[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16984-16985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05706]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; 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 30 days of publication. OMB must make a 
decision about 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. You can 
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by 
emailing [email protected]. Identify all emailed 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), Sec.  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 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

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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                   4,500               1            0.75           3,000           1,125
 Participant Training Form......
Client Demographics Indicators..           2,000               4               1           8,000           2,667
Human Trafficking Response                    75               4             2.5             750             250
 Protocol (HTRP) 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.

(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 7104)

John M. Sweet, Jr.
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-05706 Filed 3-20-23; 8:45 am]
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