Home Study and Post-Release Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
No
Regular
Approved without change
07/18/2025
05/28/2025
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
07/31/2028
36 Months From Approved
890,718
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0
459,407
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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 lawful immigration status. ORR funds residential care provider facilities that provide temporary housing and other services to children in ORR custody while also working to identify and evaluate potential sponsors to take custody of the children post-release. In order to adequately evaluate the suitability of a sponsor and the standard of care they are likely to provide in cases where a child is deemed to be particularly vulnerable due to their age, a medical diagnosis, disability status, trafficking victim status, or other safety concern, ORR will conduct a home-study with the sponsor. An ORR home study includes interviews with the potential sponsor and other household members, as well as an investigation of the living conditions in which the unaccompanied alien child would be placed and occurs prior to the child's physical release. Upon release to the sponsor, and subject to available appropriations, ORR offers post-release services to all cases that have undergone a home study. Post-release services connect sponsors and children with community-based supports to address needs related to education, employment, medical and mental health services, legal services, family stabilization, substance abuse, guardianship, and gang intervention.
ORR uses several instruments to facilitate the home study and post-release services referral process, as well as to document the outcomes of these assessments 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), Foundational Rule, 45 C.F.R. §§410.1204, .1210. Forms transferred from the Administration and Oversight (OMB# 0970-0547) collection were last approved May 18, 2022, and expire on May 31, 2025; forms transferred from Release (OMB# 0970-0552) collection were last approved, and expire April 30, 2027, and forms transferred from the Services (OMB# 0970-0553) collection were last approved by OMB on August 22, 2024 and expire on April 30, 2025. Once approved, the Assessments information collection will contain a total of six (6) unique forms with associated appendices and addendums. An overview of proposed revisions is provided in Section A.15 of Supporting Statement A.
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)
PL:
Pub.L. 113 - 4 1101(c)
Name of Law: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013
Under this application ORR proposes to revise and transfer one existing form currently approved under the Administration and Oversight of the Unaccompanied Alien Children Program (OMB# 0970-0547), one existing form currently approved under the Release of Unaccompanied Alien Children from ORR Custody (OMB# 0970-0552) information collection, and four existing forms currently approved under the Services Provided to Unaccompanied Alien Children (OMB# 0970-0553) 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.
Virtual Check-in Questionnaire (Form R-6) – Post-Release Service Provider