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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families

 

Agency Information Collection Under OMB Review

    Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 
chapter 35), we have submitted to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) a request for approval of an information collection instrument to 
conduct A Descriptive Study of Head Start Bilingual and Multicultural 
Program Services. This study is sponsored by the Head Start Bureau in 
the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) of the 
Administration for Children and Families (ACF).
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Information Collection Request may be obtained 
from Edward Saunders, Office of Information Systems Management, by 
calling (202) 205-7921.
    Written comments and questions regarding the required approval for 
information collection should be sent by April 15, 1994 directly to: 
Laura Oliven, OMB Desk Officer for ACF, OMB Reports Management Branch, 
New Executive Office Building, room 3002, 725 17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-7316.

Information on Document

    Title: A Descriptive Study of Head Start Bilingual and 
Multicultural Program Services.
    OMB No. 0980-New OMB Request.
    Description: The Administration on Children, Youth and Families 
(ACYF) will conduct A Descriptive Study of Head Start Bilingual and 
Multicultural Program Services. The study will include a national 
survey of Head Start programs and site visits to 16 Head Start 
innovative programs. During Phase I of the study, approximately 2,006 
Head Start programs will be surveys, of which approximately 1,806 will 
receive Survey One and 200 will receive Survey Two. Survey One will 
collect the following data: The range of languages represented in the 
Head Start population and the number of children in each linguistic 
group; the range and number of staff that speak languages other than 
English and the ethnicities represented by staff; information on 
materials available in other languages; and brief descriptions of 
innovative strategies.
    Survey Two will gather more in-depth information of the needs of 
the cultural and linguistically diverse Head Start population and the 
Strategies employed to provide those services. In addition to the 
questions in Survey One, respondents are asked to describe recruiting 
strategies they employ to reach minority families, staff training, 
curricula, and transition services. Specific information on each Head 
Start component area (education, social services, health and nutrition, 
and parent involvement) is also requested for each cultural/linguistic 
group.
    Annual Number of Respondents: 2,006.
    Annual Frequency: 1.
    Average Burden Hours Per Response: 2-4.
    Total Burden Hours: 4,412.

    Dated: March 18, 1994.
Larry Guerrero,
Deputy Director, Office of Information Systems Management.
[FR Doc. 94-6978 Filed 3-23-94; 8:45 am]
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