[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87881-87882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25691]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; ACF-801: Child Care and
Development Fund (CCDF) Quarterly Case-Level Report (Office of
Management and Budget #0970-0167)
AGENCY: Office of Child Care, Administration for Children and Families,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Child Care (OCC), Administration for Children
and Families (ACF) is requesting a three-year extension with changes to
the form ACF-801: CCDF Quarterly Case-Level Report (Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0167, expiration 4/30/2025). OCC
proposes changes to the reporting requirements for family co-payments
and to combine race and ethnicity into a single category. Additionally,
OCC proposes to add a new data element, the provider's county Federal
Information Processing Series (FIPS) code, as well as including
modified instructions for the total hours of care being provided.
DATES: Comments due January 6, 2025. 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.
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 ACF-801 provides monthly case-level data on the
children and families receiving direct child care services under CCDF.
The ACF-801 case-level data are reported either monthly or quarterly.
OCC proposes changes to the reporting requirements for family co-
payments to better understand how co-payments are distributed across
multiple children and program settings.
OCC has updated the race and ethnicity question to align with the
updated Statistical Policy Directive 15: Standards for Maintaining,
Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (SPD 15).
The new categories and instructions for reporting race and ethnicity
will provide improved data quality and uniformity of information
collected that is consistent with OMB guidance. Additionally, OCC
proposes to add a new data element, the provider's county FIPS code,
for county-level analysis, such as mapping or geo-coding. Revised
instructions for the collection of total hours of care provided monthly
will address provisions in the 2024 CCDF final rule related to payment
based on a child's enrollment rather than attendance.
Respondents: State and Territory Lead Agencies.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Annual number Average burden
Instrument Total number of of responses hours per Annual burden
respondents per respondent response hours
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ACF-801: CCDF Quarterly Case-Level Report... 56 4 6.5 1,456
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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
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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.
The Department also seeks public comment on the proposed changes
related to reporting family co-payments.
Finally, the Department seeks public comment on use of the pooling
factor for CCDF administrative data reporting. The current ACF-800 and
ACF-801 reports instruct states that pool CCDF and non-CCDF funds to
report all children and families funded by these pooled funding sources
on both the ACF-800 and ACF-801. ACF then applies a pooling factor
(reported by the state on the ACF-800) to determine the number of
children and families served by CCDF. During the public comment period,
ACF is soliciting comments on this approach, or whether it is possible
for states to identify and separately report all children and families
served by CCDF without the need to apply a pooling factor.
Authority: Section 658K of the Child Care and Development Block
Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9858); regulations 45 CFR 98.70 and 98.71.
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-25691 Filed 11-4-24; 8:45 am]
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