[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 21, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20699-20700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08258]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[OMB No.0970-0471]


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Early Head Start-Child 
Care Partnerships Sustainability Study

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration 
for Children and Families, HHS.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeks approval to collect 
information for the Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships 
Sustainability Study.

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with 
the

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requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting 
public comment on the specific aspects of the information collection 
described above.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be 
obtained and comments may be forwarded by emailing 
[email protected]. Alternatively, copies can also be 
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, 
Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW, 
Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All 
requests, emailed or written should be identified by the title of the 
information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Description: This information collection is to provide nationally 
descriptive, longitudinal data on partnerships between Early Head Start 
programs and child care providers to inform program planning, technical 
assistance, and research. The proposed data collection is a follow-up 
study of the 2015 National Descriptive Study (NDS) of Early Head Start-
Child Care Partnerships (OMB 0970-0471) that obtained information about 
the EHS programs, community-based child care centers, and family child 
care providers participating in the federal grants supporting the 
implementation of Early Head Start-child care partnerships (EHS-CCPs). 
The current information collection request will follow up with EHS 
programs and child care providers who participated in the NDS to 
understand whether and how partnerships have been sustained or have 
dissolved, and which features of partnerships support or impede 
sustainability. Data collection activities will include surveys of 
directors of 2015 EHS-CCP grantees and of child care provider 
directors/managers who were selected for participation in the NDS, as 
well as semi-structured interviews with a purposive sample of providers 
whose partnerships have dissolved and have been sustained since 2016.
    Respondents: Early Head Start program directors and child care 
providers.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                    Number of
                                   Number of      responses per     Avg. burden
          Instrument              respondents       respondent     per response    Total burden    Annual burden
                                  (total over      (total over      (in hours)      (in hours)      (in hours)
                                request period)  request period)
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EHS Program Director Survey...              335                1             .58             194              65
Sustained Partnership Provider              330                1              .5             165              55
 Survey.......................
Dissolved Partnership Provider              140                1              .5              70              24
 Survey.......................
Dissolved Partnership Provider               48                1              .8              39              13
 Semi-structured Interview
 Protocol.....................
Sustained Partnership Provider               24                1              .8              20               7
 Semi-structured Interview
 Protocol.....................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 164.
    Comments: 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.

    Authority: Sec. 645A and 649 of the Improving Head Start for 
School Readiness Act of 2007.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-08258 Filed 4-20-21; 8:45 am]
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