Notice2024-31129
Proposed Information Collection Activity: Unaccompanied Children Bureau Assessments for Children and Sponsors (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-NEW)
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December 30, 2024
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Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is inviting public comments on the proposed information collection, including proposed changes. The request consists of several forms that will allow the Unaccompanied Children Bureau (UCB) to continue conducting statutorily mandated assessments of unaccompanied children in ORR care and custody as well as their sponsors. These assessments allow ORR to understand the status and needs of the child and their potential sponsor; assessment findings inform all decisions concerning the child's care while in ORR custody and eventual reunification with a sponsor.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31129]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity: Unaccompanied Children
Bureau Assessments for Children and Sponsors (Office of Management and
Budget #: 0970-NEW)
AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and
Families, Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, is inviting public comments on the proposed information
collection, including proposed changes. The request consists of several
forms that will allow the Unaccompanied Children Bureau (UCB) to
continue conducting statutorily mandated assessments of unaccompanied
children in ORR care and custody as well as their sponsors. These
assessments allow ORR to understand the status and needs of the child
and their potential sponsor; assessment findings inform all decisions
concerning the child's care while in ORR custody and eventual
reunification with a sponsor.
DATES: Comments due February 28, 2025. In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting
public comment on the specific aspects of the information collection
described in this notice.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of
information and submit comments by emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8ee7e0e8e1ede1e2e2ebedfae7e1e0ceefede8a0e6e6fda0e9e1f8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="751c1b131a161a19191016011c1a1b351416135b1d1d065b121a03">[email protected]</span></a>.
Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: ORR has undertaken a reorganization of its information
collections to promote operational efficiency. The reorganization will
result in more collections that contain fewer forms under a single
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) number. This request is to create
a new information collection that contains forms associated with the
provision of critical assessments to unaccompanied children and their
sponsors. This information collection will contain seven forms
transferred from one existing information collection and two new forms.
The forms and the information collection under which they are currently
approved are as follows:
<bullet> Services Provided to Unaccompanied Children (OMB #0970-0553)
[cir] Sponsor Assessment (Form S-5)
[cir] Adult Contact Profile (Form S-7)
[cir] Initial Intakes Assessment (Form S-8)
[cir] Assessment for Risk (Form S-9)
[cir] UC Assessment (Form S-11)
[cir] UC Case Review (Form S-12)
[cir] Individual Service Plan (Form S-13)
<bullet> Newly Developed Category 4 Initiative Forms:
[cir] Category 4 Reunification Case Review and Staffing (Form TBD-
#)
[cir] Family Finding and Mobility Mapping (Form TBD-#)
These forms are completed by care provider case managers and
clinicians at care provider facilities, and exclusively for the Sponsor
Assessment (Form S-5), by unification specialists operating remotely.
These forms assess the suitability of potential sponsors applying to
reunify with an unaccompanied child; capture critical historical,
biographic and medical data for children upon admission to the UCB care
provider; assess the child for sexual abuse history and risk of abusive
behavior towards others; review and update prior assessment data over
time; and collaboratively identify potential sponsors for children
without a viable sponsor (referred to as ``Category 4'' cases)
utilizing child-friendly interactive techniques and extensive kinship
network mapping. These forms are documentary in nature and a critical
component of the child's case file. In addition to grouping forms
related to Assessments together in this information collection, ORR is
proposing the following revisions:
<bullet> Global Changes across all currently approved forms:
[cir] Replace ``UC'', ``UAC'', and ``Minor'' with ``Child'' or
``Unaccompanied Child'' wherever they appear
[cir] Update dropdown options for the ``Gender'' field, wherever it
appears, to include male, female, and nonbinary
[cir] Replace ``Primary'' language with ``Preferred''
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[cir] Simplify certain fields that capture both date and time to
only capture the date when hour and minute of completion/certification
is immaterial
[cir] Include Physical Location of the Child field in the UC Basic
Information section across all forms to conform with changes
concurrently proposed in the Services Provided to Unaccompanied
Children Information Collection (OMB# 0970-0553)
[cir] Minor terminology edits to conform with UCB style guide
standards as established in the UC Program Foundational Rule (45 CFR
410) as well as to improve clarity and consistency with other form
titles and/or fields
[cir] Add translator or interpreter certification to assessments
requiring input directly from a child or sponsor, as relevant.
