Notice2026-00213
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Evaluation of the Trafficking Victim Assistance Program (TVAP) and Aspire: Child Trafficking Victim Assistance Program (New Collection)
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Published
January 9, 2026
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Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) is proposing a new data collection activity for the Evaluation of the Trafficking Victim Assistance Program (TVAP) and Aspire: Child Trafficking Victim Assistance Program (Aspire). The evaluation will examine the key characteristics and implementation of the programs, including the challenges, strengths, and successes.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 6 (Friday, January 9, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 999-1000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-00213]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Evaluation
of the Trafficking Victim Assistance Program (TVAP) and Aspire: Child
Trafficking Victim Assistance Program (New Collection)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, 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 of
Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) is proposing a new data
collection activity for the Evaluation of the Trafficking Victim
Assistance Program (TVAP) and Aspire: Child Trafficking Victim
Assistance Program (Aspire). The evaluation will examine the key
characteristics and implementation of the programs, including the
challenges, strengths, and successes.
DATES: Comments due February 9, 2026.
ADDRESSES: The public may view and comment on this information
collection request at: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202601-0970-002">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202601-0970-002</a>. You can also obtain copies of the
proposed collection of information by emailing
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a3ccd3d1c6cacdc5ccc0cccfcfc6c0d7cacccde3c2c0c58dcbcbd08dc4ccd5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ec839c9e8985828a838f838080898f98858382ac8d8f8ac284849fc28b839a">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all emailed requests by the
title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: TVAP and Aspire are funded by the Office on
Trafficking in Persons to provide time-limited comprehensive case
management services to individuals who have experienced severe forms of
human trafficking, including adults (TVAP) and children (Aspire). The
programs also aim to (1) Develop and maintain a nationwide network of
providers to conduct human trafficking outreach and provide direct
services and community referrals, and (2) Establish local regional
presence within each of the 10 ACF geographic regions to coordinate
project activities and direct services. The purpose of the proposed
information collection activity is to document and examine the goals of
TVAP and Aspire following redesign in 2022, how the programs are
structured and administered, how partnerships are developed and
maintained, how clients reach the programs, how comprehensive case
management services are provided, and factors that affect program
implementation.
The proposed information collection activities include:
1. Semi-structured virtual interviews focused in three of the ACF
geographic regions with:
a. Subrecipient service providers who provide case management
services to TVAP and/or Aspire clients. Interviews will include
questions about client referral and enrollment, case management service
provision, support received from TVAP/Aspire leadership, interactions
with community partners and/or government systems, and perceptions of
the programs.
b. Other service providers who serve people referred from TVAP and/
or Aspire but are not formal subrecipient partners. Interviews will
include questions about providers' relationship to the programs,
referral pathways through TVAP/Aspire, assistance provided to these
clients, interactions with various groups related to TVAP/Aspire, and
perceptions of the programs.
c. Local government system (e.g., law enforcement, child welfare)
personnel who interact with TVAP/Aspire program staff, subrecipients,
and/or clients. Interviews will include questions about their
interactions with and perceptions of TVAP/Aspire.
d. Clients, i.e., people who have been enrolled in and received
assistance
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through TVAP and/or Aspire beginning in Fiscal Year (FY) 2023.
Respondents must be at least 18 years old at the time of the interview.
Interviews will include questions about how they learned about the
programs, services they received, what was helpful, and what could be
improved.
2. A web-based survey of all providers that have participated as a
TVAP and/or Aspire subrecipient beginning in FY 2023. The survey will
include questions about organizational characteristics, client
enrollment and services provision, and perceptions of program
implementation, including challenges, strengths, and successes.
Respondents: TVAP and Aspire subrecipient service providers, other
service providers (non-subrecipients) who receive TVAP and/or Aspire
referrals, local government system personnel (e.g., law enforcement,
child welfare professionals), and TVAP and/or Aspire clients
(individuals who have been enrolled into the programs).
Annual Burden Estimates
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Average
Total number Total number burden Total Annual
Instrument of of responses hours per burden burden (in
respondents per respondent response hours hours)
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Subrecipient Interview Guide.................. 30 1 1.5 45 23
Other Service Provider Interview Guide........ 20 1 1 20 10
Local Government Systems Interview Guide...... 10 1 1 10 5
Client Interview Guide........................ 30 1 1 30 15
Subrecipient Survey........................... 100 1 0.58 58 29
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours....... ............ .............. ........... ........ 82
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Authority: Public Law 106-386 section 107 [22 U.S.C. 7105].
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026-00213 Filed 1-8-26; 8:45 am]
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