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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Instrument
Number of
respondents
Number of responses
per respondent
Average burden hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Youth Interview ................................................................................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,425
950
1
1.5
1,425
Additional Information: Copies of the
proposed collection may be obtained by
writing to the Administration for
Children and Families, Office of
Administration, Office of Information
Services, 370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF
Reports Clearance Office. All requests
should be identified by the title of the
information collection. E-mail address:
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment: 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. Written
comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should
be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork
Reduction Project, Attn: Desk Officer for
ACF, E-mail address:
Katherine_T._Astrich@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: April 6, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06–3522 Filed 4–12–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration of Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Form OCSE–396A: Financial
Report; Form OCSE–34A: Quarterly
Report of Collections.
OMB No.: 0970–0181.
Description: Each State agency
administering the Child Support
Enforcement Program under Title IV–D
of the Social Security Act is required to
provide information to the Office of
Child Support Enforcement concerning
its administrative expenditures and its
receipt and disposition of child support
payment from non-custodial parents.
These quarterly reporting forms enable
each State to provide that information,
which is used to compute both the
quarterly grants awarded to each State
and the annual incentive payments
earned by each State. This information
is also included in a published annual
statistical and financial report, which is
available to the general public.
Respondents: State agencies
administering the Child Support
Enforcement Program.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Instrument
Number of responses per
respondent
Average burden hours per
response
Total burden
hours
54
54
4
4
8
8
1,728
1,728
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours .....................................................
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OCSE–396A ....................................................................................................
OCSE–34A ......................................................................................................
........................
........................
........................
3,456
In compliance with the requirements
of section 3506(c)(1)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment
on the specific aspects of the
information described above. Copies of
the proposed collection of information
can be obtained and comments may be
forwarded by writing to the
Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Information Services,
370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF
Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail:
infocollection@acf.hss.gov. All requests
should be identified by the title of the
information collection.
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
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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 the automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology. Consideration will be given
to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Dated: April 6. 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06–3523 Filed 4–12–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: National Implementation of
Head Start National Reporting System
on Child Outcomes.
OMB No.: 0970–0249.
Description: The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) of the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) is requesting comments
on plans to implement the Head Start
National Reporting System (HSNRS) on
Child Outcomes. Child-outcomes
information collected by this
implementation is expected to enhance
Head Start programs’ accountability and
quality.
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HSNRS addresses Presidentially
mandated reforms and Congressionally
mandated requirements for information
on specific child outcomes and provides
Head Start program managers and
teachers with useful information to
support program-improvement
strategies.
HSNRS has three major goals. First,
HSNRS will provide local Head Start
programs with information about the
progress of groups of children on a
limited number of performance
measures by measuring how children
are doing at the beginning and at the
end of each program year. Second,
HSNRS will capture the same set of
information across the nation in a
consistent manner, allowing for creation
of normative comparison groups.
Individual programs can use this
information to target needs for training
and technical assistance. Third, the
child-outcomes information captured in
HSNRS should serve as one component
of the current national program
monitoring effort, which involves onsite, systematic review of programs. The
Head Start Bureau can use compiled
HSNRS data as part of the process for
ensuring the effectiveness of services.
These results can highlight the needs of
specific groups of children, identify
local programs’ technical assistance and
training needs, and contribute to the
accountability of Head Start.
The first three rounds of the HSNRS
national implementation (2003–04,
2004–05, and 2005–06 program years)
were successful. In each round of the
data collection, over 400,000
assessments were completed, making
this the largest assessment of preschool
children ever conducted. Over 99
percent of Head Start programs and
Head Start parents and children
cooperated fully with the HSNRS
procedures. The HSNRS data show good
internal reliability, both in terms of Item
Response Theory (IRT) reliability and
Cronbach’s Coefficient Alpha at the
individual child-level, for both Englishlanguage and Spanish-language
assessments. IRT estimates of the
internal reliability of the program-level
English-language assessment scores
were excellent, with most IRT-reliability
coefficients greater than .90.
For each program year, participating
local Head Start programs received
HSNRS Program Reports at the
aggregated program-level for the fall
assessment (baseline) and the spring
assessment (fall-spring growth). These
reports provided local Head Start
programs with information about the
progress of their children in all assessed
domains and demonstrated how these
scores compared to all other Head Start
children (national-level reference tables)
as well as children in similar programs
(subgroup reference tables).
