[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 93 (Tuesday, May 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28222-28223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11202]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[OMB No. 0970-0364]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: DHHS/ACF/OPRE Head Start Classroom-based Approaches and 
Resources for Emotion and Social skill promotion (CARES) project: 
Tracking Participants.
    Description: The Head Start Classroom-based Approaches and

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Resources for Emotion and Social skill promotion (CARES) project is an 
evaluation of three social emotional program enhancements within Head 
Start settings serving three- and four-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 Head Start CARES project completed data collection for 
cohort (1) 4-year-olds and cohort (2) 3-year-olds in spring of 2011, 
and for cohort (2) 4-year-olds in the spring of 2013.
    ACF is proposing to collect information necessary to identify Head 
Start CARES study respondents' current location and follow-up with 
respondents until the children reach third grade. In support of the 
examination of fourth grade outcomes, information must be collected 
from parents or guardians until the third grade year. Therefore, in the 
summer of 2013 and spring of 2014 tracking of all children will be 
necessary, in the spring of 2015 for the three- and four-year-olds in 
Cohort 2 only, and in the spring of 2016 the three-year-olds in Cohort 
2 only. In addition to location and contact information, a small set of 
additional items will provide information on the parents' perception of 
the children's social and emotional skills and behavioral outcomes.
    Respondents: Low-income parents and their Head Start children. This 
is a three-year information collection request.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                     Number of    Average burden
           Instrument              Total number    responses per     hours per     Total burden    Annual burden
                                  of respondents    respondent       response          hours           hours
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Parent Survey Cohort 1 (4-year-              603               2            0.50             603             201
 olds)..........................
Parent Survey Cohort 2 (4-year-             2070               3            0.50            3105            1035
 olds)..........................
Parent Survey Cohort 2 (3-year-              960               4            0.50            1920             640
 olds)..........................
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    Estimated Annual Burden Sub-  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............            1876
     total......................
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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 M. Hanmer,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-11202 Filed 5-13-13; 8:45 am]
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