[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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