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OMB Control No: 0970-0391	ICR Reference No: 202010-0970-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201905-0970-010
Agency/Subagency: HHS/ACF	Agency Tracking No: OPRE
Title: 2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education COVID-19 Follow-up
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 11/06/2020
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 10/16/2020
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2021	12 Months From Approved
Responses	19,140	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	6,337	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: This information collection request is for a reinstatement with changes to a previously approved information collection (OMB #0970-0391, previously titled, “The 2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education (2019 NSECE): The Household, Provider, and Workforce Surveys”). Data collection approval is requested by November 1, 2020, so that timely data collection can take place during and in the immediate aftermath of the pandemic emergency. ACF seeks approval for information collection (IC) activities as part of their effort to better understand how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting early care and education (ECE) supply and workforce through a COVID-focused follow-up IC of the 2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education’s sampled ECE programs and workforce, sponsored by the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children & Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). A follow-up study using the NSECE sample offers a unique opportunity to answer questions about the effect of the pandemic on ECE as it is nationally representative of all sectors of the ECE system, and offers recent pre-pandemic data that could be used for pre- and post-pandemic comparisons. Data collection for the 2019 NSECE ended in July 2019, as scheduled. Two waves of longitudinal data collection are proposed for providers and workforce members who completed interviews in the 2019 NSECE. Using characteristics of sample members from the 2019 NSECE, the collected data will allow nationally-representative descriptions of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the nation’s ECE supply as of 2019 and the individuals who were working to provide that supply in 2019.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 9858 Name of Law: Child Care and Development Block Grant Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 45887	07/30/2020
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 60998	09/29/2020
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	19,140	-82,615	101,755
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	6,337	-21,823	28,160
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: This information collection request is for a reinstatement with changes to a previously approved information collection. Data collection for the previously approved information collection (2019 NSECE) ended in July 2019 and the associated instruments are no longer in use, resulting in a decrease in burden. Two new waves of longitudinal data collection are now being proposed for providers and workforce members who completed interviews in the 2019 NSECE. The instruments associated with these two proposed waves of data collection yield an increase in burden.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $7,075,749

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

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. Yes

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

Agency Contact: Camille Wilson 202 565-0162 camille.wilson@acf.hhs.gov

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