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number of rounds per year as needed up
to a maximum of 28,000 responses per
year per contractor or 56,000 total
responses per year. Additionally, each
data collection may include up to 2,000
additional responses per quarter (8,000
for the year) to improve
representativeness. This increases the
maximum burden by up to 16,000
responses per year. The RSS may also
target individual surveys to collect data
only from specific subgroups within
existing survey panels and may
supplement data collection for such
groups with additional respondents
from other probability or nonprobability
samples. An additional 12,000
responses per year may be used for
these developmental activities. Survey
questions being asked of the panelists
will be cognitively tested. This cognitive
testing will help survey users interpret
the findings by understanding how
respondents answer each question.
Each round’s questionnaire will
consist of four main components: (1)
basic demographic information on
respondents to be used as covariates in
analyses; (2) new, emerging, or
supplemental content proposed by
NCHS, other CDC Centers, Institute, and
Offices, and other HHS agencies; (3)
questions used for calibrating the survey
weights; and (4) additional content
selected by NCHS to evaluate against
relevant benchmarks. NCHS will use
questions from Components 1 and 2 to
provide relevant, timely data on new,
emerging, and priority health topics to
be used for decision making. NCHS will
use questions from Components 3 and 4
to weight and evaluate the quality of the
estimates coming from questions in
Components 1 and 2. Components 1 and
2 will contain different topics in each
round of the survey. NCHS submits a
30-day Federal Register Notice with
information on the contents of each
round of data collection.
NCHS calibrates survey weights from
the RSS to gold standard surveys.
Questions used for calibration in this
round of RSS will include marital status
and employment, social and work
limitations, use of the internet in
general and for medical reasons,
telephone use, civic engagement, and
language used at home and in other
settings. All these questions have been
on the National Health Interview Survey
(NHIS) in prior years allowing
calibration to these data. Finally, all
RSS rounds will include several
questions that were previously on NHIS
that will be used for benchmarking to
evaluate data quality. Panelists in the
RSS will be asked about health status;
chronic conditions; social determinants
of health; healthcare access and
utilization; and health behaviors will be
used to benchmark the RSS to NCHS
survey.
The estimated total annual burden
hours for the three-year approval period
remains at 28,079 burden hours. There
are no costs to respondents other than
their time. For RSS Round 2, the
following hours will be used. The NCHS
RSS Round 2 (2023) data collection is
based on 13,100 complete surveys
(4,367 hours) and 20 cognitive
interviews (20 hours) using the same
survey instrument. The total number of
responses is 13,120 and the total burden
is 4,387 hours.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Form name
Adults 18+ ..............................
Adult 18+ ................................
Survey: NCHS RSS Round 2 (2023) Cognitive Interviews ....
Cognitive Interviews ................................................................
Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Public Health Ethics and
Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Child Abuse and Neglect
Background Checks for Child Care and
Early Education Project (New
Collection)
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Number of
respondents
Type of respondents
Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation, Administration for
Children and Families, Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:
The Office of Planning,
Research, and Evaluation (OPRE),
Administration for Children and
SUMMARY:
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Families (ACF) is proposing an
information collection activity for the
Child Abuse and Neglect Background
Checks for Child Care and Early
Education (CAN Checks for CCEE)
Project. The goal of the project is to
better understand how states and
territories use findings from CAN
registry checks, as required by the Child
Care and Development Block Grant Act
of 2014 (CCDBG), to make child care
employment eligibility determinations.
The study will also be used to
understand state and territory variation,
facilitators, and challenges in
implementing CAN registries; and any
resulting within- or across-state/territory
equity implications.
