[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 63 (Friday, April 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18223-18224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7667]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Descriptive Study of Early Head Start (Early Head Start 
Family and Child Experiences Study; Baby FACES).
    OMB No.: 0970-0354
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), anticipates 
continuing data collection for wave 4 of the parent interview, teacher 
child reports, care provider interviews and observations, direct child 
assessments, program director interviews, and family service tracking 
for the peri-natal cohort of the Descriptive Study of Early Head Start 
(Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Study; Baby FACES). Data 
collection will continue for an additional 12 months beyond the current 
date of expiration (October 31, 2011).
    This data collection is a part of Baby FACES, which is an important 
opportunity to provide a description of the characteristics, 
experiences, and outcomes of Early Head Start children and families, 
and Early Head Start Program services and delivery. All of the 
information obtained will be used to

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help Early Head Start improve services to infants and toddlers and 
their families. Baby FACES uses a longitudinal age cohort study design 
that selected all children in the spring of 2009 that were within a 
four month peri-natal window. These children will be followed in the 
study until they are age 3 unless they leave the Early Head Start 
before reaching that age.
    Materials for the wave 4 program visit data collection effort, 
previously submitted to OMB, covered peri-natal and age 1 cohort data 
collections. Data collection for the age 1 cohort will be completed by 
October 31, 2011. ACF anticipates collecting data for an additional 12 
months in order to complete data collection for the peri-natal cohort.
    Respondents: Program Directors, teachers and home visitors of 
sampled children, parents of sample children, sampled children.

Estimates of Annualized Burden Hours

    As in the first three waves, the proposed data collection does not 
impose a financial burden on respondents. Respondents will not incur 
any expenses other than the time spent completing the interviews, 
reports and direct assessments.
    The estimated annual burden for study respondents--parents, 
children, and program staff--is listed in the table below.
    Response times are the same as reported in the initial OMB 
statement. The times were derived from previous studies using the same 
instruments with a similar population and confirmed with our population 
during earlier rounds of data collection. The number of respondents is 
based on the number of perinatal cohort members as of spring 2010 (our 
most recent round of data collection).

                                             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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Parent Interview................................             135               1               1             135
Program Director Interview......................              89               1               1              89
Child Care Provider Interview...................              27               1               1              27
Home Visitor Interview..........................              41               1             .75              31
Primary Caregiver/Home Visitor Child Rating.....              68             2.6             .25              44
Family Service Tracking.........................              68             136            .167           1,544
Child Direct Assessment.........................             135               1               1             135
Parent-Child Interaction........................             135               1             .25              34
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours.........  ..............  ..............  ..............           2,039
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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: 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: March 28, 2011.
Steven M. Hanmer,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-7667 Filed 3-31-11; 8:45 am]
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