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