[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 108 (Friday, June 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 32135]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-13698]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Title: Study of Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) in
the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded 275 Early
Head Start expansion and Early Head Start-child care partnership grants
in 50 states; Washington, DC; Puerto Rico; and the Northern Mariana
Islands. These grants will allow new or existing Early Head Start
programs to partner with local child care centers and family child care
providers to expand high-quality early learning opportunities for
infants and toddlers from low-income families.
ACF is proposing to conduct a descriptive study of the new
partnership grantees to document the characteristics and features of
partnerships and the activities that aim to improve professional
development and quality of services and better meet the needs of
families. The study will focus on the grantees that have received funds
for Early Head Start-child care partnership grants.
The proposed data collection for the descriptive Study of Early
Head Start-Child Care Partnerships will include two components: (1)
Surveys of 311 partnership grantee and delegate agency directors and a
randomly selected sample of 933 child care partners, and (2) in-depth
follow-up case studies of 12 purposively selected partnerships.
The goal of this work is to collect descriptive information about
partnership grantees and delegate agencies, child care partners, and
services and quality improvement activities implemented as part of the
partnerships and explore how particular partnership models operate.
These data will be used to describe the national landscape of
partnerships, fill a knowledge gap about partnership models implemented
in the field, lay the groundwork for future research, and provide
information to inform technical assistance and actions aimed at
informing the Early Head Start-child care partnerships grant
initiative.
Respondents: Partnership grantee and delegate agency directors;
child care partner managers/owners; partnership staff who focus on
coordinating activities among partners, monitoring compliance with the
Head Start Program Performance Standards, and providing technical
assistance and training; frontline staff; parents; and other state and
local stakeholders (such as staff from child care resource and referral
agencies or child care subsidy administrators).
Annual Burden Estimates: The following instruments are proposed for
public comment under this 60-Day Federal Register Notice.
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Total number of Annual number responses per hours per Annual burden
respondents of respondents respondent response hours
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1. Partnership grantee and 311 156 1 1 156
delegate agency director
survey.....................
2. Child care partner survey 933 467 1 0.50 234
3. Interview topic guide:
Partnership grantee and 12 6 1 1.5 9
delegate agency
directors..............
Partnership staff....... 36 18 1 1 18
State and local 48 24 1 1 24
stakeholders...........
4. Parent focus group guide. 96 48 1 1.5 72
5. Child care center 96 48 1 1.5 72
director focus group guide.
6. Child care center teacher 96 48 1 1.5 72
focus group guide..........
7. Family child care 48 24 1 1.5 36
provider focus group guide.
8. Partnership grantee and 12 6 1 2 12
delegate agency director
questionnaire..............
9. Child care partner 180 90 1 0.33 30
questionnaire..............
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 735.
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.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer, Administration for Children and Families.
[FR Doc. 2015-13698 Filed 6-4-15; 8:45 am]
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