Evaluation of the Trafficking Victim Assistance Program (TVAP) and Aspire: Child Trafficking Victim Assistance Program (Aspire)

TVAP and Aspire are funded by the Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) to provide time-limited comprehensive case management services to individuals who have experienced severe forms of human trafficking, including adults (TVAP) and children (Aspire). The programs also aim to (1) develop and maintain a nationwide network of providers to conduct human trafficking outreach and provide direct services and community referrals, and (2) establish local regional presence within each of the ACF geographic regions to coordinate project activities and direct services. TVAP has undergone several changes in the past few years, shifting to a regional administration model and separating services for minors into a separate program called Aspire. This proposed data collection will be the first evaluation of the TVAP and Aspire programs to understand its administration and implementation and its impact on thousands of individuals. In February 2026, OMB approved two types of data collection for the TVAP and Aspire process evaluation: 1. National survey of all subrecipient service providers across all 10 ACF regions. 2. Regional interviews with subrecipient service providers, non-MOU service providers, local government systems, and clients in 2-3 ACF regions. Since approved, the number of subrecipients in each region has changed, and we are concerned that we might not be able to reach our desired number of interviews with a regional approach. Additionally, attempting to conduct interviews in 2-3 regions may also put undue additional stress on regional coordinators, who were expected to assist with introductions and recruitment. Refocusing the regional interviews to the national level would spread the ask of regional coordinators to all regions and reduce pressure on 2-3 regional coordinators from select regions to recruit more people. Moreover, no evaluation question is regional in focus, and we anticipate we will learn more by maintaining a national level inquiry where we talk to the same amount of people in more places. We request to refocus the regional interviews to the national level by interviewing participants from all 10 ACF regions instead of sampling only 2-3. The number of interviews will not change and the purpose/use of the information remains consistent with the original evaluation questions and the materials that were submitted for public comment. The supporting statements, Appendix A, and Interview Instruments 1-4 have been updated to remove reference to the regional approach. The changes do not change the annual burden.

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