HSNRS will continue to collect childoutcomes information from children
who are four years-old or older and who
will enter Kindergarten next year. As in
the previous three years, all eligible
Head Start children will be assessed
twice a year using a standardized direct
child-assessment battery. The
assessment battery will address a
limited set of early literacy, language,
and numeracy skills.
Twice a year, HSNRS will also collect
teachers’ reports of social-emotional
development of Head Start children
using standardized rating scales. These
social-emotional rating scales will be
field-tested in spring 2006 prior to
national implementation in fall 2006.
Head Start teachers will rate children in
their classrooms on the aspects of
cooperative classroom behaviors,
preschool learning behaviors, and
problem behaviors.
HSNRS will also collect health and
safety information on children and
programs, including children’s height
and weight, immunization status,
receipt of dental care, and occurrences
of injuries requiring medical attention.
Finally, a computer-assisted version
of the HSNRS assessment battery and
PDA version of answer forms will be
used on a field trial basis starting in fall
2006 with a nationally representative
sample of Head Start programs. The
purpose of the field trial is to investigate
the feasibility of the use of computer
and PDA technologies in HSNRS data
collection. To collect feedback on the
computer-assisted assessment and PDA
answer form approaches, brief
telephone interviews will be conducted
with program staff from participating
Head Start programs in fall and spring.
Respondents: Head Start children and
Head Start staff.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
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Fall Implementation.
Head Start Children: Participate in Child Assessments ..................................
Head Start Staff (Assessors): Participate in Training on Child Assessments
Head Start Staff (Local HSNRS Trainers): Participate in Training on Child
Assessments ................................................................................................
Head Start Staff (Local HSNRS Trainers): Participate in Training on Computer-Assisted Child Assessments and PDA Answer Forms ......................
Head Start Staff (Assessors): Administer Child Assessments ........................
Head Start Teachers: Participate in Training on Social-Emotional Development Ratings ................................................................................................
Head Start Teachers: Complete Social-Emotional Development Ratings ......
Head Start Teachers: Complete Child Health Questions ................................
Head Start Staff, Complete Health and Safety of Program Questions ...........
Head Start Staff: Enter Information on Computer-Based Reporting System
(CBRS) .........................................................................................................
Head Start Staff: Provide feedback on Computer-Assisted Child Assessments and PDA Answer Forms ...................................................................
Spring Implementation.
Head Start Children: Participate in Child Assessments ..................................
Head Start Staff (Assessors): Participate in Refresher Training on Child Assessments ....................................................................................................
Head Start Staff (Local HSNRS Trainers): Participate in Training on Child
Assessments ................................................................................................
Head Start Staff (Assessors): Administer Child Assessments ........................
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Number of responses per
respondent
Average burden hours per
response
425,000
25,000
1
1
14
⁄
4
106,250
100,000
1,800
1
4
7,200
220
25,000
1
17
12
1⁄4
2,640
106,250
38,500
38,500
38,500
1,800
1
11
11
1
1
⁄
1 12
38,500
70,583
35,292
150
1,800
1
3
5,400
220
1
1 12
18
425,000
1
14
⁄
106,250
25,000
1
4
100,000
1,800
25,000
1
17
14
4
⁄
7,200
106,250
Number of
respondents
Respondents and activities
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1 12
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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES—Continued
Number of responses per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Respondents and activities
Average burden hours per
response
12
Total burden
hours
Head Start Teachers: Participate in Refresher Training on Social-Emotional
Development Ratings ...................................................................................
Head Start Teachers: Complete Social-Emotional Development Ratings ......
Head Start Teachers: Complete Child Health Questions ................................
Head Start Staff: Complete Health and Safety of Program Questions ...........
Head Start Staff: Enter Information on CBRS .................................................
Head Start Staff: Provide feedback on Computer-Assisted Child Assessments and PDA Answer Forms ...................................................................
38,500
38,500
38,500
1,800
1,800
1
11
11
1
1
1 12
220
1
1 12
18
Total Annual Burden Estimates ................................................................
........................
........................
........................
