[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30250-30251]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12726]


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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).
    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 addition, 
FACES will include observations in Head Start classrooms, and program 
director, center director, and teacher surveys. FACES Plus studies 
include additional survey content of policy or programmatic interest, 
and may include additional programs or respondents beyond those 
participating in the Core FACES study.
    Previous notices provided the opportunity for public comment on the 
proposed Head Start program recruitment and center selection process 
(FR V. 78, pg. 75569, 12/12/2013; FR V. 79, pg. 8461, 02/12/2014), the 
child-level data collection in fall 2014 and spring 2015 (FR V. 79, pg. 
11445, 02/28/2014; FR V. 79, pg. 27620, 5/14/2014), and the program- 
and classroom-level spring 2015 data collection activities (FR V. 79, 
pg. 73077, 12/09/2014). This 30-day notice describes the planned data 
collection activities for a new Plus study: The American Indian and 
Alaska Native Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (AI/AN 
FACES), including fall 2015 activities of selecting classrooms and 
children for the study, conducting child assessments and parent 
surveys, and obtaining Head Start teacher reports on children's 
development.
    AI/AN FACES fall 2015 data collection includes site visits to 37 
centers in 22 Head Start programs to sample classrooms and children for 
participation in the study. Field enrollment specialists (FES) will 
request a list of all Head Start funded classrooms from Head Start 
staff and will ask for the teacher's first and last names, the 
classroom session type (morning, afternoon, full day, or home visitor), 
and the number of Head Start children enrolled in each classroom. Then 
for each selected classroom the FES will request the names and dates of 
birth of each child enrolled.

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Approximately two weeks later, field staff will go to the 22 Head Start 
programs to directly assess the school readiness skills of 800 children 
sampled to participate in AI/AN FACES. Parents of sampled children will 
complete surveys on the Web or by telephone about their children, 
activities family members engage in with their children, and family and 
household background characteristics. Head Start teachers will rate 
each sampled child's social and emotional skills (approximately 10 
children per classroom) using the Web or paper-and-pencil forms.
    The purpose of the Core 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. As additional information collection activities are 
fully developed, in a manner consistent with the description provided 
in the 60-day notice (79 FR 11445) and prior to use, we will submit 
these materials for a 30-day public comment period under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act.
    Respondents: Head Start children, parents of Head Start children, 
Head Start teachers and Head Start staff.

                         Annual Burden Estimates--Current Information Collection Request
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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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Classroom sampling form from                  37              12               1            0.17               2
 Head Start staff...............
Child roster form from Head                   37              12               1            0.33               4
 Start staff....................
Head Start parent consent form               800             267               1           0 .17              46
 for Plus study (AI/AN FACES)...
Head Start child assessment for              800             267               2            0.75             401
 plus study (AI/AN FACES).......
Head Start parent survey for                 800             267               1            0.50             134
 plus study (AI/AN FACES).......
Head Start teacher child report               80              27              20            0.17              92
 for plus study (AI/AN FACES)...
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    Total.......................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............             679
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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, Fax: 
[email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration 
for Children and Families.

Karl Koerper,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-12726 Filed 5-26-15; 8:45 am]
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