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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—People’s Garden
Initiative Evaluation of Healthy
Gardens Healthy Youth Project
Food and Nutrition Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on
proposed information collections. This
is a new information for the ‘‘Healthy
Gardens, Healthy Youth Study,’’ part of
the USDA’s People’s Garden program.
This study will use the network of
Cooperative Extension Educators to
collect information from children in
schools that have agreed to participate
in the study in four states: Arkansas,
Iowa, New York, and Washington. The
information collected will build on
existing knowledge by examining how
school gardens affect children’s fruit
and vegetable consumption and other
outcomes.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be received on or before December
12, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on:
(1) 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;
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions that
were used; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments may be sent to: Duke
Storen, Director, Office of Strategic,
Initiatives, Partnership and Outreach,
Food and Nutrition Service, U.S.
SUMMARY:
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Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park
Center Drive, Room 1441, Alexandria,
VA 22302. Comments may also be
submitted via e-mail to
Duke.Storen@fns.usda.gov. Be sure to
include the title of the notice in the
subject line of the message. Comments
will also be accepted through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to
https://www.regulations.gov, and follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments electronically.
All written comments will be open for
public inspection at the office of the
Food and Nutrition Service during
regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m., Monday through Friday) at 3101
Park Center Drive, Alexandria, Virginia
22302, Room 1441.
All responses to this Notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval, and will become a
matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
form and instructions should be
directed to: Duke Storen, (703) 305–
1431.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Healthy Gardens, Healthy
Youth.
OMB Number: 0584–New.
Form Number: Not Yet Assigned.
Expiration Date: Not Yet Determined.
Type of Request: New collection.
Abstract: The People’s Garden
Initiative Evaluation of Healthy Gardens
Healthy Youth Project is authorized
under the Richard B. Russell National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)(3))
and section 14222(b) of the Food,
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008.
The Healthy Gardens, Healthy Youth
project, part of the USDA’s People’s
Garden program, was funded by FNS in
April, 2011. Prior research has
suggested that school gardens may
contribute to increased fruit and
vegetable consumption among youth.
This study will evaluate the impact of
those gardens and examine how school
gardens along with garden curricula to
link classrooms to gardens will affect
diet outcomes among youth in underresourced communities. At all
participating schools, at least 50% of
children qualify for Free or Reduced
Price Meals (FRPM). Up to seventy
schools in four states (AK, IA, NY, WA)
will be partners in this study and will
be randomly assigned to one of two
conditions: (1) A treatment group of no
more than 34 schools will receive the
garden intervention and curricula in
year 1; and (2) a waitlist control group
of approximately 34 schools will receive
gardens near the end of the project. In
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each school, 2nd and 4th and/or 5th
grade classes will participate.
Affected Public: Individual/
Household, State, Local and Tribal
Government. The proposed data
collection activities will require three
types of respondent groups: individual
students who participate in the study;
parents or guardians who will be asked
to complete some surveys; and school
personnel including principals and
teachers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
The total estimated number of sample
members is 25,259 (only a portion of
these individual will be recruited). This
total includes 469 staff (approximately 7
staff members at each of the 67 schools
(i.e., principal, food service manager,
physical education director, on average
268 teachers)); 5,360 youth (80 at each
of the 67 schools); and 5,360 parents (80
at each of the 67 schools). Of the 5,360
youth, 2,680 will be in the intervention
group; 2,680 in the control group. The
total estimated number of children
respondents to the survey is 4,824 (90%
of 5360). The total of the estimated
parent/guardian respondents is 3,216
(60% of 5360).
State Agencies (SA)
Number of Responses per
Respondent: 469.
Estimated Frequency of Responses per
Respondent: 1.57.
Estimated Total Annual Responses
per Respondent: 737.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.82
minutes (approximately 50 minutes).
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours (SA): 603.
Individual/Household
Number of Responses per
Respondent: 10,720.
Estimated Frequency of Responses per
Respondent: 2 .
Estimated Total Annual Responses
per Respondent: 21,440.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.15
hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours for SA & I/H: 11,189.
See Table 1 below for the estimated
total burden for each type of respondent
by instrument type.
TABLE 1
Number of
respondents
Avg. number
of responses
per respondent
Total annual
responses
Hours per response
Affected public
Respondent type
Instrument
Schools ...............
School principals
Food Service
Manager.
Physical Education Director.
Teacher ..............
Interview .............
Interview .............
67
67
1.00
1.00
67.00
67.00
.50
.25
33.50
16.75
Interview .............
67
1.00
67.00
.25
16.75
Questionnaire .....
268
2.00
536.00
1.00
536.00
469
1.57
737.00
.82
603.00
4,824
536
3216
2144
3.00
0
1.00
1.00
14,472.00
0
3,216.00
2,144.00
1.20
0
1.00
.05
17,366.40
0
3,216.00
107.20
Total SA Reporting
burden.
Individual/Household.
Children ..............
Questionnaire .....
Nonrespondents 1
Parents/Guardians nonrespondents.
Questionnaire .....
............................
Total burden
Total I/H Burden.
10,720
19,832.00
20,689.60
Total Burden
11,189
20,569.00
21,292.60
1 We
anticipate that some students will be absent. For this reason we estimate 90% response rate among children.
Dated: October 3, 2011.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—State
Administrative Expense Funds
Regulations
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice.
