[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 164 (Friday, August 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48151-48152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18519]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; 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) as 
well as a follow-up to a special data collection fielded in the fall of 
2021.

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with 
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF 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 emailing 
[email protected]. Alternatively, copies can also 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, emailed or written, should be identified by the title of the 
information collection.

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, spring 2020, and fall 2021 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.
    This 60-day notice describes:
     The spring 2022 round of FACES program- and classroom-
level data collection.
     A follow-up in spring 2022 of the fall 2021 FACES and AIAN 
FACES child-level data collection.
    FACES spring 2022 data collection will take place in 180 Head Start 
programs nationwide. Of the 180 programs, 60 will have participated in 
fall data collection and 120 will be added to participate in classroom- 
and program-data collection only. AIAN FACES will continue in the same 
22 programs that participated in 2019, 2020, and 2021 data collection. 
Data collection activities will include teacher sampling (for the 120 
FACES programs not part of fall 2021), parent surveys, teacher child 
reports, staff surveys, and, for FACES, classroom observations.
    In the additional 120 programs added to FACES in spring 2022, data 
collection will begin with sampling of FACES teachers in 240 Head Start 
centers. Study team members will request a list of all teachers working 
with Head Start-funded children.
    As in fall 2021, for the spring 2022 follow-up data 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 learning skills and 
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 all 202 programs (180 for 
FACES and 22 for AIAN FACES), Head Start teachers will rate each 
sampled child (approximately 10 children per teacher) using the web or 
paper-and-pencil forms. Teachers, program directors, and center 
directors will also complete a survey, also using the web or paper-and-
pencil forms, about themselves and the services and instruction in Head 
Start.
    Respondents: Parents of Head Start children; Head Start staff.

                                             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      (in hours)      (in hours)      (in hours)
                                request period)  request period)
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FACES 2019 spring 2022 special              240                1             .17              41              14
 teacher sampling form from
 Head Start staff.............
FACES 2019 special Head Start             2,400                1             .58           1,392             464
 parent survey................
FACES 2019 special Head Start               240               10             .17             408             136
 teacher child report.........
FACES 2019 Head Start teacher               720                1             .67             482             161
 survey.......................
FACES 2019 Head Start center                360                1             .58             209              70
 director survey..............
FACES 2019 Head Start program               180                1             .67             121              40
 director survey..............
AIAN FACES 2019 special Head                800                1             .58             464             155
 Start parent survey..........

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AIAN FACES 2019 special Head                 90                9             .17             138              46
 Start teacher child report...
AIAN FACES 2019 Head Start                   90                1             .58              52              17
 teacher survey...............
AIAN FACES 2019 Head Start                   42                1             .50              21               7
 center director survey.......
AIAN FACES 2019 Head Start                   22                1             .50              11               4
 program director survey......
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,114.
    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: 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. 2021-18519 Filed 8-26-21; 8:45 am]
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