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: You can obtain copies of the
proposed collection of information and
submit comments by emailing
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13,100
20
Number of
responses per
respondent
1
1
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
20/60
1
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All
requests should be identified by the title
of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The proposed
information collections for the CAN
Checks for CCEE Project is designed to
explore how states and territories
implement CAN background checks for
child care employment eligibility
decisions. While the CCDBG Act of 2014
clearly describes procedures and
exclusionary criteria pertaining to the
use of criminal and sexual offender
background checks to inform child care
employment eligibility decisions,
requirements for the use of CAN
background checks are less clear. The
findings will be of interest to ACF, and
in particular to OPRE and the Office of
Child Care, who are interested in the
effective and equitable implementation
of CAN registry background checks of
prospective and current child care staff.
Findings will also be of interest to Child
Care and Development Fund (CCDF)
state/territory lead agencies that oversee
the CCDF program in their states/
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territories and the state/territory offices
that oversee early care and education.
The results of this study also have
implications for child care programs
and staff. Further, given the U.S.
Congress’ interest in prior exploratory
work on this topic, it may be
informative for federal lawmakers, as
well.
CCDF lead agency staff and CAN
registry custodians that participate in
this information collection will be asked
to complete a voluntary, one-time webbased survey. The survey for CCDF lead
agency staff will focus on the practices
and policies related both to in-state/
territory and interstate CAN registry
checks, including what data they
request and receive, as well as how they
use it in making child care employment
eligibility decisions. The survey for
CAN registry custodians will focus on
the contents of CAN registries, policies
around inclusion in/expunction from
the registries, and policies regarding
sharing data.
Approximately half of CCDF lead
agency survey respondents (up to 28)
will be invited to participate in
voluntary follow-up interviews. This
open-ended data collection format will
allow for exploration of key themes that
emerge from the surveys; facilitators and
barriers in, and respondent
recommendations around,
implementing the CAN registry checks;
how practice may vary from policy; and,
in some cases, to obtain answers to
questions not answered in the survey.
Respondents: Each state, territory, and
the District of Columbia will be invited
to complete two web-based surveys: one
CCDF lead agency survey and one CAN
registry custodian survey. Given that
each agency may have multiple staff
members with relevant knowledge of
different survey topics and no one staff
member may possess all of the
knowledge to complete the survey, we
are allowing for up to 3 respondents per
state/territory for the CCDF lead agency
staff and 2 respondents per state/
territory for the CAN registry custodian
surveys (up to 280 total individuals).
Once survey administration is complete,
one CCDF lead agency staff person from
half of the states, territories, and the
District of Columbia (up to 28) will be
invited to participate in a follow-up
interview. For the interviews, we will
select a sample of CCDF lead agency
staff that represents diversity across
state and territory approaches toward
the CAN registry background checks.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
(total over
request
period)
Instrument
Number of
responses per
respondent
(total over
request
period)
Avg. burden
per response
(in hours)
Total/annual
burden
(in hours)
Instrument 1: CCDF Lead Agency Survey ......................................................
Instrument 2: CAN Custodian Survey .............................................................
Instrument 3: CCDF Lead Agency Interview ...................................................
168
112
28
1
1
1
* 0.75
* 0.75
1.50
126
84
42
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: ....................................................
........................
........................
........................
252
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* Note that this is the estimated time to complete the full survey, which could be completed by one individual or multiple individuals. Surveys
completed by multiple individuals will take less time for each individual to provide a response.
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: Research funding set-aside
authorized by the CCDBG Act of 2014
and funded by CCDF. Section
658O(a)(5) of CCDBG (as codified at 42
U.S.C. 9857 et seq.) grants the Secretary
of the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services the authority to reserve
up to 1⁄2 percent of the total
Discretionary and Mandatory CCDF
funding ‘‘to conduct research and
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demonstration activities, as well as
periodic external, independent
evaluations of the impact of the program
described by this subchapter on
increasing access to child care services
and improving the safety and quality of
child care services, using scientifically
valid research methodologies, and to
disseminate the key findings of those
evaluations widely and on a timely
basis.’’
