82 FR 54346 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 221 (November 17, 2017)
Administration for Children and Families
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 221 (November 17, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-24901 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 221 (Friday, November 17, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 54346-54348] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-24901] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Administration for Children and Families Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Title: Variations in Implementation of Quality Interventions (VIQI) Project: Data Collection. OMB No.: New Collection. Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) proposes to collect information as part of the Variations in Implementation of Quality Interventions (VIQI): Examining the Quality-Child Outcomes Relationship in Child Care and Early Education Project. The VIQI Project will inform policymakers, practitioners, and stakeholders about effective ways to support the quality and effectiveness of early care and education (ECE) centers for promoting young children's learning and development. In partnership with ECE centers across the United States that serve young children with diverse economic backgrounds, the VIQI Project aims to (1) identify dimensions of quality within ECE settings that are key levers for promoting children's outcomes; (2) inform what levels of quality are necessary to successfully support children's developmental gains; (3) identify drivers that facilitate and inhibit successful implementation of interventions aimed at strengthening quality; and (4) understand how these relations vary across different ECE settings, staff, and children. To achieve these aims, the VIQI Project will include a year- long pilot study that will pilot up to three curricular and professional development models, followed by a year-long impact evaluation and process study that involve testing the effectiveness of two curricular and professional development models that aim to strengthen teacher practices, the quality of classroom processes, and children's outcomes. The study will include up to 189 community-based and Head Start ECE centers spread across seven different metropolitan areas in the United States. To test the effectiveness of the curricular and professional development models, the VIQI project will consist of a 3- or 4-group experimental design in the pilot study and a 3-group experimental design in the impact evaluation and the process study in which the initial quality and other characteristics of ECE centers are measured. The centers then will be stratified based upon select information collected--by setting type (e.g., Head Start and community-based ECE centers) and initial levels of quality--and randomly assigned to one of the intervention conditions where they will be offered curricular and professional development supports aimed at strengthening the quality of classroom and teacher practices, or to a business-as-usual comparison condition. In the pilot study, 24 centers in one metropolitan area will participate in the VIQI Project. Information about center and staff characteristics and classroom and teacher practices will be collected (1) to stratify and randomly assign centers; (2) to describe how the different interventions are implemented and are experienced by centers and teachers; and (3) to document the treatment differentials across research conditions. The information will then be used to adjust and to refine the research design and measures that will be used in the impact evaluation and process study. In the impact evaluation and process study, 165 centers in seven metropolitan areas will participate in the VIQI Project. Information about center and staff characteristics and classroom and teacher practices will be collected (1) to stratify and randomly assign centers; (2) to identify subgroups of interest; (3) to describe how the interventions are implemented and are experienced by centers and teachers; (4) to document the treatment differentials across research conditions; and (5) to assess the impacts of each of the interventions on different dimensions of quality and teacher practices when compared to a business-as-usual comparison condition for the impact evaluation sample and separately for subgroups of interest. In addition, information about the background characteristics of families and children being served in the centers will be collected, as well as measures of children's skills at the beginning and end of the year-long impact evaluation for a subset of children in these centers. This information will also be used (1) to define subgroups of interest defined by family and child characteristics, and (2) to assess the impacts of each of the interventions on children's skills for the full impact evaluation sample and separately for subgroups of interest. Lastly, the information on quality, teacher practices and children's skills will be used in a set of analyses that will rigorously examine the nature of the quality-to-child outcomes relationship by exploring the effects of different dimensions and thresholds (or levels) of quality on child outcomes for the full impact evaluation sample and separately for subgroups of interest. The data collection instruments for the VIQI Project include the following: (1) Instruments for Screening and Recruitment of ECE Centers will be used in the pilot study, impact evaluation, and process study to assess ECE centers' eligibility, to inform the sampling strategy, and to recruit ECE centers to participate in the VIQI Project; (2) Baseline Instruments for the Pilot Study, Impact Evaluation, and