Proposed Information Collection Activity; Survey on Where Parents Look for and Find Information and How They Use Information When Selecting Child Care (New Collection)
| Citation | 88 FR 74196 |
| Published date | 30 October 2023 |
| Record Number | 2023-23910 |
| Court | Children And Families Administration |
| Section | Notices |
Federal Register, Volume 88 Issue 208 (Monday, October 30, 2023)
[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 208 (Monday, October 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74196-74197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23910]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Survey on Where Parents
Look for and Find Information and How They Use Information When
Selecting Child Care (New Collection)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration
for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) within the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing to
collect nationally representative survey data to learn more about where
parents look for and find information about Child Care and Early
Education (CCEE); how parents assess the people, places, or things that
may offer CCEE information; what types of CCEE information parents look
for; and how parents use information to select CCEE. The study aims to
gather information that may be used by Child Care Lead Agencies to
inform their consumer education efforts.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is
soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information
collection described above.
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ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of
information and submit comments by emailing
[email protected]. Identify all requests by the title of
the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: ACF has contracted with NORC to implement this study,
which is part of the Consumer Education and Parental Choice in Early
Care and Education (CEPC) project. The study will select a nationally
representative sample from NORC's probability-based AmeriSpeak panel.
The AmeriSpeak panel provides sample coverage of approximately 97
percent of the U.S. population. It currently contains 48,900 panel
members age 13 and over residing in over 40,000 households. U.S.
households are randomly selected with a known, non-zero probability
from the NORC National Frame, and then recruited by mail, telephone,
and by field interviewers face-to-face. NORC's in-person recruitment
enhances representativeness for young adults, lower socio-economic
households, non-internet households, and other households that are
typically hard to reach for statistical surveys of the population.
We will collect information about (a) where parents look for and
find information about CCEE; (b) how parents assess the people, places,
or things that may offer CCEE information; (c) how easy or hard it is
for parents to find CCEE information; (d) the types of CCEE information
that parents look for and say are helpful in choosing CCEE; (e)
information about the last time parents made a decision about CCEE and
what information they tried to learn about at that time; (f) parent's
assessments of the CCEE options at the time they made their last CCEE
decision; (g) how well parents' CCEE decision met their family's needs;
and (h) demographic information about families.
Respondents: AmeriSpeak panelists who indicated that they have a
young child in the household will be invited to complete the survey if
they are at least 18 years of age. If a household has two or more panel
members who reside in a household with a young child, one will be
selected at random to complete the survey, with preference given to
parents/legal guardians. Selected panelists will be asked questions to
confirm eligibility for the survey, including that the household has at
least one child under the age of 6 but not in kindergarten.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Number of responses per Avg. burden Total/annual
Instrument respondents respondent per response burden (in
(total over (total over (in hours) hours)
request period) request period)
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Parent Survey Questionnaire (Section AE 600 1 .08 48
Only)......................................
Parent Survey Questionnaire (Section A--DA). 1,500 1 .33 495
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 543.
Comments: The Department specifically requests comments on (a)
whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Authority: Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of
1990, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.).
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-23910 Filed 10-27-23; 8:45 am]
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