[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 153 (Thursday, August 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44371-44372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17236]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; National Advisory Committee (NAC) 
Recommendations and State Self-Assessment Survey (OMB #0970-0560)

AGENCY: Office on Trafficking in Persons, Administration for Children 
and Families, Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is 
requesting an extension to continue use of an existing information 
collection: The National Advisory Committee on the Sex Trafficking of 
Children and Youth in the United States (NAC) Recommendations and State 
Self-Assessment Survey (0970-0560). No changes are proposed.

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with 
the requirements 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 proposed to administer a 
survey allowing states to assess their progress in implementing NAC 
recommendations. Submissions 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. 
The survey was initially launched in March 2021 with a due date in June 
2021. We are requesting an extension to allow states ample time to 
collaborate and compile their responses. There are no changes proposed.
    Respondents: State Governors, child welfare agencies, local law 
enforcement, and other local agencies.
    Annual Burden Estimates: Each state is responsible for 
collaborating with governors, law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, 
courts, child welfare agencies, and other local agencies and relevant 
groups to provide their self-assessment of their state's implementation 
efforts. The opportunity burden is calculated below, assuming five 
respondents for each state:

                                           Table 1--Opportunity Burden
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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 Opportunity Burden Totals.......  ...............  ...............  ..............           1,713
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    Estimated Total Annual Opportunity Burden Hours: 1,713.
    States also have one designated point of contact responsible for 
aggregating information and submitting the state response. The 
recordkeeping burden is calculated below:

                                            Table 2--Recordkeeping B
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                                                                 Total number of  Average burden
                  Instrument                    Total number of   responses per      hours per     Total/annual
                                                  respondents       respondent       response      burden hours
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NAC Recommendations and State Self-Assessment                50                1              40           2,000
 Survey.......................................
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    Estimated Recordkeeping Burden Totals.....  ...............  ...............  ..............           2,000
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    Estimated Total Annual Recordkeeping Burden Hours: 2,000.
    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: Pub. L. 113-183.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-17236 Filed 8-11-21; 8:45 am]
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