The 2024 National Survey of Early Care
and Education (NSECE) and 2024 NSECE Longitudinal Follow-ups are
funded by the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation,
Administration for Children & Families (ACF), U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS). These information collection
activities are part of ACF’s ongoing effort to better understand
the availability and use of ECE across the nation. Data collection
for the 2024 NSECE began in November 2023 and baseline data
collection is scheduled to run through November 2024. All planned
and approved activities are being implemented and are ongoing, with
no revisions to the currently approved plan at this time. This
request is specific to the addition of two follow-up data
collections: one with households and one with workforce respondents
who complete interviews in the 2024 NSECE. The 2024 NSECE data will
provide consistent and representative data to ACF for better
understanding how the ECE landscape has changed since 2012 and the
extent to which funding that resulted from legislative responses is
associated with changes in the ECE system. Data from the 2024 NSECE
Longitudinal Follow-ups will provide consistent and representative
data to ACF for more in-depth understanding households’ search and
selection of ECE, and for workforce participation in the ECE field
over time. The objectives of the 2024 NSECE Longitudinal Follow-ups
are to build on the design and implementation of the 2024 NSECE to
collect urgently needed information on two topics relevant to ECE
policy: 1) how households learn about and make use of financial
assistance in seeking and selecting ECE, with additional focus on
paid individual care arrangements; and 2) patterns of retention and
attrition among individuals in the center-based ECE
workforce.
US Code:
42
USC 618 Name of Law: SSA 418 as extended by the Continuing
Approp Act of 2017 and TANF Exten Act 2019
US Code: 42
USC 9858 Name of Law: Child Care and Development Block Grant
Act
This request is to add two
follow-up data collections under this OMB number. There are no
changes to previously approved instruments, but burden estimates
have been updated to reflect the current status of data
collection.
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.
2024 NSECE and Longitudinal Follow-ups_Supporting Statement Part B_toOPRE_09102024.docx
2024 NSECE Workforce Longitudinal Follow-up Quality Assurance Questionnaire