Notice2023-10100
Submission for OMB Review; Home-Based Child Care Practices and Experiences Study (New Collection)
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Published
May 12, 2023
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Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation is proposing a new primary data collection to examine the experiences, strengths, resources, and strategies used by home-based child care providers to serve and support equitable outcomes for children and families. The Home-Based Child Care Practices and Experiences study will explore the experiences of a particular group of home-based child care providers who are legally exempt from state licensing or other state regulations that apply to non-custodial care of children in the provider's own home; these providers are commonly referred to as family, friend, and neighbor providers.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 92 (Friday, May 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30763-30764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10100]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Home-Based Child Care Practices and
Experiences Study (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) Office of
Planning, Research, and Evaluation is proposing a new primary data
collection to examine the experiences, strengths, resources, and
strategies used by home-based child care providers to serve and support
equitable outcomes for children and families. The Home-Based Child Care
Practices and Experiences study will explore the experiences of a
particular group of home-based child care providers who are legally
exempt from state licensing or other state regulations that apply to
non-custodial care of children in the provider's own home; these
providers are commonly referred to as family, friend, and neighbor
providers.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. 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#753a2527301c1b131a161a19191016011c1a1b351416135b1d1d065b121a03"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5e110e0c1b373038313d3132323b3d2a3731301e3f3d387036362d70393128">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all requests by the
title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The study will use semi-ethnographic, open-ended
methods (including semi-structured interviews, and photo and audio
journals) to generate rich information about the experiences of study
respondents. The study will be conducted in four sites across the
United States and will involve one round of data collection. Data
collection will be conducted virtually and is planned to occur over a
5-month period. The study results are intended to inform future
research and federal programs by contributing rich data on the ways
family, friend, and neighbor providers think about and enact quality
for children and families. The study will address substantial gaps in
the existing evidence around ``why'' and ``how'' family, friend, and
neighbor providers care for and educate children, and it will provide
the foundation for future research on home-based child care. Study
findings can also inform efforts to better align quality improvement
efforts with the aspects of quality that providers and families find
the most important in these settings.
Respondents: Family, friend, and neighbor child care providers,
family members of the children cared for by the providers, and
community members who support the providers.
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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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1. Provider screener............................ 120 1 0.33 40
2. Provider interview #1........................ 60 1 1.5 90
3. Provider logistics call...................... 60 1 1 60
4. Provider photo journals...................... 60 8 0.10 48
5. Provider audio journals...................... 60 8 0.15 72
6. Provider interview #2........................ 60 1 1.5 90
7. Family member interview...................... 120 1 1 120
8. Community member interview................... 60 1 0.5 30
9. Provider feedback focus group................ 20 1 1 20
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 570.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9858.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-10100 Filed 5-11-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4184-23-P
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