Notice2021-15606
Proposed Information Collection Activity; ACF-901-American Rescue Plan (ARP) Stabilization Grants Provider-Level Data (New Collection)
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Published
July 22, 2021
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Office of Child Care, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing to collect data for a new collection, ACF-901--American Rescue Plan (ARP) Stabilization Grants Provider-Level Data. The data collection will provide numbers and characteristics of child care providers receiving ARP Act stabilization grant awards.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 138 (Thursday, July 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 38722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15606]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; ACF-901--American
Rescue Plan (ARP) Stabilization Grants Provider-Level Data (New
Collection)
AGENCY: Office of Child Care, Administration for Children and Families,
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Child Care, Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is
proposing to collect data for a new collection, ACF-901--American
Rescue Plan (ARP) Stabilization Grants Provider-Level Data. The data
collection will provide numbers and characteristics of child care
providers receiving ARP Act stabilization grant awards.
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: The proposed collection of information will be posted at
<a href="http://www.acf.hhs.gov/occ">www.acf.hhs.gov/occ</a>. Comments may be submitted by emailing
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#620b0c040d010d0e0e0701160b0d0c220301044c0a0a114c050d14"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f891969e979b9794949d9b8c919796b8999b9ed690908bd69f978e">[email protected]</span></a>. Alternatively, a copy can also be obtained
by emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e881868e878b8784848d8b9c818786a8898b8ec680809bc68f879e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2f464149404c4043434a4c5b4640416f4e4c490147475c01484059">[email protected]</span></a>. All requests should be
identified by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The ARP Act of 2021 (Sec. 2202, Pub. L. 117-2)
included approximately $24 billion in funding for child care
stabilization grants. State and territory lead agencies must spend at
least 90 percent of the stabilization funds as subgrants to qualified
child care providers to support the stability of the child care sector
during and after the COVID-19 public health emergency. Data collection
will include child care provider-level information about the numbers
and characteristics of child care providers receiving stabilization
grant awards.
Respondents: State and Territory Lead Agencies.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Annual number Average burden
Instrument Total number of responses hours per Annual burden
of respondents per respondent response hours
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ACF-901: American Rescue Plan (ARP) 56 4 20 4,480
Stabilization Grants Provider-Level Data...
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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: The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act (42
U.S.C. 9857 et seq.); 45 CFR parts 98 and 99; the ARP Act of 2021 (Sec.
2202, Pub. L. 117-2).
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-15606 Filed 7-21-21; 8:45 am]
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