[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 211 (Tuesday, November 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67376-67377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-27593]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:
    Title: Tracking of Participants in the Early Head Start Research 
and Evaluation Project.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) 
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will conduct 
tracking of children/families who participated in the Early Head Start 
Research and Evaluation Project (EHSREP). The purpose of tracking these 
participants is to maintain up-to-date contact information for the 
children/families in the event that the Administration for Children and 
Families (ACF) determines that a future follow-up to the EHSREP will 
take place.
    The EHSREP is a longitudinal study designed to meet the requirement 
in the 1994 reauthorization (continued in the 1998 reauthorization) for 
a national evaluation of the new infant-toddler

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program. 3001 children and families in 17 sites were randomly assigned 
either to the program group (allowed to enroll in EHS), or to the 
control group (precluded from enrolling in EHS, although they could 
receive other services in the community). Child and family assessments 
were conducted when children were 14 months old, 24 months old, 36 
months old, in the spring prior to kindergarten entry, and again in the 
spring of the sixth year of formal schooling (5th grade for most 
children).
    If the decision is made to follow the sample through high school, 
it is important to maintain contact with the participants so that 
response rates at follow-up points will be maximized and will not 
further deteriorate. The success that the contractor has in contacting 
the sample members will be taken into consideration in the decision 
whether to pursue further follow up. It is hoped that this strenuous 
effort in location and tracking will re-establish contact with 
participants who were not reached in the fifth grade data collection 
wave. 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 2011. A small set 
of additional items will provide information on the parents' perception 
of the children's status.
    Respondents: Treatment and control group members in the Early Head 
Start Research and Evaluation Project.

                                             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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Tracking interview..........................           2,700                1             0.25              675
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 675.
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(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: October 28, 2010.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-27593 Filed 11-1-10; 8:45 am]
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