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with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. The purpose of the data
collections submitted under the generic
will be to inform ACF programming by
building the evidence about what works
to improve outcomes for the target
population and to identify innovative
learning methods that address common
evaluation challenges.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of
publication. In compliance with the
requirements of the PRA, ACF is
soliciting public comment on the
specific aspects of the information
collection described above.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the
proposed collection of information and
submit comments by emailing
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
Identify all requests by the title of the
information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: Under the proposed
umbrella generic, OPRE intends to
conduct evaluations of the effectiveness
of program services and components in
improving outcomes for youth and
young adults transitioning out of foster
care. To address challenges identified in
previous studies, the proposed
evaluations will use innovative methods
tailored to each participating program,
including rapid cycle learning
techniques that require an iterative
approach. Due to the rapid and iterative
nature of this work, OPRE is seeking
approval for a generic clearance to
conduct this research. Intended use of
the resulting data is to identify practices
and program components that have the
potential to improve the delivery and/or
quality of services administered by
human service programs and agencies in
the areas of child welfare and
independent living services for youth
and young adults with foster care
experience. Potential data collection
efforts include conducting interviews,
focus groups, and surveys with program
directors (e.g., from programs serving
youth with foster care experience and
from their partner agencies) and current,
past, or potential participants in
programs serving youth with foster care
experience (e.g., including potential
participants who are included in
comparison groups), as well as
extracting administrative or other
program data.
Under this generic clearance,
information is meant to inform ACF
activities and may be incorporated into
documents or presentations that are
made public such as through conference
presentations, websites, or social media.
The following are some examples of
ways in which we may share
information resulting from these data
collections: technical assistance (TA)
plans, webinars, presentations,
infographics, issue briefs/reports,
project specific reports, or other
documents relevant to the field, such as
federal leadership and staff, grantees,
local implementing agencies,
researchers, and/or training/TA
providers. We may also request
information for the sole purpose of
publication in cases where we are
working to create a single source for
users (clients, programs, researchers) to
find information about resources such
as services in their area, TA materials,
different types of programs or systems
available, or research using ACF data. In
sharing findings, we will describe the
study methods and limitations regarding
generalizability and as a basis for policy.
Following standard OMB
requirements, OPRE will submit an
individual request for each specific data
collection activity under this generic
clearance. Each request will include the
individual instrument(s), a justification
specific to the individual information
collection, and any supplementary
documents.
Respondents: Staff and administrators
of programs serving youth and young
adults with foster care experience;
current, former, or potential participants
in programs serving youth; and young
adults with foster care experience.
BURDEN ESTIMATES
Instrument
Number of
respondents
(total over
request period)
Number of
responses per
respondent
(total over
request period)
40
80
160
1,800
10
10
4
4
4
3
4
4
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Administrator Interviews ..............................................................................
Staff Discussions and Focus Groups ..........................................................
Youth Discussions and Focus Groups ........................................................
Youth Surveys .............................................................................................
Administrative Data Extraction ....................................................................
Document Delivery ......................................................................................
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,500.
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
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to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Authority: Title IV–E of the Social
Security Act, IV–E 477(g)(1–2), as
amended by the Foster Care
Independence Act of 1999.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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1.50
0.50
4.00
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160
480
960
2,700
160
40
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Building and Sustaining the
Child Care and Early Education
Workforce (New Collection)
Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation; Administration for
Children and Families; United States
Department of Health and Human
Services.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) Office of
Planning, Research, and Evaluation
(OPRE) at the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services is proposing to
collect information to examine a
promising strategy to support the child
care and early education (CCEE)
workforce in Colorado as part of the
Building and Sustaining the Child Care
and Early Education Workforce (BASE)
project. This project aims to build
evidence about workforce development
strategies designed to promote, retain,
and advance the CCEE workforce by
improving the economic well-being of
CCEE workers.
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,
ACF is soliciting public comment on the
specific aspects of the information
collection described above.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the
proposed collection of information and
submit comments by emailing
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
Identify all requests by the title of the
information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: As part of the BASE
project, OPRE is evaluating the
implementation, impacts, and costs of
two initiatives designed to improve the
wages and economic well-being of the
CCEE workforce in Colorado. Colorado
Department of Early Childhood (CDEC)
is implementing two initiatives to
improve the compensation and
SUMMARY:
compensation might improve outcomes
such as workforce recruitment,
retention, and economic and
psychological well-being, as well as to
capture contextual information about
CCEE settings’ working conditions and
job demands and supports. Interviews
will be conducted approximately 6 to 9
months after the initiatives began with
center-based teachers/home-based
caregivers and center-based directors/
home-based owners to capture their
experiences with the initiatives,
perceptions, attitudes, beliefs about the
initiatives, and how these experiences
may shape the viability and
implementation of the initiatives.
