[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 131 (Friday, July 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40372-40373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-16976]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; 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 pen-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 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 pen-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 sampled 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 pen-natal 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............................... 1,554 1 .95 1,479
Program Director Interview..................... 90 1 .67 60
Child Care Provider Interview.................. 180 1 .25 45
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Home Visitor Interview......................... 270 1 .25 68
Primary Caregiver/Home Visitor Child Rating.... 450 3.2 .333 480
Family Service Tracking........................ 450 166 .125 9,360
Child Direct Assessment........................ 774 1 1 774
Parent-Child Interaction....................... 774 1 .25 194
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours........ .............. ............... .............. 12,460
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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: [email protected].
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: July 1, 2011.
Steven M. Hanmer,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-16976 Filed 7-7-11; 8:45 am]
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