[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30463-30465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11935]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Head Start Family and Child 
Experiences Survey (FACES) (OMB #0970-0151)

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

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), 
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing to collect data for a new 
wave of the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES).

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB must make a 
decision about the collection of information

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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 within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: The purpose of the FACES data collection is to support 
the 2007 reauthorization of the Head Start program (Pub. L. 110-134), 
which calls for periodic assessments of Head Start's quality and 
effectiveness.
    FACES 2019 focuses on Head Start Regions I through X (which are 
geographically based); AIAN (American Indian and Alaska Native) FACES 
2019 focuses on Region XI (which funds Head Start programs that serve 
federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribes). Both 
studies will provide data on a set of key indicators for Head Start 
programs. Information about the Head Start program recruitment and 
center selection processes and on the fall 2019 and spring 2020 data 
collection activities for both FACES and AIAN FACES can be found here: 
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202005-0970-009.
    The studies are adding a fall 2021 data collection to address how 
families are faring during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data collection 
activities will include classroom and child sampling information 
collection, parent surveys, teacher child reports, and teacher surveys.
    Sampling will begin with a freshening of the programs included in 
FACES fall 2019 and spring 2020 waves for a target of 180 programs that 
are nationally representative of all Head Start programs in the 2021-
2022 program year. FACES fall 2021 data collection will take place in 
60 of the 180 programs. AIAN FACES will return to the same 22 programs 
that participated in 2019 and 2020 data collection.
    Sampling of teachers and children starts with sampling activities 
for 162 Head Start centers (120 for FACES 2019 and 42 for AIAN FACES 
2019) in fall 2021. Study team members will request a list of all 
teachers and home visitors working with Head Start-funded children. 
Next, for each selected teacher or home visitor, we will request 
information for each child enrolled.
    For the fall 2021 collection, FACES will survey the parents of 
2,400 Head Start children in Regions I-X (FACES 2019) and 800 children 
in Region XI (AIAN FACES 2019) and ask their Head Start teachers to 
rate children's social and emotional skills. Parents of sampled 
children (2,400 for FACES and 800 for AIAN FACES) will complete surveys 
on the web or by telephone about their children and family in the 
context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Head Start teachers will rate each 
sampled child (approximately 10 children per classroom) using the Web 
or paper-and pencil forms. Teachers will also complete a survey, also 
using the web or paper-and-pencil forms, about their well-being and 
background. Additional data collection activities, to include the 
programs and respondents from fall 2021 plus the remaining 120 FACES 
programs, are planned for spring 2022 and will be included in a future 
Federal Register notice.
    Respondents: Parents of Head Start children; Head Start teachers.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                    Number of
                                  Number of       responses per   Average burden
         Instrument              respondents       respondent      per response    Total burden    Annual burden
                                 (total over       (total over        (hours)         (hours)         (hours)
                               request period)   request period)
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Fall 2021 special telephone                 77                 1               1              77              26
 script and recruitment
 information collection for
 program directors, Regions
 I-X........................
Fall 2021 special telephone                 22                 1               1              22               7
 script and recruitment
 information collection for
 program directors, Region
 XI.........................
Fall 2021 special telephone                 60                 1               1              60              20
 script and recruitment
 information collection for
 on-site coordinators,
 Regions I-X................
Fall 2021 special telephone                 22                 1               1              22               7
 script and recruitment
 information collection for
 on-site coordinators,
 Region XI..................
FACES 2019 fall 2021 special               120                 1             .17              20               7
 teacher sampling form from
 Head Start staff...........
FACES 2019 fall 2021 special               120                 1             .33              40              13
 child roster form from Head
 Start staff................
FACES 2019 special parent                2,400                 1             .17             408             136
 consent form for fall 2021
 and spring 2022 data
 collection.................
FACES 2019 fall 2021 special             2,400                 1             .58           1,392             464
 Head Start parent survey...
FACES 2019 fall 2021 special               240                10             .17             408             136
 Head Start teacher child
 report.....................
FACES 2019 fall 2021 special               240                 1             .17              41              14
 Head Start teacher survey..
AIAN FACES 2019 fall 2021                   42                 1             .17               7               2
 special teacher sampling
 form from Head Start staff.
AIAN FACES 2019 fall 2021                   42                 1             .33              14               5
 special child roster form
 from Head Start staff......
AIAN FACES 2019 special                    800                 1             .17             136              45
 parent consent form for
 fall 2021 and spring 2022
 data collection............

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AIAN FACES 2019 fall 2021                  800                 1             .58             464             155
 special Head Start parent
 survey.....................
AIAN FACES 2019 fall 2021                   90                 9             .17             138              46
 special Head Start teacher
 child report...............
AIAN FACES 2019 fall 2021                   90                 1             .17              15               5
 special Head Start teacher
 survey.....................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,088.

    Authority: 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. 2021-11935 Filed 6-7-21; 8:45 am]
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