Submission for OMB Review; National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH) Performance Indicators, 72601-72602 [2021-27646]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 243 / Wednesday, December 22, 2021 / Notices
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[GN Docket No. 19–329; FRS 62899]
Federal Advisory Committee Act; Task
Force for Reviewing the Connectivity
and Technology Needs of Precision
Agriculture in the United States
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, this
notice advises interested persons that
the Federal Communications
Commission’s (FCC or Commission)
Task Force for Reviewing the
Connectivity and Technology Needs of
Precision Agriculture in the United
States (Task Force) will hold its next
meeting via live internet link.
DATES: January 13, 2022. The meeting
will come to order at 10:00 a.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via conference call and be available to
the public via live feed from the FCC’s
web page at www.fcc.gov/live.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jesse Jachman, Designated Federal
Officer, Federal Communications
Commission, Wireline Competition
Bureau, (202) 418–2668, or email:
Jesse.Jachman@fcc.gov; Elizabeth
Cuttner, Deputy Designated Federal
Officer, Federal Communications
Commission, Wireline Competition
Bureau, (202) 418–2145, or email
Elizabeth.Cuttner@fcc.gov; or Stacy
Ferraro, Deputy Designated Federal
Officer, Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau, (202) 418–0795 or email
Stacy.Ferarro@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
meeting will be held on January 13,
2022 at 10:00 a.m. EST and may be
viewed live, by the public, at https://
www.fcc.gov/live. Any questions that
arise during the meeting should be sent
to PrecisionAgTF@fcc.gov and will be
answered at a later date. Members of the
public may submit comments to the
Task Force in the FCC’s Electronic
Comment Filing System, ECFS, at
www.fcc.gov/ecfs. Comments to the Task
Force should be filed in GN Docket No.
19–329.
Open captioning will be provided for
this event. Other reasonable
accommodations for people with
disabilities are available upon request.
Requests for such accommodations
should be submitted via email to
fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling the
Consumer & Governmental Affairs
Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice). Such
requests should include a detailed
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
SUMMARY:
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:55 Dec 21, 2021
Jkt 256001
description of the accommodation
needed. In addition, please include a
way the FCC can contact you if it needs
more information. Please allow at least
five days’ advance notice; last-minute
requests will be accepted but may not be
possible to fill.
Proposed Agenda: At this meeting,
the Task Force plans to introduce
members of the Task Force, describe the
focus of each working group, review
policies relevant to the Task Force’s
duties, and begin discussing strategies
to advance broadband deployment on
agricultural land and promote precision
agriculture. This agenda may be
modified at the discretion of the Task
Force Chair and the Designated Federal
Officer.
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer. Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–27725 Filed 12–21–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review; National
Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH)
Performance Indicators
Office on Trafficking in
Persons, Administration for Children
and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
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 30 days of
publication. The Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) must make a
decision about 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
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
PO 00000
Frm 00028
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
72601
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;
E:\FR\FM\22DEN1.SGM
22DEN1
72602
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 243 / Wednesday, December 22, 2021 / Notices
• Disseminate insights related to
human trafficking cases and trends to
inform anti-trafficking strategies and
policies; and
• Provide information to Congress,
other federal agencies, stakeholders, the
public, and other countries on the
aggregate outputs and outcomes of the
NHTH operations.
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13)
and OMB regulations at 5 CFR part
1320, ACF published a notice in the
Federal Register to announce the
agency’s intention to request OMB
review of this information collection
activity and provide a sixty-day period
for public comment (86 FR 38489).
During the notice and comment period,
one comment was received from the
NHTH grantee. The comment did not
pertain to the burden estimate for
respondents (signalers to the NHTH),
rather the burden on the recordkeeper
(the NHTH grantee).
