[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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