[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 169 (Thursday, August 31, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 51830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7366]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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 Interview.......              52               1            1.5               78
Head Start Staff: Program Recordkeeping System..              52             184            1.08          10,333
Head Start Directors: Site Visit Interview......              16               1            1.5               24
Head Start Staff: Site Visit Interview..........              48               1            1.5               72
Head Start Community Partner: Interview.........              80               1            1                 80
Head Start Parent: Focus Group..................             160               1            1.5              240
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10,827.
    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained 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. E-mail address: [email protected].
    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, Attn: Desk 
Officer for ACF, E-mail address: [email protected].

    Dated: August 28, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-7366 Filed 8-30-06; 8:45 am]
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