Assessing the Implementation and Cost of High Quality Early Care and Education

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
NonSub Change Attachment_ECE-ICHQ_TUS Incentive Change Request_CLEAN.docx	Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	Uploaded 2021-02-17	Repair queued
1-ECE-ICHQ nonsub change request memo_CLEAN.docx	Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	Uploaded 2021-02-17	Repair queued
ECE-ICHQ nonsub change request memo_Feb 2020_final.docx	Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	Uploaded 2020-02-20	Repair queued
Attachment A_Conceptual Framework.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2019-09-30	Available
Attachment H_60 Day FRN - ECE ICHQ - 0970-0499_6.18.19.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2019-09-30	Repair queued
Attachment G_Initial Outreach.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2019-09-30	Repair queued
Attachment F_Time Use Survey Outreach_CLEAN.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2021-02-17	Repair queued
Attachment E_Cost Workbook Email_Revised 02.03.2020_Clean.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2020-02-20	Repair queued
Attachment D_Implementation Interview Email_Revised 02.03.2020_Clean.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2020-02-20	Repair queued
Attachment C_Email and Letter to Selected Centers_CLEAN.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2021-02-17	Repair queued
Attachment B_Advance materials_CLEAN.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2021-02-17	Repair queued
Supporting Statement B - ECE ICHQ_Clean 21721.docx	Supporting Statement B	Uploaded 2021-02-17	Repair queued
Supporting Statement A - ECE ICHQ Clean 21721.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2021-02-17	Repair queued

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
237924	Instrument 7 - Classroom rosters for observations	Other-Roster	Unchanged
226928	Instrument 6 - Time use survey	Other-Survey	Modified
226926	Instrument 5 - Staff rosters for time use survey	Other-Roster	Modified
226925	Instrument 4 - Electronic cost workbook	Other-Workbook	Modified
226923	Instrument 3 - Implementation interview protocol	Other-Interview	Modified
226921	Instrument 2 - Center engagement call	Other-Engagement Call	Modified
226920	Instrument 1 - Center recruitment call	Other-Call Scripts	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0970-0499	ICR Reference No: 202102-0970-009
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 202002-0970-008
Agency/Subagency: HHS/ACF	Agency Tracking No: OPRE
Title: Assessing the Implementation and Cost of High Quality Early Care and Education
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Withdrawn and continue	Conclusion Date: 02/26/2021
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/17/2021
Terms of Clearance:

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	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2022	11/30/2022	11/30/2022
Responses	2,435	0	2,435
Time Burden (Hours)	1,619	0	1,619
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The goal of the Implementation and Cost of High Quality Early Care and Education (ECE-ICHQ) study is to create a technically sound, feasible, and useful instrument that will provide consistent and systematic measures of the implementation and costs of quality to help fill the knowledge gap about the cost of providing and improving quality in early care and education (ECE). The approved information collection is for a field test to validate the tools created under earlier information collections (same OMB number) In October 2019, the study team began preparing for a field test of the new measures and launched the field test for three weeks in March 2020 until it needed to cease due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning in March 2021, the study will conduct a feasibility study under the current approval to learn how our instruments and measures of implementation and cost are able to capture the service changes that are occurring across the child care industry due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The study team consulted with external experts and OPRE gathered input from ACF program offices to guide next steps. We are planning to return to select centers from data collection conducted in 2018 (under the first approval of this control number) to understand (1) how centers’ implementation of activities that support quality have changed since the COVID-19 pandemic; (2) how centers’ costs of operation have changed since the COVID-19 pandemic; and (3) whether and how the implementation and cost measures we developed reflect changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We consider this a feasibility test for the field test. The information from this work will help us prepare the field test of the measures and, in the short-term, guide supports that could help the child care industry recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 9858m(a)(5) Name of Law: Sec 658O(a)(5) of Child Care and Development Block Grant Act, as amended by Pub. L. No. 113-186
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	84 FR 28305	06/18/2019
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	84 FR 48934	09/17/2019
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 7

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IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Instrument 1 - Center recruitment call
Instrument 2 - Center engagement call
Instrument 3 - Implementation interview protocol
Instrument 4 - Electronic cost workbook
Instrument 5 - Staff rosters for time use survey
Instrument 6 - Time use survey
Instrument 7 - Classroom rosters for observations

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Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This request is for additional information collection under OMB #0970-0499 to validate the measures created under earlier collections. Previously approved information collection is complete.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $2,660,731

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Yes

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 02/17/2021

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