[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73334-73335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-28481]


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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: 
Impact and Implementation Studies.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Head Start Classroom-based Approaches and 
Resources for Emotion and Social skill promotion (CARES) project will 
evaluate social emotional 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).
    The Head Start CARES project will use a group-based randomized 
design to test the effects of three different evidence-based programs 
designed to improve the social and emotional development of children in 
Head Start classrooms.
    The purpose of this data collection is to assess the impact and 
implementation of program models through surveys with teachers and 
parents, direct child assessments, as well as interviews with teachers, 
local coaches, trainers and center staff.
    Respondents: The respondents to these various surveys will include 
Head Start lead teachers, center staff and directors, trainers, local 
coaches, low-income parents and their Head Start children. Children in 
the study will be three- and four-year-olds in the selected Head Start 
classrooms.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                Number of      Average burden
               Instrument                 Annual number of    responses per       hours per     Estimated annual
                                             respondents       respondent         response        burden hours
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Lead Teacher Self-Report Survey.........               360                 1              0.33               119
Teacher Report on Individual Children...             4,880               1.5              0.33             2,416
Parent Survey...........................             4,880                 1              0.33             1,610
Direct Child Assessment.................             4,880               1.5              0.75             5,490
Trainer Survey..........................                60                .5              0.33                10
Coach Survey............................               540                .5              0.33                89
Site Visit: Coach Interview Guide.......                60                .5                 1                30
Site Visit: Teacher Interview Guide.....               360                .5                 1               180
Site Visit: Center Staff Interview Guide               450                .5                 1               225
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10,169.
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and

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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: OPRE 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: November 25, 2008.
Brendan C. Kelly,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-28481 Filed 12-1-08; 8:45 am]
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