Proposed Information Collection Activity; Understanding the Value of Centralized Services Study (New Collection), 52909-52910 [2021-20556]
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information for the Early Head Start
Family and Child Experiences Survey
2022 (Baby FACES 2022). This
information collection is to provide
nationally representative data on Early
Head Start (EHS) programs, centers,
classrooms, staff, and families to guide
program planning, technical assistance,
and research. This data collection will
complete the previously approved
second round of data collection
originally planned to take place in 2020
(OMB 0970–0354). The work began in
early 2020 but had to be postponed after
only 3 weeks due to the COVID–19
pandemic. No changes are proposed to
the currently approved information
collection materials.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of
publication. OMB must make a decision
about 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.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: Baby FACES 2018 and
2022 build upon a prior study (Baby
FACES 2009; OMB 0970–0354) that
longitudinally followed two cohorts of
children through their experience in the
program. While the 2009 study provided
a great deal of information about
program participation over time and
about services received by children and
families, it did not allow for national
level estimates of service quality or
inferences about children who enter the
program after 15 months of age. To fill
these knowledge gaps and to answer
additional questions about how
programs function, the design for the
ADDRESSES:
information collection in 2022 will
refresh the nationally representative
cross-sectional sample of programs,
centers, home visitors, teachers,
classrooms, children, and families that
was used in Baby FACES 2018.
Freshening the sample will allow new
programs that came into being since
2018 a chance to enter the study. This
design allows for nationally
representative estimates at all levels at
a point in time and includes the entire
age span of enrolled children.
The goal of this work is to obtain
updated information on EHS programs
and understand better how program
processes support relationships (e.g.,
between home visitors and parents,
between parents and children, and
between teachers and children) that are
hypothesized to lead to improved child
and family outcomes.
Respondents: EHS program directors,
child care center directors, teachers and
home visitors, and parents of enrolled
children.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
(total over
request
period)
Instrument
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Classroom/home visitor sampling form (from EHS staff) ....
Child roster form (from EHS staff) .......................................
Parent consent form ............................................................
Parent survey .......................................................................
Parent Child Report .............................................................
Staff survey (Teacher survey and Home Visitor survey) ....
Staff Child Report ................................................................
Program director survey ......................................................
Center director survey .........................................................
Parent-child interaction ........................................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,972.
Note: In the Federal Register Notice
providing a 60-day comment period on
this information collection (86 FR
38490), while number of respondents,
number of responses per respondent,
and estimated response time were
provided correctly for the Staff Child
Report, there was a calculation error for
total and annual estimated burden. The
burden estimates in this current notice
reflect accurate calculations.
Authority: Sec. 645A and 649 of the
Improving Head Start for School
Readiness Act of 2007.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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Number of
responses per
respondent
(total over
request
period)
407
252
2,495
2,084
2,008
1,317
1,046
120
294
996
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.13
1
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Understanding the Value of
Centralized Services Study (New
Collection)
Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation, Administration for
Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) is proposing a new data
collection activity as part of the
Understanding the Value of Centralized
SUMMARY:
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Avg. burden
per response
(in hours)
0.17
0.33
0.17
0.53
0.33
0.5
0.25
0.5
0.5
0.17
Total burden
(in hours)
69
83
424
1105
663
659
557
60
147
169
Annual burden
(in hours)
35
42
212
553
332
330
279
30
74
85
Services study. The objective of this
descriptive study is to understand the
advantages, disadvantages, and costs of
centralizing social services for
individuals and families with low
incomes.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of
publication. In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, ACF 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
submitted by emailing
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All
requests should be identified by the title
of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Description: This descriptive study
aims to provide insight into the models
that have been used to centralize
services; organizations’ history of and
impetus for centralizing services; the
benefits, challenges, and costs of
centralizing services from the
perspectives of staff and clients; and
how organizations have coordinated
their centralized services virtually. This
project will include site visits to three
centralized community resource centers
(CCRCs). The proposed information
collection activities include interviews
with staff, including leadership and
administrative staff, frontline staff,
finance staff, and IT/data staff, and
focus groups with clients. The research
team will also conduct observations of
program activities.
