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programs participating in classroomlevel data collection will be contacted.
All programs will be contacted a second
time in fall 2021 to confirm their
continued participation in the Core
spring 2022 data collection. The
programs from Region XI would be
recruited a year earlier (i.e., spring 2018)
given the increased amount of time to
recruit programs in tribal communities
and to obtain tribal council and/or tribal
leadership approval.

The method of data collection for
recruitment of all programs will include
telephone conversations with program
directors and on-site coordinators who
serve as liaisons between the FACES
study team and the Head Start centers.
In Region XI, an additional recruitment
telephone call with tribal leadership/
tribal council will be required. All of
these calls will inform program staff
about the purpose of the study and will
gather lists of centers in each program

in order to compile the center sampling
frame. The purpose of this 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.
Respondents: Head Start Program
Directors and Staff, as well as tribal
leadership.

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Total number
of respondents

Instrument

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Telephone script and recruitment information collection for
program directors, Regions I–X .......................................
Telephone script and recruitment information collection for
program directors, Region XI ...........................................
Telephone script and recruitment information collection for
on-site coordinators, Regions I–X ....................................
Telephone script and recruitment information collection for
on-site coordinators, Regions XI ......................................

Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 439.
In compliance with the requirements
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment
on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above.
Copies of the proposed collection of
information can be obtained and
comments may be forwarded 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. Email
address: OPREinfocollection@
acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information
collection.
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

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Annual
number of
respondents

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1

231

30

10

2

1

20

230

77

3

.75

173

30

10

2

.75

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Title: Pre-testing of Evaluation Data
Collection Activities.
OMB No.: 0970–0355.
Description: The Office of Planning,
Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), in the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS)
intends to request approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to renew a generic clearance to
pre-test data collection instruments with
more than nine participants to identify
and resolve any question or procedural
problems in survey administration.
OPRE studies ACF programs, and the
populations they serve, through rigorous
research and evaluation projects. These
include evaluations of existing
programs, evaluations of innovative
approaches to helping low-income
children and families, research
syntheses and descriptive and
exploratory studies. To improve the

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Mary Jones,
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burden hours
per response

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comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.

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development of its research and
evaluation surveys, OPRE uses the pretesting of evaluation surveys generic
clearance to employ a variety of
techniques including cognitive and
usability laboratory and field
techniques, behavior coding,
exploratory interviews, respondent
debriefing questionnaires, split sample
experiments, focus groups, and pilot
studies/pre-tests. These activities allow
OPRE to identify if and when a survey
may be simplified for respondents,
respondent burden may be reduced, and
other possible improvements.
Following standard OMB
requirements, OPRE will submit a
change request for each individual data
collection activity under this generic
clearance. Each request will include the
individual instrument(s), a justification
specific to the individual information
collection, and any supplementary
documents. OMB should review within
10 days of receiving each change
request.
The information collected in this
effort will not be the primary subject of
any published ACF reports; however,
information may be made public
through methodological appendices or
footnotes, reports on instrument
development, instrument user guides,
descriptions of respondent behavior,
and other publications or presentations
describing findings of methodological
interest. When necessary, results will be
labeled as exploratory in nature. The
results of this pre-testing research may
be prepared for presentation at

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professional meetings or publication in
professional journals.
Respondents: Participants in ACF
programs being evaluated; participants

in ACF demonstrations; recipients of
ACF Grants and individuals served by
ACF Grantees; comparison group

members; and other relevant
populations, such as individuals at risk
of needing ACF services.

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Instrument

Total number
of respondents

Number of
responses per
respondent

Average
burden hours
per response

Total burden
hours

Survey development field tests, respondent debriefing questionnaires, cognitive interviews, split sample experiments, focus groups ...........................

3,825

1

1

3,825

In compliance with the requirements
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment
on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above.
Copies of the proposed collection of
information can be obtained and
comments may be forwarded 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. Email
address: OPREinfocollection@
acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information
collection.
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.
Mary Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: Adoption and Foster Care
Analysis and Reporting System
(AFCARS).
OMB No.: 0970–0422.
Description: Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3501–3520), federal agencies must
obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
PRA (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) requires
federal agencies to publish a 30-day
notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension or reinstatement of an existing
collection of information, before
submitting the collection to OMB for
approval. To comply with this
requirement, the Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) is
publishing this notice that summarizes
the following proposed collection of
information for public comment:
Title of Collection: Adoption and
Foster Care Analysis and Reporting
System (AFCARS).
OMB Control Number: 0970–0422,
expiration date February 28, 2018.
Type of Review: An extension of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Title
IV–E State, Local, and Tribal Child
Welfare Agencies.
There have been no revisions to the
existing AFCARS data collection found
under federal regulations at 45 CFR
1355.40. The requirements for AFCARS
being addressed by this notice are
scheduled to end on September 30,
2019. ACF is requesting that OMB
approve a three-year renewal to cover
the period when States and IV–E Tribes
must continue submitting the existing
requirements.

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On December 14, 2016, a new set of
requirements (45 CFR 1355.41–44) for
AFCARS reporting was published as a
final rule and will go into effect on
October 1, 2019. At that time, the
requirements covered by this notice (45
CFR 1355.40) will be replaced by the
new regulatory requirements. The
requirements for the updated AFCARS
requirements found in federal
regulations at 45 CFR 1355.41–44 are
covered by a different OMB control
number (0970–0457) and are not
addressed by this Notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
addition to this Notice, Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)) requires Federal agencies
to provide a 60-day notice in the
Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension or
update of an existing collection of
information, before submitting the
collection to OMB for approval. In
compliance with this requirement, ACF
published a notice in the Federal
Register on June 30, 2017 and invited
comment on: (1) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of ACF’s
functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of ACF’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
when appropriate, and other forms of
information technology for the existing
AFCARS reporting that is required by
States and Tribes.
ACF received 71 comment letters to
the first notice. No substantive
comments were received regarding the
existing AFCARS data collection in 45
CFR 1355.40 under OMB Number 0970–
0457. Instead, commenters provided
feedback on the new AFCARS data

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