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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity
Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation; ACF; HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
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Title: Head Start Child and Family
Experiences Survey (FACES) (OMB
#0970–0151).
SUMMARY: The Office of Planning,
Research, and Evaluation (OPRE),
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), is
proposing to collect data for a new
round of the Head Start Family and
Child Experiences Survey (FACES).
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of
publication. 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.
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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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Similar to
FACES 2014–2018, in 2019, two parallel
studies will commence. FACES 2019
focuses on Head Start Regions I through
X (which are geographically based); AI/
AN (American Indian and Alaska
Native) FACES 2019 focuses on Region
XI (which funds Head Start programs
that serve federally recognized
American Indian and Alaska Native
tribes). Both studies will provide data
on a set of key indicators for Head Start
programs. In fall 2019 and spring 2020,
FACES will assess the school readiness
skills of 2,400 Head Start children in
Regions I–X (FACES 2019) and 800
children in Region XI (AI/AN FACES
2019), survey their parents, and ask
their Head Start teachers to rate
children’s social and emotional skills.
This sample will be drawn from 60
programs in Regions I–X and 22
programs in Region XI. In spring 2020,
classroom observations of sampled
programs will occur. In Regions I–X, the
number of programs will increase from
the 60 that are used to collect data on
children’s school readiness outcomes to
180 for the purpose of conducting
observations in 720 Head Start
classrooms. In Region XI, the program
sample will remain at 22, and
approximately 80 Head Start classroom
observations will take place. Program
director, center director, and teacher
surveys will also be conducted in spring
2020 in Regions I–XI. In spring 2022,
program level data collection will be
repeated in Regions I–X only. FACES
2019 also features a ‘‘Core Plus’’ design,
with the above activities reflecting the
Core data, with the potential of ‘‘Plus’’
studies to inform emerging
programmatic questions. If any Plus
studies are conducted, they will be
conducted within the Core sample and
will be included in a future Federal
Register notice.
ADDRESSES:
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Previous Federal Register notices
provided the opportunity for public
comment on the proposed Head Start
program recruitment and center
selection process (FR 82, pg. 48819
10/20/2017; FR 83, pg. 7480 02/21/
2018). This notice describes the planned
data collection activities for the FACES
2019 and AI/AN FACES 2019 data
collection. Data collection activities
include classroom and child sampling
information collection, direct child
assessments, parent surveys, teacher
child reports, and staff surveys.
Sampling of children and classrooms
for FACES starts with site visits to 157
Head Start centers (120 for FACES 2019
and 37 for AI/AN FACES 2019) in fall
2019. Field enrollment specialists (FES)
will request a list of all Head Startfunded classrooms from Head Start
staffNext, for each selected classroom,
the FES will request enrollment
information for each child enrolled.
Data collection will then start with site
visits in fall 2019 to 82 Head Start
programs (60 for FACES 2019 and 22 for
AI/AN FACES 2019) to directly assess
the school readiness skills of 3,200
children (2,400 for FACES 2019 and 800
for AI/AN FACES 2019) sampled for
FACES and whose parents agree to
participate. Parents of sampled children
will complete surveys on the Web or by
telephone about their children and
family background. Head Start teachers
will rate each sampled child
(approximately 10 children per
classroom) using the Web or paper- and
pencil forms. These activities will occur
a second time in spring 2020. When the
FACES 2019 program sample size
increases to 180 programs in the spring,
the methods of data collection for this
phase will feature classroom sampling
and site visitors conducting
observations of the quality of
classrooms. Head Start program
directors, center directors, and teachers
will complete surveys about themselves
and the services and instruction at Head
Start. The purpose of the FACES data
collection is to support the 2007
reauthorization of the Head Start
program (Pub. L. 110–134), which calls
for periodic assessments of Head Start’s
quality and effectiveness.
Respondents: Head Start children,
parents of Head Start children, and
Head Start teachers and Head Start staff.
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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Total
number of
respondents
Instrument
FACES 2019 Classroom sampling form from Head Start
staff ...................................................................................
FACES 2019 Child roster form from Head Start staff .........
FACES 2019 Parent consent form ......................................
FACES 2019 Head Start parent survey ..............................
FACES 2019 Head Start child assessment ........................
FACES 2019 Head Start teacher child report .....................
FACES 2019 Head Start teacher survey ............................
FACES 2019 Head Start program director survey ..............
