[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 63 (Friday, April 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18223-18224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7667]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Title: Descriptive Study of Early Head Start (Early Head Start
Family and Child Experiences Study; Baby FACES).
OMB No.: 0970-0354
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF),
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), anticipates
continuing data collection for wave 4 of the parent interview, teacher
child reports, care provider interviews and observations, direct child
assessments, program director interviews, and family service tracking
for the peri-natal cohort of the Descriptive Study of Early Head Start
(Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Study; Baby FACES). Data
collection will continue for an additional 12 months beyond the current
date of expiration (October 31, 2011).
This data collection is a part of Baby FACES, which is an important
opportunity to provide a description of the characteristics,
experiences, and outcomes of Early Head Start children and families,
and Early Head Start Program services and delivery. All of the
information obtained will be used to
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help Early Head Start improve services to infants and toddlers and
their families. Baby FACES uses a longitudinal age cohort study design
that selected all children in the spring of 2009 that were within a
four month peri-natal window. These children will be followed in the
study until they are age 3 unless they leave the Early Head Start
before reaching that age.
Materials for the wave 4 program visit data collection effort,
previously submitted to OMB, covered peri-natal and age 1 cohort data
collections. Data collection for the age 1 cohort will be completed by
October 31, 2011. ACF anticipates collecting data for an additional 12
months in order to complete data collection for the peri-natal cohort.
Respondents: Program Directors, teachers and home visitors of
sampled children, parents of sample children, sampled children.
Estimates of Annualized Burden Hours
As in the first three waves, the proposed data collection does not
impose a financial burden on respondents. Respondents will not incur
any expenses other than the time spent completing the interviews,
reports and direct assessments.
The estimated annual burden for study respondents--parents,
children, and program staff--is listed in the table below.
Response times are the same as reported in the initial OMB
statement. The times were derived from previous studies using the same
instruments with a similar population and confirmed with our population
during earlier rounds of data collection. The number of respondents is
based on the number of perinatal cohort members as of spring 2010 (our
most recent round of data collection).
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average
Instrument Number of responses per burden hours Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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Parent Interview................................ 135 1 1 135
Program Director Interview...................... 89 1 1 89
Child Care Provider Interview................... 27 1 1 27
Home Visitor Interview.......................... 41 1 .75 31
Primary Caregiver/Home Visitor Child Rating..... 68 2.6 .25 44
Family Service Tracking......................... 68 136 .167 1,544
Child Direct Assessment......................... 135 1 1 135
Parent-Child Interaction........................ 135 1 .25 34
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours......... .............. .............. .............. 2,039
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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
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail
address: [email protected]. 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: March 28, 2011.
Steven M. Hanmer,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-7667 Filed 3-31-11; 8:45 am]
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