[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 67 (Monday, April 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 18801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7138]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Project:

    Title: Tracking of Participants in the Head Start Impact Study.
    OMB No.: 0970-0229.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) 
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will collect 
follow-up information from children and families in the Head Start 
Impact Study. In anticipation of conducting an 8th grade follow-up for 
the study, ACF will collect information necessary to identify 
respondents' current location and follow-up with respondents in the 
future.
    The Head Start Impact Study is a longitudinal study involving 
approximately 5,000 first time enrolled three- and four-year-old 
preschool children across 84 nationally representative grantee/delegate 
agencies. Participants have been randomly assigned to either a Head 
Start group or a control group. Data collection for the study began in 
fall of 2002 and has been extended through late spring 2008 to include 
the participants' 3rd grade year.
    ACF will continue to examine outcomes for the sample through the 
spring of the participant's 8th grade year. To maintain adequate sample 
size, telephone interviews will be conducted in order to update the 
respondent's location and contact information. This information will be 
collected from parents or guardians in the spring of 2009, 2010, and 
2011. A small set of additional items will provide information on the 
parents' perception of the children's well-being.
    Respondents: Treatment and control group members in the Head Start 
Impact Study.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                Number of       Average buden
               Instrument                     Number of       responses per       hours per       Total burden
                                             respondents       respondent         response            hours
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Tracking Interview......................             4,667                 1               .25             1,167
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours.....  ................  ................  ................             1,167
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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 
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 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. Consideration will be given to comments 
and suggestions submitted within 60 days of this publication.

    Dated: March 31, 2008.
Brendan C. Kelly,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-7138 Filed 4-4-08; 8:45 am]
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