[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64221-64222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25065]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Head Start Evaluation of a Trauma-
Informed Care Program (New Collection)

AGENCY: Office of Head Start, Administration for Children and Families, 
HHS.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Head Start, Administration for Children and 
Families (ACF), is proposing to collect data for a new evaluation of a 
trauma-informed care program that will include a small randomized 
controlled trial across 10 sites within Head Start Region V. The goals 
of the project are to identify the implementation supports and methods 
needed to enable teachers to effectively implement Trauma-Informed Care 
in early care and education programs, and to evaluate its outcomes. 
Information collected will be used to inform ongoing training and 
technical assistance (TTA) work provided by the Head Start Centers, 
particularly decisions regarding allocation of TTA resources. More 
generally, results may inform OHS guidance around social-emotional 
programming.

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. You can 
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by 
emailing [email protected]. Identify all emailed requests by 
the title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Description: The National Center on Health, Behavioral Health, and 
Safety, in partnership with Child Trends and the Center for Childhood 
Resilience at the Anne & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago 
(Lurie), will conduct information collection activities across 10 sites 
within Head Start Region V as part of a small randomized controlled 
trial of the Ready to Learn through Relationships (RLR) program, a 
trauma-informed Framework and Toolkit designed to promote resilience in 
young children. In this evaluation, sites will be matched on a number 
of factors that may be related to implementation and randomized to 
either a low- or high-intensity TTA condition. The low-intensity 
condition will receive 4 hours of training, a ``toolkit'' of activity-
based handouts, and access to virtual TA office hours. The high-
intensity condition will include 4 hours of additional training on use 
of the toolkit modules, 6 hours of implementation support, and monthly 
classroom coaching.
    Region V Head Start programs that choose to voluntarily participate 
in the RLR program will be asked to complete a number of implementation 
and outcomes measures and participate in other evaluation activities. 
Data collection will involve virtual semi-structured interviews and 
focus groups at the end of the evaluation period, web-based surveys 
(pre and post), a monthly web-based log of coaching activities 
completed, and repeated teacher reports of practices throughout the day 
on a mobile app during 5 weeks across the school year.
    The information to be collected focuses on teacher practices for 
supporting children's social-emotional development and on training and 
implementation factors that may enhance these practices, which is 
directly relevant to Head Start's mission. Information obtained will be 
shared with Regional TTA providers and site administrators to inform 
their ongoing and future TTA work. More specifically, results of the 
evaluation will identify the extent to which more intensive TTA with 
ongoing coaching and on-site expert consultation enhances teacher 
practice beyond a lower-intensity TTA approach. Additionally, data are 
expected to identify implementation factors that may enhance outcomes 
at both the level of the teacher and Head Start Centers.
    Respondents: All early childhood centers in Head Start Region V 
that meet inclusion criteria will be invited to submit application 
forms to participate in the evaluation, and approximately 10

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centers will be selected. Within each center (or site), we anticipate 
there will be three classrooms of 3-5 year olds. Participants at each 
center will consist of 7 or 8 individuals (e.g., directors, mental 
health and behavior consultants, lead and assistant teachers, and 
coaches), for a total of 75 individuals across all centers or sites.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                 Total number of  Average burden
                   Instrument                     Total number    responses  per     hours per     Total/annual
                                                 of respondents     respondent       response      burden hours
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Trauma-Informed System Change Instrument                     75                2            0.17              26
 (TISCI) Questionnaire (all site staff)........
Attitudes Related to Trauma-Informed Care                    75                2            0.25              38
 (ARTIC) Questionnaire (all site staff)........
Site Application Form (site administrators)....              20                1               1              20
Site Administrator Interview...................              10                1               1              10
Coach/Teacher Background Form..................              50                1            0.10               5
Coaching Logs..................................              20               14            0.25              70
Coach Satisfaction Survey......................              20                1            0.25               5
Coach Interview................................              20                1               1              20
Professional Self-Care Scale (PSCS)--teachers..              30                2            0.10               6
Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) Survey--               30              100            0.07             210
 teachers......................................
Teacher Satisfaction Survey....................              30                1            0.25               8
Teacher Focus Group............................              15                1               1              15
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 433.
    Authority: Head Start Act Sec. 648.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-25065 Filed 11-16-21; 8:45 am]
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