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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Evaluation of the National Human
Trafficking Hotline Program (New
Collection)
Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation; Administration for
Children and Families; HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
The Office of Planning,
Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) is
proposing a data collection activity as
part of the Evaluation of the National
Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH)
Program. This data collection activity
will examine the experiences of
individuals who seek assistance from
the NHTH after their interactions with
the NHTH. The study will collect
information via voluntary phone and
Web-based surveys at two time points:
(1) Immediately after an individual has
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contacted the NHTH by phone, text, or
live online chat; and (2) two weeks later.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of
publication. OMB is required to make a
decision concerning the collection of
information between 30 and 60 days
after publication of this document in the
Federal Register. Therefore, a comment
is best assured of having its full effect
if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
directly to the following: Office of
Management and Budget, Paperwork
Reduction Project, Email: OIRA_
SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV, Attn:
Desk Officer for the Administration for
Children and Families.
Copies of the proposed collection may
be obtained by emailing
OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
Alternatively, copies can also be
obtained 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. All requests,
emailed or written, should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The purpose of the
proposed data collection activity is to
document and examine the following:
Why individuals contact the NHTH;
hotline users’ perceptions of hotline
staff’s knowledge and skills; the extent
to which users felt their interaction was
helpful, they were supported by the
NHTH, they were satisfied with the
NHTH, and their needs were met by the
interaction; and outcomes from NHTH
interactions (e.g., users’ knowledge and
use of available resources and referrals).
The proposed data collection activity
includes a two-phase approach to obtain
information from individuals after their
contact (via phone, text, or live online
chat) with the NHTH. The proposed
information collection activities are (1)
an integrated voice response telephone
survey or Web-based survey
immediately after NHTH contact; and
(2) a telephone or Web-based survey
approximately two weeks after
completion of the first survey. The
survey immediately after contact with
the NHTH will be offered to all
individuals who contact the NHTH
during the data collection period and
includes questions focused on users’
experiences and satisfaction with their
NHTH interaction. The follow-up
survey will be administered two weeks
later with a sample of respondents who
completed the immediate survey and
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consented to be contacted two weeks
later. This second survey includes
questions focused on the extent to
which NHTH users were satisfied with
their NHTH contact and felt that the
NHTH contact was helpful.
Respondents: Individuals who contact
the NHTH by telephone, text, or live
online chat.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Total/annual
number of
respondents
Instrument
Immediate Follow-Up Survey ...........................................................................
2-Week Follow-Up Survey ...............................................................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 247.
Authority: Section 105(d)(2) of the
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000
(TVPA) (Pub. L. 106–386) § 105 [22 U.S.C.
7103].
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; National Human Trafficking
Training and Technical Assistance
Center (NHTTAC) Evaluation Package
(OMB #0970–0519)
Office on Trafficking in
Persons, Administration for Children
and Families, Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
The Office on Trafficking in
Persons (OTIP), Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), is requesting to
continue data collection with an
increased number of respondents to the
previously approved information
collection, National Human Trafficking
Training and Technical Assistance
Center (NHTTAC) Evaluation Package
(OMB #0970–0519, expiration 10/31/
2021). This request was originally
approved under expedited review and
increased the estimated burden hours
from 689 hours to 9,497 hours. In
addition, the previously approved Stop,
Observe, Ask, and Respond to human
trafficking (SOAR) Online Participant
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Original
estimate—
number of
respondents
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Feedback Form was restructured into a
long and short form to reduce burden
for information collected on SOAR
Online training participants outside of
the NHTTAC learning management
system. There are no changes requested
to the items on any forms.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of
publication. 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.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be
obtained and comments may be
forwarded by emailing infocollection@
acf.hhs.gov. Alternatively, copies can
also be obtained by writing to the
Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20201, Attn: ACF
Reports Clearance Officer. All requests,
emailed or written, should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: These changes are
requested due to the passage of the Stop,
Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health
and Wellness Act of 2018 (SOAR to
Health and Wellness Act of 2018) (Pub.
L. 115–398), which expands the SOAR
to Health and Wellness Training
Program. To meet the provisions of the
SOAR to Health and Wellness Act of
2018, OTIP’s NHTTAC had to expand
the administration of SOAR nationwide.
