[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 146 (Friday, July 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46462-46463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19097]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Emergency 
Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

    Title: Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES).
    OMB No.: Revision of a currently approved collection (OMB No. 0970-
0151).
    Description: The Administration on Children, Youth and Families 
(ACYF), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) of the 
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is requesting comments 
on plans to extend the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 
(FACES). This study is being conducted under contract with Westat, Inc. 
(with Ellsworth Associates and the CDM Group as their subcontractors) 
(#105-96-1912) to collect information on Head Start performances 
measures. This revision is intended to extend the current design to a 
national probability sample of 43 additional Head Start programs in 
order to ascertain what progress has been made since 1997 in meeting 
Head Start program performance goals.
    FACES currently involves seven phases of data collection. The first 
phase was a Spring 1997 Field test in which approximately 2400 parents 
and children were studied in a nationally stratified random samples of 
40 Head Start programs. The second and third phases occurred in Fall 
1997 (Wave 1) and Spring 1998 (Wave 2) when data were collected on a 
sample of 3200 children and families in the same 40 programs. Spring 
1998 data collection included assessments of both Head Start children 
completing kindergarten (kindergarten field test) as well as interviews 
with their parents and ratings by their kindergarten teachers. In the 
fourth and fifth phases, follow-up continued for a second program year, 
plus a kindergarten follow-up. The sixth and seventh waves of data 
collection involve data collection in spring of the first-grade year 
for both cohorts of children, those completing kindergarten in spring 
1999, and those completing kindergarten in spring 2000. The current 
plan is to extend data collection to a new cohort of 2825 children and 
families in a new sample of 43 Head Start programs.
    This schedule of data collection is necessitated by the mandates of 
the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 (Pub. L. 103-
62), which requires that the Head Start Bureau move expeditiously 
toward development and testing of Head Start Performance Measures, and 
by the 1994 reauthorization of Head Start (Head Start Act, as amended, 
May 18, 1994, Section 649 (d)), which requires periodic assessments of 
Head Start's quality and effectiveness.
    Respondents: Federal Government, Individuals or Households, and 
Not-for-profit institutions.

Annual Burden Estimates

    Estimated Response Burden for Respondents to the Head Start Family 
and Child Experiences Survey (FACES 2000)--Fall 2000, Spring 2001, 
Spring 2002, Spring 2003

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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per     hours per     Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Year 1 (2000):
    Head Start Parents..........................            2825               1            1.00            2825
    Head Start Children.........................            2825               1            0.66            1865
    Head Start Teachers (Child ratings).........             195              14            0.25             706
    Center Directors............................             172               1            1.00             172
    Education Coordinators......................             172               1            0.75             129
    Classroom Teachers..........................             195               1            1.00             195
Year 2 (2001):
    Head Start Parents..........................            2400               1            0.75            1800
    Head Start Children.........................            2400               1            0.66            1584
    Head Start Teachers (child ratings).........             195              12            0.25             600
    Family Services Coordinators................             172               1            0.75             129

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Year 3 (2002):
    Head Start Parents..........................             800               1            0.75             600
    Head Start Children.........................             800               1            0.66             528
    Head Start Teachers (child ratings).........              65              12            0.25             200
    Kindergarten Parents........................            1600               1            0.75            1200
    Kindergarten Children.......................            1600               1            0.75            1200
    Kindergarten Teachers.......................            1600               1            0.50             800
Year 4 (2003):
    Kindergarten Parents........................             800               1            0.75             600
    Kindergarten Children.......................             800               1            0.75             600
    Kindergarten Teachers.......................             800               1            0.50             400
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    Annualized Totals:

      Year 1, 5892
      Year 2, 4113
      Year 3, 4528
      Year 4, 1600

    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4033

    Note: The 4033 Total Annual Burden Hours is based on an average 
of 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 estimated burden hours:

    Additional Information: ACF is requesting that OMB grant a 180 day 
approval for this information collection under procedures from 
emergency processing by September 15, 2000. A copy of this information 
collection, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained 
by calling the Administration for Children and Families, Reports 
Clearance Officer, Bob Sargis at (202) 690-7275. In addition, a request 
may be made by sending an e-mail request to: [email protected].gov.
    Comments and questions about the information collection described 
above should be directed to the following address by September 15, 
2000: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 725 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACF.

    Dated: July 25, 2000.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-19097 Filed 7-27-00; 8:45 am]
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