[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 215 (Monday, November 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 60820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29151]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Advisory Committee on Head Start Research and Evaluation; Notice 
of Report Availability

AGENCY: Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF)--Head 
Start Bureau, ACF, DHHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 a 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 Advisory Committee met three times during 
1999 and has issued its recommendations to the Secretary in a report 
entitled ``Evaluating Head Start: A Framework for Studying the Impact 
of the Head Start Program.'' This report is available on the Advisory 
Committee on Head Start Research and Evaluation web site http://
www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/hsreac.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: ACF Office of Public Affairs at 202/
401-9215 for press inquires.

    Dated: October 3, 1999.
Patricia Montoya,
Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
[FR Doc. 99-29151 Filed 11-5-99; 8:45 am]
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