Assessing the Implementation
and Cost of High Quality Early Care and Education
No
material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved
collection
No
Regular
09/30/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
09/30/2023
09/30/2023
3,804
3,804
2,174
2,174
0
0
The goals of the Assessing the
Implementation and Cost of High Quality Early Care and Education
field test are to (1) refine the implementation measures to further
improve their psychometric properties, (2) refine the cost measures
to identify costs associated with each center function and across
ages of children, and (3) test the associations between
implementation, cost, and quality measures. This request is for
approval of non-substantive changes to the time use survey based on
a pretest of the revised survey with seven respondents. Data
collection is scheduled to begin October 11, 2021 and the final
survey will need to be programmed prior to fielding the instrument.
As a result, we request a response as soon as possible.
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
We discovered issues with the
quality of data coming from the time use survey (TUS) in the field
test. We propose to administer a revised version of the TUS with
the entire field test sample, which means re-administering with
respondents who completed the TUS in the Spring/Summer of 2021. The
TUS has been revised and the version for the fall is slightly
shorter than the version administered previously. Burden estimates
were updated to reflect these changes.
$3,394,463
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Molly Buck 202 205-4724
mary.buck@acf.hhs.gov
No
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.