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OMB Control No: 0970-0554	ICR Reference No: 202110-0970-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202012-0970-010
Agency/Subagency: HHS/ACF	Agency Tracking No: ORR
Title: Placement and Transfer of Unaccompanied Children into ORR Care Provider Facilities
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: 09/02/2022
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 10/12/2021
Terms of Clearance: We appreciate the agency's partnership with OMB on making revisions to this information collection. The agency published a supplemental 30-day comment period on this collection to address previous issues with drop down menus and providing another opportunity for the public to comment. We also thank the agency for revising previous questions on criminal history and gang affiliation to focus on contemporaneous behavior and challenges to inform placement and transfer decisions.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2025	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2022
Responses	9,658,830	0	405,250
Time Burden (Hours)	4,800,887	0	54,118
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 in this information collection allow ORR to place UC referred to ORR by Federal agencies into care provider facilities and to transfer UC within the ORR care provider network.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 8 USC 1232 Name of Law: Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA)
US Code: 6 USC 279 Name of Law: Homeland Security Act (HSA)

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 5196	01/19/2021
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	86 FR 56269	10/08/2021
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	9,658,830	405,250	9,245,588	7,992
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	4,800,887	54,118	4,743,439	3,330
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	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 all 13 instruments currently approved under OMB #0970-0554, all of which will be incorporated into ORR’s new case management system, UC Path. Five of the instruments contain revisions to the formatting, organization, or wording of field labels with no changes to the content. The remaining eight instruments contain changes in content. In addition, ORR proposes to add four new instruments to this collection that will also be incorporated into UC Path. Finally, ORR plans to replace 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 plans to remove the term “alien” from the title of this information collection and revise it to read “Placement and Transfer of Unaccompanied Children into ORR Care Provider Facilities.” ORR intends to conduct a phased rollout of the UC Path system. Beginning September 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 the following instruments, concurrently with the UC Path versions of the same instruments until all care provider programs are using UC Path. 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: $371,767,368

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. No

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? No

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

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