[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63400-63401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24951]


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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) as 
well as a follow-up to a special data collection fielded in the fall of 
2021.

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB must make a 
decision about 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 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, 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 30-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 at Head 
Start.
    Respondents: Parents of Head Start children; Head Start staff.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of
                                                     Number of     responses per
                                                    respondents     respondent    Average burden   Total/annual
                   Instrument                       (total over     (total over    per response     burden (in
                                                      request         request       (in hours)        hours)
                                                      period)         period)
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FACES 2019 spring 2022 special teacher sampling              240               1             .17              41
 form from Head Start staff.....................
FACES 2019 special Head Start parent survey.....           2,400               1             .58           1,392
FACES 2019 special Head Start teacher child                  240              10             .17             408
 report.........................................
FACES 2019 Head Start teacher survey............             720               1             .67             482
FACES 2019 Head Start center director survey....             360               1             .58             209
FACES 2019 Head Start program director survey...             180               1             .67             121
AIAN FACES 2019 special Head Start parent survey             800               1             .58             464
AIAN FACES 2019 special Head Start teacher child              90               9             .17             138
 report.........................................
AIAN FACES 2019 Head Start teacher survey.......              90               1             .58              52
AIAN FACES 2019 Head Start center director                    42               1             .50              21
 survey.........................................
AIAN FACES 2019 Head Start program director                   22               1             .50              11
 survey.........................................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,339.
    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. 2021-24951 Filed 11-15-21; 8:45 am]
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