Notice2023-10278
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Building and Sustaining the Child Care and Early Education Workforce (New Collection)
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Published
May 15, 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 (OPRE) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is proposing to collect information to examine a promising strategy to support the child care and early education (CCEE) workforce in Colorado as part of the Building and Sustaining the Child Care and Early Education Workforce (BASE) project. This project aims to build evidence about workforce development strategies designed to promote, retain, and advance the CCEE workforce by improving the economic well-being of CCEE workers.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 93 (Monday, May 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30979-30981]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10278]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Building and Sustaining
the Child Care and Early Education Workforce (New Collection)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; Administration
for Children and Families; United States 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 (OPRE) at the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services is proposing to collect information to
examine a promising strategy to support the child care and early
education (CCEE) workforce in Colorado as part of the Building and
Sustaining the Child Care and Early Education Workforce (BASE) project.
This project aims to build evidence about workforce development
strategies designed to promote, retain, and advance the CCEE workforce
by improving the economic well-being of CCEE workers.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) 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
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9bd4cbc9def2f5fdf4f8f4f7f7fef8eff2f4f5dbfaf8fdb5f3f3e8b5fcf4ed"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1c534c4e5975727a737f737070797f687573725c7d7f7a3274746f327b736a">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all requests by the title of
the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: As part of the BASE project, OPRE is evaluating the
implementation, impacts, and costs of two initiatives designed to
improve the wages and economic well-being of the CCEE workforce in
Colorado. Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC) is implementing
two initiatives to improve the compensation and economic well-being of
the CCEE workforce: (1) eligible CCEE center-based settings are
randomly selected through a lottery process, and (2) eligible home-
based CCEE settings receive additional funding and supports. OPRE
proposes to collect survey, interview, and cost data to understand: (a)
the implementation and costs of the initiatives, (b) the effects of the
initiative for teachers in center-based CCEE settings, and (c) the
experiences of directors and teachers in center-based CCEE settings and
owners and caregivers in home-based CCEE settings with the initiatives.
The study will include CCEE workers who are offered the initiatives and
those who are not, as assigned through CDEC's lottery, and key
informants who are involved in the design and implementation of CDEC's
initiatives. The effectiveness of the initiative will be determined by
differences between members of the intervention and control groups for
hypothesized outcomes in center-based CCEE settings. The experiences of
directors/owners, teachers, and caregivers in center-based and home-
based CCEE settings with the initiatives will be explored with
qualitative and descriptive analyses. OPRE and Colorado are
collaborating to evaluate the two initiatives. Colorado will collect
baseline survey data and share it with OPRE. OPRE will collect follow-
up surveys and interviews. Study participants will complete follow-up
surveys approximately 9 and 18 months after the initiatives begin to
understand how strategies that aim to improve compensation might
improve outcomes such as workforce recruitment, retention, and economic
and psychological well-being, as well as to capture contextual
information about CCEE settings' working conditions and job demands and
supports. Interviews will be conducted approximately 6 to 9 months
after the initiatives began with center-based teachers/home-based
caregivers and center-based directors/home-based owners to capture
their experiences with the initiatives, perceptions, attitudes, beliefs
about the initiatives, and how these experiences may shape the
viability and implementation of the initiatives. Interviews with key
informants at state-level implementing agencies will collect
qualitative data to understand contextual factors and the impetus
behind the design and implementation of the initiatives. Finally, cost
workbooks completed by center-based CCEE setting administrators will
collect cost data to assess the costs associated with implementing the
initiative. This information collection will support ACF and the CCEE
field in understanding whether workforce support strategies that
increase compensation affect the retention and well-being of the CCEE
workforce. This information will help to inform Federal, State, and
local initiatives to build and retain a qualified CCEE workforce.
Respondents: CCEE center-based directors, administrators, teachers;
CCEE home-based owners and caregivers; CCEE key informants.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Number of responses per Average burden Total Annual
Instrument respondents respondent per response burden (in burden (in
(total over (total over (in hours) hours) hours)
request period) request period)
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1. Follow-up center director survey. 75 2 0.75 113 38
2. Follow-up lead and assistant 1,000 2 0.75 1,500 500
teacher survey.....................
3. Follow-up home-based owner and 95 2 0.75 143 48
caregiver survey...................
4. One-on-one center director 15 1 1 15 5
interview..........................
5. One-on-one lead and assistant 25 1 1 25 8
teacher interview..................
6. One-on-one home-based owner and 25 2 1 38 13
caregiver interview................
7. One-on-one key informant 5 1 1 5 2
interview..........................
8. Center-based setting costs 16 1 5 80 27
workbook...........................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 641.
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: Head Start Act section 640 [42 U.S.C. 9835] and 649 [42
U.S.C. 9844]; appropriated by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of
2022. Head Start Act as amended by the Improving Head
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Start for School Readiness Act of 2007 (IHSSRA) (Public Law 110 134).
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-10278 Filed 5-12-23; 8:45 am]
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