Home-Based Child Care
Practices and Experiences Study
No
material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved
collection
No
Regular
08/22/2023
Requested
Previously Approved
09/30/2024
09/30/2024
1,460
1,460
570
570
0
0
The goal of the HBCC PPE study is to
examine the experiences, strengths, resources, and strategies used
by home-based child care providers to serve and support equitable
outcomes for children and families. The study is designed to
explore the experiences of family, friend, and neighbor providers
(i.e., home-based child care providers who are legally exempt from
state licensing or other regulations that apply to non-custodial
care of children in the provider’s own home.) The study uses
semi-ethnographic, open-ended methods (including semi-structured
interviews, and photo and audio journals) to generate rich
information about the experiences of study respondents. The study
team pretested the study protocol, methods, and materials with a
small group of Spanish-speaking providers (less than 10) during the
public comment period and identified several potential changes to
the language and materials that would help to reduce burden or
improve understanding among respondents. In addition, the project’s
Internal Review Board (IRB) completed its review of the study
application and requested changes to consent procedures and
language to improve informed consent among potential study
participants. In response to findings from pretesting with
Spanish-speaking providers and to edits identified by the project’s
IRB, this nonsubstantive change request includes the following: 1.
Updates to consent statements and forms (English and Spanish) 2.
Slight wording changes to instrument introduction text and
questions (English and Spanish) 3. Minor revisions to participant
recruitment materials (English) 4. Spanish versions of all study
appendices The proposed modifications to instruments and
recruitment materials are summarized in more detail in the
nonsubstantative change memo. We are not proposing any adjustments
to the data collection approach or approved time period. These
changes do not affect burden estimates or meaningfully alter the
instrument content for respondents.
US Code:
42
USC 9858 Name of Law: Child Care and Development Block Grant
Act of 1990, as amended
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.
HBCC PPE_Appendix D_Consent statements and interview contact forms_Spanish.docx
HBCC PPE_Appendix F_60-day FRN Comments and ACF Response.pdf
Instrument 9 - Provider feedback focus group