This information collection request is
for a reinstatement with changes to a previously approved
information collection (OMB #0970-0391, previously titled, “The
2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education (2019 NSECE): The
Household, Provider, and Workforce Surveys”). Data collection
approval is requested by November 1, 2020, so that timely data
collection can take place during and in the immediate aftermath of
the pandemic emergency. ACF seeks approval for information
collection (IC) activities as part of their effort to better
understand how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting early care and
education (ECE) supply and workforce through a COVID-focused
follow-up IC of the 2019 National Survey of Early Care and
Education’s sampled ECE programs and workforce, sponsored by the
Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for
Children & Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS). A follow-up study using the NSECE sample offers a
unique opportunity to answer questions about the effect of the
pandemic on ECE as it is nationally representative of all sectors
of the ECE system, and offers recent pre-pandemic data that could
be used for pre- and post-pandemic comparisons. Data collection for
the 2019 NSECE ended in July 2019, as scheduled. Two waves of
longitudinal data collection are proposed for providers and
workforce members who completed interviews in the 2019 NSECE. Using
characteristics of sample members from the 2019 NSECE, the
collected data will allow nationally-representative descriptions of
the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the nation’s ECE supply as
of 2019 and the individuals who were working to provide that supply
in 2019.
US Code:
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USC 9858 Name of Law: Child Care and Development Block Grant
Act
This information collection
request is for a reinstatement with changes to a previously
approved information collection. Data collection for the previously
approved information collection (2019 NSECE) ended in July 2019 and
the associated instruments are no longer in use, resulting in a
decrease in burden. Two new waves of longitudinal data collection
are now being proposed for providers and workforce members who
completed interviews in the 2019 NSECE. The instruments associated
with these two proposed waves of data collection yield an increase
in burden.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Appendix D Workforce COVID-19 Follow-up Survey Contact Materials.docx
(Center-based) Workforce Interview – Waves 1 and 2; Not in ECE during Focal Week