The Trafficking Victims Protection Act
of 2000 (TVPA), as amended, authorizes the Secretary of Health and
Human Services (HHS) to expand benefits and services to foreign
nationals in the United States who are victims of severe forms of
trafficking in persons. Section 107(b)(1)(B)(i) of the TVPA of
2000, as amended, (22 U.S.C. § 7105(b)(1)(B)(i)) authorizes the
Secretary of HHS to expand non-entitlement benefits and services to
victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons in the United
States and their family members with derivative T visas. It further
states that such benefits and services “may include services to
assist potential victims of trafficking in achieving certification
and to assist minor dependent children of victims of severe forms
of trafficking in persons or potential victims of trafficking.”
Acting under a delegation of authority from the Secretary of HHS,
the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office on
Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) funds time-limited comprehensive case
management services to foreign national adult confirmed and
potential victims of a severe form of human trafficking, as defined
by the TVPA of 2000, as amended, who are seeking or have received
HHS certification. The Trafficking Victim Assistance Program (TVAP)
must also establish local regional presence to coordinate project
activities and direct services. Case management services must be
provided to qualified persons directly by full-time case managers
that are staffed by the prime recipient and may also be provided
through a network of per capita service providers, which provide
direct services and community referrals. TVAP is currently
inclusive of three distinct award programs: the Trafficking Victim
Assistance Program , Aspire: Child Trafficking Victim Assistance
Demonstration Program, and Lighthouse: Services, Outreach, and
Awareness for Labor Trafficking (Lighthouse) Demonstration Program.
The performance indicators and data collection instruments under
OMB #0970-0467 apply to all three TVAP programs. The primary
objective of OTIP’s victim assistance programs, including TVAP, is
to provide comprehensive, culturally and linguistically responsive
case management to individuals who have experienced a severe form
of trafficking in persons. Current TVAP recipients have reported
concerns over competing requirements and priorities under their
awards, which made it difficult to balance direct service provision
against training activities for community-based providers and
members of the general public. Grant recipients have also cited
concerns over the lack of foundational knowledge within their
communities as to what constitutes human trafficking victimization,
which has impacted their ability to identify potential victims and
connect those individuals with services. Beginning in FY 2024, so
as to reduce reporting burden on recipients and strengthen public
awareness within the geographic service areas where recipients
implement their programs, training is no longer required or an
allowable activity under TVAP. These updated requirements
pertaining to allowable and required programmatic activities were
made public through the most recent NOFOs and grant award processes
and are already in effect. As such, we are requesting to remove the
training indicators from OMB #0970-0467 and to make a minor update
to the Outreach form for recipients to report on their public
awareness activities. Additionally, based on information about
clients served during FY 2022, we are requesting an update to the
Client Case Closure form.
US Code:
22 USC 7105(b)(1)(B) Name of Law: Trafficking Victims
Protection Act of 2000 (as amended)
This change request includes
removal of the Training form and changes to the Outreach and Client
Case Closure forms. This collection captures information on TVAP
participant demographics (e.g., age, gender identity,
race/ethnicity), type of trafficking experienced (sex, labor, or
both), types of services and benefits provided, along with
aggregate information on outreach activities conducted and
subrecipients enrolled. Minor updates have been made to performance
indicators under this collection in consultation with existing
grant recipients and stakeholders, to reduce respondent burden and
to bring the collection into alignment with new programmatic
requirements. These updated requirements pertaining to allowable
and required programmatic activities were made public through the
most recent NOFOs and grant award processes and are already in
effect. Additionally, a minor update has been made to a single data
element on the Client Case Closure form based on based on
information about clients served during the most recent fiscal
year. The revisions made to this collection, as summarized in full
below, bring the collection into alignment with new programmatic
requirements and allow for clients served to be more accurately
represented in post-award reporting datasets.
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.
Form 8 Categories of Assistance
NonSub Change Request_TVAP_10.26.23.docx
Categories of Assistance