[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 135 (Friday, July 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40127-40128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6227]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project: 5th Grade 
Follow-Up.
    OMB No.: 0970-0143.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) 
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is requesting 
comments on plans to collect 5th-grade follow-up data on children 
recruited into the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation study. This 
study is being conducted to assess children and families when the 
children in the study will be 5th graders or attending the 6th year of 
their formal schooling. Because of the way children and families were 
initially recruited for the study, it will take three years to collect 
5th-grade data from the full sample of children. About 30 percent of 
the sample will be 5th graders in spring 2007, 50 percent in spring 
2008, and 20 percent in spring 2009. Data will be collected on a sample 
of approximately 1,900 children and families across all 17 of the Early 
Head Start research sites. Data collection will include a child 
assessment and a child interview, an interview with the child's primary 
caregiver (usually the child's mother), videotaping of mother-child 
interactions and a set of home observations, and a questionnaire to be 
completed by the child's 5th-grade teacher.
    This data collection is necessitated by the mandates of the 1998 
reauthorization of Head Start (Head Start Act, as amended, October 27, 
1998, Section 649(d) and (e)).
    Respondents: Individuals or households.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Year 1 (2007):
    Parent Interview............................             570               1            1.00             570
    Child Assessment............................             570               1            1.16             661
    Child Interview.............................             570               1            0.25             143
    Mother-Child Interaction....................           1,140               1            0.25             285
    Teacher Questionnaire.......................             570               1            0.50             285
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        Year 1 Total............................           3,420  ..............  ..............           1,944
Year 2 (2008):
    Parent Interview............................             950               1            1.00             950
    Child Assessment............................             950               1            1.16           1,102
    Child Interview.............................             950               1            0.25             238

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    Mother-Child Interaction....................           1,900               1            0.25             475
    Teacher Questionnaire.......................             950               1            0.50             475
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        Year 2 Total............................           5,700  ..............  ..............           3,240
Year 3 (2009):
    Parent Interview............................             380               1            1.00             380
    Child Assessment............................             380               1            1.16             441
    Child Interview.............................             380               1            0.25              95
    Mother-Child Interaction....................             760               1            0.25             190
    Teacher Questionnaire.......................             380               1            0.50             190
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        Year 3 Total............................           2,280  ..............  ..............           1,296
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    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 6,480.
    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. 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: July 10, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-6227 Filed 7-13-06; 8:45 am]
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