[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 131 (Friday, July 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40372-40373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-16976]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; 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 pen-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 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 pen-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 sampled 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 pen-natal 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...............................           1,554              1              .95            1,479
Program Director Interview.....................              90              1              .67               60
Child Care Provider Interview..................             180              1              .25               45

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Home Visitor Interview.........................             270              1              .25               68
Primary Caregiver/Home Visitor Child Rating....             450              3.2            .333             480
Family Service Tracking........................             450            166              .125           9,360
Child Direct Assessment........................             774              1             1                 774
Parent-Child Interaction.......................             774              1              .25              194
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours........  ..............  ...............  ..............          12,460
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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.

    Dated: July 1, 2011.
Steven M. Hanmer,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-16976 Filed 7-7-11; 8:45 am]
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