Process Study will be used to collect background information about centers, classrooms, center staff, and families and children being served in the centers. All of the instruments will be administered at the beginning of the pilot study, impact evaluation, and process study, with the exception of the baseline survey administered to parents of children enrolled in participating ECE centers and the protocol for [[Page 54347]] baseline assessments of children's skills at the beginning of the impact evaluation and process study; (3) Follow-Up Instruments for the Pilot Study, Impact Evaluation, and Process Study will be used to inform how centers, classrooms, teachers, and children changed and to assess the impacts of each of the interventions over the course of the pilot study, impact evaluation, and process study. All of the instruments will be administered at the end of the pilot study, impact evaluation, and process study, with the exception of the protocol for follow-up assessments of children's skills at the end of the impact evaluation and process study; and, (4) Fidelity of Implementation Instruments for Pilot Study and Process Study will be used to document how the curricular and professional development models are delivered and experienced by staff, to document treatment differentials across research conditions, and to provide context for interpreting the findings of the impact evaluation. Respondents: The target population of the VIQI Project will include staff members working in Head Start grantee and community-based child care oversight agencies, staff members working in 189 ECE centers in seven metropolitan areas across the United States, and parents and children being served in these centers. Annual Burden Estimates ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total number Annual number Number of Average Instrument of of responses per burden hours Annual burden respondents respondents respondent per response hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Instruments for Screening and Recruitment of ECE Centers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Landscaping protocol with 100 33 1 1.50 50 Stakeholder Agencies (staff burden in Head Start (HS) grantee and community-based child care agencies)........... Screening protocol for phone 110 37 1 2 74 calls (staff burden in HS grantees and community-based child care agencies)........... Screening protocol for phone 280 93 1 1.20 112 calls (HS and community-based child care center staff burden) Protocol for in-person visits 488 163 1 1.50 245 for screening and recruitment activities (staff burden in HS grantees and community-based child care agencies)........... Protocol for in-person visits 760 253 1 1.20 304 for screening and recruitment activities (HS and community- based child care center staff burden)........................ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Baseline Instruments for the Pilot Study, Impact Evaluation, and Process Study ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Baseline administrator survey... 236 79 1 0.60 47 Baseline coach survey........... 223 74 1 0.60 44 Baseline teacher/assistant 1,358 453 1 0.60 272 teacher survey................. Baseline parent/guardian 8,568 2,856 1 0.20 571 information form in Impact Evaluation only................ Baseline classroom observation 543 181 1 0.30 54 protocol (teacher burden)...... Baseline protocol for child 1,980 660 1 0.50 330 assessments in Impact Evaluation only (child burden). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow-Up Instruments for Pilot Study, Impact Evaluation, and Process Study ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow-up administrator survey.. 189 63 1 0.50 32 Follow-up coach survey.......... 178 59 1 0.50 30 Follow-up teacher/assistant 1,086 362 1 0.75 272 teacher survey................. Teacher reports to questions 543 181 1 0.67 121 about children in classroom (administered as part of the follow-up teacher survey)...... Follow-up classroom observation 543 181 2 0.30 109 protocol (teacher burden)...... Follow-up protocol for child 1,980 660 1 1 660 assessments in Impact Evaluation only (child burden). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fidelity of Implementation Instruments for Pilot Study and Process Study ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coach log....................... 117 39 55 0.25 536 Teacher/assistant teacher log... 1,086 362 36 0.25 3258 Implementation fidelity 72 24 1 0.30 7 observation protocol (teacher burden)........................ Interview/Focus group protocol 322 107 1 1.5 161 (administrator, teacher/ assistant teacher and coach burden)........................ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,289. Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may 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 should be identified by the title of the information collection. Email address: [email protected]. OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the [[Page 54348]] 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. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Email: [email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and Families. Mary Jones, ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 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Estimated Total Annual Burden The VIQI Project will inform The information will then be used to
Hours: policymakers, practitioners, and adjust and to refine the research design
In compliance with the requirements stakeholders about effective ways to and measures that will be used in the
of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork support the quality and effectiveness of impact evaluation and process study.