FACES 2019 Head Start center director survey .................
AI/AN FACES 2019 Classroom sampling form from Head
Start staff ..........................................................................
AI/AN FACES 2019 Child roster form from Head Start
staff ...................................................................................
AI/AN FACES 2019 Parent consent form ...........................
AI/AN FACES 2019 Head Start parent survey ....................
AI/AN FACES 2019 Head Start child assessment ..............
AI/AN FACES 2019 Head Start teacher child report ..........
AI/AN FACES 2019 Head Start teacher survey ..................
AI/AN FACES 2019 Head Start program director survey ...
AI/AN FACES 2019 Head Start center director survey .......
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,357.
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.
(Authority: Section 640(a)(2)(D) and section
649 of the Improving Head Start for School
Readiness Act of 2007)
Emily B. Jabbour,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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Annual
number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Annual
burden
hours
360
120
2,400
2,400
2,400
240
720
180
360
120
40
800
800
800
80
240
60
120
1
1
1
2
2
20
1
1
1
0.17
0.33
0.17
0.42
0.75
0.17
0.50
0.50
0.50
20
13
136
672
1,200
272
120
30
60
37
13
1
0.17
2
37
800
800
800
80
80
22
37
13
267
267
267
27
27
8
13
1
1
2
2
20
1
1
1
0.33
0.17
0.50
0.75
0.17
0.58
0.33
0.33
4
45
267
401
92
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: Sponsorship Review Procedures
for Approval for Unaccompanied Alien
Children.
OMB No.: 0970–0278.
Description: The Administration for
Children (ACF), Office of Refugee
Resettlement (ORR) requests the use of
emergency processing procedures in
accordance with 5 CFR Section 1320.13
to expand the scope of an existing
information collection under OMB
control number 0970–0278,
Reunification Procedures for
Unaccompanied Alien Children,
renamed to Sponsorship Review
Procedures for Approval of
Unaccompanied Alien Children. The
information collection will allow ACF
to conduct suitability assessments to vet
potential sponsors of unaccompanied
alien children in accordance with a
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)
between ORR and the Department of
Homeland Security. Specifically, the
information collection allows ORR to
obtain biometric and biographical
information from sponsors, adult
members of their household, and adult
care givers identified in a sponsor care
plan, where applicable. ORR in turn
shares the information collected with
other federal departments to conduct
background checks. ORR intends the
instruments used in this submission to
be available for use by mid-May 2018.
ACF cannot reasonably comply with
the normal clearance procedures
because the use of normal clearance
procedures is reasonably likely to
prevent the collection of needed
information in a timely manner.
Complying with the normal clearance
procedures would delay or disrupt
ORR’s ability to expand the background
checks in order to more
comprehensively evaluate the suitability
of potential sponsors of unaccompanied
alien children, and to ensure safe and
appropriate placement of children. The
information collection is essential to the
mission of the agency.
Respondents: Sponsors, adult
household members, parents or legal
guardians of unaccompanied alien
children.
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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Instrument
Family Reunification Application ......................................................................
Authorization for Release of Information .........................................................
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90,000
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 165 (Friday, August 24, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42894-42895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18333]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; ACF; HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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Title: Head Start Child and Family Experiences Survey (FACES) (OMB
#0970-0151).
SUMMARY: The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE),
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing to collect data for a new
round of the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES).
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. 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.
ADDRESSES: 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: [email protected]. All
requests should be identified by the title of the information
collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Similar to FACES 2014-2018, in 2019, two
parallel studies will commence. FACES 2019 focuses on Head Start
Regions I through X (which are geographically based); AI/AN (American
Indian and Alaska Native) FACES 2019 focuses on Region XI (which funds
Head Start programs that serve federally recognized American Indian and
Alaska Native tribes). Both studies will provide data on a set of key
indicators for Head Start programs. In fall 2019 and spring 2020, FACES
will assess the school readiness skills of 2,400 Head Start children in
Regions I-X (FACES 2019) and 800 children in Region XI (AI/AN FACES
2019), survey their parents, and ask their Head Start teachers to rate
children's social and emotional skills. This sample will be drawn from
60 programs in Regions I-X and 22 programs in Region XI. In spring
2020, classroom observations of sampled programs will occur. In Regions
I-X, the number of programs will increase from the 60 that are used to
collect data on children's school readiness outcomes to 180 for the
purpose of conducting observations in 720 Head Start classrooms. In
Region XI, the program sample will remain at 22, and approximately 80
Head Start classroom observations will take place. Program director,
center director, and teacher surveys will also be conducted in spring
2020 in Regions I-XI. In spring 2022, program level data collection
will be repeated in Regions I-X only. FACES 2019 also features a ``Core
Plus'' design, with the above activities reflecting the Core data, with
the potential of ``Plus'' studies to inform emerging programmatic
questions. If any Plus studies are conducted, they will be conducted
within the Core sample and will be included in a future Federal
Register notice.
