[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 173 (Thursday, September 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46640-46641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22347]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Evaluation of the Early Head Start Fatherhood Demonstration.
    OMB No.:  New Collection.
    Description: ACYF, in partnership with the Office of Child Support 
Enforcement (OCSE), recently funded 21 Early Head start grantees to 
develop and implement creative practices to increase the involvement of 
fathers in their Early Head Start program and in the lives of their 
children. This submission requests approval to conduct the survey of 
demonstration staff and to collect father participation data from the 
demonstration programs.
    Respondents: To reduce of the burden of demonstration staff, the 
survey will be configured in four versions. The Director Version will 
be completed by the Early Head Start program directors. The Father 
Coordinator Version will be completed by the staff member responsible 
for father activities. The Family Specialist version will be completed 
by the staff member who works most closely with the Early Head Start 
families in the home. The Teacher Version will be completed by the 
staff member working with families of children participating in the 
Early Head Start child care programs.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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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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Director Version................................              21               2              .5            18.9
Father Coordinator Version......................              21               2              .5            17.8
Family Specialist Version.......................              21               2              .4            14.2
Teacher Version.................................              13               2              .4             8.8
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    Estimated total Annual Burden Hours:........  ..............  ..............  ..............            59.7
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    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 this publication.


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    Dated: August 30, 2001.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-22347 Filed 9-5-01; 8:45 am]
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