[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 70 (Friday, April 10, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 20280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07554]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; National Advisory
Committee on the Sex Trafficking of Children and Youth in the United
States (NAC) Recommendations and State Self-Assessment Survey (NEW)
AGENCY: Office on Trafficking in Persons; Administration for Children
and Families; HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP), Administration
for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), is proposing to collect data for a new survey, the
National Advisory Committee on the Sex Trafficking of Children and
Youth in the United States (NAC) Recommendations and State Self-
Assessment Survey.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects
of the information collection described above.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be
obtained and comments may be forwarded by emailing
[email protected]. Alternatively, copies can also be obtained
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE), 330 C Street SW, Washington,
DC 20201, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests, emailed or
written, should be identified by the title of the information
collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening
Families Act of 2014 mandated the NAC to develop a report describing
how each state has implemented its recommendations to address sex
trafficking in children and youth. The NAC proposes to administer a
survey allowing states to assess their progress in implementing NAC
recommendations. Submissions will allow states to document their
efforts in the following sections: Multidisciplinary Response,
Screening and Identification, Child Welfare, Service Provision,
Housing, Law Enforcement and Prosecution, Judiciary, Demand Reduction,
Prevention, Legislation and Regulation, Research and Data, and Funding.
Each state will have the opportunity to provide a self-assessed tier
ranking for each recommendation, a justification of their assessment,
sources for their assessment, and the public or private nature of those
sources.
Respondents: State Governors, Child Welfare Agencies, Local Law
Enforcement, and Other Local Agencies.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Average burden
Total number of Total number of hours per Average burden Total burden
Instrument respondents responses per response for hours per State hours per Annual burden
contributing respondent individuals in response individual hours
for 50 States States
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NAC Recommendations and State Self-Assessment 250 1 6.85 34.25 1,713 571
Survey...........................................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 571.
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 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: 42 U.S.C. 1314b.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-07554 Filed 4-9-20; 8:45 am]
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