[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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