[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40190-40191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15886]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
are requested regarding; whether the collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by August 
26, 2021 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for 
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days 
of the publication of this notice on the following website 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB 
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to 
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not 
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

Food and Nutrition Service

    Title: Study of Nutrition and Activity in Child Care Settings II 
(SNACS-II)
    OMB Control Number: 0584-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: The Child and Adult Care Food Program 
(CACFP), administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food 
and Nutrition Service (FNS), provides reimbursement for nutritious 
meals and snacks served to eligible children enrolled in participating 
child care programs. Reimbursable meals and snacks must meet CACFP's 
meal pattern requirements. Section 28(a) of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (NSLA) authorizes the USDA Secretary to 
conduct performance assessments of CACFP, including the nutritional 
quality of the meals and the cost of producing them. Under Section 
28(c), entities participating in CACFP shall cooperate in the conduct 
of evaluations and studies.
    SNACS-II is the second comprehensive, nationally representative 
assessment of CACFP providers and the infants, children, and teens they 
serve. It will update the picture of the CACFP after updated meal 
pattern requirements went into effect in October 2017. Under the 
updated requirements, CACFP meals and snacks must include a wider 
variety of fruits and vegetables, more whole grains, and less added 
sugar and saturated fat. The updated requirements are also designed to 
encourage breastfeeding.
    Need and Use of the Information: SNACS-II will collect data in 
program year 2022-2023 to address eight broad objectives: (1) CACFP 
provider characteristics, (2) nutritional quality of foods offered, (3) 
children's dietary intakes, (4) children's physical activity and 
household characteristics, (5) CACFP plate waste, (6) teens' physical 
activity and household characteristics, (7) infants' dietary intakes 
and physical activity while in care, and (8) the cost to produce CACFP 
meals and snacks. SNACS-II will largely replicate the methods used in 
the first Study of Nutrition and Activity in Child Care Settings 
because comparing key outcomes at the two points in time is an 
important focus of the study. SNACS-II will collect data from 
nationally representative samples of CACFP providers, including family 
day care homes, child care centers, Head Start centers, at-risk 
afterschool centers, and outside-school-hours care centers; infants, 
children, and teens; and parents/guardians. To address the array of 
research questions under the eight study objectives, the data 
collection activities to be undertaken subject to this notice include 
the following:
    <bullet> The Provider Survey and Environmental Observation Form 
will be used to describe the characteristics of CACFP providers.
    <bullet> The Menu Survey will be used to assess the nutritional 
quality of foods offered.
    <bullet> The Meal Observation Booklet and the Automated Self-
Administered 24-Hour dietary recall interview (ASA24) will be used to 
describe children's dietary intakes.
    <bullet> The Parent Interview and Height and Weight Form collect 
data on children's physical activity and household characteristics.
    <bullet> The Food and Physical Activity Experiences Survey and Teen 
Parent Interview collect data on teens' physical activity and household 
characteristics.

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    <bullet> The Infant Menu Survey will be used to assess the 
nutrition quality of foods offered to infants. The Infant Intake Form 
collect information on infants' dietary intakes while in care.
    <bullet> The Pre-Visit Cost Interview, Pre-Visit Cost Form, 
Sponsor/Center Cost Interview, Center Director Cost Interview, Center 
Food Service Cost Interview, and Self-Administered Cost Questionnaire 
collect information on the cost to produce CACFP meals and snacks.
    Description of Respondents: State Agencies, Private Sector 
(Business-for-profit and not-for profit), Individuals and Households.
    Number of Respondents: 19,373.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Once.
    Total Burden Hours: 26,538.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-15886 Filed 7-26-21; 8:45 am]
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