[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 26 (Thursday, February 7, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2526-2527]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01428]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Survey of Head Start 
Grantees on Training and Technical Assistance (New Collection)

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; Administration 
for Children and Families; HHS.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeks approval to conduct 
a statistically representative survey of directors and managers/
coordinators from Head Start grantee organizations regarding their 
access to and use of training and technical assistance (T/TA) from 
multiple sources, including ACF's Early Childhood Training and 
Technical Assistance system. The purpose of the data collection is to 
inform ACF on three aspects of grantee directors and managers/
coordinators T/TA experience: (1) Search and selection of T/TA; (2) 
receipt of T/TA; (3) and potential relationships between T/TA received 
and perceived change in practice.

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with 
the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995,

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the Administration for Children and Families is soliciting public 
comment on the specific aspects of the information collection described 
above.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be 
obtained and comments may be forwarded 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. Email address: [email protected]. All 
requests should be identified by the title of the information 
collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: The Head Start Directors Wave 1 survey addresses the 
grantee's organizational characteristics, how the organization defines 
and diffuses T/TA, T/TA received and requested in the prior program 
year, and overall organizational goals and reflections on T/TA efforts 
for the current year. The Head Start Managers/Coordinators Wave 2 
survey addresses four distinct domains of Head Start activity: (1) 
Program management and fiscal operations; (2) education; (3) parent and 
family engagement; and (4) health and wellness. The Wave 2 survey 
addresses how these activity domains are structured and staffed with 
the grantee organization, the types of T/TA and resources sought and 
used to improve practice in each domain, perceptions of usefulness of 
recent T/TA received, and T/TA priorities for the next program year.
    Respondents: Head Start Directors, Head Start Managers/
Coordinators.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                   Total/annual      Number of    Average burden
                   Instrument                        number of     responses per     hours per     Annual burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Wave 1 Head Start Director Survey...............           1,200               1             .75             900
Wave 2 Head Start Managers/Coordinator Survey...             800               1             .75             600
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,500.
    Comments: The Department specifically requests comments on (a) 
whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection 
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology. 
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted 
within 60 days of this publication.

    Authority: The Statutory Authority for this data collection is: 
Section 640(a)(2)(D) and section 649 of the Improving Head Start for 
School Readiness Act of 2007.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-01428 Filed 2-6-19; 8:45 am]
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