[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63602-63603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26928]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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

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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 studied 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 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
                                                               Number of    responses      burden       Total
                         Instrument                           respondents      per       hours per      burden
                                                                            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
    Kindergarten teachers...................................          800            1         0.50          400
Annualized totals:
    Year 1..................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........         5892
    Year 2..................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........         4113
    Year 3..................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........         4528
    Year 4..................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........         1600
Estimated average annual burden hours.......................  ...........  ...........  ...........         4033
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    Note: The 4033 Estimated Average Annual Burden Hours is based on 
an average of 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 estimated burden hours.

    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained 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.
    OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the 
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of 
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best 
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of 
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office 
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 725 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attn: Desk Officer for ACF.

    Dated: October 16, 2000.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
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