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OMB Control No:
0970-0582
ICR Reference No:
202202-0970-004
Status:
Historical Active
Previous ICR Reference No:
202108-0970-007
Agency/Subagency:
HHS/ACF
Agency Tracking No:
OPRE
Title:
OPRE Study: Early Care and Education Leadership Study (ExCELS) Descriptive Study
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:
02/17/2022
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)
Date Received in OIRA:
02/15/2022
Terms of Clearance:
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
Expiration Date
12/31/2023
12/31/2023
12/31/2023
Responses
1,302
0
1,302
Time Burden (Hours)
1,010
0
1,010
Cost Burden (Dollars)
0
0
0
Abstract:
The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation within the Administration for Children and Families in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services contracted with Mathematica and its subcontractor, the Institute for Early Education Leadership and Innovation at the University of Massachusetts Boston, to conduct the Early Care and Education Leadership Study (ExCELS). The purpose of ExCELS is to learn about leadership in center-based early care and education (ECE) settings, and better understand how leadership might improve the quality of care and education centers provide and outcomes for staff, children, and families. The ExCELS descriptive study will take place in spring 2022 and we plan to recruit 120 center-based child care settings. These will include centers that have at least one primary site leader (e.g., center director) in the building, receive funding from Head Start or the Child Care and Development Fund, and serve children whose ages range from birth to age 5 (but who are not yet in kindergarten). Data collection will include interviews with each center’s primary site leader and surveys for select center managers and all teaching staff. To support a successful data collection with high response rates, ExCELS was approved to offer a $50 gift card to respondents of a 60-minute teaching staff survey as part of an experiment with two different procedures for administering a token of appreciation —a $10 pre- $40 post gift- card remote structure, or an on-site visit to offer a $50 gift card upon survey completion—to determine which approach was more effective and cost efficient at obtaining high response rates. Results of this experiment were to be shared with OMB and combined with the results of two experiments that were part of the Assessing the Implementation and Cost of High Quality Early Care and Education project (ECE-ICHQ; OMB: 0970-0499) to contribute to a body of evidence about the effectiveness and efficiency in using different structures and delivery approaches for tokens of appreciation to support response from staff in ECE settings. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we seek to remove site-visits from the data collection effort (only conduct them as-needed to improve response rates) and, as a result, remove the experiment. In light of the absence of an experiment, we request a change in the tokens of appreciation to lower the overall amount provided to teaching staff from $50 to $40, maintaining a pre-and post-pay structure. The token of appreciation for center managers would remain unchanged; these staff were not planned to be part of the experimental aspect.
Authorizing Statute(s):
US Code:
42 USC 9835
Name of Law: Head Start Act § 640
US Code:
42 USC 9858
Name of Law: Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 § 658O
PL:
Pub.L. 113 - 186 9
Name of Law: Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 as amended by the CCDBG Act of 2014
US Code:
42 USC 9844
Name of Law: Head Start Act § 649
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 24626
05/07/2021
30-day Notice:
Federal Register Citation:
Citation Date:
86 FR 44375
08/12/2021
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR?
No
Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR:
7
IC Title
Form No.
Form Name
Center manager survey
Center recruitment call script
Engagement interview guide
Staffing Structure and Leadership Positions (SSLP) Interview Guide
Teaching staff roster
Teaching staff survey
Umbrella organization recruitment approval call script
ICR Summary of Burden
Total Approved
Previously Approved
Change Due to New Statute
Change Due to Agency Discretion
Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses
1,302
1,302
0
0
0
0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)
1,010
1,010
0
0
0
0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)
0
0
0
0
0
0
Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion:
No
Burden Increase Due to:
Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion:
No
Burden Reduction Due to:
Short Statement:
This is a new information collection request.
Annual Cost to Federal Government:
$1,429,000
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
Common Form ICR:
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:
(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;
(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;
(c) It reduces burden on small entities;
(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;
(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;
(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;
(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:
(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;
(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.
(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and
(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.
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.
Certification Date:
02/15/2022
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