[Federal Register: August 20, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 162)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Proposed Project:
    Title: Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (Baby 
FACES).

OMB No. New Collection

    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is conducting a 
descriptive study of Early Head Start Programs (Early Head Start Family 
and Child Experiences Survey, or Baby FACES). Baby FACES is a 
longitudinal study of a nationally representative sample of programs 
and children in two cohorts (perinatal and age 1) that will collect 
information about programs, services, families, and children. Data for 
Baby FACES will be annually collected through interviews with parents, 
teachers, home visitors, and program directors/managers, as well as 
direct child assessments, videotaped parent child interactions, and 
observations of the home environment when children are two and three 
years old. Data collection will also include quality observations of 
child care center classrooms and home visits conducted by program 
staff.
    Data will be collected on a sample of approximately 2,000 children 
and families selected at random from 90 Early Head Start programs. Over 
the life of the project, Baby FACES will involve four waves of data 
collection, ending when the second cohort of children (perinatal 
cohort) reaches 36 months of age. This information collection request 
covers the first three years of data collection. All waves of data 
collection will acquire program level information through an hour-long 
program director interview. Additionally, staff from all programs will 
complete a simple service

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tracking form every week for each child in the sample for all years to 
determine what services are being delivered to families.
    Respondents: Parents of EHS Children, EHS Children, EHS Teachers, 
Home Visitors, and Program Directors/Managers.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                  Annual  number     Number of    Average burden     Estimated
                   Instrument                           of        responses  per     hour per     annual  burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Parent Interview................................           1,715               1          1                1,715
Program Director/Manager Interview..............              90               1          1                   90
Child Care Provider Interview...................             180               1          1                  180
Home Visitor Interview..........................             270               1          1                  270
Teacher/Home Visitor Child Rating...............             450             2.6          0.25               293
Family Service Tracking.........................             450             136          0.1666          10,200
Child Direct Assessment.........................             907               1          1                  907
Parent-Child Interaction........................             907               1          0.25               227
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    Total Burden Hours:.........................  ..............  ..............  ..............          12,975
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    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. E-mail 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, Fax: 202-395-
6974, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and 
Families.

    Dated: August 12, 2008.
Brendan C. Kelly,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-19110 Filed 8-19-08; 8:45 am]

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