[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54800-54801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27034]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Comprehensive Child Development Program Cohort 1 
Longitudinal Follow up Study.
    OMB No.: New Request.
    Description: In 1988, the Congress enacted the Comprehensive Child 
Development Act (Pub. L. 100-297) that authorized the Administration 
for Children and Families to fund up to 25 Comprehensive Child 
Development Programs (CCDP). In 1989 and 1990, twenty-four CCDP 
programs located throughout the country were funded to demonstrate the 
long-term effectiveness of a comprehensive response to the multiple 
problems facing low income families including providing intensive, 
comprehensive, integrated, and continuous supportive services to (1) 
enhance the physical, emotional, and intellectual development of 
infants and young children, and (2) provide necessary support to their 
parents and other family members.
    The Head Start Reauthorization Act of 1994 established priority for 
longitudinal studies that examine the developmental progress of 
children and their families during and following participation in a 
Head Start program, including the examination of factors that 
contribute to or detract from such progress. In response to this 
priority, the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) 
ACYF awarded a contract through a competitive procurement to Civitan 
International Research Center at the University of Alabama at 
Birmingham (CIRC) with a subcontract to CSR, Incorporated. The 
evaluation will be carried out from October 1, 1995, through September 
30, 2000. Data collection activities that are the subject of this 
Federal Register notice are intended for the second and fourth phases 
of the CCDP Cohort 1 Longitudinal Followup Study.
    Respondents: Focus children, parents of focus children, teachers of 
focus children, and key actors in the service delivery systems of the 
focus children's communities.
    The sample for the child and family assessments consists of focus 
children and their families in eight of the original 24 CCDP sites. A 
total of 1,780 focus children and their families were randomly assigned 
to treatment (CCDP

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services) and control (no CCDP services) groups in these eight sites. 
Vigorous recruitment of treatment and control group families for the 
CCDP Cohort 1 Longitudinal Follow-up Study has resulted in 
approximately 1,325 of the 1,780 families agreeing to participate.
    The teacher assessments will be conducted by only those teachers of 
treatment and control group children. Early field work estimates the 
number of teachers to be 600.
    Service delivery systems assessments will be completed by key 
actors in the service delivery systems of the CCDP site communities. It 
is anticipated that 5 key actors will complete the assessments in each 
site (for a total of 40 key actors).
    The focus child and parent assessments will be conducted through 
computer assisted personal interviewing and pencil and paper self-
administered questionnaires. All data collection instruments have been 
designed to minimize the burden on respondents by minimizing 
interviewing and assessment time. Participation in the study is 
voluntary and confidential.
    Annual Burden Estimates:

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                                                                                 Number of   Average            
                                                                    Number of    responses    burden     Total  
                            Instrument                             respondents      per     hours per    burden 
                                                                                respondent   response    hours  
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Parent Interviews................................................       1,325            1       2.27       3002
Direct Child Assessments.........................................       1,325            1       0.42        552
Teacher Assessments..............................................         600            1       1.25        737
Service Delivery System Questionnaire............................          40            1       0.42        17 
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,308.                                                                     

    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 
Information Services, Division of Information Resource Management 
Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20447, Attn: 
ACF Reports Clearance Officer. 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.

    Dated: October 16, 1996.
Douglas J. Godesky,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-27034 Filed 10-21-96; 8:45 am]
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