This information collection request is for a reinstatement with changes to a previously approved information collection (OMB #0970-0391, previously titled, âThe 2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education (2019 NSECE): The Household, Provider, and Workforce Surveysâ). 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 Educationâs 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 nationâs ECE supply as of 2019 and the individuals who were working to provide that supply in 2019.
US Code:
42 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