Notice2022-22757
Submission for OMB Review; Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking Program Data (OMB #0970-0542)
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Published
October 20, 2022
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Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is requesting renewal with revisions of an approved information collection: Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking (DVHT) Program Data (OMB #0970-0542; expiration date 3/31/2023).
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 202 (Thursday, October 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63781-63782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22757]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking
Program Data (OMB #0970-0542)
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 requesting renewal with revisions of an approved
information collection: Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking (DVHT)
Program Data (OMB #0970-0542; expiration date 3/31/2023).
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 <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. You can
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by
emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#771e19111814181b1b1214031e181937161411591f1f0459101801"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ae3e4ece5e9e5e6e6efe9fee3e5e4caebe9eca4e2e2f9a4ede5fc">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all emailed requests by
the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA),
as amended, authorizes the HHS Secretary to expand benefits and
services to victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons in the
United States, without regard to their immigration status. The TVPA
also authorizes HHS to establish and strengthen programs to assist
United States citizens and lawful permanent residents who have
experienced sex trafficking or severe forms of trafficking in persons
(22 U.S.C. 7105(f)(1)). Acting under a delegation of authority from the
Secretary of HHS, ACF awards cooperative agreements to organizations to
establish a program to assist United States citizens and lawful
permanent residents who have experienced human trafficking, the DVHT
Program. The DVHT Program is inclusive of two distinct programs: the
Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking Services and Outreach Program
(DVHT-SO), and the Demonstration Grants to Strengthen the Response to
Victims of Human Trafficking in Native Communities Program (VHT-NC).
Through the DVHT Program, grant recipients provide comprehensive case
management to domestic survivors of human trafficking in traditional
case management and Native community settings.
OTIP proposes to continue 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 captures information on participant
demographics (e.g., age, gender identity, race/ethnicity), type of
trafficking experienced (sex, labor, or both), types of services and
benefits provided, along with aggregate information on outreach
activities conducted, subrecipients enrolled, and the types of
trainings provided to relevant audiences. Minor updates have been made
to performance indicators under this collection in
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consultation with existing grant recipients and stakeholders, to reduce
respondent burden and strengthen privacy and confidentiality.
Specifically, to reduce burden and strengthen client privacy and
confidentiality, the following DVHT client-level indicators have been
removed: Type of Intake, Date of Birth, Services Requested at Intake,
Benefits Requested at Intake, Trafficker Relationship to Victim, and
Employment Status at Case Closure. To reduce respondent burden,
additional outreach and subrecipient indicators have also been removed:
Screening Tool Used During Outreach, Goal of Subrecipient Partnership,
Type of Subrecipient Partnership; Services Provided by Subrecipient
(In-House) and Services Provided by Subrecipient (by Referral) have
been collapsed into one category: Services Provided By Subrecipient. A
currently approved form under this collection, the DVHT Spending Form,
was renamed to Categories of Assistance and categories of assistance on
the Spending Form have been simplified to reduce reporting burden. This
form was inadvertently not included on the Federal Register Notice
inviting initial comments on this collection (87 FR 45107) but has been
included for comment here and is included in the request to OMB.
Respondents: DVHT Program Grant Recipients and Clients of those
programs, specifically DVHT-SO and VHT-NC funding recipients.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Total number
Total number of responses Average Total burden Annual burden
Instrument of respondents per burden hours hours hours
respondent per response
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Client Characteristics and 1,700 1 0.75 1,275 425
Program Entry..................
Client Case Closure............. 1,700 1 0.167 283.9 94.6
Barriers to Service Delivery and 35 4 0.167 23.4 7.8
Monitoring.....................
Client Service Use and Delivery. 1,700 1 0.25 425 141.7
Victim Outreach................. 35 4 0.3 42 14
Training........................ 35 4 0.5 70 23.3
Subrecipient Enrollment......... 35 3 0.167 17.5 5.8
Categories of Assistance........ 35 1 .75 26.25 8.75
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 720.95.
Authority: 22 U.S.C. 7105.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-22757 Filed 10-19-22; 8:45 am]
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