[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 104 (Tuesday, May 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31340-31341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13300]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Measurement Development: Quality of Caregiver-Child 
Interactions for Infants and Toddlers (Q-CCIIT).
    OMB No.: New collection.
    Description: The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation 
(OPRE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department 
of Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing to develop a new 
observation measure to assess the quality of child care settings, 
specifically the quality of caregiver[hyphen]child interaction for 
infants and toddlers in nonparental care. The measure will be 
appropriate for use across child care settings, center[hyphen]based and 
family child care settings as well as single- and mixed-age classrooms.

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    The two-year data collection activity will include two phases: (1) 
A pilot test and (2) a psychometric field test. We will request 
information about the child care setting, its classrooms and families 
for recruitment into the study. Information will be collected through 
observations, focus groups, and questionnaires.
    In the pilot and field tests, the new Q-CCIIT observation measure 
will include observing a small group activity structured with a common 
task and asking follow-up observation questions. Caregivers observed 
will also complete a background questionnaire. Focus groups to obtain 
stakeholder input on caregiver-child interactions will be conducted 
separately with parents, caregivers, and training and technical 
assistance providers. Focus group participants will also complete a 
demographic questionnaire. Parents of children served by caregivers 
will complete a questionnaire on their child's competencies related to 
cognitive, language/communication, and social-emotional development. 
Parents will complete this questionnaire, which will also include 
family and child characteristics, once in the pilot test and twice in 
the field test, at the start of the field test and 6 months later to 
assess growth.
    The purpose of this data collection is to support the 2007 
reauthorization of the Head Start program (Pub. L. 110-134), which 
calls for periodic assessments of Head Start's quality and 
effectiveness.
    Respondents: Child care setting representatives (directors or 
owners), caregivers (center-based and family child care settings), 
parents of children in those child care settings, and training and 
technical assistance providers.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                  Annual  number     Number of        Average        Estimated
                   Instrument                           of         responses per    burden hour    annual burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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1. Child care setting recruitment form..........             190               1            0.5               95
2. Q-CCIIT measure-small group activity and                  290               1            0.25              73
 follow-up......................................
3. Caregiver background questionnaire...........             520               1            0.25             130
4. Focus group interview guide..................              20               1            1.90              38
5. Parent focus group demographic questionnaire.              10               1            0.10               1
6. Caregiver focus group demographic                           5               1            0.10               1
 questionnaire..................................
7. Training and technical assistance provider                  5               1            0.10               1
 focus group demographic questionnaire..........
8. Parent-report child competence questionnaire.             880               2            0.75           1,320
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,659.
    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained 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. All 
requests should be identified by the title of the information 
collection. E-mail address: [email protected].
    OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the 
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of 
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best 
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of 
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office 
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Fax: 202-395-
6974, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and 
Families.

Robert Sargis,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-13300 Filed 5-27-11; 8:45 am]
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