[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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