[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 118 (Wednesday, June 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34755-34756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-13658]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Project

    Title: Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (Baby 
FACES).
    OMB No. New Collection
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is conducting a 
descriptive study of Early Head Start Programs (Early Head Start Family 
and Child Experiences Survey, or Baby FACES). Baby FACES is a 
longitudinal study of a nationally representative sample of programs 
and children in two cohorts (perinatal and age 1) that will collect 
information about programs, services, families, and children. Data for 
Baby FACES will be annually collected through interviews with parents, 
teachers, home visitors, and program directors/managers, as well as 
direct child assessments, videotaped parent child interactions, and 
observations of the home environment when children are two and three 
years old. Data collection will also include quality observations of 
child care center classrooms and home visits conducted by program 
staff.
    Data will be collected on a sample of approximately 2,000 children 
and families selected at random from 90 Early Head Start programs. Over 
the life of the project, Baby FACES will involve four waves of data 
collection, ending when the second cohort of children (perinatal 
cohort) reaches 36 months of age. This information collection request 
covers the first three years of data collection. All waves of data 
collection will acquire program level information through an hour-long 
program director interview. Additionally, staff from all programs will 
complete a simple service tracking form every week for each child in 
the sample for all years to determine what services are being delivered 
to families.
    Respondents: Parents of EHS Children, EHS Children, EHS Teachers, 
Home Visitors, and Program Directors/Managers.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of        Average        Estimated
                   Instrument                      Annual number   responses per    burden hour    annual burden
                                                  of respondents     respondent     per response       hours
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Parent Interview................................           1,715              1           1                1,715
Program Director/Manager Interview..............              90              1           1                   90
Child Care Provider Interview...................             180              1           1                  180
Home Visitor Interview..........................             270              1           1                  270
Teacher/Home Visitor Child Rating...............             450              2.6         0.25               293
Family Service Tracking.........................             450            136           0.1666          10,200
Child Direct Assessment.........................             907              1           1                  907
Parent-Child Interaction........................             907              1           0.25               227
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    Total Burden Hours..........................  ..............  ...............  .............          12,975
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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 will 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 11, 2008.
Brendan C. Kelly,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-13658 Filed 6-17-08; 8:45 am]
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