To: Kelsi Feltz
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA)
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
From: Shannon Herboldsheimer
Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)
Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Date: November 2, 2023
Subject: Non-Substantive Change Request – Family Reunification Packet for Sponsors of Unaccompanied Children (OMB #0970-0278)
This memo requests approval of a non-substantive change to the approved information collection, Family Reunification Packet (FRP) for Sponsors of Unaccompanied Children (UC) (OMB #0970-0278).
Background
The FRP for Sponsors of UC information collection contains four instruments that allow ORR to collect information necessary to determine the suitability of a proposed sponsor for a UC as required by the Homeland Security Act (6 U.S.C. 279), the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232), and the Flores Settlement Agreement (No. CV85-4544-RJK (C.D. Cal. 1996)). The collection was last approved by OMB on August 24, 2022 and expires on August 31, 2025.
Overview of Requested Changes
ORR is seeking to improve sponsor engagement and communication by expanding language access for the instruments in this information collection.
The instruments are currently available in:
English
Spanish
Dari
Haitian Creole
Pashto
Russian
Ukrainian
Under this request, ORR proposes expanding available languages to also include the following indigenous Mayan languages:
Chuj
Kaqchikel
K’iche’
Mam
Q’eqchi’
None of the approved content within the instruments has changed as a result of the translations.
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| Author | Jones, Molly (ACF) |
| File Modified | 0000-00-00 |
| File Created | 2023-11-03 |