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OMB Control No: 0970-0553	ICR Reference No: 202109-0970-020
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202107-0970-001
Agency/Subagency: HHS/ACF	Agency Tracking No: ORR
Title: Services Provided to Unaccompanied Children
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 04/21/2022
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 09/30/2021
Terms of Clearance: We thank the agency for agreeing to remove the OYAS Tool from this information collection, which we agree would not be appropriate for use in this setting. Any prior use of this instrument without a valid OMB control number will be documented in OMB's annual report to Congress. We further thank the agency for inserting age skips for sensitive questions regarding sexual behavior in S-9 to reflect that these questions would not be asked of young children. Finally, we agree with the agency’s decision to remove additional proposed questions related to gang affiliation in response to public comment and to rephrase related questions on the Home Study Assessment.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2025	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2022
Responses	4,439,457	0	888,622
Time Burden (Hours)	1,219,453	0	384,209
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: ORR’s UC Program provides care and custody for UC 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 UC in ORR custody. Care provider facilities are State licensed, with the exception of 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. The instruments included in this information collection are directly relate to the care of UC for processing pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act. These instruments allow ORR to provide services to UC as required by statute and ORR policy.

Authorizing Statute(s): 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

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	86 FR 11537	02/25/2021
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	86 FR 54202	09/30/2021
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	4,439,457	888,622	3,550,835
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,219,453	384,209	835,244
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: ORR revised 11 instruments currently approved under OMB #0970-0553 and added 11 new instruments to this collection. All instruments will be incorporated into ORR’s new case management system, UC Path. In addition, ORR plans to remove one currently approved instrument from this collection. Finally, ORR replaced the term “unaccompanied alien child (UAC)” with “unaccompanied child (UC)” throughout the instruments in this collection. Note that the screenshots of UC Path instruments attached to this package do not reflect this change because it has not yet been developed in the system. However, the revision in terminology will be made before the system is launched. ORR removed the term “alien” from the title of this information collection and revise it to read “Services Provided to Unaccompanied Children.” ORR intends to conduct a phased rollout of the UC Path system. Beginning Fall 2021, ORR plans to roll the UC Path system out to a small group of care provider programs. ORR will gradually expand use of the system to other programs and expects all care provider programs will be using UC Path by Spring 2022. To ensure continuity of operations, care provider programs will need the ability to continue using instruments in the UC Portal system and in other formats (e.g., PDF, Excel) while they are waiting to transition over to the UC Path system. Therefore, ORR requests OMB’s approval to continue use of as detailed in A15 of the Supporting Statement. Although all care providers are expected to be using UC Path by Spring 2022, ORR requests approval to continue using these instruments for up to one year to account for any unexpected technical issues that may arise during rollout. These versions were last approved by OMB on March 10, 2021.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,531,207,125

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Yes

Agency Contact: Molly Buck 202 205-4724 mary.buck@acf.hhs.gov

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