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OMB Control No: 0970-0508	ICR Reference No: 202104-0970-010
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202008-0970-009
Agency/Subagency: HHS/ACF	Agency Tracking No: OPRE
Title: OPRE Study: Variations in Implementation of Quality Interventions (VIQI) [Pilot, Impact, Process Studies]
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 07/22/2021
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/29/2021
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2024	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2021
Responses	25,815	0	24,821
Time Burden (Hours)	7,871	0	8,418
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) has launched the Variations in Implementation of Quality Interventions (VIQI): Examining the Quality-Child Outcomes Relationship in Child Care and Early Education Project. VIQI is a large-scale, experimental study that aims to inform policymakers, practitioners, and stakeholders about effective ways to support the quality and effectiveness of early care and education (ECE) centers for promoting young children’s learning and development by building rigorous evidence that aims to: 1) identify dimensions of quality within ECE settings that are key levers for promoting children’s outcomes; 2) inform what levels of quality are necessary to successfully support children’s developmental gains; 3) identify drivers that facilitate and inhibit successful implementation of interventions aimed at strengthening quality; and, 4) understand how these relations vary across different ECE settings, staff and children – all noted gaps in the knowledge base guiding policy, investments, and practice in the ECE field. The project conducted a year-long pilot study in 2018-2019. Lessons learned from the pilot have informed the study design and updates to data collection instruments and installation activities focused on teacher professional development. In September 2019, the study team began landscaping and recruitment activities for the Impact Evaluation and Process Study. However, in March2020 the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the closure of many businesses and organizations, including Head Start and community-based child care centers, which are the target of these landscaping and recruitment activities. In light of this, the study team decided to postpone the Impact Evaluation and Process Study to the 2021-2022 school year. In addition to a request for an extension to complete data collection, the following changes are being requested: o Updated burden estimates to accommodate a different sample size of centers, administrators, teachers, and coaches in order to achieve sufficient sample while centers are operating at reduced capacity due to COVID-19; o Revised data collection instruments and activities for the impact evaluation and process study in line with lessons learned during the pilot study; o Addition of a second timepoint of data collection for the teacher reports to questions about children, if COVID-19 precludes in-person data collection; o Addition of one new instrument to collect parent report of children’s skills and behaviors, if COVID-19 precludes in-person data collection; and o Addition of one new instrument in anticipation of COVID-19 necessitating further information gathering to contextualize findings from the impact evaluation and process study.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 9858(a)(5) Name of Law: Section 658O(a)(5) of the 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:
	86 FR 543	01/06/2021
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	86 FR 22667	04/29/2021
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	25,815	24,821	-1,104	2,098
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	7,871	8,418	-757	210
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	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: The following are key reasons for program changes in burden. These adjustments are being made based upon insights from the pilot study, as well as due to COVID-19 circumstances: • A different sample size of centers, administrators, teachers, and coaches in the impact evaluation and process study in order to achieve sufficient sample sizes of children; • Addition of a second timepoint of data collection for the teacher reports to questions about children, if COVID-19 precludes in-person data collection; • Addition of one new instrument to collect parent report of children’s skills and behaviors, if COVID-19 precludes in-person data collection; and • Addition of one new instrument in anticipation of COVID-19 necessitating further information gathering to contextualize findings from the impact evaluation and process study.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $5,900,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

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: Molly Buck 202 205-4724 mary.buck@acf.hhs.gov

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