[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 149 (Tuesday, August 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46285-46286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19035]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Trafficking Victim Assistance Program Data.
    OMB No.: 0970--NEW.
    Description: The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA), 
as amended, authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) 
to expand benefits and services to foreign nationals in the United 
States who are victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons. Such 
benefits and services may include services to assist potential victims 
of trafficking. (Section 107(b)(1)(B) of the TVPA, 22 U.S.C. 
7105(b)(1)(B)).
    The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) intends to award 
cooperative agreements in fiscal year 2015 to approximately three 
organizations that will ensure national coverage. The awarded 
organization must provide comprehensive case management and referrals 
to qualified persons, either directly through its own organization or 
by partnering with other organizations through contracts or both.
    Persons qualified for services under this grant are victims of a 
severe form of trafficking in persons who have received certification 
from HHS; potential victims of a severe form of trafficking who are 
actively seeking to achieve HHS certification; family members with 
derivative T visas, and minor dependent children of foreign

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victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons or potential victims 
of trafficking.
    To help measure each grant project's performance and the success of 
the program in assisting participants, to assist grantees to assess and 
improve their projects over the course of the project period, and to 
fulfill instructions for a consolidated report to several committees of 
the House of Representatives, ACF proposes to collect information from 
TVAP grant project participants through the grantees on a monthly, 
quarterly, or annual basis, including participant demographics (age, 
sex, and country of origin), type of trafficking experienced (sex, 
labor, or both), immigration status during participation, types of 
health screening and medical services received, the names of the 
entities providing medical services, and the amount of money expended 
on each type of medical service provided.
    This information will help ACF assess the project's performance in 
assisting victims of trafficking and will better enable TVAP grantees 
to meet the program objectives and to monitor and evaluate the quality 
of case management services provided by any subcontractors. ACF will 
also include aggregate information in reports to Congress to help 
inform strategies and policies to assist victims of human trafficking.
    Respondents: Individual participants in TVAP projects.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                  Number of      Average burden
                 Instrument                      Number of      responses per      hours per       Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent        response          hours
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Request for Information.....................            1250                1              .25            312.5
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 312.5.
    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: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All 
requests should be identified by the title of the Information 
collection. Email address: [email protected].
    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, Email: 
[email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration 
for Children and Families.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-19035 Filed 8-3-15; 8:45 am]
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