[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 239 (Thursday, December 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75569-75570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29668]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Title: Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES).
OMB No.: 0970-0151.
Description: The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
(OPRE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing to collect data for a
new round of the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey
(FACES). Featuring a new ``Core Plus'' Study design, FACES 2014-2018
will provide data on a set of key indicators, including information for
performance measures,
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more rapidly and with greater frequency (Core Studies) and serve as a
vehicle for studying more complex issues and topics in greater detail
and with increased efficiency (Plus Studies). In fall 2014 and spring
2015, FACES will assess the school readiness skills of 2,400 Head Start
children, survey their parents, and ask their Head Start teachers to
rate children's social and emotional skills. In spring 2015 and again
in spring 2017, the number of programs in the FACES sample will
increase from the 60 that are used to collect data on children's school
readiness outcomes to 180 for the purpose of conducting observations in
720 Head Start classrooms. Program director, center director, and
teacher surveys will also be conducted in the spring. Plus features
include additional survey content of policy or programmatic interest,
which may include more programs being sampled. This notice is specific
to the data collection activities needed to recruit Head Start programs
and centers into FACES 2014-2018. A future notice will provide
information about data collection for the Core and Plus studies.
A total of 230 Head Start programs and 460 Head Start centers will
be selected to participate in FACES 2014-2018. The Core Study will
include a nationally representative sample of 180 programs, with up to
50 additional programs potentially selected for Plus studies. For the
Core, the 60 programs participating in the Core child-level data
collection will be contacted and recruited for the study in spring
2014. In fall 2014, the remaining 120 programs will be contacted. All
180 programs will be contacted a second time in fall 2016 to confirm
their continued participation in the Core spring 2017 data collection.
The 50 Plus study programs would be recruited at a similar time as the
Core study programs (i.e., spring 2014 or fall 2014/2016) depending on
the nature of the study being conducted.
The method of data collection for recruitment of all programs will
include telephone conversations with program directors and on-site
coordinators who serve as liaisons between the FACES study team and the
Head Start centers. These calls will inform program staff about the
purpose of the study and will gather lists of centers in each program
in order to compile the center sampling frame.
The purpose of this data collection is to support the 2007
reauthorization of the Head Start program (Pub. L. 110-134), which
calls for periodic assessments of Head Start's quality and
effectiveness.
Respondents: Head Start Program Directors and Staff.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
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Number of Average Estimated Estimated
Instrument Total number responses per burden hour total burden annual burden
of respondents respondent per response hours hours
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Telephone script for program 230 2 1 460 154
directors......................
Telephone script for on-site 230 2 .75 345 115
coordinators...................
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Total....................... .............. .............. .............. 805 269
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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. Email
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.
Karl Koerper,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-29668 Filed 12-11-13; 8:45 am]
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