The NHTTAC delivers training and
technical assistance (T/TA) to inform
and deliver a public health response to
trafficking. In applying a public health
approach, NHTTAC holistically builds
the capacity of communities to identify
and respond to the complex needs of all
individuals who have been trafficked,
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and addresses the root causes that put
individuals, families, and communities
at risk of trafficking. This will
ultimately help improve the availability
and delivery of coordinated and traumainformed services before, during, and
after an individual’s trafficking
exploitation, regardless of their age,
gender, nationality, sexual orientation,
or type of exploitation.
NHTTAC hosts a variety of services,
programs, and facilitated sessions to
improve service provision to
individuals who have been trafficked, or
who are at risk of trafficking, including
the Human Trafficking Leadership
Academy (HTLA); the Survivor
Fellowship Program; the NHTTAC Call
Center; both short-term and specialized
T/TA requests (requests that take less
than 3 hours or 3 or more hours to
fulfill, respectively); OTIP-funded
grantees; and information through
NHTTAC’s website, resources, and
materials about trafficking.
Respondents: Individuals and
organizations such as NHTTAC
consultants, T/TA participants, HTLA
program participants, Survivor fellows,
OTIP grantees, visitors to the NHTTAC
website, NHTTAC-supported conference
and meeting attendees, members of the
National Advisory Council, and
scholarship applicants.
Annual Burden Estimates
The following instruments have an
increased number of respondents. The
number of respondents for all other
previously approved instruments
remains the same. The increase in
respondents increased the overall
burden under OMB #0970–0519 from
689 hours to 9,497 hours. See https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201910-0970-012
for all instruments and related burden
under OMB #0970–0519.
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responses per
respondent
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Evaluation of the National Human
Trafficking Hotline Program (New Collection)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; Administration
for Children and Families; HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) is
proposing a data collection activity as part of the Evaluation of the
National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH) Program. This data collection
activity will examine the experiences of individuals who seek
assistance from the NHTH after their interactions with the NHTH. The
study will collect information via voluntary phone and Web-based
surveys at two time points: (1) Immediately after an individual has
contacted the NHTH by phone, text, or live online chat; and (2) two
weeks later.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB is required to
make a decision concerning the collection of information between 30 and
60 days after publication of this document in the Federal Register.
Therefore, a comment is best assured of having its full effect if OMB
receives it within 30 days of publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Email:
[email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration
for Children and Families.
Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by emailing
[email protected]. Alternatively, copies can also be
obtained 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. All
requests, emailed or written, should be identified by the title of the
information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The purpose of the proposed data collection activity
is to document and examine the following: Why individuals contact the
NHTH; hotline users' perceptions of hotline staff's knowledge and
skills; the extent to which users felt their interaction was helpful,
they were supported by the NHTH, they were satisfied with the NHTH, and
their needs were met by the interaction; and outcomes from NHTH
interactions (e.g., users' knowledge and use of available resources and
referrals). The proposed data collection activity includes a two-phase
approach to obtain information from individuals after their contact
(via phone, text, or live online chat) with the NHTH. The proposed
information collection activities are (1) an integrated voice response
telephone survey or Web-based survey immediately after NHTH contact;
and (2) a telephone or Web-based survey approximately two weeks after
completion of the first survey. The survey immediately after contact
with the NHTH will be offered to all individuals who contact the NHTH
during the data collection period and includes questions focused on
users' experiences and satisfaction with their NHTH interaction. The
follow-up survey will be administered two weeks later with a sample of
respondents who completed the immediate survey and
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consented to be contacted two weeks later. This second survey includes
questions focused on the extent to which NHTH users were satisfied with
their NHTH contact and felt that the NHTH contact was helpful.
Respondents: Individuals who contact the NHTH by telephone, text,
or live online chat.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Total/annual Number of Average burden
Instrument number of responses per hours per Annual burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Immediate Follow-Up Survey...................... 2,000 1 .12 240
2-Week Follow-Up Survey......................... 310 1 .15 47
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 247.
Authority: Section 105(d)(2) of the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) (Pub. L. 106-386) Sec. 105 [22 U.S.C.
7103].
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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