[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 164 (Thursday, August 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52386-52387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18331]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; SOAR (Stop, Observe, 
Ask, Respond) to Health and Wellness Training (SOAR) Demonstration 
Grant Program Data (NEW COLLECTION)

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

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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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 grant program: 
SOAR (Stop, Observe, Ask, Respond) to Health and Wellness Training 
(SOAR) Demonstration Grant Program Data.

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: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of 
information and submit comments by emailing [email protected]. 
Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Description: The SOAR Demonstration Grant Program was developed in 
response to the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000 (Pub. 
L. 106-386), section 106(b), as amended (22 U.S.C. 7104(b)(1)) and 22 
U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)(B), which calls on agencies to ``increase public 
awareness of the dangers of trafficking and the protections that are 
available for victims of trafficking'' and provide ``services to assist 
potential victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons.'' The 
program's goal is to fund the implementation of SOAR trainings and 
capacity building efforts to identify, treat, and respond to patients 
or clients who have experienced severe forms of human trafficking as 
defined by the TVPA of 2000, as amended, among their patient or client 
population. SOAR is a nationally recognized, accredited training 
program delivered by OTIP's National Human Trafficking Training and 
Technical Assistance Center (NHTTAC) and designed to help target 
audiences identify and respond to those who are at risk of, are 
currently

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experiencing, or have experienced trafficking and connect them with 
needed resources.
    OTIP proposes to collect information to measure grant project 
performance, provide technical assistance to grant recipients, assess 
program outcomes, inform program evaluation, respond to congressional 
inquiries and mandated reports, and inform policy and program 
development that is responsive to the needs of victims.
    The information collection will capture information on 
organizations enrolled in each grant recipient's multidisciplinary 
network of providers serving individuals who have experienced, or are 
at-risk of experiencing, a severe form of trafficking in persons, and 
clients served. Data elements are designed to capture information about 
organizational providers (e.g., number of individuals trained to 
identify and respond to trafficking, types and number of trainings 
offered, types of services provided, number of clients enrolled in 
services, organizational barriers to service delivery and 
implementation, and total funds spent by category of assistance) and 
client demographics (e.g., total number of clients enrolled in services 
by providers within the recipient's multidisciplinary network by client 
age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, and 
language spoken).
    Respondents: Healthcare, behavioral health, and social service 
delivery professionals.

Annual Burden Estimates

    Recipients will be awarded funding for a 5-year period. This 
request is for the first 3 years of data collection. We will request an 
extension to continue data collection beyond 3 years.

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                                                   Total number   Average burden
           Instrument              Total number    of responses      hours per     Total burden    Annual burden
                                  of respondents  per respondent     response          hours           hours
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Provider Capacity Building                    75               4               1             300             100
 Indicators.....................
SOAR Demonstration Grant                    4500               1            0.75            3375            1125
 Participant Training Form......
Client Demographics Indicators..            2000               4               1            8000            2667
Human Trafficking Response                    75               4             2.5             750             250
 Protocol (HTPR) Indicators.....
Multidisciplinary Network                     75               4             0.5             150              50
 Provider Indicators............
Categories of Assistance Form...              75               1             2.5             188              63
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,255.
    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: 22 U.S.C. 7104.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-18331 Filed 8-24-22; 8:45 am]
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