Administration for Children and Families, 23263 [2013-09095]

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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 75 (Thursday, April 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 23263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-09095]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Administration for Children and Families

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: School Readiness Goals and Head Start Program Functioning.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing a data 
collection as part of the ``School Readiness Goals and Head Start 
Program Functioning'' research project.
    The purpose of this study is to improve understanding of how local 
Head Start and Early Head Start programs define, measure, and 
communicate school readiness goals, and how they use these goals in 
program planning to improve program functioning. The study design will 
include a telephone survey of program directors or designated key 
personnel at approximately 90 local Head Start and Early Head Start 
programs, followed by site visits to collect further qualitative 
information through interviews with program staff, oversight boards, 
key stakeholders and parents at a subset of 12 of these grantees. In 
addition, telephone interviews will be conducted with 4 Head Start 
directors of American Indian/Alaskan Native (AIAN) grantees.
    Topics covered in the telephone survey, site visits, and 
qualitative interviews include: a description of school readiness goals 
set by local grantee; the process used to set school readiness goals; 
contextual factors informing choices made about school readiness goals 
(e.g., needs of local children and families, program and staff 
characteristics, and community characteristics); how programs use and 
analyze data about school readiness goals; how programs report progress 
on goals; and how school readiness goals and data inform program 
planning and improvement efforts.
    Respondents: Head Start and Early Head Start program directors and 
managers closely involved with school readiness goal setting (e.g., 
education services coordinators); other services managers, coordinators 
and specialists (e.g., health or disabilities coordinators, home-based 
services coordinators or assistant program directors, data 
specialists); front-line staff (e.g., Head Start teachers, Early Head 
Start teachers, and home visitors); members of Head Start governing 
bodies and local policy councils; representatives from local education 
agencies; and parents with children in Head Start and Early Head Start 
programs.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                       No. of         Average
            Instrument              Total No. of    responses per   burden hours   Total burden    Annual burden
                                     respondents     respondent     per response       hours           hours
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Telephone Interview Recruitment               157               1           0.17              27              27
 Script..........................
Telephone Interview..............              90               1           0.75              68              68
Interview Guide for Program                    24               1           1.5               36              36
 Directors and Managers..........
Interview Guide for Other                      60               1           1                 60              60
 Managers, Coordinators and
 Specialists.....................
Interview Guide with Staff.......              54               1           1                 54              54
Interview Guide for Governing                  48               1           0.75              36              36
 Body or Policy Council
 Representatives.................
Interview Guide with Local                     12               1           1                 12              12
 Education Agency Representative.
Interview Guide for Parents......              36               1           0.75              27              27
Interview Guide for AIAN Program                4               1           1                  4               4
 Directors.......................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 323.
    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, 
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, 
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All 
requests should be identified by the title of the information 
collection. Email address: OPREinfocollection@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, Email: OIRA_SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for 
Children and Families.

Steven M. Hanmer,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-09095 Filed 4-17-13; 8:45 am]
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