Proposed Information Collection Activity; ACF-801: Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Quarterly Case-Level Report (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0167), 87881-87882 [2024-25691]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
• Administration for Children and Families

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87881-87882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25691]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; ACF-801: Child Care and 
Development Fund (CCDF) Quarterly Case-Level Report (Office of 
Management and Budget #0970-0167)

AGENCY: Office of Child Care, Administration for Children and Families, 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Child Care (OCC), Administration for Children 
and Families (ACF) is requesting a three-year extension with changes to 
the form ACF-801: CCDF Quarterly Case-Level Report (Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0167, expiration 4/30/2025). OCC 
proposes changes to the reporting requirements for family co-payments 
and to combine race and ethnicity into a single category. Additionally, 
OCC proposes to add a new data element, the provider's county Federal 
Information Processing Series (FIPS) code, as well as including 
modified instructions for the total hours of care being provided.

DATES: Comments due January 6, 2025. 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]. 
Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: The ACF-801 provides monthly case-level data on the 
children and families receiving direct child care services under CCDF. 
The ACF-801 case-level data are reported either monthly or quarterly. 
OCC proposes changes to the reporting requirements for family co-
payments to better understand how co-payments are distributed across 
multiple children and program settings.
    OCC has updated the race and ethnicity question to align with the 
updated Statistical Policy Directive 15: Standards for Maintaining, 
Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (SPD 15). 
The new categories and instructions for reporting race and ethnicity 
will provide improved data quality and uniformity of information 
collected that is consistent with OMB guidance. Additionally, OCC 
proposes to add a new data element, the provider's county FIPS code, 
for county-level analysis, such as mapping or geo-coding. Revised 
instructions for the collection of total hours of care provided monthly 
will address provisions in the 2024 CCDF final rule related to payment 
based on a child's enrollment rather than attendance.
    Respondents: State and Territory Lead Agencies.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                Annual number    Average burden
                 Instrument                   Total number of    of responses      hours per      Annual burden
                                                respondents     per respondent      response          hours
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ACF-801: CCDF Quarterly Case-Level Report...              56                4              6.5            1,456
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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

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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.
    The Department also seeks public comment on the proposed changes 
related to reporting family co-payments.
    Finally, the Department seeks public comment on use of the pooling 
factor for CCDF administrative data reporting. The current ACF-800 and 
ACF-801 reports instruct states that pool CCDF and non-CCDF funds to 
report all children and families funded by these pooled funding sources 
on both the ACF-800 and ACF-801. ACF then applies a pooling factor 
(reported by the state on the ACF-800) to determine the number of 
children and families served by CCDF. During the public comment period, 
ACF is soliciting comments on this approach, or whether it is possible 
for states to identify and separately report all children and families 
served by CCDF without the need to apply a pooling factor.
    Authority: Section 658K of the Child Care and Development Block 
Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9858); regulations 45 CFR 98.70 and 98.71.

Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-25691 Filed 11-4-24; 8:45 am]
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