[Federal Register: August 20, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 162)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Proposed Project:
Title: Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (Baby
FACES).
OMB No. New Collection
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF),
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is conducting a
descriptive study of Early Head Start Programs (Early Head Start Family
and Child Experiences Survey, or Baby FACES). Baby FACES is a
longitudinal study of a nationally representative sample of programs
and children in two cohorts (perinatal and age 1) that will collect
information about programs, services, families, and children. Data for
Baby FACES will be annually collected through interviews with parents,
teachers, home visitors, and program directors/managers, as well as
direct child assessments, videotaped parent child interactions, and
observations of the home environment when children are two and three
years old. Data collection will also include quality observations of
child care center classrooms and home visits conducted by program
staff.
Data will be collected on a sample of approximately 2,000 children
and families selected at random from 90 Early Head Start programs. Over
the life of the project, Baby FACES will involve four waves of data
collection, ending when the second cohort of children (perinatal
cohort) reaches 36 months of age. This information collection request
covers the first three years of data collection. All waves of data
collection will acquire program level information through an hour-long
program director interview. Additionally, staff from all programs will
complete a simple service
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tracking form every week for each child in the sample for all years to
determine what services are being delivered to families.
Respondents: Parents of EHS Children, EHS Children, EHS Teachers,
Home Visitors, and Program Directors/Managers.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Annual number Number of Average burden Estimated
Instrument of responses per hour per annual burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Parent Interview................................ 1,715 1 1 1,715
Program Director/Manager Interview.............. 90 1 1 90
Child Care Provider Interview................... 180 1 1 180
Home Visitor Interview.......................... 270 1 1 270
Teacher/Home Visitor Child Rating............... 450 2.6 0.25 293
Family Service Tracking......................... 450 136 0.1666 10,200
Child Direct Assessment......................... 907 1 1 907
Parent-Child Interaction........................ 907 1 0.25 227
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Total Burden Hours:......................... .............. .............. .............. 12,975
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Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families,
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade,
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All
requests should be identified by the title of the information
collection. E-mail address: OPREinfocollection@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, Fax: 202-395-
6974, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and
Families.
Dated: August 12, 2008.
Brendan C. Kelly,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-19110 Filed 8-19-08; 8:45 am]
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