[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28306-28307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12783]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; 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 30 days of publication. 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.

ADDRESSES: 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.
    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,

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Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All 
requests should be identified by the title of the information 
collection. Email address: [email protected].

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...             860               1             .75             644
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,544.
    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. 2019-12783 Filed 6-17-19; 8:45 am]
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