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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review; Early
Care and Education Leadership Study
(ExCELS) Descriptive Study (New
Collection)
Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation, Administration for
Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
The Office of Planning,
Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) within
the Administration for Children and
Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
seeks approval to collect information for
the Early Care and Education
Leadership Study (ExCELS) Descriptive
Study.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of
publication. OMB must make a decision
SUMMARY:
about 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
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
ADDRESSES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The ExCELS Descriptive
Study is a new information collection to
learn about what leadership looks like
in center-based early care and education
settings serving children whose ages
range from birth to age 5, but not yet in
kindergarten, and better understand
how leadership might improve center
quality and outcomes for staff, children,
and families. The goals of ExCELS are
to (1) develop a short-form measure of
early care and education leadership that
has strong psychometric properties, and
(2) examine empirical support for the
associations among key constructs and
outcomes in the study’s theory of
change of early care and education
leadership for quality improvement. The
study will recruit 120 centers that
receive funding from Head Start or the
Child Care and Development Fund, ask
the primary site leader at the centers to
participate in two interviews, and
distribute surveys to select center
managers and all teaching staff to test
hypothesized associations between
leadership constructs and outcomes in
the study’s theory of change.
Respondents: Management and
teaching staff from center-based early
care and education settings that receive
funding from Head Start or the Child
Care and Development Fund.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
(total over
request
period)
Instrument
Center recruitment call script ...............................................
Umbrella organization recruitment approval call script .......
Engagement interview guide ...............................................
Staffing structure and leadership positions interview guide
Teaching staff roster ............................................................
Center manager survey .......................................................
Teaching staff survey ...........................................................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,010.
Authority: Authorized by the Head
Start Act section 640 [42 U.S.C. 9835]
and section 649 [42 U.S.C. 9844];
appropriated by the Continuing
Appropriations Act of 2019; the Child
Care and Development Block Grant Act
of 1990 section 658O [42 U.S.C. 9858],
which also provides authority to use
this discretionary funding for research;
appropriated by the Continuing
Appropriations Act of 2019; and the
Child Care and Development Block
Grant (CCDBG) Act of 1990 as amended
by the CCDBG Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113–
186).
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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Number of
responses per
respondent
(total over
request
period)
180
113
150
120
120
240
1,680
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Head Start Evaluation of a
Trauma-Informed Care Program (New
Collection)
Office of Head Start,
Administration for Children and
Families, Health and Human Services
(HHS).
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
The Office of Head Start,
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), is proposing to collect
data for a new evaluation of a traumainformed care program that will include
a small randomized controlled trial
across 10 sites within Head Start Region
V. The goals of the project are to
identify the implementation supports
SUMMARY:
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Avg. burden
per response
(in hours)
.33
.33
.33
.50
.25
.42
1
Total burden
(in hours)
59
37
50
60
30
101
1,680
Annual burden
(in hours)
30
19
25
30
15
51
840
and methods needed to enable teachers
to effectively implement TraumaInformed Care in early care and
education programs, and to evaluate its
outcomes. Information collected will be
used to inform ongoing training and
technical assistance (TTA) work
provided by the Head Start Centers,
particularly decisions regarding
allocation of TTA resources. More
generally, results may inform OHS
guidance around social-emotional
programming.
Comments due within 60 days of
publication. In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting
public comment on the specific aspects
of the information collection described
above.
DATES:
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Early Care and Education Leadership
Study (ExCELS) Descriptive Study (New Collection)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration
for Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) within
the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) seeks approval to
collect information for the Early Care and Education Leadership Study
(ExCELS) Descriptive Study.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB must make a
decision about 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.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The ExCELS Descriptive Study is a new information
collection to learn about what leadership looks like in center-based
early care and education settings serving children whose ages range
from birth to age 5, but not yet in kindergarten, and better understand
how leadership might improve center quality and outcomes for staff,
children, and families. The goals of ExCELS are to (1) develop a short-
form measure of early care and education leadership that has strong
psychometric properties, and (2) examine empirical support for the
associations among key constructs and outcomes in the study's theory of
change of early care and education leadership for quality improvement.
The study will recruit 120 centers that receive funding from Head Start
or the Child Care and Development Fund, ask the primary site leader at
the centers to participate in two interviews, and distribute surveys to
select center managers and all teaching staff to test hypothesized
associations between leadership constructs and outcomes in the study's
theory of change.
Respondents: Management and teaching staff from center-based early
care and education settings that receive funding from Head Start or the
Child Care and Development Fund.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Number of responses per
respondents respondent Avg. burden Total burden Annual burden
Instrument (total over (total over per response (in hours) (in hours)
request request (in hours)
period) period)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Center recruitment call script.. 180 1 .33 59 30
Umbrella organization 113 1 .33 37 19
recruitment approval call
script.........................
Engagement interview guide...... 150 1 .33 50 25
Staffing structure and 120 1 .50 60 30
leadership positions interview
guide..........................
Teaching staff roster........... 120 1 .25 30 15
Center manager survey........... 240 1 .42 101 51
Teaching staff survey........... 1,680 1 1 1,680 840
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,010.
Authority: Authorized by the Head Start Act section 640 [42 U.S.C.
9835] and section 649 [42 U.S.C. 9844]; appropriated by the Continuing
Appropriations Act of 2019; the Child Care and Development Block Grant
Act of 1990 section 658O [42 U.S.C. 9858], which also provides
authority to use this discretionary funding for research; appropriated
by the Continuing Appropriations Act of 2019; and the Child Care and
Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 1990 as amended by the CCDBG Act
of 2014 (Pub. L. 113-186).
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-17260 Filed 8-11-21; 8:45 am]
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