Notice2021-18917
Submission for OMB Review; Head Start REACH: Strengthening Outreach, Recruitment, and Engagement Approaches With Families (New Collection)
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September 1, 2021
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Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing to collect data on different approaches that Head Start programs use for the recruitment, selection, enrollment, and retention (RSER) of families facing adversities and the community organizations with which it partners to support these activities. This study aims to present an internally valid description of RSER approaches used by six purposively selected programs, not to promote statistical generalization to different sites or service populations.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 167 (Wednesday, September 1, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49034-49035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18917]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Head Start REACH: Strengthening
Outreach, Recruitment, and Engagement Approaches With Families (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 Administration for Children and Families (ACF) within the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing to
collect data on different approaches that Head Start programs use for
the recruitment, selection, enrollment, and retention (RSER) of
families facing adversities and the community organizations with
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which it partners to support these activities. This study aims to
present an internally valid description of RSER approaches used by six
purposively selected programs, not to promote statistical
generalization to different sites or service populations.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. 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.
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 Head Start REACH:
Strengthening Outreach, Recruitment and Engagement Approaches with
Families project is proposing to conduct qualitative case studies to
examine the approaches used by Head Start programs to recruit, select,
enroll, and retain families experiencing adversities and the
implementation of these approaches, including supporting factors and
barriers. Adversities is a broad term that refers to a wide range of
circumstances or events that pose a threat to a child or caregiver's
physical or psychological well-being. The adversities that families
experience are often intertwined with poverty, may co-occur, and are
affected by systematic factors, such as structural racism. Common
examples include (but are not limited to) families experiencing
homelessness; involvement in child welfare, including foster care; and
affected by substance use, mental health issues, and domestic violence.
We will collect information from six sites; each site will include
(1) a Head Start program that has demonstrated success in the RSER of
families experiencing adversities and (2) up to four of its community
partner organizations that serve families experiencing adversities.
We will collect information on how programs determine which
adversities to focus on for their RSER efforts; RSER approaches
programs use, focusing specifically on families experiencing
adversities; RSER-related training and support that Head Start staff
receive; partnerships that programs form with organizations in the
community to support these activities; and supporting factors and
barriers to participation of enrolled and non-enrolled families who
face adversities.
Respondents: Head Start program directors, Head Start staff
conducting eligibility, recruitment, selection, enrollment, attendance
(ERSEA) activities, staff from community organizations with which Head
Start programs partner for ERSEA activities, Head Start-eligible
parents enrolled in Head Start, and those not enrolled in Head Start.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Number of responses per
respondents respondent Average burden Total/annual
Instrument (total over (total over per response burden (in
request request (in hours) hours)
period) period)
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Program director recruitment call protocol 6 1 0.50 3.0
(Instrument 1).................................
Program staff interview protocol: Program 6 1 1.0 6.0
director (Instrument 2) \a\....................
Program staff interview protocol ERSEA staff 24 1 1.5 36
(Instrument 2) \a\.............................
Head Start program study activities and focus 6 1 8.0 48
group coordination \b\.........................
Head Start enrolled families focus group guide 60 1 1.5 90
(Instrument 3).................................
Community partner recruitment call protocol 24 1 0.17 4.0
(Instrument 4).................................
Community partner staff interview protocol 24 1 0.75 18
(Instrument 5).................................
Community partner focus group coordination \b\.. 6 1 3.0 18
Families not enrolled in Head Start focus group 60 1 1.5 90
guide (Instrument 6) \c\.......................
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\a\ There is one interview protocol for both the program director and the ERSEA staff and the interviewer will
tailor it to the respondent(s).
\b\ There is no instrument, only a document of duties associated with this activity.
\c\ If needed, we will offer the option of a 45-minute one-on-one interview; however, as we do not expect to
have to use the interview option often, the table reflects a 90-minute burden for all families not enrolled in
Head Start.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 313.
Authority: Head Start Act Section 640 [42 U.S.C. 9835]
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-18917 Filed 8-31-21; 8:45 am]
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