[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 62 (Monday, March 31, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 16861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-6343]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:
    Title: HHS/ACF/OPRE Head Start Classroom-based Approaches and 
Resources for Emotion and Social skill promotion (CARES) project: Site 
Recruitment Materials.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Head Start Classroom-based Approaches and 
Resources for Emotion and Social skill promotion (CARES) project will 
evaluate program enhancements within Head Start settings serving three- 
and four-year-old children. This project focuses on identifying the 
central features of effective programs to provide the information 
Federal policy makers and Head Start providers will need if they are to 
increase Head Start's capacity to improve the social and emotional 
skills and school readiness of preschool-age children. The project is 
sponsored by the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) of 
the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), part of the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
    The Head Start CARES project will use a group-based randomized 
design to test the effects of several different evidence-based 
strategies designed to improve the social and emotional development of 
children in Head Start classrooms.
    The purpose of the proposed information collection is to recruit 
Head Start grantees to participate in the project, through informing 
grantee staff about the project, soliciting their interest in 
participating, and collecting information to assess their programs' 
eligibility to participate in the project.
    Respondents: Respondents will include staff in Head Start grantee 
and delegate agencies.

                                             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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Project Description.............................              40               1              .5              20
Phone Discussion Points & Screener..............              40               1               1              40
Discussion Guide for Site Visits................             130               1               2             260
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:........  ..............  ..............  ..............             320
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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. 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: March 20, 2008.
Brendan C. Kelly,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-6343 Filed 3-28-08; 8:45 am]
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