Program Evaluation

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Background

One of our key values is to be results-driven by evaluating our programs with accountability, identifying effective strategies, and integrating them into our policies and practices.

 

GPRA Measures

The Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 requires Federal agencies to set goals, measure results, and report their progress in achieving program objectives based on projected percentage changes. The Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) reports annually to Congress on a select set of indicators of program performance including:

  1. Certification and Eligibility: Increase the number of victims of trafficking certified per year through HHS Certification and Eligibility Letters.
  2. Service Provision to Foreign Victims: Increase the number of foreign trafficking victims served by a whole network of grantees.
  3. Service Provision to Domestic Victims: Increase the number of domestic trafficking victims served by a whole network of grantees.
  4. Victim Identification: Increase the number of potential trafficking victims identified by the National Human Trafficking Hotline .
  5. Survivor Engagement: Increase the number of incoming communications received from victims and survivors of human trafficking by the Hotline.
  6. Training Impact: Increase the percentage of individuals trained who have high or very high confidence in their ability to identify and respond to human trafficking after receiving SOAR to Health and Wellness training through the National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center (NHTTAC).

Additionally, OTIP reports on the total number of individuals who receive training through NHTTAC and the total number of incoming communications received by the Hotline. GPRA measures represent a sample of the information OTIP collects to assess and improve program performance. The most recent data and information about the OTIP GPRA measures are available in the President’s Budget Justification to Congress available through the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of Legislative Affairs and Budget (OLAB).

Evaluation

In addition to our work with recipients to regularly monitor program performance, OTIP partners with the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation to assess key questions on program implementation according to ACF's Evaluation Policy. Projects include the Building Evidence for Trafficking Interventions and Response project, Human Trafficking Policy and Research Analyses Project, Evaluation of the National Human Trafficking Hotline Program, and the Evaluation of Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking Program. Learn more.