Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 47814 [06-7014]

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• Administration for Children and Families
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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 160 (Friday, August 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 47814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7014]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project: 5th-Grade 
follow-Up.
    OMB No.: 0970-0143.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) 
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is requesting 
comments on plans to collect 5th-grade follow-up data on children 
recruited into the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation study. This 
study is being conducted to assess children and families when the 
children in the study will be 5th graders or attending the 6th year of 
their formal schooling. Because of the way children and families were 
initially recruited for the study, it will take three years to collect 
5th-grade data from the full sample of children. About 30 percent of 
the sample will be 5th graders in spring 2007, 50 percent in spring 
2008, and 20 percent in spring 2009. Data will be collected on a sample 
of approximately 1,900 children and families across all 17 of the Early 
Head Start research sites. Data collection will include a child 
assessment and a child interview, an interview with the child's primary 
caregiver (usually the child's mother), videotaping of mother-child 
interactions and a set of home observations, and a questionnaire to be 
completed by the child's 5th-grade teacher.
    This data collection is necessitated by the mandates of the 1998 
reauthorization of Head Start (Head Start Act, as amended, October 27, 
1998, Section 649 (d) and (e)).
    Respondents: Individuals or households.

Annual Burden Estimates

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                                                                     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Year 1 (2007):
    Parent Interview............................             570               1            1.00             570
    Child Assessment............................             570               1            1.16             661
    Child Interview.............................             570               1            0.25             143
    Mother-Child Interaction....................           1,140               1            0.25             285
    Teacher Questionnaire.......................             570               1            0.50             285
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
        Year 1 Total............................           3,420  ..............  ..............           1,944
Year 2 (2008):
    Parent Interview............................             950               1            1.00             950
    Child Assessment............................             950               1            1.16           1,102
    Child Interview.............................             950               1            0.25             238
    Mother-Child Interaction....................           1,900               1            0.25             475
    Teacher Questionnaire.......................             950               1            0.50             475
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
        Year 2 Total............................           5,700  ..............  ..............           3,240
Year 3 (2009)
    Parent Interview............................             380               1            1.00             380
    Child Assessment............................             380               1            1.16             441
    Child Interview.............................             380               1            0.25              95
    Mother-Child Interaction....................             760               1            0.25             190
    Teacher Questionnaire.......................             380               1            0.50             190
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
        Year 3 Total............................           2,280  ..............  ..............           1,296
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    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 6,480.
    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 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 Reducing Project, 725 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503, attn: Desk Officer for ACF, e-mail address: 
Katherine--T.--Astrich@omb.eop.gov.

    Dated: August 14, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-7014 Filed 8-17-06; 8:45 am]
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