National Human Trafficking
Hotline (NHTH) Performance Indicators
New
collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
No
Regular
12/22/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
195,148
0
84,905
0
0
0
Section 107(b)(1)(B)(ii) of the
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA), as amended at 22
U.S.C. § 7105(b)(1)(B)(ii), authorizes the Secretary of Health and
Human Services to make a grant for a national communication
system—the National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH)—to assist
victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons in seeking help,
receiving referrals, and reporting potential trafficking cases. The
Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) 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.
Hotline Advocates who operate the NHTH collect information about
signalers (individuals who contact the Hotline) and from signalers
regarding potential victims of a severe form of trafficking in
persons and potential 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. This information collected through this information
collection is necessary to support the monitoring of work done
through this cooperative agreement, ensure signalers receive
information and support needed, provide appropriate technical
assistance (TA) to the grantee, and to document emerging
trafficking schemes.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.