[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 209 (Monday, October 29, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54354-54355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-23536]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects: Office of Child Care CCDF Onsite Monitoring.
    Title: Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) State Monitoring 
Compliance Demonstration Packet.
    OMB No.: New.

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    Description: This is a new proposed data collection from the Office 
of Child Care (OCC) for the Onsite Monitoring System.
    Section 658I of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act and 
Subpart J of 45 CFR, part 98 of the Child Care and Development Fund 
requires the monitoring of programs funded under the CCDF for 
compliance with:
    (1) The Act;
    (2) CCDF Regulations; and
    (3) The State/Territory CCDF approved Plan.
    The proposed data collection will be used by the Office of Child 
Care (OCC) to monitor State CCDF Lead Agencies to determine and 
validate compliance with CCDF regulations and the approved State Plan. 
The data collection is designed to provide States with the flexibility 
to propose an approach that is feasible and sufficient to demonstrate 
compliance based on State circumstances and processes. State Lead 
Agencies will participate in onsite monitoring based on a 3-year 
cohort; submitting data once every three years. OCC will begin 
monitoring for compliance in FY 2019.
    The data collection for the first 3-years will focus on 11 topical 
areas: (1) Disaster Preparedness, Response and Recovery; (2) Consumer 
Education: Dissemination of Information to Parents, Providers, and 
General Public (Monitoring Reports and Annual Aggregate Data); (3) 
Twelve-Month Eligibility; (4) Child: Staff Ratios and Group Sizes; (5) 
Health and Safety Requirements for Providers (11 Health and Safety 
Topics); (6) Pre-Service/Orientation and Ongoing Training Requirements 
for Providers; (7) Inspections for CCDF Licensed Providers; (8) 
Inspections for License-Exempt CCDF Providers; (9) Ratios for Licensing 
Inspectors; (10) Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting; and (11) Program 
Integrity.
    In developing the Onsite Monitoring System, OCC convened a 
workgroup of states to provide feedback and input on the design of the 
Onsite Monitoring System. As part of the workgroup discussions, states 
emphasized the need for individualized monitoring because of the 
complexity of each state's CCDF structure and variance in 
implementation strategies. As a response, OCC developed the Compliance 
Demonstration Packet that offers states the opportunity to propose 
their approach to demonstrating compliance based on how their CCDF 
program is administered. OCC also consulted other federal programs and 
monitoring experts on the Onsite Monitoring System's development and 
incorporated their feedback regarding the efficiency and efficacy of 
the proposed process.
    During the development of the Onsite Monitoring System, OCC 
conducted pilots in a number of States. Feedback received from pilot 
States and the pilot results were used to enhance the monitoring 
process and data collection method. Burden estimates below are based on 
an analysis of data collected through all of the pilot visits while 
accounting for variance in state documentation.
    Respondents: State grantees and the District of Columbia.

                                             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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Compliance Demonstration Chart..................              17               1              16             272
Document Submission Chart.......................              17               1              80           1,360
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,632 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. 2018-23536 Filed 10-26-18; 8:45 am]
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