Notice2023-09455
Submission for OMB Review; 2024 National Survey of Early Care and Education (OMB #: 0970-0391)
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May 4, 2023
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Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing a data collection activity as part of the 2024 National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) to be conducted October 2023 through July 2024. The objective of the 2024 NSECE is to document the nation's use and availability of early care and education (ECE) services, building on the information collected in 2012 and 2019 to describe the ECE landscape in the U.S. The 2024 NSECE will collect information on families with children under age 13 years, on ECE providers that serve families with children from birth to 13 years in the U.S., and on the workforce providing these services.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 86 (Thursday, May 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28556-28557]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09455]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; 2024 National Survey of Early Care and
Education (OMB #: 0970-0391)
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), U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing a data
collection activity as part of the 2024 National Survey of Early Care
and Education (NSECE) to be conducted October 2023 through July 2024.
The objective of the 2024 NSECE is to document the nation's use and
availability of early care and education (ECE) services, building on
the information collected in 2012 and 2019 to describe the ECE
landscape in the U.S. The 2024 NSECE will collect information on
families with children under age 13 years, on ECE providers that serve
families with children from birth to 13 years in the U.S., and on the
workforce providing these services.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. The Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) must make a decision about the collection
of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of this
document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best assured
of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. You can
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by
emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4c031c1e0925222a232f232020292f382523220c2d2f2a6224243f622b233a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a7e8f7f5e2cec9c1c8c4c8cbcbc2c4d3cec8c9e7c6c4c189cfcfd489c0c8d1">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all requests by the
title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The 2024 NSECE will consist of four coordinated
nationally-representative surveys:
1. a survey of households with at least one resident child under
the age of 13 (Household Interview),
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2. a survey of individuals providing care for children under the
age of 13 in a residential setting (Home-based Provider Interview)
including individuals appearing on state and national lists of ECE
providers (listed) and individuals not appearing on such lists
(unlisted),
3. a survey of center-based ECE providers offering care for
children age 5 years and under, not yet in kindergarten, in a non-
residential setting (Center-based Provider Interview), and
4. a survey conducted with individuals employed in center-based ECE
programs working directly with children in classrooms serving children
age 5 years and under, not yet in kindergarten (Workforce Interview).
The household, home-based provider, and center-based provider
surveys will require a screener to determine eligibility for the
specific survey.
The 2024 NSECE data collection efforts will provide urgently needed
information about the use and supply of ECE available to families
across all income levels, including providers serving low-income
families of various racial, ethnic, language, and cultural backgrounds,
in diverse geographic areas. The household data will include
characteristics of households with children under age 13, such as
parental employment status and schedules, preferences and choices of
non-parental care, and other key factors that affect their need for and
access to ECE. The provider data will include home-based or center-
based ECE providers (e.g., private, non-profit, Head Start-funded,
state or local Pre-K, or based in public schools) that do or do not
participate in the child care subsidy program, and are or are not
regulated, registered, or otherwise appear in state or national lists.
Accurate data on families with young children and the availability and
characteristics of ECE providers are essential to assess the current
and changing landscape of ECE since the 2019 NSECE data collection, and
to provide insights to advance policy and initiatives in the ECE field.
The two previous rounds of NSECE, collected in 2012 and 2019, produced
critical data about providers of ECE services, the ECE workforce, and
families' needs and use of child care throughout the U.S. that remain
unmatched by other data sources available.
Respondents: Households with resident children under age 13, home-
based ECE providers serving children under age 13 (listed and
unlisted), center-based ECE providers serving children age 5 and under
(not yet in kindergarten), and classroom-assigned instructional staff
(workforce) members working with children age 5 and under (not yet in
kindergarten) in center-based ECE programs.
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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Household Screener (screening only)............. 62,758 1 .1 6,276
Household Questionnaire (no screener)........... 10,000 1 1 10,000
Home-based Provider Screener (screening only, 2,064 1 .03 62
listed home-based providers)...................
Home-based Provider Questionnaire including 4,360 1 .67 2,921
screener (listed home-based providers).........
Home-based Provider Questionnaire, including 1,158 1 .33 382
screener (unlisted home-based providers).......
Center-based Provider Screener (screening only). 10,050 1 .1 1,005
Center-based Provider Questionnaire, including 8,392 1 .75 6,294
screener.......................................
Workforce (Classroom Staff) Questionnaire....... 7,418 1 .33 2,448
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 29,388.
Authority: Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 as
amended by the CCDBG Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113-186). Social Security Act
418 as extended by the Continuing Appropriations Act of 2017 and the
TANF Extension Act of 2019. Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-09455 Filed 5-3-23; 8:45 am]
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