[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 71 (Friday, April 14, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 18000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07602]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[OMB NO.: 0970-0354]
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request; The
Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2018 (Baby FACES
2018)
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeks approval
to collect descriptive information for the Early Head Start Family and
Child Experiences Survey 2018 (Baby FACES 2018). This information
collection is to provide nationally representative data on Early Head
Start (EHS) programs, centers, classrooms, staff, and families to guide
program planning, technical assistance, and research. The proposed data
collection builds upon a prior study (Baby FACES 2009; OMB 0970-0354)
that longitudinally followed two cohorts of children through their
experience in the program. While that study provided a great deal of
information about program participation over time and about services
received by children and families, it did not allow for national level
estimates of service quality, nor inferences about children who enter
the program after 15 months of age. To fill these knowledge gaps and to
answer additional questions about how programs function, the proposed
Baby FACES 2018 design will include a cross-section of a nationally
representative sample of programs, centers, home visitors, teachers,
classrooms, children and families. This will allow nationally
representative estimates at all levels at a point in time and will
include the entire age span of enrolled children.
The goal of this work is to obtain updated information on EHS
programs and understand better how program processes support
relationships (e.g., between home visitors and parents, between parents
and children, and between teachers and children) which are hypothesized
to lead to improved child and family outcomes.
Respondents: Early Head Start program directors, child care center
directors, teachers and home visitors, and parents of enrolled
children.
Annual Burden Estimates
[2-Year clearance]
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Total number Annual number Number of Average
Instrument of of responses per burden hours Annual burden
respondents respondents respondent per response hours
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Classroom/home visitor sampling 563 282 1 .17 48
form from EHS staff............
Child roster form from EHS staff 563 282 1 .33 93
Parent consent form............. 2,475 1,238 1 .17 210
Parent survey................... 2,475 1,238 1 .5 619
Parent Child Report (PCR)....... 2,475 1,238 1 .25 309
Staff survey (Teacher survey and 1,575 788 1 .5 394
Home Visitor survey)...........
Staff Child Report (SCR)........ 1,238 619 2 .25 310
Program director survey......... 150 75 1 .5 38
Center director survey.......... 450 225 1 .33 74
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,095.
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.
Mary Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-07602 Filed 4-13-17; 8:45 am]
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