[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 202 (Thursday, October 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63780-63781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22759]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Case Studies of Child 
Care and Development Fund Lead Agencies' Consumer Education Strategies 
(New Collection)

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration 
for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services.

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) within the 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing to 
collect qualitative data to examine innovative and promising consumer 
education strategies that Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Lead 
Agencies are using to help families search for and select child care 
and early education (CCEE). This information collection aims to present 
an internally valid description of the experiences of up to six, 
purposively selected case study sites, not to promote statistical 
generalization to different sites or service populations.

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with 
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, ACF is 
soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information 
collection described above.

ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of 
information and submit comments by emailing 
[email protected]. Identify all requests by the title of 
the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: The Consumer Education and Parental Choice in Early 
Care and Education project is proposing to conduct qualitative case 
studies to examine consumer education strategies in up to six sites. 
Sites will be selected based on a scan of innovative or promising 
strategies being used to help parents looking for and selecting CCEE.
    In each site, we will conduct interviews with CCDF administrators 
and agency staff, consumer education services staff, and other key 
informants to collect information on select consumer education 
strategies and implementation successes and challenges. We will conduct 
focus

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groups with parents of young children to gather information about their 
experiences looking for CCEE. The study will collect information about 
(a) the selected consumer education strategies; (b) implementation 
successes and challenges; and (c) parents' experiences looking for 
CCEE, including the resources they used and their awareness of and 
perspectives on state/local consumer education resources.
    Respondents: State, Territory, and Tribal CCDF program 
administrators and agency staff, consumer education services staff, key 
informants who interact with parents and provide a state/local 
perspective, and parents/guardians of children under age 6.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                  Number of
                                                 Number of      responses per
                                                respondents       respondent    Average  burden    Total/annual
                 Instrument                     (total  over     (total over      per response      burden (in
                                              request period)      request         (in hours)         hours)
                                                                   period)
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Interview Guide for State, Tribal, and                    12                1                1               12
 Territory CCDF Administrators..............
Interview Guide for Consumer Education                    30                1                1               30
 Services Staff.............................
Key Informant Interview Guide...............              18                1              .75               14
Parent Focus Group Facilitator's Guide......             120                1              1.5              180
Focus Group Brief Questionnaire.............             120                1               .1               12
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 248.
    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: Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 
1990, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.)

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-22759 Filed 10-19-22; 8:45 am]
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