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OMB Control No: 0970-0564	ICR Reference No: 202211-0970-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202112-0970-003
Agency/Subagency: HHS/ACF	Agency Tracking No: ORR
Title: Monitoring and Compliance for Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Care Provider Facilities
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 11/10/2022
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 11/09/2022
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 11/09/2022
Terms of Clearance: OMB is approving this Emergency ICR with the understanding that within 6 months from the approval date, ACF will complete a 60d and 30d public comment request to support the approval of the ICR ahead of the expiration date.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2023	6 Months From Approved	10/31/2024
Responses	19,728	0	8,342
Time Burden (Hours)	35,506	0	11,031
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The 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. Generally, care provider facilities are State-licensed (with the exception of facilities located in states that are unwilling to license them and temporary emergency 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 UC. The instruments in this information collection allow the UC Program to monitor its care provider facilities for compliance with Federal and State laws and regulations, licensing and accreditation standards, ORR policies and procedures, and child welfare standards.

Emergency Justfication: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting emergency review and approval of this information collection by OMB, as authorized under 44 U.S.C. 3507(subsection j). The proposed forms are necessary to allow the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Unaccompanied Children (UC) Program to monitor its care provider facilities for compliance with Federal and State laws and regulations, licensing and accreditation standards, ORR policies and procedures, and child welfare standards. The information collected is essential to the mission of the agency and an unanticipated event has occurred that could reasonably result in public harm if normal Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) clearance procedures are followed. Recent legislation in Texas (Proclamation by the Governor of the State of Texas, May 31, 2021) and Florida (Emergency Rule 65CER21-3, December 10, 2021) has resulted in a large number of ORR facilities no longer being licensed by the states. To help mitigate the issue, ORR plans to perform quarterly monitoring visits to Texas and Florida programs. In order to implement the quarterly monitoring, ORR needs to add alternate versions of 15 forms in this information collection and reinstate three forms. See sections A1, A2, and A15 in Supporting Statement A for additional details.

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	19,728	8,342	11,386
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	35,506	11,031	24,475
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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: ORR added Interpreter Questionnaire (Form M-11P), which is currently approved under OMB #0970-0558, to this information collection. ORR added forms that were previously approved by OMB but were removed from the information collection due to the number of respondents. Differences between the previously approved versions and the current versions that will be used by contractor monitors are as noted in section A15 of Supporting Statement A. ORR added alternate versions of forms already approved under this information collection. Differences between the already approved versions and the alternate versions that will be used by contractor monitors are detailed in section A15 of Supporting Statement A. Unlicensed programs will continue to receive comprehensive biennial monitoring visits pursuant to UC Policy Guide Section 5.5.1 during which the full original versions of these forms will be used. Quarterly monitoring visits will mainly focus on health and safety. To align with that purpose and help streamline forms that will be administered more often than their full version counterparts, adjustments made to the alternate versions removed some items related to program management. Other adjustments were made for clarity or to align with current ORR policy and procedures. Quarterly monitoring visits will continue to monitor for the same areas related to child welfare practices and provision of services as biennial monitoring visits.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $859,105

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? No

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