[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 76 (Thursday, April 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23483-23484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9303]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: D HS/ACF/OPRE Head Start Classroom-based Approaches and 
Resource for Emotion and Social skill promotion (CARES) project: Impact 
and Implementation Studies.
    OMB No. 0970-0364.
    Description: The Head Start Classroom-based Approaches and Resource 
for Emotion and Social skill promotion (CARES) project is evaluating 
social emotional program enhancements within Head Start settings 
serving 3- and 4-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).
    the Administration for Children and Families (ACF): The Head Start 
CARES project uses 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.
    Data to assess impacts of the program models in preschool was 
collected through surveys with teachers and parents, as well as direct 
child assessments. Data to assess implementation of the program models 
in preschool was collected through surveys and interviews with 
teachers, local coaches, trainers and center staff. Data collection for 
both the impact and implementation studies occurred during the Head 
Start Year. The study sample involved 17 Head Start grantees/delegate 
agencies, 104 centers, 307 classrooms, 1,042 selected 3-year-old 
children and 2,885 selected 4-year-old children.
    The purpose of this request is to obtain an extension to finish 
impact data collection in the 2012 Follow-up Year (e.g., Kindergarten 
for the 4-year-olds). This data to assess impacts of the program models 
in the kindergarten year will be collected through teacher reports 
(surveys) and parent surveys.
    Respondents: The respondents for the activities under the extension 
request for Follow-Up year data collection will be parents of children 
and kindergarten teachers of children in the study.
    The annual burden estimates for both surveys covered by the 
extension are detailed below.

                                       Annual Burden Estimates--Extension
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                                                  Annual  number     Number of        Average        Estimated
                   Instrument                           of         responses per   burden hours   annual  burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Teacher Report on Individual Children...........             608               1            0.33             201
Follow-up Parent Survey.........................             608               1            0.33             201
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours.........  ..............  ..............  ..............             402
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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. Email 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, Email: [email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for 
Children and Families.

    Dated: April 12, 2012.
Steven M. Hanmer,
 OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-9303 Filed 4-18-12; 8:45 am]
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