[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 6, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59830-59831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24200]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Expedited OMB Review: Proposed Information Collection Activity; 
National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center 
(NHTTAC) Evaluation Package (OMB #0970-0519)

AGENCY: Office on Trafficking in Persons; Administration for Children 
and Families; Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Office on Trafficking of Persons (OTIP), Administration 
for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services (HHS), is requesting expedited review of an information 
collection request from OMB for an increase in the number of 
respondents to the previously approved information collection, National 
Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center (NHTTAC) 
Evaluation Package (OMB #0970-0519, expiration 10/31/2021). This will 
increase the estimated burden hours from 689 hours to 9,495 hours. In 
addition, the previously approved SOAR Online participant feedback form 
has been restructured into a long and a short form to reduce burden for 
information collected on SOAR Online training participants outside of 
the NHTTAC learning management system. There are no changes requested 
to the items on any forms.

DATES: ACF is requesting that OMB approve this request under procedures 
for emergency processing by December 20, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be 
obtained by emailing [email protected]. All requests should 
identify the title of the information collection. 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

    Description: ACF is requesting that OMB grant a 180 day approval 
for this request under procedures for expedited processing by December 
20, 2019. A request for review under normal procedures will be 
submitted within 180 days of the approval for this request. These 
changes are requested due to the passage of the Stop, Observe, Ask, and 
Respond to Health and Wellness Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-398) which 
expands the SOAR to Health and Wellness Training Program. To meet the 
provisions of the SOAR to Health and Wellness Act of 2018, OTIP's 
NHTTAC must expand the administration of SOAR nationwide.
    The NHTTAC delivers training and technical assistance (T/TA) to 
inform and deliver a public health response to trafficking. In applying 
a public health approach, NHTTAC holistically builds the capacity of 
communities to identify and respond to the complex needs of all 
individuals who have been trafficked and address the root causes that 
put individuals, families, and communities at risk of trafficking. This 
will ultimately help improve the availability and delivery of 
coordinated and trauma-informed services before, during, and after an 
individual's trafficking exploitation, regardless of their age, gender, 
nationality, sexual orientation, or type of exploitation.
    NHTTAC hosts a variety of services, programs, and facilitated 
sessions to improve service provision to individuals who have been 
trafficked or who are at risk of trafficking, including The Human 
Trafficking Leadership Academy (HTLA); the Survivor Fellowship Program; 
the NHTTAC Call Center; both short-term and specialized T/TA requests 
(requests that take less than 3 hours or 3 or more hours to fulfill, 
respectively); OTIP-funded grantees; and information through NHTTAC's 
website, resources, and materials about trafficking.
    Respondents: Individuals and organizations such as NHTTAC 
consultants, training and technical assistance participants, Human 
Trafficking Leadership Academy program participants, Survivor fellows, 
OTIP grantees, visitors to the NHTTAC website, NHTTAC-supported 
conference and meeting attendees, members of the National Advisory 
Council, and scholarship applicants.
    Annual Burden Estimates: The following instruments have an 
increased number of respondents. The number of respondents for all 
other previously approved instruments remains the same. The increase in 
respondents increases the overall burden under OMB #0970-0519 from 689 
hours to 9,495 hours.

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                                     Original         Updated
                                    estimate--      estimate--       Number of        Average         Updated
           Instrument                number of       number of     responses per   burden hours    annual burden
                                    respondents     respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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HTLA Fellowship Pre-Program                   24              36               1            0.25               9
 Feedback.......................
HTLA Fellowship Post-Program                  24              36               1            0.25               9
 Feedback.......................
OTIP Grantee Feedback Form......              50             100               1           0.167              17
Short-Term T/TA Feedback Form...              30              50               1           0.167               8
Specialized T/TA Feedback Form..              50             100               1            0.25              25
Focus Group Demographic Survey..              25              50               1           0.033               2
Focus Group Guide...............              25              50               1            0.75              38
Follow-up Feedback Form.........             300             500               1           0.133              67
Interview Guide.................              25              65               1            0.75              49
Pilot Feedback Form.............              25              50               1            0.15               8
SOAR Blended Learning                         30             130               1            0.15              20
 Participant....................
SOAR Online Participant Feedback           1,500           5,300               1             0.1             530
 Long Form......................
SOAR Online Participant Feedback                       1,000,000               1          0.0083           8,300
 Short Form.....................
SOAR Organizational Feedback                  20              40               1           0.133               5
 Form...........................
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    Comments: 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

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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.

    Authority: 22 U.S. Code 7104 and 22 U.S. Code 7105(c)(4).

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-24200 Filed 11-5-19; 8:45 am]
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