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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: Evaluation of the Head Start
Designation Renewal System
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: In the fall of 2011, the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF) within the US
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) significantly expanded
its accountability provisions with the
implementation of the Head Start
Designation Renewal System (DRS). The
DRS is designed to identify which Head
Start and Early Head Start grantees are
providing high quality, comprehensive
services to the children and families in
their communities. Where they are not,
grantees are denied automatic renewal
of their grant and must apply for
continuing funding through an open
competition process. Determinations are
based on seven conditions designed to
measure service quality, program
operational quality, and fiscal and
internal integrity.
The ACF is proposing to conduct an
evaluation of the DRS. The purpose of
the evaluation is to understand if the
DRS is working as intended, as a valid,
reliable, and transparent method for
identifying high-quality programs that
can receive continuing five-year grants
without competition and as a system
that encourages overall program quality
improvement. It also seeks to
understand how the system is working,
the circumstances in which it works
more or less well, and the contextual,
demographic, and program factors and
program actions associated with how
well the system is working. The study
will employ a mixed-methods design
that integrates and layers administrative
and secondary data sources,
observational measures, and interviews
to develop a rich knowledge base about
what the DRS accomplishes and how it
does so.
Respondents: Head Start program
directors; other program managers
including grantee agency directors,
center directors, and education services
coordinators; Head Start teachers; and
members of Head Start governing bodies
and local policy councils.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Instrument
(appendix)
Total number
of respondents
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Quality Measures Follow Up Interview: Teachers .............
Quality Measures Follow Up Interview: Center Directors
Quality Measures Follow Up Interview: Program Directors
DRS Telephone Interview: Program Directors ..................
DRS In-Depth Interview: Agency Directors .......................
DRS In-Depth Interview: Program Directors .....................
DRS In-Depth Interview: Policy Council/Governing Body
DRS In-Depth Interview: Program Managers ....................
Competition In-Depth Interview: Agency and Program Directors .............................................................................
Competition In-Depth Interview: Policy Council/Governing
Body ...............................................................................
Competition In-Depth Interview: Program Managers ........
Competition Data Capture Sheet .......................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 670.
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
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Evaluation of the Head Start Designation Renewal System
OMB No.: New Collection.
Description: In the fall of 2011, the Administration for Children
and Families (ACF) within the US Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) significantly expanded its accountability provisions
with the implementation of the Head Start Designation Renewal System
(DRS). The DRS is designed to identify which Head Start and Early Head
Start grantees are providing high quality, comprehensive services to
the children and families in their communities. Where they are not,
grantees are denied automatic renewal of their grant and must apply for
continuing funding through an open competition process. Determinations
are based on seven conditions designed to measure service quality,
program operational quality, and fiscal and internal integrity.
The ACF is proposing to conduct an evaluation of the DRS. The
purpose of the evaluation is to understand if the DRS is working as
intended, as a valid, reliable, and transparent method for identifying
high-quality programs that can receive continuing five-year grants
without competition and as a system that encourages overall program
quality improvement. It also seeks to understand how the system is
working, the circumstances in which it works more or less well, and the
contextual, demographic, and program factors and program actions
associated with how well the system is working. The study will employ a
mixed-methods design that integrates and layers administrative and
secondary data sources, observational measures, and interviews to
develop a rich knowledge base about what the DRS accomplishes and how
it does so.
Respondents: Head Start program directors; other program managers
including grantee agency directors, center directors, and education
services coordinators; Head Start teachers; and members of Head Start
governing bodies and local policy councils.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument (appendix) Total number Annual number responses per hours per Annual burden
of respondents of respondents respondent response hours
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Quality Measures Follow Up 560 280 1 0.4 112
Interview: Teachers............
Quality Measures Follow Up 300 150 1 1.85 278
Interview: Center Directors....
Quality Measures Follow Up 70 35 1 1.1 39
Interview: Program Directors...
DRS Telephone Interview: Program 35 18 1 1.25 23
Directors......................
DRS In-Depth Interview: Agency 15 8 1 1 8
Directors......................
DRS In-Depth Interview: Program 15 8 1 1.5 12
Directors......................
DRS In-Depth Interview: Policy 75 38 1 1.5 57
Council/Governing Body.........
DRS In-Depth Interview: Program 45 23 1 1.5 35
Managers.......................
Competition In-Depth Interview: 18 9 1 1.25 12
Agency and Program Directors...
Competition In-Depth Interview: 45 23 1 1.5 35
Policy Council/Governing Body..
Competition In-Depth Interview: 27 14 1 1.5 21
Program Managers...............
Competition Data Capture Sheet.. 500 250 1 0.15 38
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 670.
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.
Robert Sargis,
ACF Reports Clearance Officer.
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