[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 241 (Monday, December 17, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64580-64581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27185]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects: Trafficking Victim Assistance Program Data 
Collection.
    Title: Trafficking Victim Assistance Program Data Collection.
    OMB No.: 0970-0467.
    Description: The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA), 
as amended, authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services 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 Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) awards 
cooperative agreements to organizations to provide case management 
services to foreign national victims of human trafficking pursuing HHS 
Certification and their qualified family members. The awarded 
organizations must provide comprehensive case management and referrals 
to qualified persons, either directly through its own organization or 
by partnering with other organizations through subcontracts or both.
    Persons qualified for services under this grant are victims of a 
severe form of trafficking in persons who have received HHS 
Certification or Eligibility, potential victims of a severe form of 
trafficking who are actively seeking to achieve HHS Certification or 
Eligibility, family members with derivative T visas, and minor 
dependent children of foreign 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 the target population, 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, OTIP proposes to 
collect information from TVAP grantees on a monthly, quarterly, or 
annual basis, including participant demographics (e.g., age, sex, and 
country of origin), types of trafficking experienced (sex, labor, or 
both), types of enrollment, types of services provided, types of health 
screening and medical services received, the names of the entities 
providing medical services, the amount of money expended on each type 
of service provided, the amount of money expended on each type of 
client enrollment, types of partnerships developed through the grant, 
and the types of training and technical assistance provided to 
subrecipient organizations or other partners.
    This information will help OTIP assess the project's performance in 
assisting foreign national 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. OTIP will also include aggregate information in reports

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to Congress to help inform strategies and policies to assist foreign 
national victims of human trafficking.
    Respondents: Trafficking Victim Assistance Program Grantees.

                                             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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Client Characteristics and Enrollment Form......            1100               1              .3             330
Client Service Use and Delivery Form............            1100               1             .25             275
Client Case Closure Form........................            1100               1            .167           183.7
Barriers to Service Delivery and Monitoring Form              91               5            .167          75.985
TVAP Spending Form..............................             261               1             .75          195.75
Partnership Development Enrollment Form.........             261               1             .25           65.25
Partnership Development Exit Form...............             261               1            .083          21.663
Training Form...................................             261               4              .5             522
Technical Assistance Form.......................             261               4              .5             522
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,191.
    In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chap 35), the Administration for 
Children and Families is soliciting public comment on the specific 
aspects of the information collection described above. Copies of the 
proposed collection of information can be obtained and comments may be 
forwarded by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, 
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW, 
Washington DC 20201. Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. Email 
address: [email protected]. All requests should be identified 
by the title of the information collection.
    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.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-27185 Filed 12-14-18; 8:45 am]
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