Notice2022-22759
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Case Studies of Child Care and Development Fund Lead Agencies' Consumer Education Strategies (New Collection)
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Published
October 20, 2022
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing to collect qualitative data to examine innovative and promising consumer education strategies that Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Lead Agencies are using to help families search for and select child care and early education (CCEE). This information collection aims to present an internally valid description of the experiences of up to six, purposively selected case study sites, not to promote statistical generalization to different sites or service populations.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 202 (Thursday, October 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63780-63781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22759]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Case Studies of Child
Care and Development Fund Lead Agencies' Consumer Education Strategies
(New Collection)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration
for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) within the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing to
collect qualitative data to examine innovative and promising consumer
education strategies that Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Lead
Agencies are using to help families search for and select child care
and early education (CCEE). This information collection aims to present
an internally valid description of the experiences of up to six,
purposively selected case study sites, not to promote statistical
generalization to different sites or service populations.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 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
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#06495654436f68606965696a6a6365726f696846676560286e6e7528616970"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="622d3230270b0c040d010d0e0e0701160b0d0c220301044c0a0a114c050d14">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all requests by the title of
the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The Consumer Education and Parental Choice in Early
Care and Education project is proposing to conduct qualitative case
studies to examine consumer education strategies in up to six sites.
Sites will be selected based on a scan of innovative or promising
strategies being used to help parents looking for and selecting CCEE.
In each site, we will conduct interviews with CCDF administrators
and agency staff, consumer education services staff, and other key
informants to collect information on select consumer education
strategies and implementation successes and challenges. We will conduct
focus
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groups with parents of young children to gather information about their
experiences looking for CCEE. The study will collect information about
(a) the selected consumer education strategies; (b) implementation
successes and challenges; and (c) parents' experiences looking for
CCEE, including the resources they used and their awareness of and
perspectives on state/local consumer education resources.
Respondents: State, Territory, and Tribal CCDF program
administrators and agency staff, consumer education services staff, key
informants who interact with parents and provide a state/local
perspective, and parents/guardians of children under age 6.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Number of responses per
respondents respondent Average burden Total/annual
Instrument (total over (total over per response burden (in
request period) request (in hours) hours)
period)
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Interview Guide for State, Tribal, and 12 1 1 12
Territory CCDF Administrators..............
Interview Guide for Consumer Education 30 1 1 30
Services Staff.............................
Key Informant Interview Guide............... 18 1 .75 14
Parent Focus Group Facilitator's Guide...... 120 1 1.5 180
Focus Group Brief Questionnaire............. 120 1 .1 12
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 248.
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: Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of
1990, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.)
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-22759 Filed 10-19-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4184-23-P
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