[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 247 (Friday, December 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 94382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30982]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects: Childcare.gov.
    Title: CCDF Grantee Consumer Education Database Linkages with 
Childcare.gov.
    OMB No.: New.
    Description: The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act 
of 2014 requires HHS to create a national Web site for consumer 
education. The National Web site will be hosted at childcare.gov. CCDBG 
grantees are also required to stand up child care consumer education 
Web sites that meet the requirements of the law. The CCDBG Final Rule 
aligns the National and State Web sites by requiring Lead Agencies to 
provide HHS with linkages to their databases that store consumer 
education information. The Childcare.gov Web site, maintained by Office 
of Child care will collect child care specific information from State 
and Territory databases and make that information available for parents 
using the childcare.gov Web site to search for child care that meets 
their needs. Childcare.gov will provide consumers, directly or through 
linkages to State and Territory data sources, with the following 
minimum information and services:
    (1) A localized list of all eligible child care providers, 
differentiating between licensed and license-exempt providers;
    (2) Child care provider-specific information from a quality rating 
and improvement system or information about other quality indicators, 
to the extent that such information is publicly available and 
practicable.
    Respondents: CCDBG grantees in States and Territories.

                                             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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Childcare.gov data collection: Establish and              56              260              .57            8,299
 maintain Web-based data connection in
 subsequent years...........................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 8,299 hours.
    In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chap 35), the Administration for 
Children and Families is soliciting public comment on the specific 
aspects of the information collection described above. Copies of the 
proposed collection of information can be obtained and comments may be 
forwarded by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, 
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20201. Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. Email 
address: [email protected]. All requests should be identified 
by the title of the information collection.
    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.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-30982 Filed 12-22-16; 8:45 am]
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