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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Child Care and Development
Fund (CCDF) Tribal Annual Report—
ACF–700 (0970–0430)
Office of Child Care;
Administration for Children and
Families; HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) is
requesting a three-year extension of the
form ACF–700: Child Care and
Development Fund (CCDF) Tribal
Annual Report (OMB #0970–0430,
expiration 11/30/2019) with changes.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of
publication. In compliance with the
Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be
obtained and comments may be
forwarded by emailing infocollection@
acf.hhs.gov. Alternatively, copies can
also 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,
emailed or written, should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
ADDRESSES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The Child Care and
Development Fund (CCDF) Tribal
Annual Report (ACF–700) requests
Total number
of responses
per
respondent
Instrument
Total number of respondents
ACF–700 ...........................................
ACF–700 ...........................................
138 (Tribes with small allocation) ....
83 (Tribes with medium/large allocation).
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 4,780.
Comments: 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.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9857.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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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.
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Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Assessing the Implementation
and Cost of High Quality Early Care
and Education: Field Test (0970–0499)
Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation, Administration for
Children and Families, HHS.
AGENCY:
Request for public comment.
SUMMARY: This information request is
part of the project, Assessing the
Implementation and Cost of High
Quality Early Care and Education (ECE–
ICHQ). The project’s goal is to create a
technically sound and feasible
instrument that will provide consistent,
systematic measures of the
implementation and costs of education
and care in center-based settings that
serve children from birth to age 5. The
resulting measures will inform research,
policy, and practice by improving
understanding of variations in what
centers do to support quality, their
associated costs, and how resources for
ECE may be better aligned with
expectations for quality.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
ACTION:
Tribal Lead Agencies (TLAs) to provide
annual Tribal aggregate information on
services provided through the CCDF,
which is required by CCDF regulations
(45 FR parts 98 and 99). The revised
ACF–700 report consists of an
introductory section that provides
program characteristics and two parts:
(1) Administrative Data, and (2) Tribal
Narrative. The content and format of the
entire form have been revised to address
Child Care and Development Block
Grant (CCDBG) Act of 2014 changes and
to reduce the reporting burden to TLAs.
Information from the ACF–700 will be
included in the CCDF Report to
Congress, as appropriate, and will be
shared with TLAs to inform them of
CCDF-funded activities.
Respondents: Tribal Governments.
Annual Burden Estimates:
Total
burden
hours
19
26
7,866
6,474
Annual
burden
hours
2,622
2,158
Comments due within 60 days of
publication. 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.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be
obtained and comments may be
forwarded by emailing
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
Alternatively, copies can also 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,
emailed or written should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) seeks approval to collect
new information to use in testing
measures of the implementation and
costs of high quality early care and
education. This information collection
is part of the project, Assessing the
Implementation and Cost of High
Quality Early Care and Education (ECE–
DATES:
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ICHQ). The project’s goal is to create a
technically sound and feasible
instrument that will provide consistent,
systematic measures of the
implementation and costs of education
and care in center-based settings that
serve children from birth to age 5. The
resulting measures will inform research,
policy, and practice by improving
understanding of variations in what
centers do to support quality, their
associated costs, and how resources for
ECE may be better aligned with
expectations for quality. The goals of the
study are (1) to test and refine a data
collection approach to gather
information about implementation
activities and costs of key functions
within ECE centers and (2) to develop
new measures of implementation and
costs for use together in understanding
ways to support quality. The study has
completed two phases of data collection
to develop the data collection tools and
measures. The study team collected data
through on-site visits to 15 centers as
part of an initial phase of data collection
to pre-test information collections (data
collected under clearance #0970–0355).
A second phase (OMB #0970–0499)
relied on remote data collection through
an electronic cost workbook, telephone
interviews, and web-based surveys to
gather information from 30 centers in
three states to develop preliminary
measures of implementation and cost
Number of
respondents
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Instrument
Center recruitment call (to gain participation; assumes outreach to 10 centers for every 1 center needed):
Center director ..........................................................................................
Umbrella organization administrator .........................................................
Center engagement call (to gather basic characteristics and plan steps for
participation; assumes 20% may withdraw after this step) .........................
Implementation interview protocol:
Center director ..........................................................................................
Additional center staff ...............................................................................
Electronic cost workbook .................................................................................
Staff rosters for time use survey .....................................................................
Time-use survey ..............................................................................................
Classroom rosters for observations .................................................................
Total Burden .............................................................................................
Comments: 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.
Authority: Social Security Act § 418
as extended by the Continuing
Appropriations Act of 2017 and the
TANF Extension Act of 2019.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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Total
burden
hours
.33
.33
264
25
100
1
.50
50
80
20
80
80
1,120
80
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
3
8
.25
.25
.50
240
60
640
20
280
40
........................
