Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 182 / Thursday, September 23, 2021 / Notices 52909 

information for the Early Head Start 

Family and Child Experiences Survey 

2022 (Baby FACES 2022). This 

information collection is to provide 

nationally representative data on Early 

Head Start (EHS) programs, centers, 

classrooms, staff, and families to guide 

program planning, technical assistance, 

and research. This data collection will 

complete the previously approved 

second round of data collection 

originally planned to take place in 2020 

(OMB 0970–0354). The work began in 

early 2020 but had to be postponed after 

only 3 weeks due to the COVID–19 

pandemic. No changes are proposed to 

the currently approved information 

collection materials. 

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of 

publication. OMB must make a decision 

about 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. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description: Baby FACES 2018 and 

2022 build upon a prior study (Baby 

FACES 2009; OMB 0970–0354) that 

longitudinally followed two cohorts of 

children through their experience in the 

program. While the 2009 study provided 

a great deal of information about 

program participation over time and 

about services received by children and 

families, it did not allow for national 

level estimates of service quality or 

inferences about children who enter the 

program after 15 months of age. To fill 

these knowledge gaps and to answer 

additional questions about how 

programs function, the design for the 

information collection in 2022 will 

refresh the nationally representative 

cross-sectional sample of programs, 

centers, home visitors, teachers, 

classrooms, children, and families that 

was used in Baby FACES 2018. 

Freshening the sample will allow new 

programs that came into being since 

2018 a chance to enter the study. This 

design allows for nationally 

representative estimates at all levels at 

a point in time and includes the entire 

age span of enrolled children. 

The goal of this work is to obtain 

updated information on EHS programs 

and understand better how program 

processes support relationships (e.g., 

between home visitors and parents, 

between parents and children, and 

between teachers and children) that are 

hypothesized to lead to improved child 

and family outcomes. 

Respondents: EHS program directors, 

child care center directors, teachers and 

home visitors, and parents of enrolled 

children. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument 

Number of 

respondents 

(total over 

request 

period) 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

(total over 

request 

period) 

Avg. burden 

per response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

Annual burden 

(in hours) 

Classroom/home visitor sampling form (from EHS staff) .... 407 1 0.17 69 35 

Child roster form (from EHS staff) ....................................... 252 1 0.33 83 42 

Parent consent form ............................................................ 2,495 1 0.17 424 212 

Parent survey ....................................................................... 2,084 1 0.53 1105 553 

Parent Child Report ............................................................. 2,008 1 0.33 663 332 

Staff survey (Teacher survey and Home Visitor survey) .... 1,317 1 0.5 659 330 

Staff Child Report ................................................................ 1,046 2.13 0.25 557 279 

Program director survey ...................................................... 120 1 0.5 60 30 

Center director survey ......................................................... 294 1 0.5 147 74 

Parent-child interaction ........................................................ 996 1 0.17 169 85 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,972. 

Note: In the Federal Register Notice 

providing a 60-day comment period on 

this information collection (86 FR 

38490), while number of respondents, 

number of responses per respondent, 

and estimated response time were 

provided correctly for the Staff Child 

Report, there was a calculation error for 

total and annual estimated burden. The 

burden estimates in this current notice 

reflect accurate calculations. 

Authority: Sec. 645A and 649 of the 

Improving Head Start for School 

Readiness Act of 2007. 

Mary B. Jones, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20572 Filed 9–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Understanding the Value of 

Centralized Services Study (New 

Collection) 

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, 

and Evaluation, Administration for 

Children and Families, HHS. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF), U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) is proposing a new data 

collection activity as part of the 

Understanding the Value of Centralized 

Services study. The objective of this 

descriptive study is to understand the 

advantages, disadvantages, and costs of 

centralizing social services for 

individuals and families with low 

incomes. 

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: Copies of the proposed 

collection of information can be 

obtained and comments may be 

submitted by emailing 

OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. All 

requests should be identified by the title 

of the information collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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Description: This descriptive study 

aims to provide insight into the models 

that have been used to centralize 

services; organizations’ history of and 

impetus for centralizing services; the 

benefits, challenges, and costs of 

centralizing services from the 

perspectives of staff and clients; and 

how organizations have coordinated 

their centralized services virtually. This 

project will include site visits to three 

centralized community resource centers 

(CCRCs). The proposed information 

collection activities include interviews 

with staff, including leadership and 

administrative staff, frontline staff, 

finance staff, and IT/data staff, and 

focus groups with clients. The research 

team will also conduct observations of 

program activities. 

Respondents: Respondents will 

include leadership and administrative 

staff at the CCRC, staff who manage 

finances at the CCRC, staff who manage 

data and/or technology at the CCRC, 

staff who provide services directly to 

clients at the CCRC, and clients who 

have accessed services at the CCRC. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument 

Number of 

respondents 

(total over 

request 

period) 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

(total over 

request 

period) 

Avg. burden 

per response 

(in hours) 

Total/annual 

burden 

(in hours) 

Interview guide for administrative/leadership staff .......................................... 18 1 1.25 23 

Interview guide for frontline staff ..................................................................... 48 1 1.25 60 

Interview guide for finance staff ...................................................................... 9 1 1 9 

Interview guide for IT/data staff ....................................................................... 9 1 1 9 

Focus group guide for clients .......................................................................... 30 1 1.5 45 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 146. 

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: Authorized by the Social 

Security Act 1110 [42 U.S.C. 1310], 

appropriated by the Continuing 

Appropriations Act of 2019. 

Mary B. Jones, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20556 Filed 9–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

[OMB #0970–0391] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; National Survey of Early Care 

and Education COVID–19 Follow-Up 

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, 

and Evaluation, Administration for 

Children and Families, HHS. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF), U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS), plans to request from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) an extension to complete data 

collection for a two-wave COVID–19 

Follow-up data collection currently 

underway as part of the National Survey 

of Early Care and Education (NSECE). 

The objective of the NSECE COVID–19 

Follow-up is to document the nation’s 

current supply of early care and 

education services (that is, home-based 

providers, center-based providers, and 

the center-based provider workforce). 

There are no changes proposed. 

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of 

publication. OMB must make a decision 

about 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. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description: In the context of the 

COVID–19 pandemic, the NSECE 

COVID–19 Follow-up will deepen our 

understanding of the state of ECE 

supply and the ECE workforce following 

the initial period of crisis, including 

changes in supply or departures from 

and re-entries to the workforce. The 

NSECE COVID–19 Follow-up is 

collecting information from centerbased ECE providers to children birth 

through age 5 years, not yet in 

kindergarten, home-based ECE 

providers that serve children under age 

13, as well as the ECE workforce 

providing these services. The collection 

consists of three coordinated nationally 

representative surveys: 

1. A two-wave survey of individuals 

who provided paid care for children 

under the age of 13 in a residential 

setting as of 2019 and participated in 

the 2019 NSECE (Home-based Provider 

Interview), 

2. a two-wave survey of providers of 

care to children ages 0 through 5 years 

of age (not yet in kindergarten) in a nonresidential setting (Center-based 

Provider Interview) as of 2019 and that 

participated in the 2019 NSECE, and 

3. a two-wave survey conducted with 

individuals employed in center-based 


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