[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57431-57432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22852]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Head Start Fellows Program.
    OMB No.: 0970-0140.
    Description: Public Law 103-252, the Human Services Amendments of 
1994, amended the Head Start Act (the Act) to authorize the creation of 
a Head Start Fellows Program to support the professional development of 
individuals working in the fields of child development and family 
services. The Act was most recently reauthorized through fiscal year 
2003 by the Coats Human Services Amendments of 1998, Public Law 105-
285.
    Head Start Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis to 
individuals (other than Federal employees) selected from among 
applicants who are working, on the date of application, in local Head 
Start programs or otherwise working in the fields of child development 
and children and family services. The information collected from the 
applications is used to ensure that individuals selected to be Head 
Start Fellows have the appropriate experience/skills, and that the 
training developed for them and the work assigned to them will enhance 
their ability to make significant contributions to the fields of child 
development and family services. The information collected is used by 
program staff and policy makers at the Federal level to make judgments 
on the progress and needs of the program.
    Respondents: 200.

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                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                          Number of
                                                            Number of     responses      Average    Total burden
                       Instrument                          respondents       per      burden hours      hours
                                                                         respondent   per response
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Application.............................................           200             1            24         4,800
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours.................  ............  ............  ............         4,800
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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 Administration, 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

    Dated: September 4, 2002.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-22852 Filed 9-9-02; 8:45 am]
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