Notice2023-19722
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Financing for Early Care and Education: Quality and Access for All (New Collection)
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Published
September 13, 2023
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services seeks approval to collect information to explore the role of Head Start in the early care and education (ECE) financing landscape, as well as how the use of multiple funding sources within a single Head Start program may be associated with the provision of Head Start's comprehensive services and with state-level differences in ECE funding. Survey data will be collected from Head Start program directors and state government administrators.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 13, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62796-62797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19722]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Financing for Early
Care and Education: Quality and Access for All (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) at the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services seeks approval to collect
information to explore the role of Head Start in the early care and
education (ECE) financing landscape, as well as how the use of multiple
funding sources within a single Head Start program may be associated
with the provision of Head Start's comprehensive services and with
state-level differences in ECE funding. Survey data will be collected
from Head Start program directors and state government administrators.
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: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of
information and submit comments by emailing
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5916090b1c30373f363a3635353c3a2d30363719383a3f7731312a773e362f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9dd2cdcfd8f4f3fbf2fef2f1f1f8fee9f4f2f3ddfcfefbb3f5f5eeb3faf2eb">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all requests by the title of
the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The proposed data collection seeks to better
understand Head Start's participation in or use of coordinated funding,
defined as the piecing together or combining of multiple funding
sources. The data collection effort will consist of two surveys: (1) a
census survey of Head Start program directors (of any grant recipient
with a Head Start grant, Early Head Start grant, or both, or one of
their delegate programs), and (2) a census survey of three state
government administrative positions in each of the 50 states and
Washington, DC (the Head Start Collaboration Office Director, the
administrator of state pre-kindergarten funds, and the administrator of
the federal Child Care and Development Fund [CCDF]). The surveys will
identify the most common approaches to coordinated funding; examine how
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these approaches relate to the provision of high-quality, comprehensive
ECE services in Head Start programs; understand policy levers and
conditions that influence Head Start programs' decisions around and
ability to coordinate funding; and document how participation in
coordinated funding relates to Head Start's engagement with other ECE
programs and system efforts. The resulting insights will inform ACF
about the prevalence of coordinated funding in Head Start, facilitators
and challenges of coordinated funding for Head Start programs, and
potential associations with program quality. They will also inform
future case studies.
Respondents: Head Start Program Directors, state-based Head Start
Collaboration Office Directors, state administrators of state pre-
kindergarten funds, and state-based administrators of federal CCDF.
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 request (in hours) hours)
period) period)
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Program Director Survey (Head Start Program 1,642 1 .83 1,363
Directors or financial administrators).........
ECE State Administrator Survey (State-based Head 138 1 .60 83
Start Collaboration Office Directors,
administrators of state pre-kindergarten funds,
state-based administrators of federal CCDF)....
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,446.
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: 42 U.S.C. 9835; 42 U.S.C. 9844.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-19722 Filed 9-12-23; 8:45 am]
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