<bullet> Sponsor Assessment (Form S-5): Currently, there are two
approved versions of this form-one for UC Portal and one for the UC
Path system, which was never implemented. ORR plans to discontinue the
UC Path version of this form, which was never deployed, and make the
following revisions to the UC Portal version.
[cir] Add new Current Sponsor Status field to the Sponsor
Assessment to provide a high-level progress status for each assessment
to inform concurrent planning efforts to identify alternative sponsors
and Case Review (Form S-12)
[cir] Add Date Sponsor Identified to Adult Contact Profile section
to improve data tracking for program performance evaluation
[cir] Add ``Mail--Letter from Unification Specialist'' option to
Sponsor Document Type dropdown menu in the document upload field
[cir] Revise ``Substance Abuse Disclosed by Sponsor'' under
Criminal History and Background Checks Self Disclosure section to read
``Legal issues related to drug or alcohol use (e.g., D.U.I, D.W.I,
Possession, Manufacture, Distribution of controlled substances)'' to
better capture data concerning the sponsor's risk profile
[cir] Add several questions to the Care Plan section of the form to
document the sponsor's awareness and ability to care for the child's
healthcare needs
[cir] Add functionality to add multiple adult caregivers to the
Care Plan section of the form and identify one as the current or
primary caregiver
[cir] Add a sponsor-child debt attestation question to the
Trafficking and Fraud section of the form to document the sponsor's
understanding and intent to comply with ORR policy prohibiting the
sponsor from seeking or collecting any financial renumeration from the
child or their family or encouraging the child to work counter to child
labor laws or without a legal permit
[cir] Rename ``Summary Case Manager Assessment Tab'' to ``Sponsor
Assessment Summary Tab'' to reflect inclusion of the Unification
Specialist role and emphasize that the summary step before
certification of the form
[cir] Add Unification Specialist role, contact information, and
recommendation fields to the ``Summary Sponsor Assessment'' section
[cir] Add an open text field that is triggered by conditional logic
when the assessment is completed outside of the five-calendar day
deadline, prompting the respondent to indicate a reason for the delay
[cir] Adjust the burden estimate to account for an increase in the
number of children placed in ORR care thus increasing the number of
potential sponsors assessed, reflect that the form is completed by four
different groups of respondents, and to reflect a slight increase in
the overall number of fields the respondents will need to complete. The
annual number of Case Manager respondents increased from 216 to 300.
The annual number of Unification Specialist respondents is estimated to
be approximately 680, the annual number of Interpreter respondents is
estimated to be 300; and the number of sponsors expected to participate
in the assessment is expected to increase from 57,195 to 98,185. The
annual number of responses per respondent changed as follows: the
number of responses per sponsor remains unchanged at 1; the number of
responses per Case Manager is expected to increase from 265 to 327; the
number of responses per Unification Specialist is estimated to be 144;
and the number of responses per Interpreter is estimated to be 327. The
average burden hours per response remains unchanged at 1 hour,
reflecting the minimal substantive changes described above.
<bullet> Adult Contact Profile (Form S-7): The Adult Contact Profile
was developed for the UC Path case management system which was never
implemented; the Adult Contact Profile is currently approved under the
Services Provided to Unaccompanied Children information collection
(OMB# 0970-0553) is being renewed with one substantive change. ORR
plans to incorporate the adult contact profile with all UC Path
features into the UC Portal case management system at a future date,
which will allow ORR to establish unique UC Portal profiles for non-
sponsor adults, such as household members, relatives in home country,
and designated alternate caregivers. This will facilitate improved data
tracking and flagging across cases should these individuals later apply
to sponsor a child.
