[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 208 (Monday, October 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74196-74197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23910]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Survey on Where Parents 
Look for and Find Information and How They Use Information When 
Selecting Child Care (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 nationally representative survey data to learn more about where 
parents look for and find information about Child Care and Early 
Education (CCEE); how parents assess the people, places, or things that 
may offer CCEE information; what types of CCEE information parents look 
for; and how parents use information to select CCEE. The study aims to 
gather information that may be used by Child Care Lead Agencies to 
inform their consumer education efforts.

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

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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: ACF has contracted with NORC to implement this study, 
which is part of the Consumer Education and Parental Choice in Early 
Care and Education (CEPC) project. The study will select a nationally 
representative sample from NORC's probability-based AmeriSpeak panel. 
The AmeriSpeak panel provides sample coverage of approximately 97 
percent of the U.S. population. It currently contains 48,900 panel 
members age 13 and over residing in over 40,000 households. U.S. 
households are randomly selected with a known, non-zero probability 
from the NORC National Frame, and then recruited by mail, telephone, 
and by field interviewers face-to-face. NORC's in-person recruitment 
enhances representativeness for young adults, lower socio-economic 
households, non-internet households, and other households that are 
typically hard to reach for statistical surveys of the population.
    We will collect information about (a) where parents look for and 
find information about CCEE; (b) how parents assess the people, places, 
or things that may offer CCEE information; (c) how easy or hard it is 
for parents to find CCEE information; (d) the types of CCEE information 
that parents look for and say are helpful in choosing CCEE; (e) 
information about the last time parents made a decision about CCEE and 
what information they tried to learn about at that time; (f) parent's 
assessments of the CCEE options at the time they made their last CCEE 
decision; (g) how well parents' CCEE decision met their family's needs; 
and (h) demographic information about families.
    Respondents: AmeriSpeak panelists who indicated that they have a 
young child in the household will be invited to complete the survey if 
they are at least 18 years of age. If a household has two or more panel 
members who reside in a household with a young child, one will be 
selected at random to complete the survey, with preference given to 
parents/legal guardians. Selected panelists will be asked questions to 
confirm eligibility for the survey, including that the household has at 
least one child under the age of 6 but not in kindergarten.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                    Number of
                                                  Number of       responses per     Avg. burden    Total/annual
                 Instrument                      respondents       respondent      per response     burden (in
                                                 (total over       (total over      (in hours)        hours)
                                               request period)   request period)
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Parent Survey Questionnaire (Section AE                    600                 1             .08              48
 Only)......................................
Parent Survey Questionnaire (Section A--DA).             1,500                 1             .33             495
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 543.
    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. 2023-23910 Filed 10-27-23; 8:45 am]
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