[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 108 (Monday, June 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 36309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13172]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Head Start Performance Standards.
OMB No.: 0970-0148.
Description: Please note that this submission does not reflect
proposed changes in the Notice of Proposed Rule Making to update Head
Start program performance standards published on June 15, 2015. ACF is
only requesting for an extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Head Start Performance Standards are the result of a legislative
mandate to administer a high quality comprehensive child development
program that serves low-income pregnant women, infants and toddlers,
preschoolers and their families. The information collection aspects of
the Performance Standards are a part of the many actions that local
agencies must take to ensure they administer quality programs for Head
Start children and families. The information collection items included
in the Performance Standards are almost entirely record-keeping
requirements for local Head Start programs; these records are intended
to act as a tool for grantees and delegate agencies to be used in their
day-to-day operations. Such records are maintained by the grantees and
delegate agencies and are not part of a standard information collection
submitted to the Federal government. Local programs are monitored for
overall compliance with the Performance Standards, including the
record-keeping aspects.
Respondents: Head Start and Early Head Start program grant
recipients.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instruments Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Records..................................... 2,865 16 41.9 1,920,696
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,920,696.
Cost per respondent is $10,290.64 estimated at 16 responses x 41.9
hours x $15.35 per hour. Monetary costs associated with information
collection requirements for Head Start are the salaries of the staff
performing the duties. These costs are assumed by the Federal
Government through the provision of program operating costs.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(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: ACF 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 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.
[FR Doc. 2016-13172 Filed 6-3-16; 8:45 am]
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