[cir] Remove the ``Legal Status'' question from the form as
irrelevant and immaterial to facilitating better data tracking across
cases
<bullet> Initial Assessment (Form S-8): Currently, there are two
approved versions of this form-one for UC Portal and one for the UC
Path system, which was never implemented. ORR plans to discontinue the
UC Path version of this form, which was never deployed, and make the
following revisions to the UC Portal version.
[cir] Add a field to document the child's preferred gender pronouns
to initial intakes assessment section.
[cir] Clarify instructions to the respondent mandating the
assessment to be completed within 24 hours of admission to the care
provider program
[cir] Introduce questions related to languages spoken, fluency, and
comprehension to document the child's understanding of the assessment
questions
[cir] Add a field to the Family Information section to indicate if
a relative might be a potential sponsor
[cir] Rephrase sensitive questions pertaining to mental health
concerns using more specific and child-friendly terms and eliminating
redundant questions
[cir] Adjust the burden estimate to account for a projected
increase in the number of children placed in ORR care since the form's
last renewal and reflect that the form is completed by three different
potential respondents with input from the child. The annual number of
Case Manager respondents is expected to increase from 216 to 300, the
annual number of Clinician
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respondents is estimated to be 300, the annual number of Interpreter
respondents is estimated to be 300, and the number of children
projected to be referred in FY 2025 is expected to increase from 60,048
to 98,185. The annual number of responses per respondent changed as
follows: the number of responses per child remains unchanged at 1, the
number of responses per Case Manager is expected to decrease from 265
to 164, the number of responses per Clinician is estimated to be 164,
and the number of responses per Interpreter is estimated to be 327. The
average burden hours per response remains unchanged at .33 hours,
reflecting the minimal substantive changes described above.
<bullet> Assessment for Risk (Form S-9): Currently, there are two
approved versions of this form-one for UC Portal and one for the UC
Path system, which was never implemented. ORR plans to discontinue the
UC Path version of this form, which was never deployed, and make the
following revisions to the UC Portal version.
[cir] Clarify terminology concerning the purpose of the assessment
in the instructions to the respondent
[cir] Revise question text in the following ways:
[ssquf] Include more specific and child-friendly terminology concerning
sensitive topics related to sexual activity and sexual abuse history
[ssquf] Incorporate inclusive terminology concerning gender identity
and expression
[ssquf] Incorporate ``suspected or diagnosed'' terminology to questions
pertaining to disabilities
[cir] Add fields to document the following:
[ssquf] If the child would like to be referred to a mental health
counselor or clinician to discuss their past sexual activity and/or
sexual abuse history
[ssquf] If the child or caretaker in home country report any issues
with the child's ability to carry out tasks of daily living that may
affect the child's housing assignment while in ORR care
[ssquf] The creation of an individual 504 plan under the ``Actions
Taken'' question of the ``Housing,'' ``Other Service Assignments,'' and
``Follow-Up'' Section
<bullet> Adjust the burden estimate to account for a projected
decrease in the number of children placed in ORR care since the form's
last renewal and reflect that the form is completed by three different
potential respondents with input from the child. The annual number of
Case Manager respondents is expected to increase from 216 to 300, the
annual number of Clinician respondents is estimated to be 300, the
annual number of Interpreter respondents is estimated to be 300, and
the number of children projected to be referred in FY 2025 is expected
to decrease from 120,096 to 98,185. The annual number of responses per
respondent changed as follows: the number of responses per child
remains unchanged at 1, the number of responses per Case Manager is
expected to decrease from 556 to 164, the number of responses per
Clinician is estimated to be 164, and the number of responses per
Interpreter is estimated to be 327. The average burden hours per
response remains unchanged at .75 hours, reflecting the minimal
substantive changes described above.
Unaccompanied Child Assessment (Form S-11): ORR currently maintains two
approved versions of this form under the Services Provided to
Unaccompanied Children information collection (OMB# 0970-0553), one
version for the UC Portal case management system currently in use, and
a second version developed for the UC Path system which was never
implemented. ORR plans to discontinue the UC Path version of the
Unaccompanied Child Assessment, which was never deployed, renewing only
the UC Portal version with the changes described below:
[cir] Add the following fields to the Journey and Apprehension
section:
[ssquf] What neighbors or other people were important in your daily
life in COO?
