National Study to Inform the
21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) Program
New
collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
No
Regular
05/03/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
1,228
0
397
0
0
0
The 21st CCLC program funds services
during non-school hours, primarily during the school year. The
services aim to help students meet state academic standards,
particularly for students in low-performing schools that serve high
concentrations of low-income families. Most participants (71
percent) are students attending afterschool centers during the
school year, with the remainder being family members (14 percent)
or summer attendees (15 percent). Afterschool centers supported by
program funds provide a broad range of activities and services,
such as academic enrichment, physical activity, service learning,
and activities to engage families. Program activities and services
may play a crucial role in addressing the substantial learning loss
and other challenges that have occurred as a result of the COVID-19
pandemic. This study will have two components. The first is a
national snapshot of strategies that afterschool centers in the
21st CCLC program use to serve their students and families. The
national snapshot will complement and extend information from the
program’s annual performance measures by providing an in-depth
understanding of the key outcomes centers aim to promote and the
diverse ways their activities and services for students and
families, supports for staff, and improvement strategies are
designed to promote these outcomes. Describing these strategies can
provide insights into ways that centers seek to address longer-term
challenges, such as learning loss and trauma, stemming from the
pandemic. The second component is an evaluation of a continuous
quality improvement system implemented in the program’s afterschool
centers. The evaluation will examine the implementation and
effectiveness of a system focused on improving staff practices that
promote students’ social and emotional skills. Promoting these
skills may be particularly important to compensate for the effects
of the pandemic, in light of evidence that remote learning has
negatively affected students’ social and emotional well-being. This
package only requests clearance for data collection activities that
will occur before March 2022 and impose burden on respondents.
These activities, all part of the evaluation of a continuous
quality improvement system (the study's second component), involve
collecting parent/guardian questionnaires and permission forms,
afterschool center coaching logs, and student afterschool
attendance records.
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 A_Confidentiality Agreement.docx
National Study to Inform the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) Program