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Child Abuse and Neglect
Background Checks for Child Care and Early Education Project (New
Collection)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration
for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE),
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is proposing an
information collection activity for the Child Abuse and Neglect
Background Checks for Child Care and Early Education (CAN Checks for
CCEE) Project. The goal of the project is to better understand how
states and territories use findings from CAN registry checks, as
required by the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014
(CCDBG), to make child care employment eligibility determinations. The
study will also be used to understand state and territory variation,
facilitators, and challenges in implementing CAN registries; and any
resulting within- or across-state/territory equity implications.
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: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of
information and submit comments by emailing
[email protected]. All requests should be identified by
the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The proposed information collections for the CAN
Checks for CCEE Project is designed to explore how states and
territories implement CAN background checks for child care employment
eligibility decisions. While the CCDBG Act of 2014 clearly describes
procedures and exclusionary criteria pertaining to the use of criminal
and sexual offender background checks to inform child care employment
eligibility decisions, requirements for the use of CAN background
checks are less clear. The findings will be of interest to ACF, and in
particular to OPRE and the Office of Child Care, who are interested in
the effective and equitable implementation of CAN registry background
checks of prospective and current child care staff. Findings will also
be of interest to Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) state/
territory lead agencies that oversee the CCDF program in their states/
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territories and the state/territory offices that oversee early care and
education. The results of this study also have implications for child
care programs and staff. Further, given the U.S. Congress' interest in
prior exploratory work on this topic, it may be informative for federal
lawmakers, as well.
CCDF lead agency staff and CAN registry custodians that participate
in this information collection will be asked to complete a voluntary,
one-time web-based survey. The survey for CCDF lead agency staff will
focus on the practices and policies related both to in-state/territory
and interstate CAN registry checks, including what data they request
and receive, as well as how they use it in making child care employment
eligibility decisions. The survey for CAN registry custodians will
focus on the contents of CAN registries, policies around inclusion in/
expunction from the registries, and policies regarding sharing data.
Approximately half of CCDF lead agency survey respondents (up to
28) will be invited to participate in voluntary follow-up interviews.
This open-ended data collection format will allow for exploration of
key themes that emerge from the surveys; facilitators and barriers in,
and respondent recommendations around, implementing the CAN registry
checks; how practice may vary from policy; and, in some cases, to
obtain answers to questions not answered in the survey.
Respondents: Each state, territory, and the District of Columbia
will be invited to complete two web-based surveys: one CCDF lead agency
survey and one CAN registry custodian survey. Given that each agency
may have multiple staff members with relevant knowledge of different
survey topics and no one staff member may possess all of the knowledge
to complete the survey, we are allowing for up to 3 respondents per
state/territory for the CCDF lead agency staff and 2 respondents per
state/territory for the CAN registry custodian surveys (up to 280 total
individuals). Once survey administration is complete, one CCDF lead
agency staff person from half of the states, territories, and the
District of Columbia (up to 28) will be invited to participate in a
follow-up interview. For the interviews, we will select a sample of
CCDF lead agency staff that represents diversity across state and
territory approaches toward the CAN registry background checks.
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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Instrument 1: CCDF Lead Agency Survey........... 168 1 * 0.75 126
Instrument 2: CAN Custodian Survey.............. 112 1 * 0.75 84
Instrument 3: CCDF Lead Agency Interview........ 28 1 1.50 42
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:........ .............. .............. .............. 252
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* Note that this is the estimated time to complete the full survey, which could be completed by one individual
or multiple individuals. Surveys completed by multiple individuals will take less time for each individual to
provide a response.
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: Research funding set-aside authorized by the CCDBG Act
of 2014 and funded by CCDF. Section 658O(a)(5) of CCDBG (as codified at
42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.) grants the Secretary of the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services the authority to reserve up to \1/2\ percent
of the total Discretionary and Mandatory CCDF funding ``to conduct
research and demonstration activities, as well as periodic external,
independent evaluations of the impact of the program described by this
subchapter on increasing access to child care services and improving
the safety and quality of child care services, using scientifically
valid research methodologies, and to disseminate the key findings of
those evaluations widely and on a timely basis.''
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-17435 Filed 8-14-23; 8:45 am]
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