[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38168-38169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-5978]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Prposed Projects

    Title: Evaluation of the Head Start Oral Health Initiative.
    OMB No.: New collection.
    Description: The purpose of this evaluation is to examine the 
implementation of the Head Start Oral Health Initiative (OHI). The 
Office of Head Start has funded 52 programs for OHI to improve the 
oral-health services to young children, from birth to five, and 
pregnant women. The funded programs will develop, implement, and 
disseminate culturally sensitive, innovative, and empirically based 
best practices for oral health in Head Start. The evaluation will 
examine information on approaches taken by the 52 individual programs 
and the implementation of the approaches, including challenges faced, 
as well as facilitating factors, and create a uniform method for 
collecting administrative information across all sites.
    Respondents: Head Start directors, staff, and teachers who are 
implementing OHI; community organizations that have partnered with Head 
Start programs implementing OHI; and parents or guardians of children 
who attend Head Start programs where OHI is being implemented.
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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Head Start Directors: Telephone                      52                  1                1.5                 78
 Interview..........................
Head Start Staff: Program                            52                184               1.08             10,333
 Recordkeeping System...............
Head Start Directors: Site Visit                     16                  1                1.5                 24
 Interview..........................
Head Start Staff: Site Visit                         48                  1                1.5                 72
 Interview..........................
Head Start Community Partner:                        80                  1                  1                 80
 Interview..........................
Head Start Parent: Focus Group......                160                  1                1.5                240
Parents/Guardians: Focus Group......                192                  1                  2                384
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 11,211.
    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,

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DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail address: 
[email protected]. 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: June 27, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-5978 Filed 7-3-06; 8:45 am]
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