Legal and Advocacy Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Approved with change
05/22/2025
10/24/2024
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
05/31/2028
36 Months From Approved
05/31/2025
755,700
0
287,491
259,664
0
97,948
0
0
0
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) Bureau provides care and custody for unaccompanied alien children until they can be safely released to a sponsor, repatriated to their home country, or obtain legal status. ORR funds residential care provider facilities that provide temporary housing and other services to children in ORR custody. Generally, care provider facilities are State-licensed (with the exception of those located in states unwilling to consider them for licensure and temporary influx care facilities) and must meet ORR requirements to ensure a high-level quality of care. Services provided at care provider facilities include, but are not limited to, education, recreation, vocational training, acculturation, nutrition, medical, mental health, legal, and case management.
ORR uses several instruments directly related to the care of unaccompanied alien children. The instruments in this information collection allow ORR to provide legal and advocacy services to unaccompanied alien children, as required by the legal authorities that govern the bureau.
This request is to remove five forms from this collection, add two new forms, move two forms from different information collections into this collection (with revisions to one of those forms), and revise three existing forms in this collection. The title of this collection has also been updated from âLegal Services for Unaccompanied Childrenâ to âLegal and Advocacy Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children.â Details about requested revisions are described in section A15.
US Code:
8 USC 1232
Name of Law: Trafficking Victim Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008
US Code:
6 USC 279
Name of Law: Homeland Security Act of 2002
Proposed revisions for this information collection are detailed in section A15 of Supporting Statement A, but include revisions to information collections, the removal of approved forms, and the addition of new forms. ORR also proposes retitling this information collection âLegal and Advocacy Services for Unaccompanied Childrenâ to clarify the types of forms included in this information collection.
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.
Notice of Administrative Review (Form P-18)