Reviewer Recruitment GenIC - Demonstration Grants to Strengthen the Response VHT-NC Program Evaluation – Community Expert Consul

Request for Approval under the “Generic Clearance for Reviewer Recruitment”

(OMB Control Number: 0970-0477)

TITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION: Demonstration Grants to Strengthen the Response to Victims of Human Trafficking in Native Communities (VHT-NC) Program Evaluation – Community Expert Consultant Recruitment

PURPOSE: The Administration for Children and Families’ (ACF) Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), in consultation with ACF’s Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP), is overseeing an evaluation of OTIP’s Demonstration Grants to Strengthen the Response to Victims of Human Trafficking in Native Communities (VHT-NC) Program.

The purpose of this information collection is to select qualified community expert consultants to review the evaluation’s plan, data collection tools, and prepared documents (e.g., infographics, reports). Community expert review is necessary to ensure these materials are culturally responsive and infused with the expertise and values of the American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and/or Pacific Islander communities served by the VHT-NC Program, thus, helping to improve the quality of ACF’s evaluation and dissemination efforts.

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS: Members of the public who self-identify as having heritage or tribal membership in the communities served by the VHT-NC Program and who are highly knowledgeable or an expert on human trafficking.

CERTIFICATION:

I certify the following to be true:

1. The collection is voluntary.

2. The collection is low-burden for respondents and low-cost for the Federal Government.

3. The collection is non-controversial and does not raise issues of concern to other federal agencies.

4. The results are not intended to be disseminated to the public.

5. Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of substantially informing influential policy decisions.

6. The collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions from respondents who have experience with the program or may have experience with the program in the future.

Name:_ Mary Mueggenborg, Senior Social Science Research Analyst, ACF OPRE__

To assist review, please provide answers to the following questions:

BURDEN HOURS

Category of Respondent	No. of Respondents	Participation Time	Burden
Individuals or Households	30	0.33	10
Totals	30		10 hours

FEDERAL COST: The estimated annual cost to the Federal government is ___$1,074.12___

Administration of the Instrument

1. How will you collect the information? (Check all that apply)

[X] Web-based or other forms of Social Media

[X] Telephone

[ ] In-person

[ ] Mail

[ ] Other, Explain

Please make sure that all instruments, instructions, and scripts are submitted with the request.

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