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AGENCY:
Office of Child Care, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION:
Request for public comments.
SUMMARY:
The Office of Child Care (OCC), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a three-year extension with changes to the form ACF-801: CCDF Quarterly Case-Level Report (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0167, expiration 4/30/2025). OCC proposes changes to the reporting requirements for family co-payments and to combine race and ethnicity into a single category. Additionally, OCC proposes to add a new data element, the provider's county Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) code, as well as including modified instructions for the total hours of care being provided.
DATES:
Comments due January 6, 2025. 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:
You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of information and submit comments by emailing infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The ACF-801 provides monthly case-level data on the children and families receiving direct child care services under CCDF. The ACF-801 case-level data are reported either monthly or quarterly. OCC proposes changes to the reporting requirements for family co-payments to better understand how co-payments are distributed across multiple children and program settings.
OCC has updated the race and ethnicity question to align with the updated Statistical Policy Directive 15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (SPD 15). The new categories and instructions for reporting race and ethnicity will provide improved data quality and uniformity of information collected that is consistent with OMB guidance. Additionally, OCC proposes to add a new data element, the provider's county FIPS code, for county-level analysis, such as mapping or geo-coding. Revised instructions for the collection of total hours of care provided monthly will address provisions in the 2024 CCDF final rule related to payment based on a child's enrollment rather than attendance.
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-801: CCDF Quarterly Case-Level Report | 56 | 4 | 6.5 | 1,456 |