Administration and Oversight
of the Unaccompanied Children Program
No
material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved
collection
No
Regular
05/21/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
01/31/2024
01/31/2024
124,940
124,940
38,341
38,341
0
0
The “Administration and Oversight of
the Unaccompanied Alien Children Program” information collection
contains eight instruments that allow ORR to facilitate stakeholder
visits to care provider facilities; obtain consent from
unaccompanied children (UC) to share their case file information;
improve service delivery to UC; and ensure that serious issues are
elevated to ORR and that all incidents and the response to such
incidents are documented and resolved in a way that protects the
best interests of UC. The collection was last approved by OMB on
January 1, 2021 and expires on January 31, 2024. ORR proposes
revisions to four instruments in the collection that are related to
incident reporting – Emergency Significant Incident Reports (SIR),
SIR, Sexual Abuse SIR, and Program-Level Event Reports. The
proposed revisions will assist in clarifying reporting requirements
and address the following issues: • Many types of incidents that
ORR requires care providers to report upon do not have their own
category checkbox or dropdown field; care providers must use the
“Other” category checkbox and specify the type of incident in a
text field. This may create confusion for care providers and ORR
staff around reporting requirements and makes it more difficult for
ORR to analyze aggregate data from incident reports. • Incidents of
alleged abuse/neglect (non-sexual) and behavioral incidents that
threaten safety are currently reported via a standard SIR. However,
depending upon the circumstances and egregiousness of the act,
incidents are better classified as an emergency. ORR also proposes
removing the word “alien” from the title of the information
collection, thereby changing it to “Administration and Oversight of
the Unaccompanied Children Program,” The proposed revisions do not
create any additional reporting burdens for care provider or ORR
staff.
US Code:
8 USC
1232 Name of Law: rafficking Victim Protection Reauthorization
Act of 2008
US Code: 6 USC
279 Name of Law: Homeland Security Act of 2002
PL:
Pub.L. 113 - 4 1101(c) Name of Law: Violence Against Women
Reauthorization Act of 2013
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.