919,976
Copies of the proposed collection may
be obtained by writing to the
Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Administration,
Office of Information Services, 370
L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington,
DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance
Officer. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information
collection. E-mail address:
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment:
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 OBM receives it within 30 days of
publication. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
directly to the following: Office of
Management and Budget Paperwork
Reduction Project Attn: Desk Officer for
ACF E-mail address:
Katherin_T._Astrich@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: April 16, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06–3524 Filed 4–12–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: Financial Status Reporting Form
for the Program of State Council on
Developmental Disabilities.
⁄
⁄
19,250
70,583
35,292
150
2,700
16
⁄
⁄
1 12
⁄
32
⁄
OMB No.: 0980–0212.
Description: For the program of the
State Council on Developmental
Disabilities, funds are awarded to State
agencies contingent on fiscal
requirements in subtitle B of the
Developmental Disabilities Assistance
and Bill of Rights Act. The SF–269,
ordinarily mandated in the revised OMB
Circular A–102, provides no accounting
breakouts necessary for proper
stewardship. Consequently, the
proposed streamlined form will
substitute for the SF–269 and will allow
compliance monitoring and proactive
compliance maintenance and technical
assistance.
Respondents: State Councils and
Designated State Agencies.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Number of responses per
respondent
Average burden hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Financial Status Reporting Form for program of State Council on Developmental Disabilities ........................................................................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 440
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Instrument
55
1
8
440
Additional Information: Copies of the
proposed collection may be obtained by
writing to the Administration for
Children and Families, Office of
Administration, Office of Information
Services, 370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF
Reports Clearance Officer. All requests
should be identified by the title of the
information collection. E-mail address:
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment: 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
VerDate Aug<31>2005
14:20 Apr 12, 2006
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having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication. Written
comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should
be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork
Reduction Project, Attn: Desk Officer for
ACF, E-mail address:
Katherine_T._Astrich@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: April 6, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06–3525 Filed 4–12–06; 8:45 am]
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Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 2005N–0364]
Stakeholder Meeting to Discuss the
Possible Implementation of Two
Review Performance Goals Referenced
in the Medical Device User Fee and
Modernization Act of 2002; Public
Meeting
AGENCY:
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: National Implementation of Head Start National Reporting
System on Child Outcomes.
OMB No.: 0970-0249.
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) of
the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is requesting
comments on plans to implement the Head Start National Reporting System
(HSNRS) on Child Outcomes. Child-outcomes information collected by this
implementation is expected to enhance Head Start programs'
accountability and quality.
[[Page 19191]]
HSNRS addresses Presidentially mandated reforms and Congressionally
mandated requirements for information on specific child outcomes and
provides Head Start program managers and teachers with useful
information to support program-improvement strategies.
HSNRS has three major goals. First, HSNRS will provide local Head
Start programs with information about the progress of groups of
children on a limited number of performance measures by measuring how
children are doing at the beginning and at the end of each program
year. Second, HSNRS will capture the same set of information across the
nation in a consistent manner, allowing for creation of normative
comparison groups. Individual programs can use this information to
target needs for training and technical assistance. Third, the child-
outcomes information captured in HSNRS should serve as one component of
the current national program monitoring effort, which involves on-site,
systematic review of programs. The Head Start Bureau can use compiled
HSNRS data as part of the process for ensuring the effectiveness of
services. These results can highlight the needs of specific groups of
children, identify local programs' technical assistance and training
needs, and contribute to the accountability of Head Start.
The first three rounds of the HSNRS national implementation (2003-
04, 2004-05, and 2005-06 program years) were successful. In each round
of the data collection, over 400,000 assessments were completed, making
this the largest assessment of preschool children ever conducted. Over
99 percent of Head Start programs and Head Start parents and children
cooperated fully with the HSNRS procedures. The HSNRS data show good
internal reliability, both in terms of Item Response Theory (IRT)
reliability and Cronbach's Coefficient Alpha at the individual child-
level, for both English-language and Spanish-language assessments. IRT
estimates of the internal reliability of the program-level English-
language assessment scores were excellent, with most IRT-reliability
coefficients greater than .90.
For each program year, participating local Head Start programs
received HSNRS Program Reports at the aggregated program-level for the
fall assessment (baseline) and the spring assessment (fall-spring
growth). These reports provided local Head Start programs with
information about the progress of their children in all assessed
domains and demonstrated how these scores compared to all other Head
Start children (national-level reference tables) as well as children in
similar programs (subgroup reference tables).
