The ORR 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 emergency and 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. This request is to create a new information collection containing an Individualized Section 504 Service Plan (Form S-25). This collection is necessary to allow the ORR UAC Bureau to improve services delivered to children identified as having a disability and to comply with a court order. As part of the court-approved settlement agreement for the disabilities class claim under Lucas R. et al v. Becerra et al (Case No. 2:18-CV-05741 DMG PLA), ORR is required to develop and implement individualized Section 504 Service Plans for any child identified as having a disability who needs one. The disabilities settlement agreement must be fully implemented by May 3, 2025.
US Code:
6 USC 279
Name of Law: Homeland Security Act (HSA)
US Code:
8 USC 1232
Name of Law: William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA)
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.