[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
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[FR Doc No: 2022-20939]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Human Trafficking Youth 
Prevention Education Demonstration Grant Program Process Evaluation 
(New Collection)

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration 
for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services.

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), 
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS), in collaboration with the Office on 
Trafficking in Persons (OTIP), is proposing a new data collection 
activity for the Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Education (HTYPE) 
Demonstration Grant Program Process Evaluation. The process evaluation 
will explore whether the program is being implemented as intended, 
describe the successes and barriers that have been encountered, and 
highlight the changes that may be needed to support program 
implementation.

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with 
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 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]. All requests should be identified by 
the title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Description: The goal of the HTYPE Demonstration Grant Program is 
to support local educational agencies (LEA) to partner with a nonprofit 
or Non-Governmental Organization to build the capacity of schools to 
provide skills-based human trafficking prevention education for 
educators, other staff, and students, and to establish a Human 
Trafficking School Safety Protocol (HTSSP) that addresses the safety, 
security, and well-being of staff and students. Eight HTYPE 
Demonstration Program project grants were awarded in September 2020, 
with a period of performance of 36 months.
    The purpose of the proposed information collection is to 
investigate and document how HTYPE projects approach and accomplish the 
goals of the HTYPE Demonstration Grant Program, inform ACF's efforts to 
support human trafficking prevention education in schools, and inform 
future evaluation efforts.
    The proposed information collection activities include:
    (1) One-time, semi-structured interviews or focus groups with 
trained LEA staff and implementers at select schools from each grant 
recipient site. Interviews/focus groups will include questions focused 
on implementation models, participant and implementer engagement, and 
implementation facilitators and barriers.
    (2) One-time, semi-structured interviews with school staff related 
to the process and implementation of the HTSSP at select schools from 
each grant recipient site.
    (3) One-time web survey with school administrators, which will 
include questions focused on school context and engagement, training 
mandates, implementation models, and implementation facilitators and 
barriers.
    (4) One-time web survey with school staff tasked with implementing 
the HTYPE curriculum, which will include questions focused on educator 
training, student curriculum implementation models and quality, 
participant and implementer engagement, and implementation facilitators 
and barriers.
    Respondents: LEA staff who have been involved in the HTYPE 
demonstration programs, including school leadership/administrators, 
curriculum implementers, and staff who have received human trafficking 
training.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of
                                                     Number of     responses per      Average
                                                    respondents     respondent      burden per     Total/annual
                   Instrument                       (total over     (total over    response (in     burden (in
                                                      request         request         hours)          hours)
                                                      period)         period)
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HTYPE Training Implementation Interview/Focus                192               1             1.5             288
 Group Guide....................................
HTYPE HTSSP Walk-Through Guide..................              24               1             .75              18
HTYPE School Administrator Survey...............             321               1             .25              80
HTYPE Implementer Survey........................            1437               1             .25             359
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 745.
    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: Section 105(d)(2) of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-386) 105 [22 U.S.C. 7103]

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-20939 Filed 9-27-22; 8:45 am]
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