[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 72 (Friday, April 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 16104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-07646]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:
    Title: Child Care and Development Fund, Quarterly Case Record 
Report (ACF-801).
    OMB No.: 0970-0167.
    Description: Section 658K of the Child Care and Development Block 
Grant (CCDBG) Act (42 U.S.C. 9858, as amended by Pub. L. 113-186) 
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 (CCDF). The implementing regulations for the 
statutorily required reporting are at 45 CFR 98.70 and 98.71. 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. ACF requests extension of the ACF-801 with changes.
    The CCDF final rule at 45 CFR 98.71(a)(11) requires that States and 
Territories report new information on the ACF-801. With this extension, 
ACF is proposing to add two new data elements to the existing reporting 
requirements. These proposed revisions to the ACF-801 would allow ACF 
to collect the amount charged per child by those providers who charge 
the family more than the required copayment in instances where the 
provider's price exceeds the subsidy payment. We are particularly 
interested in receiving comments on the availability of these data at 
the State and Territory level, the quality of that data, and feedback 
on approaches to obtain this type of information.
    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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ACF-801.....................................              56                4               27            6,048
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,048.
    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. 2018-07646 Filed 4-12-18; 8:45 am]
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