82 FR 45290 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Child Care and Development Fund Quality Progress Report

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 187 (September 28, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 187 (Thursday, September 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45290-45291]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20765]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[OMB No.: 0970--NEW]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Child Care and 
Development Fund Quality Progress Report

    Description: Lead Agencies are required to spend a certain percent 
of their Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) awards on activities to 
improve the quality of child care. Lead Agencies are also required to 
invest in at least one of 10 allowable quality activities included in 
the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 2014. In 
order to ensure that States and Territories are meeting these 
requirements, the CCDBG Act and the CCDF final rule require Lead 
Agencies to submit an annual report, identified as the Quality Progress 
Report in the CCDF final rule. The report must describe how quality 
funds were expended, including what types of activities were funded and 
measures used to evaluate progress in improving the quality of child 
care programs and services. The QPR replaces the Quality Performance 
Report that was previously an appendix to the CCDF Plan. The QPR 
increased transparency on quality spending and will continue to gather 
detailed information on how States and Territories are spending their 
quality funds, as well as more specific data points to reflect the 
requirements in the CCDBG Act and the CCDF final rule.
    In the QPR, Lead Agencies are asked about the State's or 
Territory's progress in meeting its goals as reported in the CCDF Plan, 
and provide available data on the results of those activities. 
Specifically, this report will: (1) Ensure accountability for the use 
of CCDF quality funds, including a set-aside for quality infant and 
toddler care that begins in FY 2017; (2) track progress toward meeting 
State- and Territory-set indicators and benchmarks for improvement of 
child care quality per what they described in their CCDF Plans; (3) 
summarize how the Lead Agency is building a progression of professional 
development for child care providers as envisioned in the CCDBG Act of 
2014 and CCDF final rule; and (4) inform federal technical assistance 
efforts and decisions regarding strategic use of quality funds.
    The Office of Child Care (OCC) has given thoughtful consideration 
to the comments received during the 60-day Public Comment Period and 
has revised the QPR to better align with the new program requirements 
made under the CCDBG Act of 2014 and the final rule. The revised 
document also contains additional guidance and clarification where 
appropriate in order to improve the quality of information that is 
being collected. Note: A correction was also made to the burden hours. 
This 30-day Public Comment Period provides an opportunity for the 
public to submit comments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
    Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the 
Administration for Children and Families, Office of Administration, 
Office of Information Services, 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].
    Respondents: State and Territory CCDF Lead Agencies (56).

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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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CCDF QPR....................................              56                1             60.0            3,360
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,360 hours.
    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, 330 C Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20201. Attention 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. 2017-20765 Filed 9-27-17; 8:45 am]
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