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OMB Control No: 0970-0552	ICR Reference No: 202608-0970-002
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202401-0970-003
Agency/Subagency: HHS/ACF	Agency Tracking No: ORR-UACB
Title: Release of Unaccompanied Alien Children from ORR Custody
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 08/11/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2027	04/30/2027
Responses	938,940	3,508,676
Time Burden (Hours)	325,462	1,607,760
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	938,940	3,508,676	-2,569,736
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	325,462	1,607,760	-1,282,298
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

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

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: ORR proposes removing the Virtual Check-In Questionnaire (Form R-6) from this collection. • The instrument has been transferred to Home Study and Post-Release Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children information collection (OMB #0970-0645), which was approved by OMB on July 18, 2025 • The related burden has been removed from this OMB number, but is accounted for under OMB #0970-0645

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,250,734,606

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

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