Notice2025-11797
Proposed Information Collection Activity; National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH) Performance Indicators
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Published
June 26, 2025
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension of an approved information collection: National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH) Performance Indicators (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Number: 0970-0598, expiration October 31, 2025). There are no changes requested to the form.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 121 (Thursday, June 26, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27309-27310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11797]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[OMB #: 0970-0598]
Proposed Information Collection Activity; National Human
Trafficking Hotline (NHTH) Performance Indicators
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) is
requesting a 3-year extension of an approved information collection:
National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH) Performance Indicators
(Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Number: 0970-0598, expiration
October 31, 2025). There are no changes requested to the form.
DATES: Comments due August 25, 2025. In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting
public comment on the specific aspects of the information collection
described above.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of
information and submit comments by emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dab3b4bcb5b9b5b6b6bfb9aeb3b5b49abbb9bcf4b2b2a9f4bdb5ac"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cba2a5ada4a8a4a7a7aea8bfa2a4a58baaa8ade5a3a3b8e5aca4bd">[email protected]</span></a>.
Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: Section 107(b)(1)(B)(ii) of the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, codified at 22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)(B)(ii),
authorizes the Secretary of the U.S. Department of
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Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants for a national
communication system, the NHTH, to assist victims of severe forms of
trafficking in persons in communicating with service providers. The
objectives of the NHTH are to:
1. Operate the NHTH's telephone, text services, chat services, and
website via a coordinated national communications system available 24
hours a day;
2. Provide timely information and service referrals to victims of
human trafficking;
3. Notify law enforcement and child welfare agencies of potential
cases of human trafficking, as required by law and in other situations
where appropriate;
4. Establish and maintain a comprehensive online directory of
community-based service providers across the U.S. and its territories.
The NHTH grant recipient collects information about signalers
(individuals who contact the hotline) and from signalers regarding
potential human trafficking situations and potential victims. The NHTH
grant recipient summarizes and reports this information to HHS in the
aggregate. HHS uses this information to assess the extent to which the
grant recipient fulfills required program activities and to:
<bullet> Continuously monitor and mitigate factors impacting NHTH
operations;
<bullet> Disseminate insights to inform anti-trafficking strategies
and policies; and
<bullet> Provide information to congress, other federal agencies,
stakeholders, and the public on the aggregate outcomes of NHTH
operations.
Respondents: Potential victims, representatives of governmental
entities, law enforcement, first responders, members of the community,
representatives of nongovernmental entities supporting individuals in
the U.S. who may have been subjected to severe forms of trafficking in
persons who utilize the NHTH as signalers.
Annual Burden Estimates
The estimated number of respondents has been decreased to reflect
review of operational data reviewed from the past five years. The
updated estimate is an average number of respondents over the next
three years based on that most recent data. The estimated time per
response remains consistent but overall total estimates are lower due
to the reduction in estimated number of respondents.
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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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NHTH Performance Indicators..... 51,000 1 0.5 76,500 25,500
NHTH Grant Recipient............ 1 15 24.13 362 121
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Estimated Total Annual .............. .............. .............. .............. 25,621
Burden Hours...............
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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: 22 U.S.C. 7105
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-11797 Filed 6-25-25; 8:45 am]
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