[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8461-8462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02949]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; 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 will provide
data on a set of key indicators, including information for performance
measures. The design allows for more rapid and frequent data reporting
(Core studies) and serves 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, the FACES Core study will assess the
school readiness skills of 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 Core study 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 at these time points. FACES Plus studies include
additional survey content of policy or programmatic interest, and may
involve more programs being sampled. This notice is specific to the
data collection activities needed to recruit Head Start programs and
centers into FACES. A future notice will provide information about data
collection for the Core and Plus studies.
The method of data collection for recruitment of all programs (180
for the FACES Core and up to 50 additional programs for FACES Plus
studies) 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 be used to identify the number
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 burden Estimated
Instrument Total number Annual number responses per hour per annual burden
of respondents of respondents respondent response hours
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Telephone script for program 230 77 2 1 154
directors......................
Telephone script for on-site 230 77 2 .75 116
coordinators...................
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Total....................... .............. .............. .............. .............. 270
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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. Email 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
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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.
Karl Koerper
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-02949 Filed 2-11-14; 8:45 am]
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