[ssquf] Did someone you know come to the U.S. before you and tell you
about opportunities?
[ssquf] Did you meet any adults along the journey with whom you built a
trusting relationship? If yes, what are their names and where are they
now?
[ssquf] Who are some trusted adults that the child knows at their
intended destination?
[ssquf] As a sub-question to ``Have you been to the U.S. before?''--
Ask: ``if yes, with whom did you live?''
[cir] Under the Family/Significant Relationships section, add:
[ssquf] Name, address, contact, and relationship of parent or legal
guardian fields
[ssquf] Field to capture current address/residence of other family
remaining in country of origin
[ssquf] Fields to capture contact info and indicate sponsorship
potential of identified friends and/or family residing in the U.S.
[ssquf] A field to document any family members who previously lived in
the U.S., their dates of residence and if they maintain contact with
any former U.S.-based contacts
[cir] Revise Medical Assessment questions to capture more specific
health status and health concern data as follows:
[ssquf] Adding fields related to current health status, allergies,
diet, mobility, and the child's need for assistance with daily
activities
[ssquf] Add field to capture if the child has any health concerns
they'd like to discuss with a health care provider
[ssquf] Add fields to capture data concerning any medication the child
arrived with, their prescribed dosing interval and last dose
administered
[cir] Add the following question to the Education section: ``Have
you ever been diagnosed with a learning disability (dyslexia,
dysgraphia, auditory processing disorder, etc.)? (Yes/No) If yes,
specify''
[cir] Update terminology concerning the ORR mandated Legal
Screening to read ``Confidential Legal Consultation'', as required by
the UCB Foundational Rule (45 CFR 410)
[cir] Revise the Mental Health section of the form as follows:
[ssquf] Add ``Future Oriented'' option to Thought Process field
[ssquf] Revise terminology throughout and split compound questions into
simpler, distinct questions to improve child-friendliness of the
assessment and the specificity of their responses
[ssquf] Add question concerning the use of inhalants to the Substance
Use History sub-section
[cir] Revise the Trafficking section, adding questions to document
contacts with others that the child made during their journey to the
U.S. and capture their contact information
[cir] Add explanatory text to the Americans with Disabilities Act
of 1990, 42 U.S.C. 12102(1) citation under the Trafficking Victims
Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) section and the subsequent
question documenting disability concerns that require further
evaluation
[cir] Add document upload field to Additional Information section
to link the child's journey mapping file to the UC Assessment
[cir] Adjust the burden estimate to
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account for a projected decrease in the number of children placed in
ORR care since the form's last renewal and reflect that the form is
completed by three different potential respondents with input from the
child. The annual number of Case Manager respondents is expected to
increase from 216 to 300, the annual number of Clinician respondents is
estimated to be 300, the annual number of Interpreter respondents is
estimated to be 300, and the number of children projected to be
referred in FY 2025 is expected to decrease from 120,096 to 98,185. The
annual number of responses per respondent changed as follows: the
number of responses per child remains unchanged at 1, the number of
responses per Case Manager is expected to decrease from 556 to 164, the
number of responses per Clinician is estimated to be 164, and the
number of responses per Interpreter is estimated to be 327. The average
burden hours per response is expected to increase from 2.0 to 2.25
hours, reflecting the addition of new fields described above.
<bullet> Unaccompanied Child Case Review (Form S-12): Currently, there
are two approved versions of this form-one for UC Portal and one for
the UC Path system, which was never implemented. ORR plans to
discontinue the UC Path version of this form, which was never deployed,
and make the following revisions to the UC Portal version.
[cir] Revise the Medical Section with the following:
[ssquf] Remove the following fields:
[ssquf] ``List any allergies''
[ssquf] ``Do you feel unwell''
[ssquf] ``If yes, what are your symptoms?''
