Notice2021-11935
Submission for OMB Review; Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) (OMB #0970-0151)
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Published
June 8, 2021
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Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
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 wave of the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES).
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30463-30465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11935]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Head Start Family and Child
Experiences Survey (FACES) (OMB #0970-0151)
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),
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing to collect data for a new
wave of the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES).
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB must make a
decision about the collection of information
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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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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 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.
FACES 2019 focuses on Head Start Regions I through X (which are
geographically based); AIAN (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. Information about the Head Start program recruitment and
center selection processes and on the fall 2019 and spring 2020 data
collection activities for both FACES and AIAN FACES can be found here:
<a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202005-0970-009">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202005-0970-009</a>.
The studies are adding a fall 2021 data collection to address how
families are faring during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data collection
activities will include classroom and child sampling information
collection, parent surveys, teacher child reports, and teacher surveys.
Sampling will begin with a freshening of the programs included in
FACES fall 2019 and spring 2020 waves for a target of 180 programs that
are nationally representative of all Head Start programs in the 2021-
2022 program year. FACES fall 2021 data collection will take place in
60 of the 180 programs. AIAN FACES will return to the same 22 programs
that participated in 2019 and 2020 data collection.
Sampling of teachers and children starts with sampling activities
for 162 Head Start centers (120 for FACES 2019 and 42 for AIAN FACES
2019) in fall 2021. Study team members will request a list of all
teachers and home visitors working with Head Start-funded children.
Next, for each selected teacher or home visitor, we will request
information for each child enrolled.
For the fall 2021 collection, FACES will survey the parents of
2,400 Head Start children in Regions I-X (FACES 2019) and 800 children
in Region XI (AIAN FACES 2019) and ask their Head Start teachers to
rate children's social and emotional skills. Parents of sampled
children (2,400 for FACES and 800 for AIAN FACES) will complete surveys
on the web or by telephone about their children and family in the
context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Head Start teachers will rate each
sampled child (approximately 10 children per classroom) using the Web
or paper-and pencil forms. Teachers will also complete a survey, also
using the web or paper-and-pencil forms, about their well-being and
background. Additional data collection activities, to include the
programs and respondents from fall 2021 plus the remaining 120 FACES
programs, are planned for spring 2022 and will be included in a future
Federal Register notice.
Respondents: Parents of Head Start children; Head Start teachers.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Number of responses per Average burden
Instrument respondents respondent per response Total burden Annual burden
(total over (total over (hours) (hours) (hours)
request period) request period)
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Fall 2021 special telephone 77 1 1 77 26
script and recruitment
information collection for
program directors, Regions
I-X........................
Fall 2021 special telephone 22 1 1 22 7
script and recruitment
information collection for
program directors, Region
XI.........................
Fall 2021 special telephone 60 1 1 60 20
script and recruitment
information collection for
on-site coordinators,
Regions I-X................
Fall 2021 special telephone 22 1 1 22 7
script and recruitment
information collection for
on-site coordinators,
Region XI..................
FACES 2019 fall 2021 special 120 1 .17 20 7
teacher sampling form from
Head Start staff...........
FACES 2019 fall 2021 special 120 1 .33 40 13
child roster form from Head
Start staff................
FACES 2019 special parent 2,400 1 .17 408 136
consent form for fall 2021
and spring 2022 data
collection.................
FACES 2019 fall 2021 special 2,400 1 .58 1,392 464
Head Start parent survey...
FACES 2019 fall 2021 special 240 10 .17 408 136
Head Start teacher child
report.....................
FACES 2019 fall 2021 special 240 1 .17 41 14
Head Start teacher survey..
AIAN FACES 2019 fall 2021 42 1 .17 7 2
special teacher sampling
form from Head Start staff.
AIAN FACES 2019 fall 2021 42 1 .33 14 5
special child roster form
from Head Start staff......
AIAN FACES 2019 special 800 1 .17 136 45
parent consent form for
fall 2021 and spring 2022
data collection............
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AIAN FACES 2019 fall 2021 800 1 .58 464 155
special Head Start parent
survey.....................
AIAN FACES 2019 fall 2021 90 9 .17 138 46
special Head Start teacher
child report...............
AIAN FACES 2019 fall 2021 90 1 .17 15 5
special Head Start teacher
survey.....................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,088.
Authority: Section 640(a)(2)(D) and section 649 of the Improving
Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-11935 Filed 6-7-21; 8:45 am]
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