Notice2025-09374
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Unaccompanied Alien Children Bureau Administrative Activities
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Published
May 27, 2025
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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 (HHS) is inviting public comment on revisions to an approved information collection, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970- 0547. The request consists of several forms that allow ORR to perform Unaccompanied Alien Children Bureau (UACB)-related administrative activities, such as facilitating stakeholder visits to care provider facilities; obtaining consent from children to share their case file information; and processing requests and waivers for the hiring of key and non-key personnel at care provider facilities.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 27, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22304-22306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-09374]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[OMB #: 0970-0547]
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review;
Unaccompanied Alien Children Bureau Administrative Activities
AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and
Families, U.S. 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 (HHS) is inviting public comment on revisions to an approved
information collection, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-
0547. The request consists of several forms that allow ORR to perform
Unaccompanied Alien Children Bureau (UACB)-related administrative
activities, such as facilitating stakeholder visits to care provider
facilities; obtaining consent from children to share their case file
information; and processing requests and waivers for the hiring of key
and non-key personnel at care provider facilities.
DATES: Comments due June 26, 2025. OMB must decide about the collection
of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of this
document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best assured
of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function. You can also obtain
copies of the proposed collection of information by emailing
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#452c2b232a262a29292026312c2a2b052426236b2d2d366b222a33"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8fe6e1e9e0ece0e3e3eaecfbe6e0e1cfeeece9a1e7e7fca1e8e0f9">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all emailed requests by the title
of the information collection.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: This request is to remove six forms, which will be
transferred into a new information collection, and revise five existing
forms in this collection. ORR also proposes retitling this information
collection from ``Administration and Oversight for the Unaccompanied
Children Program'' to ``Unaccompanied Alien Children Bureau
Administrative Activities'' to better describe the types of forms in
the information collection and to reflect with a recent name change for
the program.
Forms Being Removed and Transferred Into a New Information Collection
ORR UACB is in the process of reorganizing its information
collections to create more unique information collections that will
contain fewer forms under each OMB control number. This will promote
operational efficiency for UACB by decreasing the burden associated
with renewing large collections and enabling UACB to create more
purpose-specific information collections. In addition, this will
facilitate OMB review by ensuring the scope of the collection is
targeted and narrower than existing collections, resulting in clearer
requests.
As part of that reorganization effort, ORR plans to move the
Notification of Concern (Form A-7) into a new information collection
titled ``Home Study and Post-Release Services for Unaccompanied Alien
Children.''
ORR also plans to move the following forms into a new information
collection titled ``Incident Reporting for the Unaccompanied Alien
Children Bureau.'' This request and the request for the new Incident
Reporting information collection will be submitted to OMB concurrently.
<bullet> Child-Level Event (Form A-9A)
<bullet> Emergency Significant Incident Report (Form A-9B)
<bullet> Significant Incident Report (Form A-9C)
<bullet> Historical Disclosure (Form A-9D)
<bullet> Behavioral Note (Form A-9E)
<bullet> Program-Level Event Report (Form A-10)
Revisions to Existing Forms
ORR plans to make the following revisions to existing forms in this
information collection:
<bullet> Authorization for Release of Records (Form A-5)
[cir] Change ``UC'' and ``unaccompanied child'' to ``UAC'' and
``unaccompanied alien child'' throughout the form.
[cir] Revise the burden estimate to account for an increase in the
number records requests submitted and more accurately reflect how long
it takes to complete the form. The annual number of respondents
increased from 4,000 to 9,620 and the average burden hours per response
increased from 0.25 to 0.5.
<bullet> Notice to Unaccompanied Alien Children for Class Counsel
Visits (Forms A-4)
[cir] Expand the scope of the form so it may be used for visits
from any class counsel, not just Flores counsel.
[cir] Change the title of the form from ``Notice to UC for Flores
Counsel Visits'' to ``Notice to Unaccompanied Alien Children for Class
Counsel Visits''.
[cir] Change ``UC'' and ``unaccompanied child'' to ``UAC'' and
``unaccompanied alien child'' throughout the form.
[cir] Add a field for ``Settlement Agreement'' with dropdown
options for active settlement agreements.
[cir] Update the language describing what the settlement generally
requires of the government so that there is language that corresponds
with each option in the ``Settlement Agreement'' dropdown field.
