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OMB Control No: 0970-0151	ICR Reference No: 202206-0970-014
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202203-0970-006
Agency/Subagency: HHS/ACF	Agency Tracking No: OPRE
Title: OPRE Evaluation: Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) [Nationally representative studies of HS programs]
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 06/30/2022
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 06/29/2022
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2023	12/31/2023	12/31/2023
Responses	10,849	0	12,459
Time Burden (Hours)	4,683	0	5,339
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Administration for Children and Families’ FACES study periodically collects nationally representative information about Head Start programs, their staff, and the children and families they serve to inform program planning and technical assistance and enable research. A full request package specific to the spring 2022 data collection was approved on December 20, 2021. Two nonsubstantive changes were also approved: 1) describing the cancelation of classroom observations (February 14, 2022), and 2) describing updates to consent collection procedures in addition to instrument revisions based on OMB and OHS comments (March 25, 2022). Spring data collection began at the end of April 2022. Since data collection began, analysis of completed surveys shows that respondents are taking longer than the estimated time to complete for seven instruments, and shorter than the estimated time to complete for two instruments. Changes to the instruments triggered by low fall response rates (because of COVID) and a desire to include items related to the proposed Build Back Better Act were implemented very close to data collection. The survey length estimates were based on rough changes to item counts rather than pretesting which was not an option in the time available. The item count adjustments appear not to fully account for the cognitive burden of the new items. Because of the critical importance of the data being collected, we have not attempted to cut items from the instruments that are longer than anticipated.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 110 - 134 Monitoring, research, and stan Name of Law: Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007
PL: Pub.L. 103 - 62 Head Start Performance Measure Name of Law: Government Performance and Results Act of 1993

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	86 FR 48151	08/27/2021
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	86 FR 63400	11/16/2021
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	10,849	12,459	-1,610
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	4,683	5,339	-656
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: As described in these updated supporting statements, the FACES spring 2022 data collection plan was updated to address low response rates during the fall 2021 data collection as well as discussions with OHS. In addition to the changes described in A12, which impact burden estimates, we also updated the parent consent forms to remove references to fall activities and the cancelled FACES classroom observations and to allow for verbal consent. Finally, after a review by ACF’s privacy expert, we also revised the consent forms to provide additional clarification on how and with whom data will be shared.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $4,791,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Yes

Agency Contact: Molly Buck 202 205-4724 mary.buck@acf.hhs.gov

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