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OMB Control No:
0970-0615
ICR Reference No:
202402-0970-001
Status:
Historical Active
Previous ICR Reference No:
202401-0970-019
Agency/Subagency:
HHS/ACF
Agency Tracking No:
Title:
Building and Sustaining the Child Care and Early Education Workforce (BASE)
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:
02/04/2024
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)
Date Received in OIRA:
02/02/2024
Terms of Clearance:
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
Expiration Date
09/30/2025
09/30/2025
09/30/2025
Responses
1,618
0
1,618
Time Burden (Hours)
1,228
0
1,278
Cost Burden (Dollars)
0
0
0
Abstract:
The BASE project aims to understand factors that affect child care and early education (CCEE) workforce dynamics, including employment recruitment, retention, and advancement, as well as to build the evidence base about strategies that may help to recruit, retain, and advance the CCEE workforce. The proposed information collection aims to build the evidence base about the implementation, costs, and impacts of strategies aimed at improving the compensation and economic well-being of educators in child care center-based and home-based settings. The BASE project will do so by leveraging two pilot initiatives being implemented by the Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC) that provide additional funding and supports to center-based child care settings to improve teacher compensation and funding for home-based child care settings to support the provision of benefits to owners (referred to as providers hereafter) and staff (referred to as assistants hereafter). The study includes four substudies: Impact Study, Descriptive Study, Implementation Study, and a Cost Study. The survey and interview protocols for the home-based providers, approved by OMB, were developed assuming the intervention for this group would be similar in nature to that for center-based providers. In late 2023, CDEC finalized the intervention for home-based providers. The intervention improves teachers’ compensation, as intended, but is implemented differently to better fit the structure and needs of home-based child care providers and assistants: annual award amounts for two years that can be used to fund medical benefits (health, dental, vision, HSA/FSA), paid time off (substitute teacher coverage or revenue replacement during closures), and retirement contributions. The purpose of the data collection is the same as originally described in the approved OMB materials, and the methods of data collection are the same. The changes to the data collection instruments are only meant to remove items and refine the wording of some items to better align with the design and implementation of the finalized intervention with home-based providers, including language used in CDEC’s initiative outreach materials, and to reduce burden on home-based providers and assistants and on center-based directors. We believe these revisions to these study protocols will enhance the quality and amount of the data collected to address the government’s questions about the impact and implementation of workforce compensation strategies.
Authorizing Statute(s):
None
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 30979
05/15/2023
30-day Notice:
Federal Register Citation:
Citation Date:
88 FR 47507
07/24/2023
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR?
No
Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR:
8
IC Title
Form No.
Form Name
1. Follow-up center director survey
2. Follow-up lead and assistant teacher survey
3. Follow-up home-based provider and assistant survey
4. One-on-one center director interview
5. One-on-one lead and assistant teacher interview
6. One-on-one home-based provider interview
7. One-on-one key informant interview
8. Center-based setting costs workbook
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
1,618
1,618
0
0
0
0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)
1,228
1,278
0
-50
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:
Yes
Burden Reduction Due to:
Miscellaneous Actions
Short Statement:
This request is for updates to the surveys, some of which reduce the number of questions and overall burden on participants.
Annual Cost to Federal Government:
$1,193,333
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.
Yes
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
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:
02/02/2024
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