Notice2021-27646
Submission for OMB Review; National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH) Performance Indicators
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Published
December 22, 2021
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting approval for a new information collection: National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH) Performance Indicators.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72601-72602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27646]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; National Human Trafficking Hotline
(NHTH) Performance Indicators
AGENCY: Office on Trafficking in Persons, Administration for Children
and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is
requesting approval for a new information collection: National Human
Trafficking Hotline (NHTH) Performance Indicators.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. The Office of
Management and Budget (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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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: Section 107(b)(1)(B)(ii) of the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act of 2000, as amended at 22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)(B)(ii),
authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make a
grant for a national communication system--the NHTH--to assist victims
of severe forms of trafficking in persons in seeking help, receiving
referrals, and reporting potential trafficking cases.
HHS made an award in the form of a Cooperative Agreement to a
single, competitively selected grantee to maintain and support
operation of the NHTH throughout the United States and U.S.
territories. The NHTH is a toll-free hotline that operates 24 hours a
day, every day of the year.
The Cooperative Agreement delineates the roles and responsibilities
for the administration of the grant program, which include:
1. Operating the NHTH with experienced and trained anti-trafficking
advocates;
2. Operating the NHTH website and responding to online signals;
3. Promoting NHTH services to increase the identification and
protection of victims of severe forms of human trafficking;
4. Providing timely information and service referrals to human
trafficking victims using a trauma-informed, person-centered,
culturally responsive, and linguistically appropriate approach;
5. Notifying law enforcement agencies of potential cases of human
trafficking as well as instances when a trafficking victim is in
imminent danger; and
6. Documenting emerging trafficking schemes to assist in the
detection and investigation of trafficking cases.
The NHTH grantee collects information about signalers (individuals
who contact the hotline) and from signalers regarding potential victims
of a severe form of trafficking in persons and human trafficking cases.
Given the unique relationship the NHTH has to the public, OTIP is
seeking clearance to collect information about and from these signalers
that will be summarized and reported to OTIP by the NHTH grantee in the
aggregate. The NHTH Performance Indicators information collection will
provide data for OTIP to assess the extent to which the grantee meets
required program activities to:
<bullet> Ensure potential victims of trafficking remain able to
access assistance by constantly monitoring and mitigating factors
impacting NHTH operations;
<bullet> Assist the grantee to assess and improve their project
over the course of the project period;
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<bullet> Disseminate insights related to human trafficking cases
and trends to inform anti-trafficking strategies and policies; and
<bullet> Provide information to Congress, other federal agencies,
stakeholders, the public, and other countries on the aggregate outputs
and outcomes of the NHTH operations.
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L.
104-13) and OMB regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, ACF published a notice
in the Federal Register to announce the agency's intention to request
OMB review of this information collection activity and provide a sixty-
day period for public comment (86 FR 38489). During the notice and
comment period, one comment was received from the NHTH grantee. The
comment did not pertain to the burden estimate for respondents
(signalers to the NHTH), rather the burden on the recordkeeper (the
NHTH grantee).
To be responsive to this comment and reduce the burden on the
recordkeeper, OTIP modified the collection to remove several of the
data elements that were initially proposed. Where OTIP has requested
any new data (e.g., data the grantee is not already providing to OTIP
as a condition of award), particularly, for existing data to be further
disaggregated, it is in the interest of allowing OTIP to:
<bullet> Monitor performance and operational issues;
<bullet> Generate more timely insights into trends related to
victim demographics and service needs, and the impact of particular
intra- and inter-agency efforts, messaging campaigns, trainings, and
other anti-trafficking efforts on NHTH signals, and;
<bullet> Respond to congressional inquiries and other ad hoc
inquiries without submitting burdensome individual requests to the
NHTH.
Respondents: Potential victims, representatives of governmental
entities, law enforcement, first responders, members of the community,
representatives of nongovernmental entities providing social, legal, or
protective services to individuals in the United States who may have
been subjected to severe forms of trafficking in persons utilize the
NHTH as signalers.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Total number of Total number of Average burden
Instrument respondents responses per hours per Total burden Annual burden
(signalers) respondent response hours hours
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National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH) Performance Indicators... 585,300 1 0.43333333 253,630 84,543
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 84,543.
Authority: 22 U.S.C. 7105.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-27646 Filed 12-21-21; 8:45 am]
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