[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8461-8462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02949]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES)
    OMB No.: 0970-0151
    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 collect data for a 
new round of the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 
(FACES). Featuring a new ``Core Plus'' study design, FACES will provide 
data on a set of key indicators, including information for performance 
measures. The design allows for more rapid and frequent data reporting 
(Core studies) and serves as a vehicle for studying more complex issues 
and topics in greater detail and with increased efficiency (Plus 
studies).
    In fall 2014 and spring 2015, the FACES Core study will assess the 
school readiness skills of Head Start children, survey their parents, 
and ask their Head Start teachers to rate children's social and 
emotional skills. In spring 2015 and again in spring 2017, the number 
of programs in the FACES Core study sample will increase from the 60 
that are used to collect data on children's school readiness outcomes 
to 180 for the purpose of conducting observations in 720 Head Start 
classrooms. Program director, center director, and teacher surveys will 
also be conducted at these time points. FACES Plus studies include 
additional survey content of policy or programmatic interest, and may 
involve more programs being sampled. This notice is specific to the 
data collection activities needed to recruit Head Start programs and 
centers into FACES. A future notice will provide information about data 
collection for the Core and Plus studies.
    The method of data collection for recruitment of all programs (180 
for the FACES Core and up to 50 additional programs for FACES Plus 
studies) will include telephone conversations with program directors 
and on-site coordinators who serve as liaisons between the FACES study 
team and the Head Start centers. These calls will inform program staff 
about the purpose of the study and will be used to identify the number 
of centers in each program in order to compile the center sampling 
frame.
    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: Head Start Program Directors and Staff.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden     Estimated
           Instrument              Total number    Annual number   responses per     hour per      annual burden
                                  of respondents  of respondents    respondent       response          hours
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Telephone script for program                 230              77               2            1                154
 directors......................
Telephone script for on-site                 230              77               2             .75             116
 coordinators...................
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    Total.......................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............             270
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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

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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.

Karl Koerper
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-02949 Filed 2-11-14; 8:45 am]
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