[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 237 (Wednesday, December 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73319-73320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-28843]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Head Start Impact Study Participants Beyond 8th Grade.
    OMB No.: 0970-0229.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) 
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will collect 
follow-up information from children and families in the Head Start 
Impact Study. In anticipation of conducting a future follow-up for the 
study, ACF will collect information necessary to identify

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respondents' current location and follow-up with respondents in the 
future.
    The Head Start Impact Study is a longitudinal study involving 4,667 
first-time enrolled three- and four-year-old preschool children across 
84 nationally representative grantee/delegate agencies (in communities 
where there were more eligible children and families than can be served 
by the program). Participants were randomly assigned to either a Head 
Start group (that could enroll in Head Start services) or a control 
group (that could not enroll in Head services) or a control group (that 
could not enroll in Head Start services but could enroll in other 
available services selected by their parents). Data collection for the 
study began in fall of 2002 and has continued through late spring 2008 
to include the participants' 3rd grade year. Location and contact 
information for participants has continued every spring beginning in 
2009 and continued through spring 2014.
    ACF will continue to collect a small amount of information for the 
sample through the spring of the participant's 12th grade year. To 
maintain adequate sample size, telephone interviews (with in-person 
follow-up as necessary) will be conducted in order to update the 
children's status and their location and contact information. 
Additionally, the parent interview will include a small set of items on 
children's special education needs, grade retention, school safety, 
school engagement, and parental monitoring to provide information on 
factors during adolescence that may influence long-term impacts of Head 
Start examined in a potential follow-up study. This information will be 
collected from parents or guardians in the spring of 2015 and 2016. 
Updates will take about 20 minutes to complete.
    Respondents: The original sample of 4,667 treatment and control 
group members in the Head Start Impact Study, less 432 families that 
have given a ``hard'' refusal to participate in the study (e.g., 
refused to participate if they were contacted again). The number of 
respondents for this requested data collection is 4,235.

                                                                 Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                                                          Number of     Average  burden
                             Instrument                              Total number of   Annual  number   responses per      hours per      Annual burden
                                                                       respondents    of  respondents     respondent        response          hours
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Parent Interview...................................................            8470             4235                1              1/3             1412
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1412.
    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.

Naomi Goldstein,
Director, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation; Administration 
for Children and Families.
[FR Doc. 2014-28843 Filed 12-9-14; 8:45 am]
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