[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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