[Federal Register: January 6, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 3)]
[Notices]               
[Page 447-448]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Proposed Project:
    Title: Feasibility Test for Design Phase of National Study of Child 
Care Supply and Demand.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), intends to request 
approval from the Office of Management and Budget to collect 
information as part of the Design Phase of the National Study of Child 
Care Supply and Demand. This effort will gather information that will 
be useful for evaluating the feasibility and improving the design of a 
national study of child care supply and demand.
    The proposed collection will consist of: A random-digit dial survey 
of households with children under age 13 for participation in a 
questionnaire about the demand for child care; a random-digit dial 
survey of households with individuals providing care to children under 
age 13 in a residential setting; a telephone screening of after-school 
programs for eligibility in a survey of child care providers; a 
telephone survey of providers of care to children under age 13; an in-
person survey of providers of care to children under age 13; and, an 
in-person survey of parents of children under age 13 who are in non-
parental care arrangements.
    These data collection efforts will be used to examine the 
functioning of draft

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survey instruments. The feasibility test procedures will help inform 
several decisions about proposed design of the national study including 
sampling methods, costs and advantages associated with alternative 
interviewing protocols and reactions to the proposed methods.
    Respondents: General population households, home-based and center-
based child care providers, and public schools serving children under 
age 13.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                   Number of     Average burden     Estimated
                  Instrument                     Annual number   responses per     hours per      annual burden
                                                of respondents    respondent        response          hours
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Eligibility calls to Before/After School                   150               1               .2             30
 Programs.....................................
Household screening calls.....................            1000               1             15              150
Telephone calls with households with children              160               1              5               80
 under age....................................
Telephone calls with providers of home-based               104               1               .3             31.2
 care.........................................
Telephone calls with center-based providers of              68               1               .5             34
 before/after school care.....................
In-person interviews with parents of children               50               1               .4             20
 in non-parental care.........................
In-person interviews with child-care provider               50               1              4               20
 staff........................................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 365.2.
    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: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All 
requests should be identified by the title of the information 
collection. E-mail address: OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
    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, Fax: 202-395-
6974, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and 
Families.

    Dated: December 29, 2008.
Steven M. Hanmer,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-31306 Filed 1-5-09; 8:45 am]

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