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OMB Control No: 0970-0553	ICR Reference No: 202504-0970-004
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202408-0970-008
Agency/Subagency: HHS/ACF	Agency Tracking No: ORR - UAC Bureau
Title: Services Provided to Unaccompanied Alien Children
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 06/09/2025
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 04/30/2025
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2028	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2025
Responses	275,304	0	4,438,452
Time Burden (Hours)	51,900	0	1,206,453
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: 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 vetted 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. Generally, care provider facilities are State- licensed, except those located in states unwilling to consider them for licensure and temporary Emergency or Influx (EIF) facilities. In both cases, such facilities 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 unaccompanied alien children. The instruments in this information collection allow ORR to provide services to unaccompanied alien children as required by the Homeland Security Act (HSA) (6 U.S.C. 279), the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA) (8 U.S.C. 1232), the recently published Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule, (45 C.F.R. 410), as well as other ORR regulations (i.e., 45 C.F.R. parts 411 and 412), and the provisions of the Flores Settlement Agreement (No. CV85-4544-RJK (C.D. Cal. 1996)) that still apply to HHS.1 The collection was last approved by OMB on April 21, 2022, and expires on April 30, 2025. The collection currently contains 22 instruments, including 33 alternative versions. Upon completion of this revision request, which removes six forms and the transfers ten forms to two new information collections, this collection will contain 5 unique, revised instruments

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	275,304	4,438,452	-4,163,148
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	51,900	1,206,453	-1,154,553
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: Under this application for renewal, ORR proposes revisions to five forms, the removal of six forms, and the transfer of ten forms to two new information collections titled Unaccompanied Alien Children Bureau Assessments of Children and Sponsors (OMB 0970 – NEW) and Home Study and Post-Release Services Provided to Unaccompanied Alien Children (OMB 0970 – NEW), which are detailed separately in concurrent substantive packages. Additionally, on October 24, 2024, ORR submitted a request for revisions to forms approved under the Legal and Advocacy Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children collection (OMB 0970-0565) in which ORR also proposed transferring the Child Advocate Recommendation and Appointment (Form S-15) previously approved under this collection; the request is currently pending a decision before OMB.

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