[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 64 (Monday, April 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 16470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8316]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Head Start Bureau; Advisory Committee on Head Start Research and 
Evaluation; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Administration for Children, Youth and Families, ACF, DHHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting; Advisory Committee on Head Start Research 
and Evaluation.

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SUMMARY: The 1998 Head Start Reauthorization (42 U.S.C. 9844(g); 
Section 649(g)(1) of the Head Start Act, as amended) called on the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to form an independent panel of 
experts (i.e., an Advisory Committee) to offer advice concerning 
research designs that would provide a national analysis of the impact 
of Head Start Programs. The April 26-27, 1999 meeting is expected to be 
the first of three meetings of the Advisory Committee that will 
culminate in a report to the Secretary due October 1, 1999.

DATE AND TIME: April 26, 1999, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and April 27, 1999, 9 
a.m.-12 p.m.

PLACE: Georgetown University Conference Center, 3800 Reservoir Road, 
NW., Washington, DC 20057.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is open to the public and is 
barrier free. Meeting records will also be open to the public and will 
be kept at the Switzer Building located at 330 ``C'' Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20447. The Head Start Bureau also intends to make 
material related to this meeting available on the Head Start web site 
http:www/dhhs.gov/programs/hsb. An interpreter for the deaf and hearing 
impaired will be available upon advance request by calling Ellsworth 
Associates at (703) 821-3090 (ext. 282).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Roderick Stark at (301) 889-
0430 for substantive information. ACF Office of Public Affairs at (202) 
401-9215 for press inquiries. Ellsworth Associates at (703) 821-3090 
(ext. 282) for logistical information.

    Dated: March 31, 1999.
Patricia Montoya,
Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families.
[FR Doc. 99-8316 Filed 4-2-99; 8:45 am]
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