[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 18 (Friday, January 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 4328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1570]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Child Care Quarterly Case Record Report--ACF-801.
    OMB No.: 0970-0167.
    This notice replaces a prior Federal Register notice soliciting 
comments published Friday, December 16, 2011 (regarding the Child Care 
Quarterly Case Record Report--ACF-801, OMB No.: 0970-0167), which has 
been withdrawn.
    Description: Section 658K of the Child Care and Development Block 
Grant Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-508, 42 U.S.C. 9858) requires that 
States and Territories submit monthly case-level data on the children 
and families receiving direct services under the Child Care and 
Development Fund. The implementing regulations for the statutorily 
required reporting are at 45 CFR 98.70. Case-level reports, submitted 
quarterly or monthly (at grantee option), include monthly sample or 
full population case-level data. The data elements to be included in 
these reports are represented in the ACF-801. ACF uses disaggregate 
data to determine program and participant characteristics as well as 
costs and levels of child care services provided. This provides ACF 
with the information necessary to make reports to Congress, address 
national child care needs, offer technical assistance to grantees, meet 
performance measures, and conduct research. Consistent with the statute 
and regulations, ACF requests extension of the ACF-801. With this 
extension, ACF is proposing to add several new data elements as well as 
some minor changes and clarifications to the existing reporting 
requirements and instructions. These proposed revisions to the ACF-801 
would allow OCC to capture child-level data on provider quality for 
each child receiving a child care subsidy.
    Respondents: States, the District of Columbia, and Territories 
including Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and 
the Northern Marianna Islands.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                  Number of     Average  burden
                 Instrument                      Number of      responses  per     hours  per      Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent        response          hours
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Child Care Case Level Report................              56                4               25            5,600
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,600.
    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: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All 
requests should be identified by the title of the information 
collection. Email 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-
7285, Email: [email protected]. Attn: Desk Officer for the 
Administration for Children and Families.

    Dated: January 20, 2012.
Steven Hanmer,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-1570 Filed 1-26-12; 8:45 am]
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