[ssquf] ``Additional medical information''
[ssquf] Entire Medical History Checklist as redundant to
information captured in the UC Portal Health Tab
[ssquf] Entire Medication History subsection as redundant to
information captured in the UC Portal Health Tab
[ssquf] Add the following fields:
[ssquf] ``Does the child have any health concerns (medical, mental
health, dental) that have not been evaluated by a healthcare
professional? If yes, specify:''
[ssquf] ``Does the child have any health-related travel
restrictions? If yes, specify:''
[ssquf] ``Provide a short summary of the child's medical and/or
psychological functioning:''
[ssquf] ``If the child is ready for discharge, does the child have
any health problems, including dental and mental health, that requires
follow-up after release from ORR care? If yes, specify:''
[ssquf] ``Describe follow-up care plan:''
[cir] Replace ``Legal Screening'' with ``Confidential Legal
Consultation'' consistent with the UC Program Foundational Rule (45 CFR
410).
[cir] Remove all fields from the ``Mental Health'' section to avoid
duplication under the ``Medical'' section and remove ``Axis''
evaluation terminology which no longer conforms to standard psychiatric
practice as specified in the 5th edition of the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual (DSM-V).
[cir] Revise the Trafficking Section as follows:
[ssquf] Add auto-populated fields added to Unaccompanied Child
Assessment (Form S-11) to capture who the child met along their journey
and if they have their contact information
[cir] Revise the TVPRA section as follows:
[ssquf] Mirror changes to the TVPRA section as pertaining to the
addition of explanatory text for the Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990 and related fields.
[ssquf] Add fields to document the recommended level of post-
release services and type of home study
[cir] Revise the Recommendation section to include a concurrent
planning subsection capturing the following:
[ssquf] If the case is undergoing concurrent planning
[ssquf] Name, contact info, sponsor category, and status of
additional potential sponsors
[cir] Revise Care plan section as follows:
[ssquf] Add fields to capture and distinguish Unification
Specialist, Clinician, and Case Manager comments
[ssquf] Remove Legal comments as field duplicates information
collected in Legal section
[cir] Adjust the burden estimate to account for a projected decrease in
the number of children placed in ORR care since the form's last renewal
and reflect that the form is completed by three different potential
respondents. The annual number of Case Manager respondents is expected
to increase from 216 to 300, the annual number of Clinician respondents
is estimated to be 300, the annual number of Unification Specialist
respondents is estimated to be 300, and the number of children
projected to be referred in FY 2025 is expected to decrease from
120,096 to 98,185. The annual number of responses per respondent
changed as follows: the number of responses per Case Manager is
expected to decrease from 556 to 164, the number of responses per
Clinician is estimated to be 164, and the number of responses per
Unification Specialist is estimated to be 144. The average burden hours
per response is expected to decrease from 2.0 to .5 hours, reflecting
the removal of numerous fields described above.
<bullet> Individual Service Plan (Form S-13): Two versions of this
form are approved under the Services Provided to Unaccompanied Children
information collection (OMB# 0970-0553), one associated with the UC
Portal case management system, and another designed for the UC Path
system which was never implemented. ORR plans to discontinue the UC
Path version of this form, which was never deployed, and incorporate
features from the UC Path version into UC Portal with this transfer.
ORR has made the following modifications to the form:
[cir] Add a field to the Data Entry-Admission Assessment Individual
Service Plan to identify if the child has a 504 Service Plan to
document any services or accommodations needed due to their disability
status.
[cir] Add the following auto-populated and system generated fields to
the UC Portal Individual Service Plan display window:
[ssquf] Assessment Status
[ssquf] Does the child have a 504 Service Plan?
