[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56214-56215]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-22387]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Measure Development: Quality of Family-Provider 
Relationships in Early Care and Education.
    OMB No.: New Collection
    The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE), the 
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing a data collection 
activity as part of the development of an early care and education 
(ECE) quality measurement tool to assess family-provider relationships 
that support positive child developmental outcomes and family 
wellbeing. The major goal of this project is to develop a measure of 
the quality of family-provider relationships that will be (1) 
applicable across multiple types of early care and education settings 
and diverse program structures (including Head Start/Early Head Start); 
(2) sensitive across cultures associated with racial, ethnic, and 
socioeconomic characteristics; and (3) reliable in both English and 
Spanish. At this time, four self-administered surveys (one for center- 
and home-based child care directors, one for child care providers/
teachers, and two for parents) have been developed, based on a 
literature review, a review of existing measures, and information 
collected through focus groups (under OMB Clearance 0970-0356) and 
cognitive interviews (under OMB Clearance 0970-0355). To test these 
measures, two stages of data collection activities are proposed for 
this information collection request: a pilot test and a field test.
    The pilot test data will be used to examine the distribution of the 
items and to determine whether they behave in a manner consistent with 
the conceptual model that was developed as part of the project. The 
pilot test will also test data collection procedures prior to 
conducting a large-scale field test. Any problematic items or 
procedures identified by the pilot test will be corrected and revisions 
submitted to OMB before the field test.
    The purpose of the field test is to obtain sufficient data on a 
diverse population to enable full psychometric testing of the measures 
and compare subgroups to ensure that the measure can be used in diverse 
ECE settings.
    Respondents: Directors of center-based child care programs, home-
based child care programs, Early Head Start programs, and Head Start 
programs; center-based and home-based child care providers and ECE 
teachers; and parents whose children are enrolled in these diverse-
types of ECE settings.

                                  Annual Burden Estimate--Pilot and Field Tests
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                                                                     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                       Respondent     responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                      number        respondent     per response        hours
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Director Screener...............................             428               1            0.08            34.2
Provider/Teacher Screener.......................             758               1            0.08            60.6
Parent Screener.................................            1650               1            0.08           132.0
Director Survey.................................             143               1            0.17            24.3
Provider/Teacher Survey.........................             253               1            0.17            43.0
Parent Survey about FSWs........................              76               1            0.17            12.9
Parent Survey about Providers/Teachers..........             475               1            0.17            80.8
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    Estimated Total.............................  ..............  ..............  ..............           387.8
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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.

Steven Hanmer,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-22387 Filed 9-11-12; 8:45 am]
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