[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 147 (Monday, July 31, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46720-46721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19259]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Project

    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 Experience Survey 
(FACES). This study is being conducted under contract with Westat, Inc. 
(with Elsworth Associates and the CDM Group as their subcontractors) 
(#105-96-1912) to collect information on Head Start performance 
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 studies in a nationally stratified random sample 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 competing 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 Experience 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
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

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    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.

    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 specific aspects of the 
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of 
Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 
20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be 
identified by the title of the information collection.
    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 the this publication.

    Dated: July 24, 2000.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-19259 Filed 7-28-00; 8:45 am]
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