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 vetted sponsor, repatriated to their home country, or obtain lawful immigration 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, except those located in states unwilling to consider them for licensure and temporary Emergency or Influx (EIF) facilities. In both cases, such facilities 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 services to unaccompanied alien children as required by the Homeland Security Act (HSA) (6 U.S.C. 279), the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA) (8 U.S.C. 1232), the recently published Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule, (45 C.F.R. 410), as well as other ORR regulations (i.e., 45 C.F.R. parts 411 and 412), and the provisions of the Flores Settlement Agreement (No. CV85-4544-RJK (C.D. Cal. 1996)) that still apply to HHS.1 The collection was last approved by OMB on April 21, 2022, and expires on April 30, 2025. The collection currently contains 22 instruments, including 33 alternative versions. Upon completion of this revision request, which removes six forms and the transfers ten forms to two new information collections, this collection will contain 5 unique, revised instruments
US Code:
6 USC 279
Name of Law: Homeland Security Act (HSA)
US Code:
8 USC 1232
Name of Law: Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008
Under this application for renewal, ORR proposes revisions to five forms, the removal of six forms, and the transfer of ten forms to two new information collections titled Unaccompanied Alien Children Bureau Assessments of Children and Sponsors (OMB 0970 â NEW) and Home Study and Post-Release Services Provided to Unaccompanied Alien Children (OMB 0970 â NEW), which are detailed separately in concurrent substantive packages. Additionally, on October 24, 2024, ORR submitted a request for revisions to forms approved under the Legal and Advocacy Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children collection (OMB 0970-0565) in which ORR also proposed transferring the Child Advocate Recommendation and Appointment (Form S-15) previously approved under this collection; the request is currently pending a decision before OMB.
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.
Home Study Referral (Form S-26)