[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 27 (Friday, February 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 2873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01691]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request 
Proposed Projects: Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking Program

    Title: Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking 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 to 
establish a program to assist United States citizens and lawful 
permanent residents who are victims of severe forms of trafficking (22 
U.S.C. 7105(f)). The Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) awarded 
thirteen cooperative agreements to implement the Domestic Victims of 
Human Trafficking (DVHT) Program. The DVHT Program provides funding for 
comprehensive case management services to domestic victims of severe 
forms of trafficking to ensure the provision of services with an 
emphasis on long-term housing, substance abuse treatment, and the 
integration of survivor-led services.
    The intent of this program is to build, expand, and sustain 
organizational and community capacity to deliver trauma-informed, 
strengths-based, and person-centered services for domestic victims of 
human trafficking through coordinated case management, a system of 
agency services, and community partnerships. The DVHT Program 
encourages innovative practices and collaboration efforts among 
community stakeholders to ensure long-term outcomes for domestic 
victims of severe forms of trafficking.
    OTIP proposes to collect information from DVHT grantees on a semi-
annual and annual basis 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 congressional reporting requests. 
The proposed information collection includes elements on participant 
demographics (e.g., age, sex, and country of origin), types of 
trafficking experienced (sex, labor, or both), types of enrollment, 
types of services requested and provided, barriers to service delivery, 
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 victims of trafficking and will better enable DVHT grantees 
to meet the program objectives and to monitor and evaluate the quality 
of case management services provided to victims. OTIP will also include 
aggregate information in reports to Congress to help inform strategies 
and policies to assist domestic victims of human trafficking.
    Respondents: Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking Program 
Grantees.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per   burden hours    Total  burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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Client Characteristics and Enrollment Form......             636               1              .3           190.8
Client Service Use and Delivery Form............             636               1             .25             159
Client Case Closure Form........................             636               1            .167         106.212
Barriers to Service Delivery Form...............              36               5            .167           30.06
Partnership Development Enrollment Form.........             172               1             .25              43
Partnership Development Exit Form...............             172               1            .083          14.276
Training Form...................................              36               4              .5              72
Technical Assistance Form.......................              36               4              .5              72
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 687.
    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.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-01691 Filed 2-7-19; 8:45 am]
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