Building and Sustaining the Child Care and Early Education Workforce (BASE)
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Approved without change
08/07/2024
08/06/2024
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
09/30/2025
09/30/2025
09/30/2025
1,618
0
1,618
1,228
0
1,228
0
0
0
The BASE project aims to understand factors that affect child care and early education (CCEE) workforce dynamics, including employment recruitment, retention, and advancement, as well as to build the evidence base about strategies that may help to recruit, retain, and advance the CCEE workforce.
The proposed information collection aimed to build the evidence base about the implementation, costs, and impacts of strategies aimed at improving the compensation and economic well-being of educators in child care center-based and home-based settings. The BASE project will do so by leveraging two pilot initiatives being implemented by the Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC) that provide additional funding and supports to center-based child care settings to improve teacher compensation and funding for home-based child care settings to support the provision of benefits to owners (referred to as providers hereafter) and staff (referred to as assistants hereafter). Key data collection activities included a follow-up survey fielded to teachers in the center-based pilot and a follow-up survey fielded to providers and assistants in the home-based pilot. Staff at CDEC suggested that, although the outreach materials were ok to send in English, the instruments for teachers and home-based providers should also be offered in Spanish for those who may feel more comfortable completing the survey in that language.
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has translated the teacher and provider follow-up surveys (Instruments 2 and 3) and the consent information for these surveys (Appendix C) into Spanish (Instruments 2S and 3S, Appendix CS). These translations do not change any content of the currently approved survey instruments or consent documentation.
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 CS_Consent Forms for CenterBased Teachers & HomeBased_Spanish version.pdf
NonSub Change Request - OMB - Spanish_08.05.2024.docx
8. Center-based setting costs workbook