83 FR 12195 - Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 54 (March 20, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12195-12196]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05581]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Evaluation of Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking Program
    OMB No.: 0970-0487.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing data 
collection as part of the study, ``Evaluation of the Domestic Victims 
of Human Trafficking (DVHT) Program.'' This Notice addresses the cross-
site process evaluation to be conducted with the 13 FY 2016 DVHT 
projects that were awarded 3-year cooperative agreements by the Office 
of Trafficking in Persons (OTIP). The intent of the DVHT Program is to 
build, expand, and sustain organizational and community capacity to 
deliver trauma-informed, strength-based, and victim-centered services 
for domestic victims of severe forms of human trafficking through 
coordinated case management, a system of referrals and the formation of 
community partnerships.
    The objective of the evaluation is to describe the ways in which 
projects achieve the goals of the DVHT Program and examine types of 
models that serve victims of human trafficking. Evaluation questions 
are focused on understanding project and service delivery models, 
process, and implementation, including partnership and collaboration 
development; services offered to and received by victims; strategies to 
identify and engage survivors; ways projects define and monitor program 
successes and outcomes; and program challenges, achievements, and 
lessons learned. Information from the evaluation will assist federal, 
state, and community policymakers and funders in making decisions about 
future program models to serve domestic victims of human trafficking, 
as well as to refine evaluation strategies for future programs 
targeting trafficking victims.
    The evaluation of the DVHT Program will document and describe 
projects' implementation approaches, including their service models and 
community partnerships; services provided to clients (i.e., victims of 
severe forms of human trafficking); service delivery practices; 
strategies to meet survivors' immediate and long-term housing needs; 
and approaches to engaging survivors in program development and service 
delivery.
    Primary data for the evaluation will be collected via surveys with 
project directors, case managers, and projects' key community partners; 
and semi-structured qualitative interviews, including telephone 
interviews with project directors, in-person interviews with select 
project staff, survivor

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leaders, and program partners, and individual interviews with program 
clients. Interviews from multiple perspectives will enhance the 
government's understanding of appropriate service models and practice 
strategies for identifying, engaging, and meeting the needs of diverse 
populations of victims of severe forms of human trafficking. Data 
collection will take place after receiving OMB approval through March 
2020.
    Data collection for an exploratory evaluation of the FY15 DVHT 
projects (``Domestic Human Trafficking Demonstration Projects'') is 
being conducted under a prior Information Collection Request under 
0970-0487. The data have provided insight into approaches projects used 
to enhance organizational and community capacity, identify domestic 
victims, and deliver case management and direct services in 
collaboration with their community partners. The currently proposed 
data collection for FY16 DVHT will build on this earlier data 
collection for the FY15 DVHT study. All data collection approved for 
FY15 DVHT is complete.
    Respondents: Project directors, case managers, survivor leaders, 
other select project staff, key community partners, and clients.

                                          Total Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
           Instrument              Total number    Annual number   responses per     hours per     Annual burden
                                  of respondents  of respondents    respondent       response          hours
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Project Director Survey.........              13               7               1              .5               4
Partner Survey..................             260             130               1             .25              33
Case Manager Survey.............             130              65               1             .33              21
Project Director Interview #1...              13               7               1               2              14
Project Director Interview #2...              13               7               1             1.5              11
Site Visit Interview............             136              68               1             1.5             102
Client Interview................              40              20               1               1              20
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 205.
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(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, 330 C Street SW, Washington, DC 
20201, Attn: OPRE 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.

Mary Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-05581 Filed 3-19-18; 8:45 am]
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