38722 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 138 / Thursday, July 22, 2021 / Notices 

Consolidated Appropriations Act of 

2019. 

Mary B. Jones, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–15568 Filed 7–21–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; ACF–901—American Rescue 

Plan (ARP) Stabilization Grants 

Provider-Level Data (New Collection) 

AGENCY: Office of Child Care, 

Administration for Children and 

Families, Health and Human Services 

(HHS). 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Child Care, 

Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF), U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS), is 

proposing to collect data for a new 

collection, ACF–901—American Rescue 

Plan (ARP) Stabilization Grants 

Provider-Level Data. The data collection 

will provide numbers and 

characteristics of child care providers 

receiving ARP Act stabilization grant 

awards. 

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of 

publication. In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting 

public comment on the specific aspects 

of the information collection described 

above. 

ADDRESSES: The proposed collection of 

information will be posted at 

www.acf.hhs.gov/occ. Comments may 

be submitted by emailing 

infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 

Alternatively, a copy can also be 

obtained by emailing infocollection@

acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be 

identified by the title of the information 

collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description: The ARP Act of 2021 

(Sec. 2202, Pub. L. 117–2) included 

approximately $24 billion in funding for 

child care stabilization grants. State and 

territory lead agencies must spend at 

least 90 percent of the stabilization 

funds as subgrants to qualified child 

care providers to support the stability of 

the child care sector during and after the 

COVID–19 public health emergency. 

Data collection will include child care 

provider-level information about the 

numbers and characteristics of child 

care providers receiving stabilization 

grant awards. 

Respondents: State and Territory Lead 

Agencies. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument 

Total 

number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Annual 

burden hours 

ACF–901: American Rescue Plan (ARP) Stabilization Grants Provider-Level 

Data .............................................................................................................. 56 4 20 4,480

Comments: The Department 

specifically requests comments on (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information; (c) the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. Consideration will be given 

to comments and suggestions submitted 

within 60 days of this publication. 

Authority: The Child Care and 

Development Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 

9857 et seq.); 45 CFR parts 98 and 99; 

the ARP Act of 2021 (Sec. 2202, Pub. L. 

117–2). 

Mary B. Jones, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; The Study of Disability 

Services Coordinators and Inclusion in 

Head Start (New Collection) 

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, 

and Evaluation, Administration for 

Children and Families, HHS. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: This is a new request for data 

collection for the Study of Disability 

Services Coordinators and Inclusion in 

Head Start. The study aims to provide 

a nationally representative picture of the 

Early Head Start (EHS) and Head Start 

(HS) Disability Services Coordinator 

(DSC) workforce, as well as services 

provided to children with disabilities 

and their families within these programs 

and how EHS/HS collaborates with 

services in the community, including 

health providers, Local Education 

Agencies, and Part C. This is the first 

study of the HS/EHS DSC workforce and 

will contain three waves of data 

collection using surveys and qualitative 

interviews. 

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of 

publication. In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF) is soliciting public 

comment on the specific aspects of the 

information collection described above. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed 

collection of information can be 

obtained and comments may be 

forwarded by emailing 

OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 

Alternatively, copies can also be 

obtained by writing to the 

Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Planning, Research, 

and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE 

Reports Clearance Officer. All requests, 

emailed or written, should be identified 

by the title of the information collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description: The Study of DSCs and 

Inclusion in Head Start will support 

ACF in better understanding the 

implementation of EHS/HS policies and 

practices for delivering disability 

services. This study aims to present a 

nationally representative description of 

the characteristics and work of DSCs 

and related staff in EHS/HS programs 

and how EHS/HS serves children with 


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disabilities and their families. The study 

will not allow for statistical 

generalization beyond EHS/HS and their 

service populations. 

The study will report on inclusive 

practices, staffing, professional 

development, and collaboration with 

local education agencies, early 

intervention programs, health providers, 

and other community stakeholders who 

serve young children with disabilities 

and their families. 

ACF aims to address the research 

questions through a national survey of 

EHS/HS program directors (Wave 1), a 

survey with DSCs identified by the 

directors (Wave 2), and a one-time 

qualitative interview with a subset of 

DSCs who respond to the web-based 

survey (Wave 3). There are no data 

regarding the population of the DSC 

workforce and subgroups, preventing 

the team from setting a frame for 

selecting a nationally representative 

sample. Given the lack of administrative 

data and contact information about 

DSCs, it is essential that a national 

survey of EHS/HS directors (Wave 1) be 

conducted to identify DSC respondents. 

A purposive sample of DSCs who 

completed the Wave 2 survey will be 

asked to participate in a semistructured, qualitative interview. 

Data collection activities will occur 

over 15 months, shortly after OMB 

approval. The three waves of data 

collection will occur concurrently—the 

Wave 1 survey will be fielded for 

approximately 8 months; the Wave 2 

survey will be fielded for approximately 

12 months; and the Wave 3 interviews 

will be conducted over 4 months. 

Respondents: Head Start Directors, 

Head Start Disability Services 

Coordinators. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument 

Number of 

respondents 

(total over 

request 

period) 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

(total over 

request 

period) 

Average 

burden 

per response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

Annual burden 

(in hours) 

Survey of EHS/HS Program Directors (Wave 1) ................. 1,600 1 0.42 672 336 

Survey of EHS/HS DSCs (Wave 2) ..................................... 1,200 1 0.75 900 450 

DSC Interview (Wave 3) ...................................................... 36 1 0.75 27 13.5 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 799.5. 

Comments: The Department 

specifically requests comments on (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information; (c) the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. Consideration will be given 

to comments and suggestions submitted 

within 60 days of this publication. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9835; 42 U.S.C. 

9844. 

Mary B. Jones, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Office of Child Care Data 

Collection for ACF–218: FFY 2021 

Quality Progress Report (QPR) 

AGENCY: Office of Child Care, 

Administration for Children and 

Families, HHS. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Child Care 

(OCC) is requesting a 1-year extension of 

the form ACF–218: Quality Progress 

Report (QPR) (OMB #0970–0517, 

expiration 9/30/2021). There are minor 

changes requested to the form related to 

COVID–19 pandemic supplemental 

funding increases. 

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of 

publication. In compliance with the 

requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

ACF is soliciting public comment on the 

specific aspects of the information 

collection described above. 

ADDRESSES: The proposed collection of 

information will be posted at 

www.acf.hhs.gov/occ. Comments may 

be submitted by emailing 

infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 

Alternatively, a copy can also be 

obtained by emailing infocollection@

acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be 

identified by the title of the information 

collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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 1 

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 that 

describes how quality funds were 

expended. The CCDF final rule named 

this the QPR. 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 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. 

The annual data provided by the QPR 

will be used to describe how lead 

agencies are spending a significant 

investment per year to key stakeholders, 

including Congress, federal, state and 

territory administrators, providers, 

parents, and the public. 


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