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 systemâthe National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH)âto 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.
Attachment A - OTIP Responses to Public Comment on NHTH ICR.docx
National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH) Performance Indicators - Grantee