Previous Federal Register notices provided the opportunity for
public comment on the proposed Head Start program recruitment and
center selection process (FR 82, pg. 48819 10/20/2017; FR 83, pg. 7480
02/21/2018). This notice describes the planned data collection
activities for the FACES 2019 and AI/AN FACES 2019 data collection.
Data collection activities include classroom and child sampling
information collection, direct child assessments, parent surveys,
teacher child reports, and staff surveys.
Sampling of children and classrooms for FACES starts with site
visits to 157 Head Start centers (120 for FACES 2019 and 37 for AI/AN
FACES 2019) in fall 2019. Field enrollment specialists (FES) will
request a list of all Head Start-funded classrooms from Head Start
staffNext, for each selected classroom, the FES will request enrollment
information for each child enrolled. Data collection will then start
with site visits in fall 2019 to 82 Head Start programs (60 for FACES
2019 and 22 for AI/AN FACES 2019) to directly assess the school
readiness skills of 3,200 children (2,400 for FACES 2019 and 800 for
AI/AN FACES 2019) sampled for FACES and whose parents agree to
participate. Parents of sampled children will complete surveys on the
Web or by telephone about their children and family background. Head
Start teachers will rate each sampled child (approximately 10 children
per classroom) using the Web or paper- and pencil forms. These
activities will occur a second time in spring 2020. When the FACES 2019
program sample size increases to 180 programs in the spring, the
methods of data collection for this phase will feature classroom
sampling and site visitors conducting observations of the quality of
classrooms. Head Start program directors, center directors, and
teachers will complete surveys about themselves and the services and
instruction at Head Start. The purpose of the FACES data collection is
to support the 2007 reauthorization of the Head Start program (Pub. L.
110-134), which calls for periodic assessments of Head Start's quality
and effectiveness.
Respondents: Head Start children, parents of Head Start children,
and Head Start teachers and Head Start staff.
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Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Total number Annual number responses per hours per Annual burden
of respondents of respondents respondent response hours
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FACES 2019 Classroom sampling 360 120 1 0.17 20
form from Head Start staff.....
FACES 2019 Child roster form 120 40 1 0.33 13
from Head Start staff..........
FACES 2019 Parent consent form.. 2,400 800 1 0.17 136
FACES 2019 Head Start parent 2,400 800 2 0.42 672
survey.........................
FACES 2019 Head Start child 2,400 800 2 0.75 1,200
assessment.....................
FACES 2019 Head Start teacher 240 80 20 0.17 272
child report...................
FACES 2019 Head Start teacher 720 240 1 0.50 120
survey.........................
FACES 2019 Head Start program 180 60 1 0.50 30
director survey................
FACES 2019 Head Start center 360 120 1 0.50 60
director survey................
AI/AN FACES 2019 Classroom 37 13 1 0.17 2
sampling form from Head Start
staff..........................
AI/AN FACES 2019 Child roster 37 13 1 0.33 4
form from Head Start staff.....
AI/AN FACES 2019 Parent consent 800 267 1 0.17 45
form...........................
AI/AN FACES 2019 Head Start 800 267 2 0.50 267
parent survey..................
AI/AN FACES 2019 Head Start 800 267 2 0.75 401
child assessment...............
AI/AN FACES 2019 Head Start 80 27 20 0.17 92
teacher child report...........
AI/AN FACES 2019 Head Start 80 27 1 0.58 16
teacher survey.................
AI/AN FACES 2019 Head Start 22 8 1 0.33 3
program director survey........
AI/AN FACES 2019 Head Start 37 13 1 0.33 4
center director survey.........
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,357.
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.
(Authority: Section 640(a)(2)(D) and section 649 of the Improving
Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007)
Emily B. Jabbour,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-18333 Filed 8-23-18; 8:45 am]
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