<bullet> Care Provider Facility Tour Request (Form A-1A)
[cir] Retitle the form from ``Care Provider Facility Tour Request''
to ``Care Provider Facility Tour and Visit Request'' to better
represent the purpose of the form. In addition to tours, the form may
also be used to request visits (requests to come onsite that do not
involve a formal tour of the facility).
[cir] Change ``UC'' and ``unaccompanied child'' to ``UAC'' and
``unaccompanied alien child'' throughout the form.
[cir] Update the words ``tour'' or ``visit'' to read ``tour or
visit'' wherever they appear by themselves in the form (as applicable).
[cir] Reword parts of the introductory text at the top of the form
and instructions throughout the form for clarity.
[cir] Add ``including HHS, ACF, ORR employees, and ORR
contractors'' in parentheses after the ``Federal Agency'' option for
the ``Type of Visitor'' field to clarify which federal agencies must
complete the form.
[cir] Revise the burden estimate to account for an increase in the
number of requests submitted and more accurately reflect how long it
takes to complete the form. The annual number of respondents increased
from 200 to 620 and the average burden hours per response increased
from 0.17 to 0.33.
<bullet> Key Personnel Minimum Qualifications Checklist and Attestation
(Form A-14)
[cir] Change ``UC'' and ``unaccompanied child'' to ``UAC'' and
``unaccompanied alien child'' throughout the form.
[cir] Revise the introductory text to the form to remove repetition
and improve readability.
[cir] Revise Section D: Candidate Minimum Qualifications to:
[ssquf] Reorganize how the minimum qualifications for each position
are displayed to make it easier for the respondent to understand the
requirements.
[ssquf] Change the ``Candidate does not meet minimum
qualification'' checkbox into a question that asks ``Does the candidate
meet the minimum qualification?'' with yes/no options so that the
respondent may more clearly communicate whether the candidate meets
minimum qualifications.
[ssquf] Update the qualifications for each position and add two new
positions (Background Check Specialist and Lead Medical Coordinator) to
reflect revisions that are under consideration for ORR's residential
services cooperative agreement.
[cir] Revise the burden estimate to account for an increase in the
number of care provider facilities, a decrease in the number of forms
submitted, and more accurately reflect how long it takes to complete
the form. The annual number of respondents increased from 235 to 300,
the annual number of responses per respondent decreased from 9 to 6,
and the average burden hours per response increased from 0.17 to 0.42.
<bullet> ORR Waiver Request (Form A-15)
[cir] Change ``UC'' and ``unaccompanied child'' to ``UAC'' and
``unaccompanied alien child'' throughout the form.
[cir] Add a burden statement at the top of the form.
[cir] Break the form into several sections to make it more
digestible for respondents.
[cir] Rephrase several field labels for clarity and succinctness.
[cir] Add a field for the respondent to specify whether they are a
care provider facility or a home study or post-release service
provider.
[cir] Change the ``Type of Facility/Provider'' field label to
``Level of Care'' and update the related checkbox options to better
reflect care provider facility levels of care.
[cir] Add a place where respondents can upload a supervision or
training plan when applicable for their request.
[cir] Revise the burden estimate to account for an increase in the
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of care provider facilities. The annual number of respondents increased
from 235 to 300.
Respondents: ORR grantee and contractor staff; advocacy groups,
faith-based organizations, researchers, and government officials;
attorneys, legal service providers, child advocates, and government
agencies; and other stakeholders.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Average Annual
Annual Number of burden total
Form number of responses per hours per burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Care Provider Facility Tour Request (Form A-1A).......... 620 1 0.33 205
Notice to Unaccompanied Alien Children for Flores Visits 20 1 0.25 5
(Form A-4)..............................................
Authorization for Release of Records (Form A-5).......... 9,620 1 0.50 4,810
Key Personnel Minimum Qualifications Checklist and 300 6 0.42 756
Attestation (Form A-14).................................
ORR Waiver Request (Form A-15)........................... 300 2 0.33 198
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Estimated Annual Burden Hours Total: 5,974.
Authority: 6 U.S.C. 279; 8 U.S.C. 1232; 45 CFR part 410; Flores v.
Reno Settlement Agreement, No. CV85-4544-RJK (C.D. Cal. 1996)
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-09374 Filed 5-23-25; 8:45 am]
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