[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 210 (Tuesday, November 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 65775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23761]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; The Role of Licensing 
in Early Care and Education (New Collection)

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

ACTION: Request for Public Comments.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), 
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), is proposing to collect 
information for The Role of Licensing in Early Care and Education 
(TRLECE) project. This data collection aims to examine the child care 
and early education (CCEE) licensing system through surveys of child 
care licensing administrators, front-line child care licensing staff, 
and child care providers.

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB must make a 
decision about the collection of information between 30 and 60 days 
after publication of this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, 
a comment is best assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it 
within 30 days of publication.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. You can 
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by 
emailing [email protected]. All emailed requests should be 
identified by the title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Description: The TRLECE project is proposing 
a new information collection to deepen the field's understanding of the 
CCEE licensing system. Information will be collected from child care 
licensing administrators, front-line child care licensing staff, and 
child care providers. This information collection will include three 
national surveys:
    1. A one-time nationwide survey of the child care licensing 
administrator in each state, territory, and the District of Columbia 
(N=56) regarding the licensing system, as well as administrators' 
characteristics, experiences, and perceptions of the licensing system. 
Child care licensing administrators oversee critical systems that 
regulate CCEE settings for young children.
    2. A one-time nationwide survey of front-line child care licensing 
staff from each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia about 
their characteristics, experiences, responsibilities, and perceptions 
of the CCEE licensing system. By front-line child care licensing staff 
we mean individuals who routinely conduct licensing inspections of 
child care programs. They may have other responsibilities as well, as 
long as one of their jobs is to routinely conduct inspections.
    3. A one-time nationwide survey of licensed child care providers 
from each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia about their 
perceptions of and experiences with the CCEE licensing system. For the 
purposes of this study, licensed providers are defined as program 
owners/directors who oversee the day-to-day operations in a licensed 
center, as well as owners/operators of licensed family child care (FCC) 
programs (including group and family child care homes).
    Respondents: We will invite all child care licensing administrators 
in each state/territory and the District of Columbia, and all front-
line child care licensing staff in each state and the District of 
Columbia to participate in a comprehensive one-time web-based or 
telephone survey. For the survey of providers, the goal for the final 
sample will be a nationally representative sample of 2,000 licensed 
providers from all 50 states and the District of Columbia (1000 
randomly selected licensed child care centers and 1000 randomly 
selected family child care homes).

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of
                                                     Number of     responses per
                                                    respondents     respondent      Avg. burden    Total/annual
                   Instrument                       (total over     (total over    per response     burden  (in
                                                      request         request       (in hours)        hours)
                                                      period)         period)
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Child care licensing administrator survey.......              48               1             0.5              24
Front-line child care licensing staff survey....            1650               1             0.5             825
Child care provider survey......................            2000               1             0.5            1000
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,849.
    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9858.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-23761 Filed 10-31-22; 8:45 am]
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