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Number of
respondents
(total over
request
period)
Instrument
Home-based Provider Interview, Wave 2—In ECE during focal week ...........
Home-based Provider Interview, Wave 2—Not in ECE during focal week ....
Center-based Provider Interview, Wave 2 spring or fall; in ECE during focal
week .............................................................................................................
Center-based Provider Interview, Wave 2 spring or fall; not in ECE during
focal week ....................................................................................................
Center-based Provider Fall 2021 Funding Receipt Supplement .....................
Center-based Provider Interview Wave 2 fall; Centers completing in Wave 2
spring also ....................................................................................................
(Center-based) Workforce Interview—Wave 2; In ECE during Focal Week ..
(Center-based) Workforce Interview—Wave 2; Not in ECE during Focal
Week ............................................................................................................
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 3,774.
Comments: 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.
Authority: Child Care and
Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act
of 1990 as amended by the CCDBG Act
of 2014 (Pub. L. 113–186).
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
Hotline (NHTH) Performance Indicators
Office on Trafficking in
Persons, Administration for Children
and Families, Health and Human
Services (HHS).
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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AGENCY:
The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) is
requesting approval for a new
information collection: National Human
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Comments due within 60 days of
publication. In compliance with the
requirements 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.
DATES:
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 (OPRE), 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.
ADDRESSES:
Description: Section 107(b)(1)(B)(ii) of
the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of
2000, as amended at 22 U.S.C.
7105(b)(1)(B)(ii), authorizes the
Secretary of Health and Human Services
(HHS) to make a grant for a national
communication system—the NHTH—to
assist victims of severe forms of
trafficking in persons in seeking help,
receiving referrals, and reporting
potential trafficking cases.
HHS made an award in the form of a
Cooperative Agreement to a single,
competitively selected grantee to
maintain and support operation of the
NHTH throughout the United States and
U.S. territories. The NHTH is a toll-free
hotline that operates 24 hours a day,
every day of the year.
The Cooperative Agreement
delineates the roles and responsibilities
for the administration of the grant
program, which include:
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Total
burden
(in hours)
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Trafficking Hotline (NHTH)
Performance Indicators.
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Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
2,025
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Number of
responses per
respondent
(total over
request
period)
1. Operating the NHTH with
experienced and trained anti-trafficking
advocates;
2. Operating the NHTH website and
responding to online signals;
3. Promoting NHTH services to
increase the identification and
protection of victims of severe forms of
human trafficking;
4. Providing timely information and
service referrals to human trafficking
victims using a trauma-informed,
person-centered, culturally responsive,
and linguistically appropriate approach;
5. Notifying law enforcement agencies
of potential cases of human trafficking
as well as instances when a trafficking
victim is in imminent danger; and
6. Documenting emerging trafficking
schemes to assist in the detection and
investigation of trafficking cases.
The NHTH grantee collects
information about signalers (individuals
who contact the hotline) and from
signalers regarding potential victims of
a severe form of trafficking in persons
and human trafficking cases. Given the
unique relationship the NHTH has to
the public, OTIP is seeking clearance to
collect information about and from
these signalers that will be summarized
and reported to OTIP by the NHTH
grantee in the aggregate. The NHTH
Performance Indicators information
collection will provide data for OTIP to
assess the extent to which the grantee
meets required program activities to:
• Ensure potential victims of
trafficking remain able to access
assistance by constantly monitoring and
mitigating factors impacting NHTH
operations;
• Assist the grantee to assess and
improve their project over the course of
the project period;
• Disseminate insights related to
human trafficking cases and trends to
inform anti-trafficking strategies and
policies; and
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• Provide information to Congress,
other federal agencies, stakeholders, the
public, and other countries on the
aggregate outputs and outcomes of the
NHTH operations.
Respondents: Potential victims,
representatives of governmental entities,
law enforcement, first responders,
members of the community,
representatives of nongovernmental
entities providing social, legal, or
protective services to individuals in the
United States who may have been
subjected to severe forms of trafficking
in persons utilize the NHTH as
signalers.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Instrument
Total number
of respondents
(signalers)
Total number
of responses
per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
Annual burden
hours
585,300
1
0.43333333
253,630
84,543
National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH) Performance
Indicators ..........................................................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 84,543.
Comments: 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.
Authority: 22 U.S.C. 7105.
