[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12195-12196]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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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