring 2020, and fall 2021 data 

collection activities for both FACES and 

AIAN FACES can be found here: https:// 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202005-0970-009. 

This 60-day notice describes: 

• The spring 2022 round of FACES 

program- and classroom-level data 

collection. 

• A follow-up in spring 2022 of the 

fall 2021 FACES and AIAN FACES 

child-level data collection. 

FACES spring 2022 data collection 

will take place in 180 Head Start 

programs nationwide. Of the 180 

programs, 60 will have participated in 

fall data collection and 120 will be 

added to participate in classroom- and 

program-data collection only. AIAN 

FACES will continue in the same 22 

programs that participated in 2019, 

2020, and 2021 data collection. Data 

collection activities will include teacher 

sampling (for the 120 FACES programs 

not part of fall 2021), parent surveys, 

teacher child reports, staff surveys, and, 

for FACES, classroom observations. 

In the additional 120 programs added 

to FACES in spring 2022, data collection 

will begin with sampling of FACES 

teachers in 240 Head Start centers. 

Study team members will request a list 

of all teachers working with Head Startfunded children. 

As in fall 2021, for the spring 2022 

follow-up data collection, FACES will 

survey the parents of 2,400 Head Start 

children in Regions I–X (FACES 2019) 

and 800 children in Region XI (AIAN 

FACES 2019) and ask their Head Start 

teachers to rate children’s learning skills 

and social and emotional skills. Parents 

of sampled children (2,400 for FACES 

and 800 for AIAN FACES) will complete 

surveys on the web or by telephone 

about their children and family. In all 

202 programs (180 for FACES and 22 for 

AIAN FACES), Head Start teachers will 

rate each sampled child (approximately 

10 children per teacher) using the web 

or paper-and-pencil forms. Teachers, 

program directors, and center directors 

will also complete a survey, also using 

the web or paper-and-pencil forms, 

about themselves and the services and 

instruction in Head Start. 

Respondents: Parents of Head Start 

children; Head Start staff. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument 

Number of 

respondents 

(total over 

request period) 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

(total over 

request period) 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

Annual burden 

(in hours) 

FACES 2019 spring 2022 special teacher sampling 

form from Head Start staff ........................................... 240 1 .17 41 14 

FACES 2019 special Head Start parent survey .............. 2,400 1 .58 1,392 464 

FACES 2019 special Head Start teacher child report ..... 240 10 .17 408 136 

FACES 2019 Head Start teacher survey ........................ 720 1 .67 482 161 

FACES 2019 Head Start center director survey ............. 360 1 .58 209 70 

FACES 2019 Head Start program director survey .......... 180 1 .67 121 40 

AIAN FACES 2019 special Head Start parent survey .... 800 1 .58 464 155 


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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES—Continued 

Instrument 

Number of 

respondents 

(total over 

request period) 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

(total over 

request period) 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

Annual burden 

(in hours) 

AIAN FACES 2019 special Head Start teacher child report ............................................................................... 90 9 .17 138 46 

AIAN FACES 2019 Head Start teacher survey ............... 90 1 .58 52 17 

AIAN FACES 2019 Head Start center director survey .... 42 1 .50 21 7 

AIAN FACES 2019 Head Start program director survey 22 1 .50 11 4 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,114. 

Comments: 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. 

Mary B. Jones, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18519 Filed 8–26–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Data Collection for the 

Integrating Financial Capability and 

Employment Services Project (New 

Collection) 

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, 

and Evaluation, Administration for 

Children and Families, HHS. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

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 a data collection activity as 

part of the Integrating Financial 

Capability and Employment Services 

Project. The objective of this project is 

to better understand financial capability 

interventions offered in the context of 

delivering employment and training 

services for low-income adults. This 

descriptive study intends to use this 

information to build more evidence 

about the extent, forms, and practices of 

incorporating financial capability 

interventions into organizations 

delivering employment and training 

services for low-income adult 

populations, and to help establish a 

basis for future research and evaluation 

in this area. This project will focus on 

organizations delivering employment 

and training services that also offer 

financial capability services to lowincome adults. 

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of 

publication. In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, ACF 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 emailing 

OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 

Alternatively, copies can also be 

obtained 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. All requests, 

emailed or written, should be identified 

by the title of the information collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description: The objective of the 

Integrating Financial Capability and 

Employment Services Project is to better 

understand financial capability 

interventions offered in the context of 

delivering employment and training 

services for low-income adults. This 

descriptive study intends to use the 

information collected to build more 

evidence about the extent, forms, and 

practices of incorporating financial 

capability interventions into 

organizations delivering employment 

and training services for low-income 

adult populations, and to help establish 

a basis for future research and 

evaluation in this area. This project will 

focus on organizations delivering 

employment and training services that 

also offer financial capability services to 

low-income adults and will include: 

• An online survey of organizations 

to document important factors driving 

the decision to incorporate financial 

capability services as well as key inputs, 

activities, and outputs involved in 

offering such services; 

• phone interviews of administrators 

of organizations to gather qualitative 

information on how organizations 

implement financial capability across a 

variety of program types; 

• virtual site visits to four 

organizations to collect in-depth 

qualitative information from multiple 

perspectives on notable models; 

• interviews with participants to 

provide context on participants’ 

perspectives on these services; 

• interviews with employers offering 

financial capability services to collect 

qualitative information on the types of 

financial capability services delivered in 

the employer context; and 

• focus groups with administrators of 

organizations to identify challenges 

integrating financial capability services 

into employment and training services. 

Respondents: Individuals that are 

currently receiving or have received 

financial capability services; 

administrators, managers, and staff of 

employment and training programs; 

managers and staff of programs that 

partner with employment and training 

programs; and leadership at private 

employers. 


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