80 FR 55119 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 177 (September 14, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 177 (Monday, September 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55119-55120]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23022]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Child Care Quarterly Case Record Report--ACF-801.
    OMB No.: 0970-0167.
    Description: Section 658K of the Child Care and Development Block 
Grant (CCDBG) Act (42 U.S.C. 9858, as amended by Pub. L. 113-186) 
requires that States and Territories submit monthly case-level data on 
the children and families receiving direct services under the Child 
Care and Development Fund (CCDF). The implementing regulations for the 
statutorily required reporting are at 45 CFR 98.70 and 98.71. Case-
level reports, submitted quarterly or monthly (at grantee option), 
include monthly sample or full population case-level data. The data 
elements to be included in these reports are represented in the ACF-
801. ACF uses disaggregate data to determine program and participant 
characteristics as well as costs and levels of child care services 
provided. This provides ACF with the information necessary to make 
reports to Congress, address national child care needs, offer technical 
assistance to grantees, meet performance measures, and conduct 
research.
    Consistent with the recent reauthorization of the CCDBG statute, 
ACF requests extension of the ACF-801 including a number of changes and 
clarifications to the reporting requirements and instructions as set 
forth below.
     Homeless Status: Section 658K(a)(1)(B)(xi) of the CCDBG 
Act now requires States to report whether children receiving assistance 
under this subchapter are homeless children. Specifically, this data 
element will be required with the reporting period beginning October 
2015.
     Child Disability: ACF proposes to add a new data element 
effective October 2016 indicating whether or not each child receiving 
services is a child with a disability, in part to track State 
implementation of priority for services requirements at section 
658E(c)(3)(B) of the CCDBG Act (which includes children with special 
needs as defined by the State).
     Military Status: ACF proposes to add a new data element 
effective October 2016 to the ACF-801 to determine the family's status 
related to military service.
     Family Zip Code and Provider Zip Code: ACF proposes to add 
zip codes effective October 2016 to both the family and the provider 
records to identify the communities where CCDF families and providers 
are located, in part to support implementation of sections 
658E(a)(2)(M) and 658E(a)(2)(Q) of the CCDBG Act that require States to 
address the supply and access to high-quality child care services for 
certain areas and populations.
     Quality of Child Care Providers: The existing ACF-801 
allows States several ways of reporting information on the quality of 
each child's provider(s)--including: Quality Rating and Improvement 
System (QRIS) participation and rating, accreditation status, State 
pre-K standards, and other State-defined quality measure. To date, 
States have been required to report on at least one of the quality 
elements for a portion of the provider population. ACF is proposing 
that, effective with the October 2017 report, States must report 
quality information for every child care provider. States with a QRIS, 
at a minimum, would be required to report QRIS participation and rating 
for every provider. States without QRIS would be required to report 
quality information for every provider using one or more of the quality 
elements on the form. ACF is proposing to add a new option to indicate 
whether or not the provider is subject to Head Start or Early Head 
Start standards.
     Inspection Date: Section 658E(c)(2)(J) of the reauthorized 
CCDBG Act requires States to monitor both licensed and license-exempt 
CCDF providers. ACF proposes to add a data element effective October 
2017 indicating, for each child care provider delivering services to a 
CCDF child, the date of the most recent inspection for compliance with 
health, safety, and fire standards (including licensing standards for 
licensed providers).
     Personally Identifiable Information: Section 658K(a)(1)(E) 
of the CCDBG Act now prohibits the ACF-801 report from containing 
personally identifiable information. As a result, ACF proposes to 
delete Social Security Numbers (SSNs) from the report. Specifically, 
this change will be required with the reporting period beginning 
October 2015. Note that the form will still require a unique 
identifying number, other than the SSN, that is assigned by the State 
for each family.
     Language: ACF proposes to add a data element effective 
October 2016 indicating, the primary language spoken in the home 
consistent with a Head Start Program Information Report question, i.e., 
Primary Language of Family at Home.
    Respondents: States, the District of Columbia, and Territories 
including Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and 
the Northern Marianna Islands.

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                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                  Number of      Average burden
                 Instrument                      Number of      responses per      hours per       Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent        response          hours
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ACF-801.....................................              56                4               25            5,600
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,600.
    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, 
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade 
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All 
requests should be identified by the title of the information 
collection. Email address: [email protected].
    OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the 
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of 
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best 
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of 
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office 
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Email: 
[email protected]. Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration 
for Children and Families.

Robert Sargis,
 Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-23022 Filed 9-11-15; 8:45 am]
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