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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-800: CCDF Annual Aggregate Report (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0150, expiration 3/31/2025). OCC proposes changes incorporating new items on presumptive eligibility and on additional information about lead agencies using grants and contracts for direct services to expand parent options for certain types of care specified in the 2024 CCDF final rule.
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. All requests should be identified by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The ACF-800 provides annual aggregate data on the children and families receiving direct services under CCDF. The ACF-800 provides administrative information on the type and methods of child care delivery and is used to analyze and evaluate the CCDF program and the extent to which State and Territory Lead Agencies are assisting families in addressing child care needs.
OCC has included a new section on presumptive eligibility to gather data on the number of presumptively eligible children and the outcomes post verification. Additional questions specific to infants and toddlers, children with disabilities, and children in underserved geographic areas have been added to comply with the 2024 CCDF final rule requiring lead agencies to make some use of grants or contracts for direct services for these populations. Finally, OCC seeks public comment on use of the pooling factor for CCDF administrative data reporting and whether it is possible for states to identify and separately report all children and families served by CCDF without the need to apply a pooling factor.
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-800: CCDF Annual Aggregate Report | 56 | 1 | 45 | 2,520 |