[ssquf] Submitted Date
[cir] Remove certain fields native to the UC Path system which do not
have a corresponding feature or function in the UC Portal:
[ssquf] Under New Admission Assessment Section:
[ssquf] Assessment ID
[ssquf] Admission
[ssquf] Under New Service Mandatory Section:
[ssquf] Contract Number (SYSTEM GENERATED)
[ssquf] Individual Service Plan (SYSTEM GENERATED)
[ssquf] Name (AUTO-POPULATE)
[ssquf] Under Document Upload Tab Section:
[ssquf] Verified by Government Agency/Consulate
[ssquf] Entity
[ssquf] Individual
[ssquf] Adult Contact Relationship
[ssquf] Under Certification by Case Manager Section:
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[ssquf] Legacy ID (SYSTEM GENERATED)
[cir] Revise the Legal Orientation task from ``Legal Screening'' to
``Confidential Legal Consultation'' to conform with terminology
presented in the UC Program Foundational Rule (45 CFR 410)
[cir] Replace ``Contract'' with ``Service'' where it appears on the
form
[cir] Display content entered in the New Contract ``Notes'' field to
each internet Service Provider Service
[cir] Adjust the burden estimate to account for a projected decrease in
the number of children placed in ORR care since the form's last renewal
and reflect that the form is completed by three different potential
respondents with input from the child. The annual number of Case
Manager respondents is expected to increase from 216 to 300, the annual
number of Clinician respondents is estimated to be 300, the annual
number of Interpreter respondents is estimated to be 300, and the
number of children projected to be referred in FY 2025 is expected to
decrease from 120,096 to 98,185. The annual number of responses per
respondent changed as follows: The number of responses per Case Manager
is expected to decrease from 694 to 167, the number of responses per
Clinician is estimated to be 167, and the number of responses per
Translator is estimated to be 327. The average burden hours per
response remains unchanged at .33 hours reflecting the minimal
substantive changes described above.
<bullet> Category 4 Reunification Case Review and Staffing (Form TBD-
#): This is a new form created by ORR to support sponsor identification
and outreach for children designated ``Category 4'' or without a viable
sponsor. The form is completed by the care provider case manager, and
in complex cases, by the care provider clinician in response to the
child's Mobility Map, also submitted for approval under this
information collection. The contents of the form, once complete, are
shared with a concurrent planning team comprised of the care provider
Case Manager, Supervising Case Manager, Clinician, Case Coordinator,
and Federal Field Specialist at a staffing meeting to discuss findings
and develop a permanency action plan to identify a qualified sponsor
for the child. The burden estimate for this form is as follows:
[cir] ORR estimates, based on historic averages that approximately
35,347 children or 36 percent of cases referred to ORR care and custody
in FY 2025 will be designated ``Category 4'' at some point during their
length of care. The number of case managers completing the form is
estimated to be 300 annually, the number of clinicians completing the
form is estimated to be 300 annually. The average number of responses
per respondent is estimated to be approximately 147 per case manager
and approximately 74 per clinician as clinicians will only complete the
form if the case is deemed ``complex'' due to extended length of stay,
medically fragile status of the child, trafficking, abuse, or neglect
history concerns, or other extenuating circumstances that may make
reunification with a vetted sponsor more difficult. The average burden
hour per response associated with this form is estimated to be 1.88
hours for standard, non-complex cases involving only the child's case
manager and 2.5 hours for complex cases requiring the involvement of a
clinician.
<bullet> Family Finding and Mobility Mapping (Form TBD-#): This form is
an instructional guide for use by care provider case managers and
clinicians to facilitate the creation of a ``Mobility Map'' by a
Category 4 child. The mobility map is a visual representation of the
child's life in their home country and their journey to the U.S., which
is intended to identify parents, legal guardians, extended family
members, family friends, kinship networks, and other potential sponsor
leads as well as identify potential sponsor fraud and parental rights
violations. The Mobility Map is created by the child in response to
child-friendly questions and facilitative techniques deployed by a care
provider case manager, and potentially a clinician if the child's case
is complex. The Family Finding and Mobility Mapping Guide provides
instructions to care provider staff to engage the child safely and
effectively in this Participatory Learning and Action process. The
burden estimate for the Mobility Map is as follows:
[cir] ORR estimates, based on historic averages that approximately
35,347 children or 36 percent of cases referred to ORR care and custody
in FY 2025 will be designated ``Category 4'' at some point during their
length of care The number of children completing the form is estimated
to be approximately 35,247, the number of case managers completing the
form is estimated to be approximately 300, and the number of clinicians
completing the form is estimated to be approximately 300. The average
number of responses per respondent is estimated to be approximately 1.5
per child, approximately 177 per case manager and approximately 88 per
clinician as clinicians will only participate in the Mobility Mapping
process if the case is deemed ``complex'' due to extended length of
stay, medically fragile status of the child, trafficking, abuse, or
neglect history concerns, or other extenuating circumstances that may
make reunification with a vetted sponsor more difficult. The average
burden hour per response associated with this form is estimated to be
1.5 hours for the each of the respondents, including the child, case
manager, and clinician.
