Notice2025-07374
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Request for Certification of Adult Victims of Human Trafficking
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Published
April 29, 2025
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Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) is requesting a 3-year extension of the form: Request for Certification of Adult Victims of Human Trafficking (RFC) form (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #: 0970-0454, expiration April 30, 2025).
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17824-17825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07374]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Request
for Certification of Adult Victims of Human Trafficking
AGENCY: Office on Trafficking in Persons; Administration for Children
and Families; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office on
Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) is requesting a 3-year extension of the
form: Request for Certification of Adult Victims of Human Trafficking
(RFC) form (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #: 0970-0454,
expiration April 30, 2025).
DATES: Comments due May 29, 2025. OMB must decide 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 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#335a5d555c505c5f5f5650475a5c5d735250551d5b5b401d545c45"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f29b9c949d919d9e9e9791869b9d9cb2939194dc9a9a81dc959d84">[email protected]</span></a>. All emailed requests should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
provides letters of certification to victims of severe forms of
trafficking in persons under the authority of the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, as amended 22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)(C) and
(E). HHS delegated this authority to OTIP. Certification is required
for adult victims of human trafficking in the U.S. to apply for
federally funded benefits and services.
OTIP developed The Request for Certification of Adult Victims of
Human Trafficking (RFC) form for potential victims and their advocates,
including case managers, attorneys, law enforcement officers, service
providers, and other representatives to provide the required
information for certification to HHS in accordance with the TVPA of
2000, as amended.
Since the RFC form originally received clearance, OTIP modernized
its request process and launched Shepherd, an online case management
system, to process requests for certification and assistance. The PDF
version of the form should only be used in exceptional circumstances
when the online case management system is inaccessible. If a requester
encounters issues submitting a request through Shepherd, they may
submit the RFC form to OTIP as a password protected PDF to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6733150601010e040c0e090027060401490f0f1449000811"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2571574443434c464e4c4b42654446430b4d4d560b424a53">[email protected]</span></a>.
The form asks the requester for their identifying information,
identifying information for the individual who experienced trafficking
victimization in the event the form is submitted by a case manager, and
information describing the victim's case management service needs.
Respondents: Potential victims of a severe form of trafficking in
persons and their advocates, including case managers, attorneys, law
enforcement officers, service providers, and other representatives.
Annual Burden Estimates: The fluctuation in certification letters
issued by HHS primarily reflects changing patterns in law enforcement
investigations and the number of T visas and Continued Presence status
issued by the Department of Homeland Security. Burden estimates have
been calculated based on the average number of RFCs received and
certification letters issued over the last two periods that the
information collection has been in effect (fiscal year 2019 to 2024).
Over the course of this time, OTIP has received approximately 8-12 RFCs
per week (416-624 RFCs per year) and issued an average of 525
certification letters per year. The time to complete the RFC remains
the same. Burden estimates for this collection have been revised,
accordingly.
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Total number of Average Total Annual
Instrument Total number responses per burden hours burden burden
of respondents respondent per response hours hours
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Request for Certification of Adult 1,872 1 1 1,872 624
Victims of Human Trafficking...........
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Authority: 22 U.S.C. 7105.
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-07374 Filed 4-28-25; 8:45 am]
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