To be responsive to this comment and
reduce the burden on the recordkeeper,
OTIP modified the collection to remove
several of the data elements that were
initially proposed. Where OTIP has
requested any new data (e.g., data the
grantee is not already providing to OTIP
as a condition of award), particularly,
for existing data to be further
disaggregated, it is in the interest of
allowing OTIP to:
• Monitor performance and
operational issues;
• Generate more timely insights into
trends related to victim demographics
and service needs, and the impact of
particular intra- and inter-agency efforts,
messaging campaigns, trainings, and
other anti-trafficking efforts on NHTH
signals, and;
• Respond to congressional inquiries
and other ad hoc inquiries without
submitting burdensome individual
requests to the NHTH.
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.
Authority: 22 U.S.C. 7105.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021–27646 Filed 12–21–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4184–47–P
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Unaccompanied Children (UC)
Program Budget Workbook Template
(New Collection)
Office of Refugee Resettlement,
Administration for Children and
Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
The Administration for
Children and Families’ (ACF) Office of
Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is
requesting clearance for the proposed
new collection titled ‘‘UC Program
Budget Workbook’’ to streamline budget
details and justifications of applicants to
funding opportunities.
DATES: Comments due within 30 days of
publication. OMB must make a decision
about 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.
SUMMARY:
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
ADDRESSES:
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The UC Program Budget
Workbook will streamline the budget
detail and justification documentation
for applicants to any upcoming Notice
of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). This
new information collection will provide
guidance to the applicant as well as a
fillable form to insert calculations and
budget line items. With the assistance of
this template, the review of applications
will be expedited since documentation
will be clearer and more unified.
Additionally, this will facilitate the
completion of applications that may not
otherwise be completed due to lack of
budget documentation guidance in past
NOFOs.
Respondents: New and existing
applicants to NOFOs for residential
services for UC.
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Instrument
Total
number of
respondents
Total
number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden
hours per
response
Total
burden
hours
Annual
burden
hours
UC Program Budget Form ...................................................
120
3
90
32,400
10,800
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:55 Dec 21, 2021
Jkt 256001
PO 00000
Frm 00029
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
E:\FR\FM\22DEN1.SGM
22DEN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72601-72602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27646]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; National Human Trafficking Hotline
(NHTH) Performance Indicators
AGENCY: Office on Trafficking in Persons, Administration for Children
and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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 30 days of publication. The Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) must make a decision about 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 within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
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;
[[Page 72602]]
Disseminate insights related to human trafficking cases
and trends to inform anti-trafficking strategies and policies; and
Provide information to Congress, other federal agencies,
stakeholders, the public, and other countries on the aggregate outputs
and outcomes of the NHTH operations.
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L.
104-13) and OMB regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, ACF published a notice
in the Federal Register to announce the agency's intention to request
OMB review of this information collection activity and provide a sixty-
day period for public comment (86 FR 38489). During the notice and
comment period, one comment was received from the NHTH grantee. The
comment did not pertain to the burden estimate for respondents
(signalers to the NHTH), rather the burden on the recordkeeper (the
NHTH grantee).
To be responsive to this comment and reduce the burden on the
recordkeeper, OTIP modified the collection to remove several of the
data elements that were initially proposed. Where OTIP has requested
any new data (e.g., data the grantee is not already providing to OTIP
as a condition of award), particularly, for existing data to be further
disaggregated, it is in the interest of allowing OTIP to:
Monitor performance and operational issues;
Generate more timely insights into trends related to
victim demographics and service needs, and the impact of particular
intra- and inter-agency efforts, messaging campaigns, trainings, and
other anti-trafficking efforts on NHTH signals, and;
Respond to congressional inquiries and other ad hoc
inquiries without submitting burdensome individual requests to the
NHTH.
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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total number of Total number of Average burden
Instrument respondents responses per hours per Total burden Annual burden
(signalers) respondent response hours hours
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH) Performance Indicators... 585,300 1 0.43333333 253,630 84,543
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 84,543.
Authority: 22 U.S.C. 7105.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-27646 Filed 12-21-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4184-47-P
