[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31656-31657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14668]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES)/
Quality Research Center Consortium.
    OMB No.: Revision of a currently approved collection (#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 comments 
on plans to amend the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 
(FACES) data collection. This study is being conducted under contract 
with Westat, Inc. (with Ellsworth Associates and the CDM Group as their 
subcontractors) (#105-96-1912) to collect information on Head Start 
performance measures. The current revision is intended to include 8 
additional sites participating in the Head Start Quality Research 
Center Consortium. These Head Start program-university researcher 
partnerships, funded under cooperative agreements with ACYF, will be 
conducting evaluations of interventions designed to enhance the school 
readiness of Head Start children in such areas as literacy and social-
emotional development, through improvements in curriculum, training, 
and assessment practices. This amendment will include use of 
subsections of the FACES instrument battery to obtain information about 
classroom quality and child performance both before and after the 
implementation of the interventions. Data from local sites can then be 
compared to the data available from the FACES national sample.
    Respondents: Federal Government, Individuals or Households, and 
Not-for-profit institutions.
    Annual Burden Estimates:

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Estimated Response Burden for Respondents to the Quality Research Center Consortium FACES Data Collection, 2001,
                                                   2002, 2003
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per     hours per     Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Year 1 (Fall 2001):
    Head Start Children.........................             520               1            0.66             343
    Head Start Teachers (child ratings).........              40              13            0.25             130
    Center Directors............................               8               1            1.00               8
    Education Coordinators......................               8               1            0.75               6
    Classroom Teachers..........................              40               1            1.00              40
Year 2 (Spring 2002):
    Head Start Children.........................             520               1            0.66             343
    Head Start Teachers (child ratings).........              40              13            0.25             130
    Classroom Teachers..........................              40               1            1.00              40
(Fall 2002):
    Head Start Children.........................             800               1            0.66             528
    Head Start Teachers (child ratings).........              80              13            0.25             260
    Center Directors............................              16               1            1.00              16
    Education Coordinators......................              16               1            0.75              13
    Classroom Teachers..........................              80               1            1.00              80
Year 3 (Spring 2003):
    Head Start Children.........................             800               1            0.66             528
    Head Start Teachers (child ratings).........              80              13            0.25             260
    Classroom Teachers..........................              80               1            1.0               80
Annualized Totals:
    Year 1......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............             527
    Year 2......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............            1410
    Year 3......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............             868
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    Estimated Average Annual Burden Hours: 935.

    Note: The 935 Estimated Average Burden Hours is based on an 
average of 2001, 2002, and 2003 estimated burden hours:

    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: June 6, 2001.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-14668 Filed 6-11-01; 8:45 am]
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