FastTrack GenIC - Head Start / Early Head Start Population Projections Pilot – Follow-Up Survey

Request for Approval under the “Generic Clearance for the Collection of Routine Customer Feedback” (OMB Control Number: 0970-0401)

TITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION: Head Start / Early Head Start Population Projections Pilot – Follow-Up Survey

PURPOSE: The Program Management and Fiscal Operations (PMFO) provided training on a newly developed population projections tool that is designed to help grantee organizations better anticipate the enrollment needs in their respective jurisdictions and to plan for future HS/EHS enrollment. The Head Start / Early Head Start Population Projections tool is currently in its “pilot” phase and user feedback is important at this stage.

The proposed information collection contains one follow-up survey to gather information from participants in the Head Start / Early Head Start Population Projections training event offered by PMFO. The survey was designed to gauge how, and to what extent, participants are using the newly developed population projections tool that was the focus of the PMFO training. Given that the tool is in its “pilot” phase, participant feedback on the use of the tool is very important to the tool’s future refinement for broader use in the field. The follow-up survey will be administered to participants approximately 6 months after completion of the training session.

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS: Respondents include training participants—executive leadership and managerial staff—in the Head Start / Early Head Start Population Projections Pilot training event.

TYPE OF COLLECTION:

[ ] Customer Comment Card/Complaint Form [ X] Customer Satisfaction Survey

[ ] Usability Testing (e.g., Website or Software [ ] Small Discussion Group

[ ] Focus Group [ ] Other: ______________________

CERTIFICATION:

I certify the following to be true:

1. The collection is voluntary.

2. The collection is low-burden for respondents and low-cost for the Federal Government.

3. The collection is non-controversial and does not raise issues of concern to other federal agencies.

4. The primary purpose of the results is not for public dissemination.

5. Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of substantially informing influential policy decisions.

6. The collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions from respondents who have experience with the program or may have experience with the program in the future.

Name and affiliation: David Jones, Senior Program Specialist/Federal Program Officer, Office of Head Start

To assist review, please provide answers to the following questions:

Personally Identifiable Information:

1. Is personally identifiable information (PII) collected? [ ] Yes [X] No

2. If Yes, will any information that is collected be included in records that are subject to the Privacy Act of 1974? [ ] Yes [X] No

3. If Yes, has an up-to-date System of Records Notice (SORN) been published? [ ] Yes [X] No

Gifts or Payments:

Is an incentive (e.g., money or reimbursement of expenses, token of appreciation) provided to participants? [ ] Yes [X] No

BURDEN HOURS

Information Collection	Category of Respondent	No. of Respondents	No. of Responses per Respondent	Estimated Time per Response	Burden Hours
HS / EHS Population Projections Pilot Training Follow-up Survey	Privat Sector (Head Start Executive Leadership and Managerial Personnel)	15	1	5 min	1.25

FEDERAL COST: The estimated annual cost to the Federal government is $1,670.

If you are conducting a focus group, survey, or plan to employ statistical methods, please provide answers to the following questions:

The selection of your targeted respondents

1. Do you have a customer list or something similar that defines the universe of potential respondents and do you have a sampling plan for selecting from this universe? [X] Yes [ ] No

If the answer is yes, please provide a description of both below (or attach the sampling plan)? If the answer is no, please provide a description of how you plan to identify your potential group of respondents and how you will select them?

The list of potential respondents are individuals who participated in the HS / EHS Population Projections Training in August 2023. Response rate is estimated at 50 percent.

Administration of the Instrument

1. How will you collect the information? (Check all that apply)

[X] Web-based or other forms of Social Media

[ ] Telephone

[ ] In-person

[ ] Mail

[ ] Other, Explain

2. Will interviewers or facilitators be used? [ ] Yes [X ] No

Please make sure that all instruments, instructions, and scripts are submitted with the request.

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