[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 83 (Wednesday, April 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 23467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11115]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: 45 CFR Parts 1301, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, and 1308. Head 
Start Program Performance Standards' Recordkeeping Requirements.
    OMB No.: New Request.
    Description: The Head Start Program Performance Standards provide a 
standard and definition of quality services and provide a regulatory 
structure for the monitoring and enforcement of quality standards for 
Head Start grantees and delegate agencies. The Head Start Bureau 
published these standards as a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) on 
April 22, 1996.
    Following consideration of the public comments addressing the NPRM 
and after publication of the Final Rule, the Bureau plans to issue a 
Program Instruction to Head Start grantees and delegate agencies. The 
Program Instruction will outline the record-keeping requirements 
expected of the 2,112 Head Start grantees and delegate agencies which 
serve 751,000 children and their families as they implement the Program 
Performance Standards in their local programs. Please refer to the full 
text of the proposed program instruction below.
    The records that must be maintained by grantees and delegate 
agencies include: (1) Child and family records such as emergency 
contact information; (2) child records such as attendance records; (3) 
family records such as family conference documentation; and (4) program 
records such as staff personnel files. These records must be kept in 
order to administer quality programs in an organized manner, provide 
evidence of compliance with Head Start Program Performance Standards, 
and meet State and local law requirements.
    Respondents: Head Start grantees and delegate agencies.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates                                            
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden                
                             Records                               recordkeepers     hours per     Total burden 
                                                                       hours         response          hours    
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Child & Family Records..........................................           2,112             110         232,038
Child Records...................................................           2,112             667       1,408,075
Family Records..................................................           2,112             436         920,295
Program Records.................................................           2,112             171         361,094
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,921,502                                                                  
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    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 information collection 
aspects of the record-keeping requirements for the Head Start Program 
Performance Standards. Copies of the proposed Program Instruction will 
be mailed to all grantees and delegate agencies at the time of 
publication of this Notice. Anyone else can obtain copies and forward 
comments on the Program Instruction 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 title of this information collection.
    In addition, requests for copies may be made and comments forwarded 
to the Reports Clearance Officer over the Internet by sending message 
to [email protected]. Internet messages must be submitted as an 
ASCII file without special characters or encryption.
    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: April 24, 1997.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-11115 Filed 4-29-97; 8:45 am]
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