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OMB Control No: 0970-0391	ICR Reference No: 202106-0970-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202103-0970-013
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: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 06/30/2021
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 06/07/2021
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2021	11/30/2021	11/30/2021
Responses	21,531	0	19,140
Time Burden (Hours)	6,917	0	6,337
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: OPRE received approval in October 2020 to field a two wave longitudinal COVID Follow-up with early care and education (ECE) provider and workforce samples from the 2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE). Wave 1 data collection is nearly completed, as scheduled. Wave 2 data collection began in early April, 2021. In general, Wave 1 data and data collection experience confirmed that the design of the COVID Follow-up could be implemented as expected and collect data to inform the research questions as intended. Since approval in March 2021 of some minor changes to the NSECE COVID Follow-up Wave 2 protocol, the Administration for Children and Families has become aware that substantial federal funds allocated for pandemic relief for ECE providers have not yet been disbursed by states. A central purpose of the NSECE COVID-19 Follow-up is to collect data on providers’ receipt of pandemic assistance. To improve the ability of the data collection to collect data on providers’ receipt of pandemic assistance, we propose to delay parts of Wave 2 data collection to fall 2021. We are proposing (1) changes to Wave 2 sampling of center-based providers, who will be split into a spring data collection and a fall data collection, and (2) minor changes to the Wave 2 center-based and home-based provider questionnaires to collect information about enrollments both in spring 2021 and fall 2021. No changes are proposed to the sampling approach for the Home-based Provider and Workforce surveys, but we will now field these surveys in the fall of 2021 (rather than spring 2021). The delayed timeframe makes it more likely that providers and workforce members will have had opportunity to apply for and/or receive federal pandemic assistance during summer 2021.

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	21,531	19,140	2,391
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	6,917	6,337	580
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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This nonsubstantive change request involves (1) changes to Wave 2 sampling of center-based providers, who will be split into a spring data collection and a fall data collection, and (2) minor changes to the Wave 2 center-based, center-based workforce and home-based provider questionnaires to collect information about enrollments both in spring 2021 and fall 2021. No changes are proposed to the sampling approach for the Home-based Provider and Workforce surveys, but we will now field these surveys in the fall of 2021 (rather than spring 2021). The delayed timeframe makes it more likely that providers and workforce members will have had opportunity to apply for and/or receive federal pandemic assistance during summer 2021. Splitting the center-based data collection into two partial collections results in an increase in burden of 580 hours in order to ensure statistically valid national estimates. The added hours are due to the need 1) to have a small set of centers providing data in both spring and fall 2021 to ensure representativeness (329 additional burden hours), and 2) administration of a funding receipt supplement in fall 2021 to collect that information for centers who complete the spring 2021 data collection (251 additional burden hours).

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