........................
........................
1,619
Submission for OMB Review; Survey
of Head Start Grantees on Training and
Technical Assistance (New Collection)
Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation; Administration for
Children and Families; HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) seeks approval to
conduct a statistically representative
survey of directors and managers/
coordinators from Head Start grantee
organizations regarding their access to
and use of training and technical
assistance (T/TA) from multiple
sources, including ACF’s Early
Childhood Training and Technical
Assistance system. The purpose of the
data collection is to inform ACF on
three aspects of grantee directors and
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and further reduced and refined the data
collection tools.
This proposed new information
collection is focused on a field test of
the measures to assess the psychometric
properties of the implementation
measures and to examine the
associations between measures of
implementation, cost, and quality. The
field test will include a mix of remote
and on-site data collection.
Respondents: ECE site administrators
or center directors, program directors,
education specialists, financial
managers or accountants, teachers, and
aides.
Annual Burden Estimates:
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managers/coordinators T/TA
experience: (1) Search and selection of
T/TA; (2) receipt of T/TA; (3) and
potential relationships between T/TA
received and perceived change in
practice.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of
publication. OMB is required to make a
decision concerning the 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.
ADDRESSES: 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: OIRA_
SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV, Attn:
Desk Officer for the Administration for
Children and Families.
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,
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Assessing the
Implementation and Cost of High Quality Early Care and Education: Field
Test (0970-0499)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration
for Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: This information request is part of the project, Assessing the
Implementation and Cost of High Quality Early Care and Education (ECE-
ICHQ). The project's goal is to create a technically sound and feasible
instrument that will provide consistent, systematic measures of the
implementation and costs of education and care in center-based settings
that serve children from birth to age 5. The resulting measures will
inform research, policy, and practice by improving understanding of
variations in what centers do to support quality, their associated
costs, and how resources for ECE may be better aligned with
expectations for quality.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. 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.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be
obtained and comments may be forwarded by emailing
[email protected]. Alternatively, copies can also 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, emailed or written should be identified by the title of the
information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeks approval
to collect new information to use in testing measures of the
implementation and costs of high quality early care and education. This
information collection is part of the project, Assessing the
Implementation and Cost of High Quality Early Care and Education (ECE-
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ICHQ). The project's goal is to create a technically sound and feasible
instrument that will provide consistent, systematic measures of the
implementation and costs of education and care in center-based settings
that serve children from birth to age 5. The resulting measures will
inform research, policy, and practice by improving understanding of
variations in what centers do to support quality, their associated
costs, and how resources for ECE may be better aligned with
expectations for quality. The goals of the study are (1) to test and
refine a data collection approach to gather information about
implementation activities and costs of key functions within ECE centers
and (2) to develop new measures of implementation and costs for use
together in understanding ways to support quality. The study has
completed two phases of data collection to develop the data collection
tools and measures. The study team collected data through on-site
visits to 15 centers as part of an initial phase of data collection to
pre-test information collections (data collected under clearance #0970-
0355). A second phase (OMB #0970-0499) relied on remote data collection
through an electronic cost workbook, telephone interviews, and web-
based surveys to gather information from 30 centers in three states to
develop preliminary measures of implementation and cost and further
reduced and refined the data collection tools.
This proposed new information collection is focused on a field test
of the measures to assess the psychometric properties of the
implementation measures and to examine the associations between
measures of implementation, cost, and quality. The field test will
include a mix of remote and on-site data collection.
Respondents: ECE site administrators or center directors, program
directors, education specialists, financial managers or accountants,
teachers, and aides.
Annual Burden Estimates:
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Center recruitment call (to gain participation;
assumes outreach to 10 centers for every 1
center needed):
Center director............................. 800 1 .33 264
Umbrella organization administrator......... 75 1 .33 25
Center engagement call (to gather basic 100 1 .50 50
characteristics and plan steps for
participation; assumes 20% may withdraw after
this step).....................................
Implementation interview protocol:
Center director............................. 80 1 3 240
Additional center staff..................... 20 1 3 60
Electronic cost workbook........................ 80 1 8 640
Staff rosters for time use survey............... 80 1 .25 20
Time-use survey................................. 1,120 1 .25 280
Classroom rosters for observations.............. 80 1 .50 40
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Total Burden................................ .............. .............. .............. 1,619
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Comments: 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.
Authority: Social Security Act Sec. 418 as extended by the
Continuing Appropriations Act of 2017 and the TANF Extension Act of
2019.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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