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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 to approve interview forms for a Revised Evaluation 
Plan for the Second Cohort of Comprehensive Child Development Programs 
(CCDP) and the Addition of a 60-Month Data Collection point for both 
the First and Second CCDP Cohorts. This study, to be conducted by Abt 
Associates, Inc., is sponsored by the Administration on Children, Youth 
and Families of the Administration for Children and Families of the 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Information Collection request may be obtained 
from Edward E. Saunders, Office of Information Systems Management, by 
calling (202) 205-7921. Written comments and questions regarding the 
requested approval for information collection should be sent directly 
to: Kathy McHugh, OMB Desk Officer for ACF, OMB Reports Management 
Branch, New Executive Office Building, room 3002, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, D.C. 20503, (202) 395-7316.

Information on Document

    Title: Revised Evaluation Plan for the Second Cohort of 
Comprehensive Child Development Programs (CCDP) and the Addition of a 
60-Month Data Collection point for both the First and Second CCDP 
Cohorts.
    OMB No.: Revision of a currently approved collection (No. 980-
0230).
    Description: Section 670N(a)(1) of the Comprehensive Child 
Development Centers Act (Public Law 100-297), authorized the 
development of projects designed to provide intensive, comprehensive, 
integrated and continuous supportive services to enhance the physical, 
social, emotional, and intellectual development of low-income children 
from birth to compulsory school age, including providing necessary 
support to their parents and other family members. Section 670Q(a) of 
the CCDP Act requires that ``the Secretary shall provide, directly or 
through grants and contracts, for the continuing evaluation of projects 
under this subchapter in order to determine their effectiveness in 
achieving stated goals, their impact on related programs, and their 
structure and mechanisms for delivery of services.'' Under contracts 
from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), 
researchers from Abt Associates, Inc., have been awarded two separate 
contracts to conduct evaluations of both the First and Second Cohorts 
of Comprehensive Child Development Programs (CCDP).
    Data for the two related studies will involve the collection of 
information on the cognitive, socio-emotional and physical development 
of a participating and a control group of children through the 
administration of standardized test batteries and a series of annual 
interviews with the parents of the children in the studies, including 
the use of an instrument to measure the home environment; a series of 
interviews with CCDP staff and administrators of related programs 
providing services to the children and their families to determine 
procedures used in achieving program goals and objectives; and 
systematic observation of program service delivery to gather 
information for describing the types and effectiveness of services 
delivered. Data collection for the first group of CCDP projects (which 
is being conducted under the first evaluation contract-OMB #0980-0230) 
began in December 1991 and will continue through 1995, pending the 
approval of the addition of an additional 60-month data collection 
point. Data collection for the second group of CCCDP projects (to be 
conducted under a separate contract that was awarded 9/30/93 and will 
utilize the proposed modified evaluation design) is scheduled to begin 
in 1994 and will continue until 1999.
    Number of Respondents: 16,086.
    Frequency: 3.65 average frequency.
    Average Burden Hours per Response: 2.1 hours/respondent.
    Burden Hours: 123,557 total hours (across 5 years).

    Dated: August 23, 1994.
Larry Guerrero,
Deputy Director, Office of Information Systems Management.
[FR Doc. 94-21445 Filed 8-30-94; 8:45 am]
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