[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 190 (Wednesday, September 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61752-61753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21617]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; 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 30 days of publication. OMB is required to 
make a decision concerning the collection of information between 30 and 
60 days after publication of this document in the Federal Register. 
Therefore, a comment is best assured of having its full effect if OMB 
receives it within 30 days of publication.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Description: The Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening 
Families Act of 2014 mandated the NAC to develop a report describing 
how each state and territory 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:

                                   Estimated Opportunity Costs for Respondents
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                                                  Total number
                                                 of respondents  Total number of      Average      Total/annual
                   Instrument                     contributing    responses per    burden hours    burden hours
                                                  for 50 states     respondent     per response
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NAC Recommendations and State Self-Assessment               250                1            6.85           1,713
 Survey........................................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,713.

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                                          Estimated Recordkeeping Costs
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                                                                 Total number of      Average
                   Instrument                     Total number    responses per    burden hours    Total/annual
                                                 of respondents     respondent     per response    burden hours
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NAC Recommendations and State Self-Assessment                50                1              40          2,000.
 Survey........................................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,000

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1314b)

John M. Sweet Jr.,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-21617 Filed 9-29-20; 8:45 am]
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