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OMB Control No: 0970-0553	ICR Reference No: 202307-0970-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202206-0970-006
Agency/Subagency: HHS/ACF	Agency Tracking No: ORR
Title: Services Provided to Unaccompanied Children
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 08/01/2023
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 07/25/2023
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2025	04/30/2025	04/30/2025
Responses	4,439,457	0	4,439,457
Time Burden (Hours)	1,219,453	0	1,219,453
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Services Provided to Unaccompanied Children information collection contains 22 instruments that allow ORR to collect information necessary to provide services to Unaccompanied Children (UC) 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), and the Flores Settlement Agreement (No. CV85-4544-RJK (C.D. Cal. 1996)). The collection was last approved by OMB on April 21, 2022 and expires on April 30, 2025. ORR is proposing revisions to one instrument in this collection, the Sponsor Assessment (Form S-5). BACKGROUND The Flags section within the Sponsor Assessment (Form S-5) allows ORR to collect information necessary for the safe release of a child. It enables respondents to indicate potential concerns with sponsors, their household members, their identified alternate caregiver, and/or their address that will require further investigation before a child can safely be released to the sponsor. In instances where a sponsor latter applies to sponsor another child, it also allows respondents to easily view concerns identified and how they were addressed in previous sponsorship. Respondents are required to enter the specifics of any scenario that has led to a flag in the open textboxes that currently exist in the Flags section. This includes the date the flag was entered, a clear and concise description of the concern (i.e., flag type and details), what the risk to the child is, and what steps were taken to mitigate the risk, as well as the name of the household member or alternate caregiver when applicable. OVERVIEW OF REQUESTED CHANGES Currently, there are only two textboxes (one for sponsor flags and one for address flags) in which respondents can enter flag information. ORR proposes replacing these textboxes with discrete fields for Flag Type, Name, Flag Category, Flag Description, and Comments, as well as system-generated information on who created each flag and the date created. Please refer to Appendices A and B for additional details.

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