80 FR 30076 - Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 100 (May 26, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30076-30077]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12591]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:
    Title: Trafficking Victim Assistance Program Data.
    OMB No.: 0970--NEW.
    Description: The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA), 
as amended, authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
expand benefits and services to foreign nationals in the United States 
who are victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons. Such 
benefits and services may include services to assist potential victims 
of trafficking. (Section 107(b)(1)(B) of the TVPA, 22 U.S.C. 
7105(b)(1)(B)).
    ORR intends award cooperative agreements in fiscal year 2015 to 
approximately three organizations that will ensure national coverage. 
The awarded organization must provide comprehensive case management and 
referrals to qualified persons, either directly through its own 
organization or by partnering with other organizations through 
contracts or both.
    Persons qualified for services under this grant are victims of a 
severe form of trafficking in persons who have received certification 
from ORR; potential victims of a severe form of trafficking who are 
actively seeking to achieve ORR certification; and minor dependent 
children of foreign victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons 
or potential victims of trafficking.
    To help measure each grant project's performance and the success of 
the program in assisting participants, and to assist grantees to assess 
and improve their projects over the course of the project period, ORR 
proposes to collect information from TVAP grant project participants 
through the grantees on a monthly, quarterly, or annual basis, 
including participant demographics (age, sex, and country of origin), 
type of trafficking experienced (sex, labor, or both), and immigration 
status during participation.
    This information will help ORR assess the project's performance in 
assisting victims of trafficking and will better enable TVAP grantees 
to meet the program objectives and to monitor and evaluate the quality 
of case management services provided by any subcontractors. ORR will 
also include aggregate information in reports to Congress to help 
inform strategies and

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policies to assist victims of human trafficking.
    Respondents: Individual participants in TVAP projects.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                  Number of      Average burden
                 Instrument                      Number of      responses per      hours  per      Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent        response          hours
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Request for Information.....................            1250                1              .25            312.5
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 312.5.
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of 
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., 
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. Email 
address: [email protected]. All requests should be identified 
by the title of the information collection.
    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.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-12591 Filed 5-22-15; 8:45 am]
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