Notice2025-17953
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments; Requested; New Collection; Title-Optional Flexible Financial Assistance Survey
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September 17, 2025
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Justice Department
Abstract
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office on Violence Against Women will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44845-44846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17953]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1122-ONEW]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments; Requested; New Collection; Title--Optional Flexible
Financial Assistance Survey
AGENCY: Office on Violence Against Women, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office on Violence Against
Women will be submitting the following information collection request
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until
November 17, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional comments
especially on the estimated public burden or associated response time,
suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed information collection
instrument with instructions or additional information, please contact
Tiffany Watson, Office on Violence Against Women, at 202-514-5430 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cd99a4ababaca3b4e39aacb9bea2a38db8bea9a2a7e3aaa2bb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1b4f727d7d7a7562354c7a6f6874755b6e687f7471357c746d">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written comments and suggestions from the
public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of
information are encouraged. Your comments should address one or more of
the following four points:
--Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the Office, including
whether the information will have practical utility;
--Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
--Evaluate whether and if so, how the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected can be enhanced; and
--Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Abstract: The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) administers
the Financial Assistance Grants for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic
Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Program (FAV Program). This
program is authorized by Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, Public
Law 117-328, 136 Stat. 4459, 4532 and Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2024, Public Law 118-42, 138 Stat. 25, 143. The FAV Program supports
victim service providers, Tribal governments, and Tribal organizations
to provide flexible financial assistance to survivors of sexual
assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, alongside
other victim services. Flexible financial assistance is intended to
support survivors in achieving safety, stability, and healing by paying
for necessities that are not easily met by traditional service
providers and with the flexibility to meet self-identified needs
quickly. The first set of grants under the FAV program were issued in
2024.
The planned data collection is a short, optional survey that grant
recipients under the FAV Program will make available to victims who
receive flexible financial assistance. The optional survey will be
fielded virtually via an OMB-approved survey platform, such as
Qualtrics or Touchpoints. Grantees will also include aggregated survey
results in their twice-annual performance reports submitted to OVW.
This data will be used to ensure successful
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implementation of this pilot program and monitor the program's
operation. The survey will ask limited questions about how and when
survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and
stalking received flexible financial assistance, as well as information
about the impact of financial assistance in pursuing safety and
security for themselves and their families. This data will inform
future programming and provide information about the effectiveness of
OVW-funded financial assistance for victims to Congress and other
stakeholders.
Overview of This Information Collection
1. Type of Information Collection: New collection.
2. The Title of the Form/Collection: Optional Flexible Financial
Assistance Survey.
3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the Department sponsoring the collection: Form Number: 1122-XXXX. U.S.
Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.
4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as the obligation to respond: The affected public includes
grantees under OVW's Financial Assistance Program and recipients of
flexible financial assistance distributed by those grantees. The survey
is optional.
5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: It is estimated
that it will take approximately 2,600 respondents approximately 10
minutes to complete the optional survey.
6. An estimate of the total annual burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The total annual hour burden to complete the data
collection forms is 433 hours. OVW anticipates that 13 grantees will
administer this survey to an annual average of 200 people who receive
flexible financial assistance. Two hundred participants each at 13
sites totals 2,600 people completing the survey each year. If it takes
10 minutes to complete the survey, then that is 26,000 minutes
annually, which is approximately 433 hours.
7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the
collection, if applicable:
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Estimated Total Time per
Activity number of Frequency annual response Total annual
respondents responses (min.) burden (hours)
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Flexible Financial Assistance 2,600 1 time per recipient. 2,600 10 433
Survey.
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Unduplicated Totals............ 2,600 ..................... 2,600 ......... 433
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If additional information is required contact: Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Justice Management Division, Enterprise Portfolio Management, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218, Washington, DC.
Dated: September 15, 2025.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2025-17953 Filed 9-16-25; 8:45 am]
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