Reduction Act of 1995, the early care and education (ECE) centers In the impact evaluation and process
Administration for Children and for promoting young children’s learning study, 165 centers in seven metropolitan
Families is soliciting public comment and development. In partnership with areas will participate in the VIQI
on the specific aspects of the ECE centers across the United States Project. Information about center and
information collection described above. that serve young children with diverse staff characteristics and classroom and
Copies of the proposed collection of economic backgrounds, the VIQI Project teacher practices will be collected (1) to
information can be obtained and aims to (1) identify dimensions of stratify and randomly assign centers; (2)
comments may be forwarded by writing quality within ECE settings that are key to identify subgroups of interest; (3) to
to the Administration for Children and levers for promoting children’s describe how the interventions are
Families, Office of Planning, Research outcomes; (2) inform what levels of implemented and are experienced by
and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant quality are necessary to successfully centers and teachers; (4) to document
Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447, support children’s developmental gains; the treatment differentials across
Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. (3) identify drivers that facilitate and research conditions; and (5) to assess
Email address: infocollection@ inhibit successful implementation of the impacts of each of the interventions
acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be interventions aimed at strengthening on different dimensions of quality and
identified by the title of the information quality; and (4) understand how these teacher practices when compared to a
collection. relations vary across different ECE business-as-usual comparison condition
The Department specifically requests settings, staff, and children. To achieve for the impact evaluation sample and
these aims, the VIQI Project will include separately for subgroups of interest. In
comments on: (a) Whether the proposed
a year-long pilot study that will pilot up addition, information about the
collection of information is necessary
to three curricular and professional background characteristics of families
for the proper performance of the
development models, followed by a and children being served in the centers
functions of the agency, including
year-long impact evaluation and process will be collected, as well as measures of
whether the information shall have
study that involve testing the children’s skills at the beginning and
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
effectiveness of two curricular and end of the year-long impact evaluation
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
professional development models that for a subset of children in these centers.
proposed collection of information; (c)
aim to strengthen teacher practices, the This information will also be used (1) to
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
quality of classroom processes, and define subgroups of interest defined by
information to be collected; and (d)
children’s outcomes. The study will family and child characteristics, and (2)
ways to minimize the burden of the to assess the impacts of each of the
include up to 189 community-based and
collection of information on interventions on children’s skills for the
Head Start ECE centers spread across
respondents, including through the use full impact evaluation sample and
seven different metropolitan areas in the
of automated collection techniques or separately for subgroups of interest.
United States.
other forms of information technology. To test the effectiveness of the Lastly, the information on quality,
Consideration will be given to curricular and professional teacher practices and children’s skills
comments and suggestions submitted development models, the VIQI project will be used in a set of analyses that will
within 60 days of this publication. will consist of a 3- or 4-group rigorously examine the nature of the
Robert Sargis, experimental design in the pilot study quality-to-child outcomes relationship
Reports Clearance Officer. and a 3-group experimental design in by exploring the effects of different
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the impact evaluation and the process dimensions and thresholds (or levels) of
study in which the initial quality and quality on child outcomes for the full
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other characteristics of ECE centers are impact evaluation sample and
measured. The centers then will be separately for subgroups of interest.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND stratified based upon select information The data collection instruments for
HUMAN SERVICES collected—by setting type (e.g., Head the VIQI Project include the following:
Start and community-based ECE (1) Instruments for Screening and
Administration for Children and centers) and initial levels of quality— Recruitment of ECE Centers will be used
Families and randomly assigned to one of the in the pilot study, impact evaluation,
intervention conditions where they will and process study to assess ECE centers’
Submission for OMB Review; be offered curricular and professional eligibility, to inform the sampling
Comment Request development supports aimed at strategy, and to recruit ECE centers to
strengthening the quality of classroom participate in the VIQI Project;
Title: Variations in Implementation of and teacher practices, or to a business- (2) Baseline Instruments for the Pilot
Quality Interventions (VIQI) Project: as-usual comparison condition. Study, Impact Evaluation, and Process
Data Collection. In the pilot study, 24 centers in one Study will be used to collect
OMB No.: New Collection. metropolitan area will participate in the background information about centers,
Description: The Administration for VIQI Project. Information about center classrooms, center staff, and families
Children and Families (ACF), Office of and children being served in the
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and staff characteristics and classroom
Planning, Research and Evaluation and teacher practices will be collected centers. All of the instruments will be
(OPRE) proposes to collect information (1) to stratify and randomly assign administered at the beginning of the
as part of the Variations in centers; (2) to describe how the different pilot study, impact evaluation, and
Implementation of Quality Interventions interventions are implemented and are process study, with the exception of the
(VIQI): Examining the Quality-Child experienced by centers and teachers; baseline survey administered to parents
Outcomes Relationship in Child Care and (3) to document the treatment of children enrolled in participating
and Early Education Project. differentials across research conditions. ECE centers and the protocol for
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collection of information between 30 Community Services Block Grant questions for clarity and system
and 60 days after publication of this (CSBG) State Plan Application for compatibility. It is not anticipated that
document in the Federal Register. States these revisions will cause any
Therefore, a comment is best assured of Community Services Block Grant additional burden to states as they have
having its full effect if OMB receives it (CSBG) Eligible Entity Master List been completing the automated plan for
within 30 days of publication. Written Community Services Block Grant three years. It is anticipated that the
comments and recommendations for the (CSBG) ACSI Survey of Eligible burden will continue to diminish in
proposed information collection should Entities subsequent years due to improved
be sent directly to the following: Office Title: Community Services Block automation.
