Notice2026-06795
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Procedures for Requests From Tribal Lead Agencies To Use Child Care and Development Fund Funds for Construction or Major Renovation of Child Care Facilities
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Published
April 9, 2026
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Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is proposing to resume collecting data for the Procedures for Requests from Tribal Lead Agencies to use Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Funds for Construction or Major Renovation of Child Care Facilities. This information collection was previously approved by the Office of Management and Budget. The Office of Child Care (OCC) is proposing to extend approval of the information collection with changes, significantly reducing the burden for Tribal Lead Agencies and clarifying requirements.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 68 (Thursday, April 9, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17974-17975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-06795]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[Office of Management and Budget #:0970-0160]
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Procedures
for Requests From Tribal Lead Agencies To Use Child Care and
Development Fund Funds for Construction or Major Renovation of Child
Care Facilities
AGENCY: Office of Child Care, 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) is
proposing to resume collecting data for the Procedures for Requests
from Tribal Lead Agencies to use Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)
Funds for Construction or Major Renovation of Child Care Facilities.
This information collection was previously approved by the Office of
Management and Budget. The Office of Child Care (OCC) is proposing to
extend approval of the information collection with changes,
significantly reducing the burden for Tribal Lead Agencies and
clarifying requirements.
DATES: Comments due May 11, 2026.
ADDRESSES: The public may view and comment on this information
collection request at: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202604-0970-002">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202604-0970-002</a>. You can also obtain copies of the
proposed collection of information by emailing
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e28b8c848d818d8e8e8781968b8d8ca2838184cc8a8a91cc858d94"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d3babdb5bcb0bcbfbfb6b0a7babcbd93b2b0b5fdbbbba0fdb4bca5">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all emailed requests by the title
of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: 42 U.S.C. 9858m(c)(6) of the Child Care and
Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act allows Tribal Lead Agencies to use
CCDF funds for construction or major renovation of child care
facilities. A Tribal Lead Agency, including those that have
consolidated their CCDF program into an approved plan under the Indian
Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2017,
also known as Public Law 102-477, must first request and receive
approval from ACF before using CCDF funds for construction or major
renovation. The CCDBG Act requires ACF to develop and implement uniform
procedures for the solicitation and consideration of such requests.
This Program Instruction (PI) sets forth the uniform procedures.
The PI was reorganized and content streamlined to improve
readability and user-friendliness. Language was revised to be
consistent and reduce redundancies. The updated PI removed requirements
not required by statute, regulation, grants policy, or directly
supportive of OCC's understanding of the scope of the project.
Citations and definitions were updated.
Respondents: Tribal Child Care Lead Agencies acting on behalf of
tribal governments
Annual Burden Estimates: This version of the PI includes 19 fewer
pages and 5 fewer requirements than the previously approved version,
resulting in a decrease in the estimated burden time per respondents
from about 20 hours per response to 6 hours per response. OCC estimates
it will receive approximately 20 requests per year from 266 eligible
Tribal Lead Agencies.
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Total number
Annual number of responses Average Annual burden
Instrument of respondents per burden hours hours
respondent per response
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Construction and Major Renovation Set-Aside 20 1 1 20
Request Submission.............................
Construction and Major Renovation Application 20 1 5 100
Development and Submission.....................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:........ .............. .............. .............. 120
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9858(c)(6).
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026-06795 Filed 4-8-26; 8:45 am]
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