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; Early Head Start Family and
Child Experiences Survey 2022 (Baby
FACES 2022) (OMB #0970–0354)
Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation, Administration for
Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) seeks approval to
continue to collect descriptive
information for the Early Head Start
Family and Child Experiences Survey
2022 (Baby FACES 2022). This
information collection is to provide
nationally representative data on Early
Head Start (EHS) programs, centers,
classrooms, staff, and families to guide
program planning, technical assistance,
and research. This data collection will
complete the previously approved
second round of data collection
originally planned to take place in 2020
(OMB 0970–0354). The work began in
early 2020 but had to be postponed after
only 3 weeks due to the COVID–19
pandemic. No changes are proposed to
the currently approved information
collection materials.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of
publication. In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, ACF 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
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.
SUMMARY:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: Baby FACES 2018 and
2022 build upon a prior study (Baby
FACES 2009; OMB 0970–0354) that
longitudinally followed two cohorts of
children through their experience in the
program. While the 2009 study provided
a great deal of information about
program participation over time and
about services received by children and
families, it did not allow for national
level estimates of service quality or
inferences about children who enter the
program after 15 months of age. To fill
these knowledge gaps and to answer
additional questions about how
programs function, the design for the
information collection in 2022 will
refresh the nationally representative
cross-sectional sample of programs,
centers, home visitors, teachers,
classrooms, children, and families that
was used in Baby FACES 2018.
Freshening the sample will allow new
programs that came into being since
2018 a chance to enter the study. This
design allows for nationally
representative estimates at all levels at
a point in time and includes the entire
age span of enrolled children.
The goal of this work is to obtain
updated information on EHS programs
and understand better how program
processes support relationships (e.g.,
between home visitors and parents,
between parents and children, and
between teachers and children) that are
hypothesized to lead to improved child
and family outcomes.
Respondents: EHS program directors,
child care center directors, teachers and
home visitors, and parents of enrolled
children.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; National Human
Trafficking Hotline (NHTH) Performance Indicators
AGENCY: Office on Trafficking in Persons, Administration for Children
and Families, Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is
requesting approval for a new information collection: National Human
Trafficking Hotline (NHTH) Performance Indicators.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
the requirements 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
[email protected]. Alternatively, copies can also be obtained
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), 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: Section 107(b)(1)(B)(ii) of the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act of 2000, as amended at 22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)(B)(ii),
authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make a
grant for a national communication system--the NHTH--to assist victims
of severe forms of trafficking in persons in seeking help, receiving
referrals, and reporting potential trafficking cases.
HHS made an award in the form of a Cooperative Agreement to a
single, competitively selected grantee to maintain and support
operation of the NHTH throughout the United States and U.S.
territories. The NHTH is a toll-free hotline that operates 24 hours a
day, every day of the year.
The Cooperative Agreement delineates the roles and responsibilities
for the administration of the grant program, which include:
1. Operating the NHTH with experienced and trained anti-trafficking
advocates;
2. Operating the NHTH website and responding to online signals;
3. Promoting NHTH services to increase the identification and
protection of victims of severe forms of human trafficking;
4. Providing timely information and service referrals to human
trafficking victims using a trauma-informed, person-centered,
culturally responsive, and linguistically appropriate approach;
5. Notifying law enforcement agencies of potential cases of human
trafficking as well as instances when a trafficking victim is in
imminent danger; and
6. Documenting emerging trafficking schemes to assist in the
detection and investigation of trafficking cases.
The NHTH grantee collects information about signalers (individuals
who contact the hotline) and from signalers regarding potential victims
of a severe form of trafficking in persons and human trafficking cases.
Given the unique relationship the NHTH has to the public, OTIP is
seeking clearance to collect information about and from these signalers
that will be summarized and reported to OTIP by the NHTH grantee in the
aggregate. The NHTH Performance Indicators information collection will
provide data for OTIP to assess the extent to which the grantee meets
required program activities to:
Ensure potential victims of trafficking remain able to
access assistance by constantly monitoring and mitigating factors
impacting NHTH operations;
Assist the grantee to assess and improve their project
over the course of the project period;
Disseminate insights related to human trafficking cases
and trends to inform anti-trafficking strategies and policies; and
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Provide information to Congress, other federal agencies,
stakeholders, the public, and other countries on the aggregate outputs
and outcomes of the NHTH operations.
Respondents: Potential victims, representatives of governmental
entities, law enforcement, first responders, members of the community,
representatives of nongovernmental entities providing social, legal, or
protective services to individuals in the United States who may have
been subjected to severe forms of trafficking in persons utilize the
NHTH as signalers.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Total number of Total number of Average burden
Instrument respondents responses per hours per Total burden Annual burden
(signalers) respondent response hours hours
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National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH) Performance Indicators... 585,300 1 0.43333333 253,630 84,543
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 84,543.
Comments: 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.
Authority: 22 U.S.C. 7105.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-15526 Filed 7-20-21; 8:45 am]
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