[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 21, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36132-36133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-15169]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: National Survey of Early Care and Education.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing a data 
collection activity as part of the National Survey of Early Care and 
Education (NSECE) which will be conducted December, 2011 through June, 
2010. The objective of the NSECE is to document the nation's current 
need for and availability of early care and education and including 
school-age care (ECE/SA), and to deepen our understanding of the extent 
to which families' needs and preferences coordinate well with 
providers' offerings and constraints. The proposed collection will 
consist of four survey components: (1) A survey of households with 
children under the age of 13 for participation in a questionnaire on 
the need for and use of early care and education (Household Interview), 
(2) a survey of households with individuals providing care for children 
under the age of 13 in a residential setting (Home-based Provider 
Interview), (3) a survey of providers of care to children under 13 in a 
non-residential setting (Center-based Provider Interview), and (4) a 
survey conducted with individuals employed in center-based child care 
programs (Workforce Provider Interview).
    These data collection efforts will provide urgently needed 
information about the provision of ECE/SA across the country and 
spanning many sectors of care providers such as community-based child 
care, Head Start, school-based Pre-K, family child care, family, friend 
and neighbor care, and after-school programs. The study will also 
dramatically extend the available resources for understanding how 
families use, seek, and cope with the ECE/SA choices that are available 
to them. Perhaps most significantly, the NSECE will allow the policy 
and research communities to merge data from families and providers at 
the local level--where the two actually meet.
    Respondents: General population households, home-based and center-
based child care providers (including public schools) serving children 
under 13, and selected staff members from center-based child care 
providers (including public schools) serving children under 13.

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                                                                  Number of      Average burden      Estimated
                  Instrument                    Annual number   responses per      hours per       annual burden
                                               of respondents    respondent         response           hours
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Household screener...........................          83,767               1                .1            8,377
Household Interview..........................          17,512               1                .75          13,134
Home-based Provider Interview................          11,260               1                .3            3,378
Center-Based Provider Interview..............          12,520               1                .67           8,389
Workforce Provider Interview.................           9,390               1                .33           3,099
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 36,377.

Additional Information

    Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the 
Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research 
and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, 
Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified 
by the title of the information collection. E-mail address: 
[email protected].

OMB Comment

    OMB is required to make a decision concerning 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. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent directly to the following: Office of 
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Fax: 202-395-6974, 
Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and Families.


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    Dated: June 13, 2011.
Steven M. Hanmer,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-15169 Filed 6-20-11; 8:45 am]
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