SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are encouraged. Your comments should address one or more of the following four points:

—Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Office on Violence Against Women, including whether the information will have practical utility;

—Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

—Evaluate whether and if so how the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected can be enhanced; and

—Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.

Abstract: The STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program was authorized through the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA), amended and reauthorized in 2000, 2005, 2013 and 2022. The STOP (Services, Training, Officers, and Prosecutors) Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program provides funding to states and territories for use by state, local, and Indian Tribal governments, courts, and victim service providers. This program enhances the capacity of local communities to develop and strengthen effective law enforcement and prosecution strategies to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking and to develop and strengthen comprehensive, holistic victim services. The grant funds must be distributed by STOP state administrators to subgrantees according to a statutory formula.

This information collection is necessary for the Attorney General and STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program grantees and subgrantees to comply with federal statutory reporting requirements. The information will be used for reports to Congress on the use of appropriated funds in support of the STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program. There are two sets of ( printed page 53897) respondents—the STOP state administrators who allocate the STOP funds and the subgrantees who may include law enforcement agencies, prosecutors' offices, courts, and victim services organizations.

Overview of This Information Collection

1. Type of Information Collection: Extension of a previously approved collection.

2. The Title of the Form/Collection: Annual Progress Report for the STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program.

3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department sponsoring the collection: Form Number: 1122-0003. U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.

4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as the obligation to respond: The affected public includes the 56 STOP state administrators (from 50 states, the District of Columbia and five territories and commonwealths (Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands)) and their subgrantees. The obligation to respond is required under the Violence Against Women Act, 34 U.S.C. 10441.

5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: It is estimated that it will take the 56 respondents (STOP administrators) approximately one hour to complete an annual progress report. It is estimated that it will take approximately one hour for roughly 1,960 subgrantees ^[1] to complete the relevant portion of the annual progress report. The Annual Progress Report for the STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program is divided into sections that pertain to the different types of activities that subgrantees may engage in and the different types of subgrantees that receive funds, i.e., law enforcement agencies, prosecutor offices, courts, victim services agencies, etc.

6. An estimate of the total annual burden (in hours) associated with the collection: The total annual hour burden to complete the annual progress report is 2,016 hours.

7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the collection, if applicable: The annualized costs to the Federal Government resulting from the OVW staff review of the progress reports submitted by grantees are estimated to be $3,278.80.^[2]

If additional information is required contact: Darwin Arceo, Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, Justice Management Division, Enterprise Portfolio Management, Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218, Washington, DC.