HSNRS will continue to collect child-outcomes information from
children who are four years-old or older and who will enter
Kindergarten next year. As in the previous three years, all eligible
Head Start children will be assessed twice a year using a standardized
direct child-assessment battery. The assessment battery will address a
limited set of early literacy, language, and numeracy skills.
Twice a year, HSNRS will also collect teachers' reports of social-
emotional development of Head Start children using standardized rating
scales. These social-emotional rating scales will be field-tested in
spring 2006 prior to national implementation in fall 2006. Head Start
teachers will rate children in their classrooms on the aspects of
cooperative classroom behaviors, preschool learning behaviors, and
problem behaviors.
HSNRS will also collect health and safety information on children
and programs, including children's height and weight, immunization
status, receipt of dental care, and occurrences of injuries requiring
medical attention.
Finally, a computer-assisted version of the HSNRS assessment
battery and PDA version of answer forms will be used on a field trial
basis starting in fall 2006 with a nationally representative sample of
Head Start programs. The purpose of the field trial is to investigate
the feasibility of the use of computer and PDA technologies in HSNRS
data collection. To collect feedback on the computer-assisted
assessment and PDA answer form approaches, brief telephone interviews
will be conducted with program staff from participating Head Start
programs in fall and spring.
Respondents: Head Start children and Head Start staff.
Annual Burden Estimates
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Average burden
Respondents and activities Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fall Implementation.............................
Head Start Children: Participate in Child 425,000 1 \1/4\ 106,250
Assessments....................................
Head Start Staff (Assessors): Participate in 25,000 1 4 100,000
Training on Child Assessments..................
Head Start Staff (Local HSNRS Trainers): 1,800 1 4 7,200
Participate in Training on Child Assessments...
Head Start Staff (Local HSNRS Trainers): 220 1 12 2,640
Participate in Training on Computer-Assisted
Child Assessments and PDA Answer Forms.........
Head Start Staff (Assessors): Administer Child 25,000 17 \1/4\ 106,250
Assessments....................................
Head Start Teachers: Participate in Training on 38,500 1 1 38,500
Social-Emotional Development Ratings...........
Head Start Teachers: Complete Social-Emotional 38,500 11 \1/6\ 70,583
Development Ratings............................
Head Start Teachers: Complete Child Health 38,500 11 \1/12\ 35,292
Questions......................................
Head Start Staff, Complete Health and Safety of 1,800 1 \1/12\ 150
Program Questions..............................
Head Start Staff: Enter Information on Computer- 1,800 1 3 5,400
Based Reporting System (CBRS)..................
Head Start Staff: Provide feedback on Computer- 220 1 \1/12\ 18
Assisted Child Assessments and PDA Answer Forms
Spring Implementation...........................
Head Start Children: Participate in Child 425,000 1 \1/4\ 106,250
Assessments....................................
Head Start Staff (Assessors): Participate in 25,000 1 4 100,000
Refresher Training on Child Assessments........
Head Start Staff (Local HSNRS Trainers): 1,800 1 4 7,200
Participate in Training on Child Assessments...
Head Start Staff (Assessors): Administer Child 25,000 17 \1/4\ 106,250
Assessments....................................
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Head Start Teachers: Participate in Refresher 38,500 1 \1/2\ 19,250
Training on Social-Emotional Development
Ratings........................................
Head Start Teachers: Complete Social-Emotional 38,500 11 \1/6\ 70,583
Development Ratings............................
Head Start Teachers: Complete Child Health 38,500 11 \1/12\ 35,292
Questions......................................
Head Start Staff: Complete Health and Safety of 1,800 1 \1/12\ 150
Program Questions..............................
Head Start Staff: Enter Information on CBRS..... 1,800 1 \3/2\ 2,700
Head Start Staff: Provide feedback on Computer- 220 1 \1/12\ 18
Assisted Child Assessments and PDA Answer Forms
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total Annual Burden Estimates............... .............. .............. .............. 919,976
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Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the
Administration for Children and Families, Office of Administration,
Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests
should be identified by the title of the information collection. E-mail
address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment:
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 OBM receives it within 30 days of publication.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent directly to the following: Office of
Management and Budget Paperwork Reduction Project Attn: Desk Officer
for ACF E-mail address: Katherin--T.--Astrich@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: April 16, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-3524 Filed 4-12-06; 8:45 am]
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