[Federal Register: December 2, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 232)]
[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
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: HHS/ACF/OPRE Head Start Classroom-based Approaches and
Resources for Emotion and Social skill promotion (CARES) project:
Impact and Implementation Studies.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Head Start Classroom-based Approaches and
Resources for Emotion and Social skill promotion (CARES) project will
evaluate social emotional program enhancements within Head Start
settings serving three- and four-year-old children. This project
focuses on identifying the central features of effective programs to
provide the information Federal policy makers and Head Start providers
will need if they are to increase Head Start's capacity to improve the
social and emotional skills and school readiness of preschool-age
children. The project is sponsored by the Office of Planning, Research
and Evaluation (OPRE) of the Administration for Children and Families
(ACF).
The Head Start CARES project will use a group-based randomized
design to test the effects of three different evidence-based programs
designed to improve the social and emotional development of children in
Head Start classrooms.
The purpose of this data collection is to assess the impact and
implementation of program models through surveys with teachers and
parents, direct child assessments, as well as interviews with teachers,
local coaches, trainers and center staff.
Respondents: The respondents to these various surveys will include
Head Start lead teachers, center staff and directors, trainers, local
coaches, low-income parents and their Head Start children. Children in
the study will be three- and four-year-olds in the selected Head Start
classrooms.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Annual number of responses per hours per Estimated annual
respondents respondent response burden hours
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Lead Teacher Self-Report Survey......... 360 1 0.33 119
Teacher Report on Individual Children... 4,880 1.5 0.33 2,416
Parent Survey........................... 4,880 1 0.33 1,610
Direct Child Assessment................. 4,880 1.5 0.75 5,490
Trainer Survey.......................... 60 .5 0.33 10
Coach Survey............................ 540 .5 0.33 89
Site Visit: Coach Interview Guide....... 60 .5 1 30
Site Visit: Teacher Interview Guide..... 360 .5 1 180
Site Visit: Center Staff Interview Guide 450 .5 1 225
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10,169.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
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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
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail
address: OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 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: November 25, 2008.
Brendan C. Kelly,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-28481 Filed 12-1-08; 8:45 am]
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