[Federal Register: October 14, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 198)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Evaluation of the Early Head Start Fatherhood Demonstration.
OMB No.: 0970-0239.
Description: The Administration on Children, Youth and Families
(ACYF), in partnership with the Office of Child Support Enforcement
(OCSE), funded 21 Early Head Start grantees in 2001 to develop and
implement creative practices to increase the involvement of fathers in
their Early Head Start program and in the lives of their children. ACYF
subsequently commissioned a study to identify promising practices
emerging through the first two years of the demonstration. The study
involved site visits to participating programs, a survey of
demonstration staff, and collection of father participation data from
the demonstration programs. ACYF recently commissioned a follow-up
study to investigate programs' efforts to sustain meaningful fatherhood
initiatives after the demonstration grant funding ends. This submission
requests approval to conduct site visits to a subset of approximately 9
programs as well as a second survey of staff and collection of father
participation data from all 21 demonstration programs.
Respondents: To reduce the burden on demonstration staff, the
survey will be configured in four versions. The Director Version will
be completed by the Early Head Start program directors. The Father
coordinator Version will be completed by the staff member responsible
for father activities. The Family Specialist Version will be completed
by the staff member who works most closely with the Early Head Start
families in the home. The Teacher Version will be completed by the
staff member working with families of children participating in the
Early Head Start child care programs. Program staff will also be asked
to submit data on participating fathers. For each child enrolled in the
Early Head Start program, the site will be asked to complete a short
``Father/Father Figure Information Form.'' To avoid duplication of
individual-level data, the programs are requested to provide extracts
of information on the children and fathers in the program from their
current management information systems whenever possible. The staff
survey and father data instruments will be the same as those used in
the Phase I study under the current OMB clearance no. 0970-0239. Site
visit protocols used in the Phase I evaluation will also modified and
shortened to address only those issues that are relevant to the
research questions proposed in Phase II, focusing primarily on changes
in program practices and new strategies for sustaining fatherhood
initiatives.
Respondents: Early Head Start directors, fatherhood program
coordinators, family specialists, teachers, and fathers and mothers of
Early Head Start children.
Annual Burden Estimates
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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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Site Visit Interviews and Focus Groups.......... 243 1 1.0 243.0
Director Version of Survey...................... 19 1 .5 9.5
Father Coordinator Version of Survey............ 19 1 .5 9.5
Family Specialist Version of Survey............. 19 1 .4 7.6
Teacher Version of Survey....................... 17 1 .4 6.8
Father/Father Figure Information Forms.......... 21 \1\ 81 .16 272.1
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours......... .............. .............. .............. 548.5
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\1\ Average number per site.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: copies of the proposed collection may be
obtained by writing to the Administration for children and Families,
Office of Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant
promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, ACF Reports Clearance Officer.
All requests should be identified by the title of the information collection. E-mail address: rsargis@acf.hhs.gov.
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 collection should be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Attn: Desk Officer for ACF, E-mail addresses: lauren-wittenberg@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: October 6, 2003.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-25886 Filed 10-10-03; 8:45 am]
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