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Grant (CSBG) State Plan Application In addition to the CSBG State Plan,
Reduction Project, Email: OIRA_ OMB Number: 0970–0382 states will be requested to complete a
SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV, Attn: Description: Section 676 of the CSBG Eligible Entity Master List in year
Desk Officer for the Administration for Community Services Block Grant one, and then make updates as
Children and Families. (CSBG) Act requires states, including necessary in subsequent years. As the
the District of Columbia and the states have the information about their
Mary Jones, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and U.S. eligible entities (or sub-grantees), the
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. territories applying for CSBG funds to burden will be minimal to the states to
[FR Doc. 2017–24901 Filed 11–16–17; 8:45 am] submit an application and plan (CSBG complete this the first year.
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State Plan). The CSBG State Plan must Lastly, the request includes a survey
meet statutory requirements prior to for the CSBG eligible entities (or sub-
states and territories being funded with grantees). The survey focuses on the
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND CSBG funds. Applicants have the option customer service that the eligible
HUMAN SERVICES to submit a detailed plan annually or entities receive from the CSBG states.
biannually. Entities that submit a The survey is optional, and this will be
Administration for Children and biannual plan must provide an the third time that the eligible entities
Families abbreviated plan the following year if that chose to submit will complete it.
substantial changes to the initial plan Respondents: State Governments,
Proposed Information Collection will occur. including the District of Columbia and
Activity: Comment Request This request is to revise the the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and
automated CSBG State Plan format for U.S. territories, and local level sub-
Proposed Projects: states and territories by revising grantees.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Average
Number of
Number of burden hours Total burden
Instrument responses per
respondents per hours
respondent response
CSBG State Plan Application for States ......................................................... 56 1 31 1,736
CSBG State Plan Eligible Entity List ............................................................... 56 1 1 56
CSBG ACSI Survey of Eligible Entities ........................................................... 1,019 1 .15 152.85
Estimated Total Annual Burden functions of the agency, including DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
Hours: 1,792 hours for states and whether the information shall have HUMAN SERVICES
territories; 152.85 for eligible entities. practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
In compliance with the requirements agency’s estimate of the burden of the Food and Drug Administration
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 proposed collection of information; (c)
(Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chap. 35), the the quality, utility, and clarity of the [Docket No. FDA–2017–N–4179]
Administration for Children and information to be collected; and (d)
Families is soliciting public comment Cardiac Troponin Assays; Public
ways to minimize the burden of the Workshop; Request for Comments;
on the specific aspects of the collection of information on
information collection described above. Extension of Comment Period
respondents, including through the use
Copies of the proposed collection of of automated collection techniques or AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,
information can be obtained and other forms of information technology. HHS.
comments may be forwarded by writing Consideration will be given to ACTION: Notice; extension of comment
to the Administration for Children and comments and suggestions submitted period.
Families, Office of Planning, Research
within 60 days of this publication.
and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW., SUMMARY: The Food and Drug
Washington, DC 20201. Attn: ACF Robert Sargis, Administration (FDA or Agency) is
Reports Clearance Officer. Email extending the comment period provided
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Reports Clearance Officer.
address: infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All [FR Doc. 2017–24905 Filed 11–16–17; 8:45 am] in the notice entitled ‘‘Cardiac Troponin
requests should be identified by the title Assays; Public Workshop; Request for
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of the information collection. Comments’’ that appeared in the
The Department specifically requests Federal Register on July 31, 2017. That
comments on: (a) Whether the proposed notice announced the public workshop
collection of information is necessary and requested comments by November
for the proper performance of the 28, 2017; FDA is extending the public
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