Home-Based Child Care Practices and Experiences Study
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
No
Regular
12/14/2023
Requested
Previously Approved
09/30/2024
09/30/2024
1,460
1,460
570
570
0
0
The goal of the HBCC PPE study is to examine the experiences, strengths, resources, and strategies used by home-based child care providers to serve and support equitable outcomes for children and families. The study is designed to explore the experiences of family, friend, and neighbor providers (i.e., home-based child care providers who are legally exempt from state licensing or other regulations that apply to non-custodial care of children in the provider’s own home.) The study uses semi-ethnographic, open-ended methods (including semi-structured interviews, and photo and audio journals) to generate rich information about the experiences of study respondents.
The study’s OMB Information Collection Request (Supporting Statement B) identified Patricia Del Grosso as the project director. Ms. Del Grosso left Mathematica on December 6, 2023. Ashley Kopack Klein, who was listed as the deputy project director in the OMB Information Collection Request, is now the project director. Ann Li is now the deputy project director. An updated version of Supporting Statement B is included with this request.
Ms. Del Grosso’s name and contact information are listed in the study’s consent language, which is given to participants (providers, their family members, and community members who support them). The consent language informs participants they can contact the study director with any questions. We have updated the consent language in applicable consent statements in Appendix D (D.1, D.2, D.3, D.5, D.6, D.8) of the study’s OMB materials, to replace Ms. Del Grosso’s name and contact information with Ms. Kopack Klein’s name and contact information. An updated version of Appendix is included with this request.
Except for the consent language, the study director’s information is not listed in materials given to or otherwise used with study participants. Other study materials, such as recruitment materials, have been customized with names of other study team members or information for trusted partners (community organizations helping with recruitment). This change does not affect the data collection approach, burden estimates, or the instrument content.
US Code:
42 USC 9858
Name of Law: Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, as amended
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:
(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;
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.
HBCC PPE Study_Nonsubstantive change request_OMB_PD change_12-13-23.docx
HBCC PPE_Appendix F_60-day FRN Comments and ACF Response.pdf
Instrument 9 - Provider feedback focus group