Interviews with key informants at statelevel implementing agencies will collect
qualitative data to understand
contextual factors and the impetus
behind the design and implementation
of the initiatives. Finally, cost
workbooks completed by center-based
CCEE setting administrators will collect
cost data to assess the costs associated
with implementing the initiative. This
information collection will support ACF
and the CCEE field in understanding
whether workforce support strategies
that increase compensation affect the
retention and well-being of the CCEE
workforce. This information will help to
inform Federal, State, and local
initiatives to build and retain a qualified
CCEE workforce.
Respondents: CCEE center-based
directors, administrators, teachers;
CCEE home-based owners and
caregivers; CCEE key informants.
economic well-being of the CCEE
workforce: (1) eligible CCEE centerbased settings are randomly selected
through a lottery process, and (2)
eligible home-based CCEE settings
receive additional funding and
supports. OPRE proposes to collect
survey, interview, and cost data to
understand: (a) the implementation and
costs of the initiatives, (b) the effects of
the initiative for teachers in centerbased CCEE settings, and (c) the
experiences of directors and teachers in
center-based CCEE settings and owners
and caregivers in home-based CCEE
settings with the initiatives. The study
will include CCEE workers who are
offered the initiatives and those who are
not, as assigned through CDEC’s lottery,
and key informants who are involved in
the design and implementation of
CDEC’s initiatives. The effectiveness of
the initiative will be determined by
differences between members of the
intervention and control groups for
hypothesized outcomes in center-based
CCEE settings. The experiences of
directors/owners, teachers, and
caregivers in center-based and homebased CCEE settings with the initiatives
will be explored with qualitative and
descriptive analyses. OPRE and
Colorado are collaborating to evaluate
the two initiatives. Colorado will collect
baseline survey data and share it with
OPRE. OPRE will collect follow-up
surveys and interviews. Study
participants will complete follow-up
surveys approximately 9 and 18 months
after the initiatives begin to understand
how strategies that aim to improve
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Instrument
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Number of
respondents
(total over
request period)
Number of
responses per
respondent
(total over
request period)
75
1,000
95
15
25
25
5
16
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
Follow-up center director survey .........................................
Follow-up lead and assistant teacher survey ......................
Follow-up home-based owner and caregiver survey ..........
One-on-one center director interview ..................................
One-on-one lead and assistant teacher interview ...............
One-on-one home-based owner and caregiver interview ...
One-on-one key informant interview ...................................
Center-based setting costs workbook .................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 641.
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
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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
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burden
per response
(in hours)
0.75
0.75
0.75
1
1
1
1
5
Total
burden
(in hours)
113
1,500
143
15
25
38
5
80
Annual
burden
(in hours)
38
500
48
5
8
13
2
27
to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Authority: Head Start Act section 640
[42 U.S.C. 9835] and 649 [42 U.S.C.
9844]; appropriated by the Consolidated
Appropriations Act of 2022. Head Start
Act as amended by the Improving Head
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Start for School Readiness Act of 2007
(IHSSRA) (Public Law 110 134).
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Public Comment Request; of
the ACL Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Research and
Assessment OMB Control Number
0985–NEW
Administration for Community
Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Community Living is announcing that
the proposed collection of information
listed above has been submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance as
required under section 506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
This 30-Day notice collects comments
on the information collection
requirements related to the ACL Generic
Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Research and Assessment
OMB Control Number 0985–NEW.
DATES: Submit written comments on the
collection of information by June 14,
2023.
SUMMARY:
Submit written comments
and recommendations for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of
publication of this notice to
ADDRESSES:
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find the information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function. By mail to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, OMB, New Executive Office
Bldg., 725 17th St. NW, Rm. 10235,
Washington, DC 20503, Attn: OMB Desk
Officer for ACL.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Delaney Roach, Call 202–795–7316 or
Email evaluation@acl.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, ACL
has submitted the following proposed
collection of information to OMB for
review and clearance.
The Administration for Community
Living (ACL) at the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) is
requesting a generic clearance for
purposes of conducting qualitative
research to gain a better understanding
of emerging issues related to ACL’s
grantees, service providers, and
programs; develop future intramural
and extramural research projects; and to
ensure HHS and ACL leadership,
programs, and staff can obtain timely
and relevant data and information.
ACL defines qualitative feedback as
information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions
but are not statistical surveys that yield
results that can be generalized beyond
the population of study. ACL is
requesting approval for at least four
types of qualitative research: (a)
Interviews, (b) focus groups, (c)
questionnaires, and (d) other qualitative
methods.
ACL’s mission is to maximize the
independence, well-being, and health of
older adults, people with disabilities
across the lifespan, and their families
and caregivers. ACL implements critical
disability and aging programs, serves as
the advisor to the HHS Secretary on
disability and aging programs, works
with other HHS agencies, Departments
and the White House on disability and
aging policies, and engages a range of
disability and aging constituents to
inform program development and
implementation. Integral to this role,
ACL will use this mechanism to
conduct research, evaluation, and
assessment to understand the needs,
barriers, or facilitators for ACL
programs.
Comments in Response to the 60-Day
Federal Register Notice
A 60-day notice for public comment
published in the Federal Register (Vol.
88, No. 32 pages 10121–10122) on
Thursday, February 16, 2023. No public
comments were received.
