[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 107 (Friday, June 3, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 35774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13104]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Title: Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Study.
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
(OPRE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, is proposing an information collection
activity for the Migrant and Seasonal Head Start (MSHS) Study.
The MSHS Study will describe the characteristics and experiences of
the children and families who enroll in MSHS and the practices and
services of the MSHS programs that serve them. The findings will
provide up-to-date information to the Office of Head Start, other
federal government agencies, local MSHS programs, and the public. The
study will be the first national MSHS study to include direct child
assessments, which will provide information about MSHS children that
programs can use to inform program, center and classroom practices.
Data collection will involve mail surveys to selected MSHS center
directors and all MSHS program directors nationwide about operational
characteristics, program- and center-level policies and practices, and
services and resources offered to MSHS families. The study will also
conduct on-site data collection with children, parents, teachers, and
classrooms in a nationally-representative sample of MSHS centers. The
on-site data collection will include classroom observations, teacher
surveys, child reports and child assessments.
Respondents: MSHS program directors, center directors, teachers,
assistant teachers, parents, and children.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden Estimated
Instrument Total number responses per hours per annual burden
of respondents respondent response hours
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Program Director survey......................... 53 1 0.5 27
Center Director survey.......................... 253 1 0.5 127
Call script for Program Directors............... 24 1 1 24
Form for Program Directors to verify key 24 1 0.5 12
information for selected centers...............
Call script for Center Directors................ 53 1 1 53
Call script for On Site Coordinators............ 53 1 1 53
Classroom sampling form......................... 53 1 0.5 27
Child roster form............................... 53 3 0.25 40
Teacher survey.................................. 159 1 0.5 80
Teacher child report............................ 159 8 0.25 318
Assistant Teacher survey........................ 159 1 0.25 40
Parent consent form............................. 1,018 1 0.25 255
Child assessments (preschoolers and older 848 1 0.75 636
toddlers only).................................
Parent interview (including Parent child report) 1,018 1 1 1,018
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,710.
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, 330 C Street SW., Washington, DC
20201, 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,
ACF Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-13104 Filed 6-2-16; 8:45 am]
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