Notice2023-21649
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Home-Based Child Care Toolkit for Nurturing School-Age Children Study (New Collection)
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Published
October 2, 2023
Issuing agencies
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 (HHS) is proposing to collect information to examine a toolkit of new measures designed to assess and strengthen the quality of child care, the Home-Based Child Care Toolkit for Nurturing School-Age Children (HBCC-NSAC Toolkit). This study aims to build evidence about the English version of the HBCC-NSAC Toolkit for use by/ with providers caring for children in a residential setting (i.e., home-based child care [HBCC]).
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 189 (Monday, October 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67759-67760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21649]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Home-Based Child Care
Toolkit for Nurturing School-Age Children Study (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 (HHS) is proposing to collect information to
examine a toolkit of new measures designed to assess and strengthen the
quality of child care, the Home-Based Child Care Toolkit for Nurturing
School-Age Children (HBCC-NSAC Toolkit). This study aims to build
evidence about the English version of the HBCC-NSAC Toolkit for use by/
with providers caring for children in a residential setting (i.e.,
home-based child care [HBCC]).
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#e6a9b6b4a38f88808985898a8a8385928f8988a6878580c88e8e95c8818990"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="66293634230f08000905090a0a0305120f090826070500480e0e1548010910">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all requests by the title of
the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The HBCC-NSAC Toolkit is designed for home-based
providers who regularly care for at least 1 school-age child who is not
their own. The purpose of the HBCC-NSAC Toolkit is to help home-based
providers identify their caregiving strengths and areas for growth. The
HBCC-NSAC Toolkit consists of a self-administered provider
questionnaire (composed of multiple newly developed measures) and a
family communication questionnaire (composed of 1 communication tool).
For validation purposes, the study will include the provider
questionnaire from the HBCC-NSAC Toolkit with additional items from
existing measures and a separate family survey with child and family
background information items and items from an existing measure. A
subset of providers will be observed with an existing observation
measure. Study participants will include home-based providers who can
complete the provider questionnaire in English. They must currently
care for at least 1 school-age child (age 5 and in kindergarten, or
ages 6 through 12) in a home for at least 10 hours per week and for at
least 8 weeks in the past year. These providers may also care for
younger children (ages birth through 5 and not yet in kindergarten).
Families (a parent or guardian of school-age children receiving care in
the HBCC setting) who can complete the family survey in English will
also be included in the study. The study will be based on a purposive
sample of home-based providers in at least 10 geographic locations to
maximize variation in the sample. OPRE proposes to collect survey and
observational data from home-based providers who are licensed or
regulated by states to provide child care and early education (CCEE)
and providers who are unlicensed or legally exempt from state
regulations for CCEE. Study participants may or may not participate in
the child care subsidy program. The data collection activities are
designed to provide critical information that is needed to analyze the
reliability and validity of the HBCC-NSAC Toolkit's provider
questionnaire. The resulting data will help ACF understand if the HBCC-
NSAC Toolkit's provider questionnaire can be used to support home-based
providers in identifying and reflecting on their caregiving strengths
and areas for growth.
Respondents: Home-based providers; families of the children cared
for by the providers.
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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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1. Provider telephone script and recruitment 204 1 0.33 67
information collection.........................
2. Provider telephone script and recruitment 150 1 .42 63
information collection including observations..
3. HBCC-NSAC Toolkit provider questionnaire..... 150 1 .75 113
4. Family survey................................ 166 1 0.25 42
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 285.
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. 9858.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-21649 Filed 9-29-23; 8:45 am]
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