Respondents: Respondents will
include leadership and administrative
staff at the CCRC, staff who manage
finances at the CCRC, staff who manage
data and/or technology at the CCRC,
staff who provide services directly to
clients at the CCRC, and clients who
have accessed services at the CCRC.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
(total over
request
period)
Instrument
Interview guide for administrative/leadership staff ..........................................
Interview guide for frontline staff .....................................................................
Interview guide for finance staff ......................................................................
Interview guide for IT/data staff .......................................................................
Focus group guide for clients ..........................................................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 146.
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: Authorized by the Social
Security Act 1110 [42 U.S.C. 1310],
appropriated by the Continuing
Appropriations Act of 2019.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
[OMB #0970–0391]
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; National Survey of Early Care
and Education COVID–19 Follow-Up
Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation, Administration for
Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), plans to request from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) an extension to complete data
collection for a two-wave COVID–19
Follow-up data collection currently
underway as part of the National Survey
of Early Care and Education (NSECE).
The objective of the NSECE COVID–19
Follow-up is to document the nation’s
current supply of early care and
education services (that is, home-based
providers, center-based providers, and
the center-based provider workforce).
There are no changes proposed.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of
publication. OMB must make a decision
about 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.
SUMMARY:
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Number of
responses per
respondent
(total over
request
period)
1
1
1
1
1
Avg. burden
per response
(in hours)
1.25
1.25
1
1
1.5
Total/annual
burden
(in hours)
23
60
9
9
45
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: In the context of the
COVID–19 pandemic, the NSECE
COVID–19 Follow-up will deepen our
understanding of the state of ECE
supply and the ECE workforce following
the initial period of crisis, including
changes in supply or departures from
and re-entries to the workforce. The
NSECE COVID–19 Follow-up is
collecting information from centerbased ECE providers to children birth
through age 5 years, not yet in
kindergarten, home-based ECE
providers that serve children under age
13, as well as the ECE workforce
providing these services. The collection
consists of three coordinated nationally
representative surveys:
1. A two-wave survey of individuals
who provided paid care for children
under the age of 13 in a residential
setting as of 2019 and participated in
the 2019 NSECE (Home-based Provider
Interview),
2. a two-wave survey of providers of
care to children ages 0 through 5 years
of age (not yet in kindergarten) in a nonresidential setting (Center-based
Provider Interview) as of 2019 and that
participated in the 2019 NSECE, and
3. a two-wave survey conducted with
individuals employed in center-based
ADDRESSES:
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Understanding the Value
of Centralized Services Study (New Collection)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration
for Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing a new data
collection activity as part of the Understanding the Value of
Centralized Services study. The objective of this descriptive study is
to understand the advantages, disadvantages, and costs of centralizing
social services for individuals and families with low incomes.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF 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 submitted by emailing
[email protected]. All requests should be identified by
the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Description: This descriptive study aims to provide insight into
the models that have been used to centralize services; organizations'
history of and impetus for centralizing services; the benefits,
challenges, and costs of centralizing services from the perspectives of
staff and clients; and how organizations have coordinated their
centralized services virtually. This project will include site visits
to three centralized community resource centers (CCRCs). The proposed
information collection activities include interviews with staff,
including leadership and administrative staff, frontline staff, finance
staff, and IT/data staff, and focus groups with clients. The research
team will also conduct observations of program activities.
Respondents: Respondents will include leadership and administrative
staff at the CCRC, staff who manage finances at the CCRC, staff who
manage data and/or technology at the CCRC, staff who provide services
directly to clients at the CCRC, and clients who have accessed services
at the CCRC.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Number of responses per
respondents respondent Avg. burden Total/annual
Instrument (total over (total over per response burden (in
request request (in hours) hours)
period) period)
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Interview guide for administrative/leadership 18 1 1.25 23
staff..........................................
Interview guide for frontline staff............. 48 1 1.25 60
Interview guide for finance staff............... 9 1 1 9
Interview guide for IT/data staff............... 9 1 1 9
Focus group guide for clients................... 30 1 1.5 45
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 146.
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: Authorized by the Social Security Act 1110 [42 U.S.C.
1310], appropriated by the Continuing Appropriations Act of 2019.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-20556 Filed 9-22-21; 8:45 am]
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