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 round of the Head Start Family and Child
Experiences Survey (FACES). FACES 2014-2018 features a new "Core
Plus" study design. Through this design, FACES Core studies will
provide data on a set of key indicators more rapidly and with
greater frequency than in past rounds of FACES, and will allow for
studying more complex issues and topics in greater detail and with
increased efficiency (Plus studies). The overall design of the
FACES 2014-2018 Core and the procedures that are used to select and
recruit the sample and conduct data collection are, for the most
part, similar to those used in FACES 2009 (OMB number 0970-0151).
ACF requests permission to contact 230 Head Start programs that
will be selected to participate in FACES 2014-2018 for the purpose
of gathering information that will be used (1) to develop a
sampling frame of Head Start centers in each program, and (2) to
facilitate the selection of the center and classroom samples and,
for a subsample of programs, the selection of child samples. In
this package, we present the sampling plans for all these levels
and the procedures for recruiting programs and selecting centers in
2014 and contacting them again in 2016. A separate package will be
submitted to request clearance for the FACES 2014-2018 data
collection, including selecting classrooms and children for the
study and gathering consent for children, data collection
instruments and procedures, data analyses, and the reporting of
study findings.
US Code:
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USC 649 Name of Law: Improving Head Start for School Readiness
Act of 2007
The approach to recruiting
programs and gathering the information needed to develop center
sampling frames and to begin preparations for the different data
collections that will occur in fall 2014, spring 2015, and spring
2017 is the same approach that was used successfully in FACES 2009
(OMB Number 0970-0151).
Karl Koerper 202 401-4535
karl.koerper@acf.hhs.gov
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.