Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request, 35774 [2016-13104]

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• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
• Administration for Children and Families

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 107 (Friday, June 3, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 35774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13104]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Study.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation 
(OPRE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department 
of Health and Human Services, is proposing an information collection 
activity for the Migrant and Seasonal Head Start (MSHS) Study.
    The MSHS Study will describe the characteristics and experiences of 
the children and families who enroll in MSHS and the practices and 
services of the MSHS programs that serve them. The findings will 
provide up-to-date information to the Office of Head Start, other 
federal government agencies, local MSHS programs, and the public. The 
study will be the first national MSHS study to include direct child 
assessments, which will provide information about MSHS children that 
programs can use to inform program, center and classroom practices.
    Data collection will involve mail surveys to selected MSHS center 
directors and all MSHS program directors nationwide about operational 
characteristics, program- and center-level policies and practices, and 
services and resources offered to MSHS families. The study will also 
conduct on-site data collection with children, parents, teachers, and 
classrooms in a nationally-representative sample of MSHS centers. The 
on-site data collection will include classroom observations, teacher 
surveys, child reports and child assessments.
    Respondents: MSHS program directors, center directors, teachers, 
assistant teachers, parents, and children.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden     Estimated
                   Instrument                      Total number    responses per     hours per     annual burden
                                                  of respondents    respondent       response          hours
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Program Director survey.........................              53               1             0.5              27
Center Director survey..........................             253               1             0.5             127
Call script for Program Directors...............              24               1               1              24
Form for Program Directors to verify key                      24               1             0.5              12
 information for selected centers...............
Call script for Center Directors................              53               1               1              53
Call script for On Site Coordinators............              53               1               1              53
Classroom sampling form.........................              53               1             0.5              27
Child roster form...............................              53               3            0.25              40
Teacher survey..................................             159               1             0.5              80
Teacher child report............................             159               8            0.25             318
Assistant Teacher survey........................             159               1            0.25              40
Parent consent form.............................           1,018               1            0.25             255
Child assessments (preschoolers and older                    848               1            0.75             636
 toddlers only).................................
Parent interview (including Parent child report)           1,018               1               1           1,018
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,710.

    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(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 collection 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 
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW., Washington, DC 
20201, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. Email address: 
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.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 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 automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology. 
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted 
within 60 days of this publication.

Robert Sargis,
ACF Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-13104 Filed 6-2-16; 8:45 am]
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