[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 6399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2785]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegation of Authority

    Notice is hereby given that I delegate to the Director, Division of 
Unaccompanied Children's Services (DUCS), the DUCS Supervisory Program 
Specialist, DUCS Federal Field Specialists and DUCS Case Managers, the 
following authority delegated to the Director, Office of Refugee 
Resettlement (ORR), on April 1, 2009, by the Assistant Secretary for 
Children and Families under section 235 of the William Wilberforce 
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, Public Law 
110-457:

(a) Authority Delegated

    1. Authority under the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, section 235(c)(2), to place an 
unaccompanied alien child in the least restrictive setting that is in 
the best interest of the child.
    2. Authority under the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, section 235(c)(3)(A) to place 
an unaccompanied alien child with a custodian upon determining that the 
proposed custodian is capable of providing for the child's physical and 
mental well-being. Such determination shall, at a minimum, include 
verification of the custodian's identity and relationship to the child 
and an independent finding that the custodian has not engaged in any 
activity that would pose a potential risk to the child.

(b) Limitations

    1. This delegation shall be exercised under the Department's 
existing delegation of authority and policy on regulations.
    2. This delegation shall be exercised under financial and 
administrative requirements applicable to all Administration for 
Children and Families authorities.
    3. This delegation shall apply only to placement decisions made for 
unaccompanied Haitian children in the custody of ORR as a result of the 
January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

(c) Effective Date

    This delegation of authority is effective on date of signature.
    I hereby affirm and ratify any actions taken by the Director of the 
Division of Unaccompanied Children's Services, the DUCS Supervisory 
Program Specialist, DUCS Federal Field Specialists and DUCS Case 
Managers which, in effect, involved the exercise of these authorities 
prior to the effective date of this delegation.

    Dated: February 2, 2010.
Eskinder Negash,
Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.
[FR Doc. 2010-2785 Filed 2-8-10; 8:45 am]
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