Notice2021-18519
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) (OMB #0970-0151)
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Published
August 27, 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) as well as a follow-up to a special data collection fielded in the fall of 2021.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 164 (Friday, August 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48151-48152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18519]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; 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) as
well as a follow-up to a special data collection fielded in the fall of
2021.
DATES: 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.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be
obtained and comments may be forwarded by emailing
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8dc2dddfc8e4e3ebe2eee2e1e1e8eef9e4e2e3cdeceeeba3e5e5fea3eae2fb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4a051a180f23242c25292526262f293e2325240a2b292c64222239642d253c">[email protected]</span></a>. Alternatively, copies can also be
obtained 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. All
requests, emailed or written, should be identified by the title of the
information collection.
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, spring 2020, and fall 2021 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>.
This 60-day notice describes:
<bullet> The spring 2022 round of FACES program- and classroom-
level data collection.
<bullet> A follow-up in spring 2022 of the fall 2021 FACES and AIAN
FACES child-level data collection.
FACES spring 2022 data collection will take place in 180 Head Start
programs nationwide. Of the 180 programs, 60 will have participated in
fall data collection and 120 will be added to participate in classroom-
and program-data collection only. AIAN FACES will continue in the same
22 programs that participated in 2019, 2020, and 2021 data collection.
Data collection activities will include teacher sampling (for the 120
FACES programs not part of fall 2021), parent surveys, teacher child
reports, staff surveys, and, for FACES, classroom observations.
In the additional 120 programs added to FACES in spring 2022, data
collection will begin with sampling of FACES teachers in 240 Head Start
centers. Study team members will request a list of all teachers working
with Head Start-funded children.
As in fall 2021, for the spring 2022 follow-up data 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 learning skills and
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 all 202 programs (180 for
FACES and 22 for AIAN FACES), Head Start teachers will rate each
sampled child (approximately 10 children per teacher) using the web or
paper-and-pencil forms. Teachers, program directors, and center
directors will also complete a survey, also using the web or paper-and-
pencil forms, about themselves and the services and instruction in Head
Start.
Respondents: Parents of Head Start children; Head Start staff.
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 (in hours) (in hours) (in hours)
request period) request period)
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FACES 2019 spring 2022 special 240 1 .17 41 14
teacher sampling form from
Head Start staff.............
FACES 2019 special Head Start 2,400 1 .58 1,392 464
parent survey................
FACES 2019 special Head Start 240 10 .17 408 136
teacher child report.........
FACES 2019 Head Start teacher 720 1 .67 482 161
survey.......................
FACES 2019 Head Start center 360 1 .58 209 70
director survey..............
FACES 2019 Head Start program 180 1 .67 121 40
director survey..............
AIAN FACES 2019 special Head 800 1 .58 464 155
Start parent survey..........
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AIAN FACES 2019 special Head 90 9 .17 138 46
Start teacher child report...
AIAN FACES 2019 Head Start 90 1 .58 52 17
teacher survey...............
AIAN FACES 2019 Head Start 42 1 .50 21 7
center director survey.......
AIAN FACES 2019 Head Start 22 1 .50 11 4
program director survey......
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,114.
Comments: 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.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-18519 Filed 8-26-21; 8:45 am]
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