Respondents: ORR grantee and contractor staff, unaccompanied
children, and their sponsors.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Form Annual number responses per hours per Annual total
of respondents respondent response burden hours
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Sponsor Assessment (Form S-5)--Sponsor.......... 98,185 1.0 1.00 98,185.0
Sponsor Assessment (Form S-5)--Case Manager..... 300 327.0 1.00 98,100.0
Sponsor Assessment (Form S-5)--Unification 680 144.0 1.00 97,920.0
Specialist.....................................
Sponsor Assessment (Form S-5)--Interpreter...... 300 327.0 1.00 98,100.0
Adult Contact Profile (Form S-7)--Unification 680 144.0 0.75 73,440.0
Specialist.....................................
Initial Assessment (Form S-8)--Case Manager..... 300 164.0 0.33 16,236.0
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Initial Assessment (Form S-8)--Clinician........ 300 164.0 0.33 16,236.0
Initial Assessment (Form S-8)--Child............ 98,185 1.0 0.33 32,401.0
Initial Assessment (Form S-8)--Interpreter...... 300 327.0 0.33 32,373.0
Assessment for Risk (Form S-9)--Case Manager.... 300 164.0 0.75 36,900.0
Assessment for Risk (Form S-9)--Clinician....... 300 164.0 0.75 36,900.0
Assessment for Risk (Form S-9)--Child........... 98,185 1.0 0.75 73,639.0
Assessment for Risk (Form S-9)--Interpreter..... 300 327.0 0.75 73,575.0
Unaccompanied Child Assessment (Form S-11)--Case 300 164.0 2.25 110,700.0
Manager........................................
Unaccompanied Child Assessment (Form S-11)-- 300 164.0 2.25 110,700.0
Clinician......................................
Unaccompanied Child Assessment (Form S-11)-- 98,185 1.0 2.25 220,917.0
Child..........................................
Unaccompanied Child Assessment (Form S-11)-- 300 327.0 2.25 220,725.0
Interpreter....................................
Unaccompanied Child Case Review (Form S-12)-- 300 327.0 0.50 49,050.0
Case Manager...................................
Unaccompanied Child Case Review (Form S-12)-- 300 327.0 0.50 49,050.0
Clinician......................................
Unaccompanied Child Case Review (Form S-12)-- 680 144.0 0.50 48,960.0
Unification Specialist.........................
Individual Service Plan (Form S-13)--Case 300 164.0 0.33 16,236.0
Manager........................................
Individual Service Plan (Form S-13)--Clinician.. 300 164.0 0.33 16,236.0
Individual Service Plan (Form S-13)--Interpreter 300 327.0 0.33 32,373.0
Category 4 Reunification Case Review and 300 147.0 1.88 82,688.0
Staffing (Form TBD-#)--Case Manager............
Category 4 Reunification Case Review and 300 74.0 2.50 55,500.0
Staffing (Form TBD-#)--Clinician...............
Family Finding and Mobility Mapping (Form TBD- 35,347 2.0 1.50 106,041.0
#)--Child......................................
Family Finding and Mobility Mapping (Form TBD- 300 177.0 1.50 79,650.0
#)--Case Manager...............................
Family Finding and Mobility Mapping (Form TBD- 300 88.0 1.50 39,600.0
#)--Clinician..................................
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Estimated Annual Burden Hours Total......... .............. .............. .............. 1,728,226.0
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Comments: The Department specifically requests comments on (a)
whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Authority: 6 U.S.C. 279; 8 U.S.C. 1232.
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-31129 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4184-45-P
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