[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 245 (Thursday, December 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 78687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27808]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; 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 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]. 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 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      Avg. burden    Total/annual
                   Instrument                       (total over     (total over    per response     burden  (in
                                                      request         request       (in hours)        hours)
                                                      period)         period)
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Interview Guide for State, Tribal, and Territory              12               1               1              12
 CCDF Administrators............................
Interview Guide for Consumer Education Services               30               1               1              30
 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.
    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. 2022-27808 Filed 12-21-22; 8:45 am]
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