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OMB Control No: 0970-0391	ICR Reference No: 202309-0970-011
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202305-0970-005
Agency/Subagency: HHS/ACF	Agency Tracking No: OPRE
Title: 2024 National Survey of Early Care and Education
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 without change	Conclusion Date: 09/30/2023
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 09/28/2023
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2026	06/30/2026	06/30/2026
Responses	106,200	0	106,200
Time Burden (Hours)	29,388	0	29,388
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the 2024 NSECE data collection on June 7, 2023, and the study team is scheduled to begin data collection outreach activities in late October 2023. The 2024 NSECE, a set of four coordinated nationally representative surveys, is preceded by the 2019 NSECE (OMB #0970-0391) and the 2012 NSECE (OMB #0970-0391), which assembled the first national portrait of the demand for and supply of early care and education (ECE) since the 1990’s. Through a set of four inter-related surveys, the 2024 National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) will collect information on (1) home- and center-based ECE services available (supply) to families with children ages birth through 5 years, not yet in kindergarten; (2) characteristics of the center-based ECE workforce providing these services; and (3) households with children under age 13 years. These surveys of center- and home-based providers, center-based workforce, and households will gather nationally-representative information on the supply of ECE available to families across all income levels; the demand for ECE; the factors influencing parents’ choices and utilization of ECE for their children; and the interaction of supply and demand - specifically the extent to which families’ needs and preferences coordinate well with providers’ offerings and constraints. Our preparations for data collection for the 2024 NSECE have included review of selected state ECE program rules for licensing and public pre-kindergarten, cognitive testing of the Spanish Household Survey instrument during the public comment period, and testing of programmed questionnaires. Through these activities, we have identified a small number of edits to the questionnaires that would 1) better reflect current state policies, 2) improve consistency within questionnaires and between the English and Spanish versions, and 3) improve data quality through clarified instructions for data entry.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 9858 Name of Law: Child Care and Development Block Grant Act
US Code: 42 USC 618 Name of Law: SSA 418 as extended by the Continuing Approp Act of 2017 and TANF Exten Act 2019

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:
	88 FR 2626	01/17/2023
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 28556	05/04/2023
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	106,200	106,200
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	29,388	29,388
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $7,170,124

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? No

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

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