[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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