Estimated Program Burden
ACL estimates the burden of this
collection of information as follows:
A variety of instruments and
platforms will be used to collect
information from respondents. The
annual burden hours (5,043) requested,
and the anticipated number of
respondents (10,086) are based on the
number of qualitative information
collection requests (ICRs) that were
approved by OMB currently at ACL. Out
of the total ICRs at ACL, we estimated
that that 30% of them have a qualitative
research component.
ACL used this information to develop
the annual burden estimate below.
Therefore, we estimate that over the
requested period for this clearance (3
years) and approximately 30,258
respondents and 15,129 burden hours
will be needed.
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Type of respondent
Form
ACL Program Recipient, Partner, or Key Informant .................
Qualitative Research ....
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
10,086
1
Dated: May 8, 2023.
Alison Barkoff,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary
for Aging.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Building and Sustaining
the Child Care and Early Education Workforce (New Collection)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; Administration
for Children and Families; United States Department of Health and Human
Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of
Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) at the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services is proposing to collect information to
examine a promising strategy to support the child care and early
education (CCEE) workforce in Colorado as part of the Building and
Sustaining the Child Care and Early Education Workforce (BASE) project.
This project aims to build evidence about workforce development
strategies designed to promote, retain, and advance the CCEE workforce
by improving the economic well-being of CCEE workers.
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, ACF is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects
of the information collection described above.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of
information and submit comments by emailing
[email protected]. Identify all requests by the title of
the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: As part of the BASE project, OPRE is evaluating the
implementation, impacts, and costs of two initiatives designed to
improve the wages and economic well-being of the CCEE workforce in
Colorado. Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC) is implementing
two initiatives to improve the compensation and economic well-being of
the CCEE workforce: (1) eligible CCEE center-based settings are
randomly selected through a lottery process, and (2) eligible home-
based CCEE settings receive additional funding and supports. OPRE
proposes to collect survey, interview, and cost data to understand: (a)
the implementation and costs of the initiatives, (b) the effects of the
initiative for teachers in center-based CCEE settings, and (c) the
experiences of directors and teachers in center-based CCEE settings and
owners and caregivers in home-based CCEE settings with the initiatives.
The study will include CCEE workers who are offered the initiatives and
those who are not, as assigned through CDEC's lottery, and key
informants who are involved in the design and implementation of CDEC's
initiatives. The effectiveness of the initiative will be determined by
differences between members of the intervention and control groups for
hypothesized outcomes in center-based CCEE settings. The experiences of
directors/owners, teachers, and caregivers in center-based and home-
based CCEE settings with the initiatives will be explored with
qualitative and descriptive analyses. OPRE and Colorado are
collaborating to evaluate the two initiatives. Colorado will collect
baseline survey data and share it with OPRE. OPRE will collect follow-
up surveys and interviews. Study participants will complete follow-up
surveys approximately 9 and 18 months after the initiatives begin to
understand how strategies that aim to improve compensation might
improve outcomes such as workforce recruitment, retention, and economic
and psychological well-being, as well as to capture contextual
information about CCEE settings' working conditions and job demands and
supports. Interviews will be conducted approximately 6 to 9 months
after the initiatives began with center-based teachers/home-based
caregivers and center-based directors/home-based owners to capture
their experiences with the initiatives, perceptions, attitudes, beliefs
about the initiatives, and how these experiences may shape the
viability and implementation of the initiatives. Interviews with key
informants at state-level implementing agencies will collect
qualitative data to understand contextual factors and the impetus
behind the design and implementation of the initiatives. Finally, cost
workbooks completed by center-based CCEE setting administrators will
collect cost data to assess the costs associated with implementing the
initiative. This information collection will support ACF and the CCEE
field in understanding whether workforce support strategies that
increase compensation affect the retention and well-being of the CCEE
workforce. This information will help to inform Federal, State, and
local initiatives to build and retain a qualified CCEE workforce.
Respondents: CCEE center-based directors, administrators, teachers;
CCEE home-based owners and caregivers; CCEE key informants.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Number of responses per Average burden Total Annual
Instrument respondents respondent per response burden (in burden (in
(total over (total over (in hours) hours) hours)
request period) request period)
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1. Follow-up center director survey. 75 2 0.75 113 38
2. Follow-up lead and assistant 1,000 2 0.75 1,500 500
teacher survey.....................
3. Follow-up home-based owner and 95 2 0.75 143 48
caregiver survey...................
4. One-on-one center director 15 1 1 15 5
interview..........................
5. One-on-one lead and assistant 25 1 1 25 8
teacher interview..................
6. One-on-one home-based owner and 25 2 1 38 13
caregiver interview................
7. One-on-one key informant 5 1 1 5 2
interview..........................
8. Center-based setting costs 16 1 5 80 27
workbook...........................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 641.
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: Head Start Act section 640 [42 U.S.C. 9835] and 649 [42
U.S.C. 9844]; appropriated by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of
2022. Head Start Act as amended by the Improving Head
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Start for School Readiness Act of 2007 (IHSSRA) (Public Law 110 134).
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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