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on
this proposed information collection
related to State administrative expense
funds expended in the operation of the
Child Nutrition Programs administered
under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.
This collection is a revision of a
currently approved collection.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before December 12,
2011.
SUMMARY:
Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
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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, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions that
were used; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments may be sent to Lynn
Rodgers-Kuperman, Branch Chief,
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--People's Garden Initiative Evaluation of Healthy
Gardens Healthy Youth Project
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment
on proposed information collections. This is a new information for the
``Healthy Gardens, Healthy Youth Study,'' part of the USDA's People's
Garden program. This study will use the network of Cooperative
Extension Educators to collect information from children in schools
that have agreed to participate in the study in four states: Arkansas,
Iowa, New York, and Washington. The information collected will build on
existing knowledge by examining how school gardens affect children's
fruit and vegetable consumption and other outcomes.
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be received on or before
December 12, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: (1) 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; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions that were used; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to: Duke Storen, Director, Office of
Strategic, Initiatives, Partnership and Outreach, Food and Nutrition
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room
1441, Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may also be submitted via e-mail
to Duke.Storen@fns.usda.gov. Be sure to include the title of the notice
in the subject line of the message. Comments will also be accepted
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to https://www.regulations.gov, and follow the online instructions for submitting
comments electronically.
All written comments will be open for public inspection at the
office of the Food and Nutrition Service during regular business hours
(8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday) at 3101 Park Center Drive,
Alexandria, Virginia 22302, Room 1441.
All responses to this Notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval, and will become a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection form and instructions should be
directed to: Duke Storen, (703) 305-1431.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Healthy Gardens, Healthy Youth.
OMB Number: 0584-New.
Form Number: Not Yet Assigned.
Expiration Date: Not Yet Determined.
Type of Request: New collection.
Abstract: The People's Garden Initiative Evaluation of Healthy
Gardens Healthy Youth Project is authorized under the Richard B.
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)(3)) and section
14222(b) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. The Healthy
Gardens, Healthy Youth project, part of the USDA's People's Garden
program, was funded by FNS in April, 2011. Prior research has suggested
that school gardens may contribute to increased fruit and vegetable
consumption among youth. This study will evaluate the impact of those
gardens and examine how school gardens along with garden curricula to
link classrooms to gardens will affect diet outcomes among youth in
under-resourced communities. At all participating schools, at least 50%
of children qualify for Free or Reduced Price Meals (FRPM). Up to
seventy schools in four states (AK, IA, NY, WA) will be partners in
this study and will be randomly assigned to one of two conditions: (1)
A treatment group of no more than 34 schools will receive the garden
intervention and curricula in year 1; and (2) a waitlist control group
of approximately 34 schools will receive gardens near the end of the
project. In
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each school, 2nd and 4th and/or 5th grade classes will participate.
Affected Public: Individual/Household, State, Local and Tribal
Government. The proposed data collection activities will require three
types of respondent groups: individual students who participate in the
study; parents or guardians who will be asked to complete some surveys;
and school personnel including principals and teachers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: The total estimated number of
sample members is 25,259 (only a portion of these individual will be
recruited). This total includes 469 staff (approximately 7 staff
members at each of the 67 schools (i.e., principal, food service
manager, physical education director, on average 268 teachers)); 5,360
youth (80 at each of the 67 schools); and 5,360 parents (80 at each of
the 67 schools). Of the 5,360 youth, 2,680 will be in the intervention
group; 2,680 in the control group. The total estimated number of
children respondents to the survey is 4,824 (90% of 5360). The total of
the estimated parent/guardian respondents is 3,216 (60% of 5360).
State Agencies (SA)
Number of Responses per Respondent: 469.
Estimated Frequency of Responses per Respondent: 1.57.
Estimated Total Annual Responses per Respondent: 737.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.82 minutes (approximately 50
minutes).
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours (SA): 603.
Individual/Household
Number of Responses per Respondent: 10,720.
Estimated Frequency of Responses per Respondent: 2 .
Estimated Total Annual Responses per Respondent: 21,440.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.15 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours for SA & I/H: 11,189.
See Table 1 below for the estimated total burden for each type of
respondent by instrument type.
Table 1
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Avg. number of
Affected public Respondent type Instrument Number of responses per Total annual Hours per Total burden
respondents respondent responses response
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Schools......................... School principals. Interview......... 67 1.00 67.00 .50 33.50
Food Service Interview......... 67 1.00 67.00 .25 16.75
Manager.
Physical Education Interview......... 67 1.00 67.00 .25 16.75
Director.
Teacher........... Questionnaire..... 268 2.00 536.00 1.00 536.00
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Total SA Reporting burden... 469 1.57 737.00 .82 603.00
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Individual/Household............ Children.......... Questionnaire..... 4,824 3.00 14,472.00 1.20 17,366.40
536 0 0 0 0
Nonrespondents \1\ Questionnaire..... 3216 1.00 3,216.00 1.00 3,216.00
Parents/Guardians .................. 2144 1.00 2,144.00 .05 107.20
nonrespondents.
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Total I/H Burden............ 10,720 19,832.00 20,689.60
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Total Burden................ 11,189 20,569.00 21,292.60
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\1\ We anticipate that some students will be absent. For this reason we estimate 90% response rate among children.
Dated: October 3, 2011.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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