[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 140 (Monday, July 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 34312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15427]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: The Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 
2018 (Baby FACES 2018).
    OMB No.: 0970-0354.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at 
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeks approval 
to collect descriptive information for the Early Head Start Family and 
Child Experiences Survey 2018 (Baby FACES 2018). This information 
collection is to provide nationally representative data on Early Head 
Start (EHS) programs, centers, classrooms, staff, and families to guide 
program planning, technical assistance, and research.
    The proposed data collection builds upon a prior study (Baby FACES 
2009; OMB 0970-0354) that longitudinally followed two cohorts of 
children through their experience in the program. While that study 
provided a great deal of information about program participation over 
time and about services received by children and families, it did not 
allow for national level estimates of service quality, nor inferences 
about children who enter the program after 15 months of age. To fill 
these knowledge gaps and to answer additional questions about how 
programs function, the proposed Baby FACES 2018 design will include a 
cross-section of a nationally representative sample of programs, 
centers, home visitors, teachers, classrooms, children and families. 
This will allow nationally representative estimates at all levels at a 
point in time and will include the entire age span of enrolled 
children.
    The goal of this work is to obtain updated information on EHS 
programs and understand better how program processes support 
relationships (e.g., between home visitors and parents, between parents 
and children, and between teachers and children) which are hypothesized 
to lead to improved child and family outcomes.
    Respondents: Early Head Start program directors, child care center 
directors, teachers and home visitors, and parents of enrolled 
children.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
                                               [2 Year Clearance]
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
           Instrument              Total number    Annual number   responses per     hours per     Annual burden
                                  of respondents  of respondents    respondent       response          hours
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Classroom/home visitor sampling              587             294               1             .17              50
 form from EHS staff............
Child roster form from EHS staff             587             294               1             .33              97
Parent consent form.............           2,887           1,444               1             .17             245
Parent survey...................           2,310           1,155               1              .5             578
Parent Child Report (PCR).......           2,310           1,155               1             .25             289
Staff survey (Teacher survey and           1,397             699               1              .5             349
 Home Visitor survey)...........
Staff Child Report (SCR)........           1,097             549             2.5             .25             343
Program director survey.........             140              70               1              .5              35
Center director survey..........             493             247               1             .33              82
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,068.
    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, 330 C Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20201, 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.

Mary Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-15427 Filed 7-21-17; 8:45 am]
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