[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 244 (Friday, December 18, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82486-82487]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27898]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Services Provided to Unaccompanied 
Alien Children (0970-0553)

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement; Administration for Children and 
Families; Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Administration for 
Children and Families (ACF), Department of Health and Human Services 
(HHS), is proposing to continue to collect information that will allow 
Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) Program to provide services to UAC 
as required by statute and ORR policy. These information collections 
were originally approved under emergency approval for 6 months. This 
request is to continue data collection. Information collections related 
to other aspects of the UAC Programs, such as sponsorship and health 
care, are covered under OMB Numbers 0970-0278, 0970-0385, 0970-0466, 
0970-0490, 0970-0498, 0970-0509, and 0970-0543.

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB is required to 
make a decision concerning 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 www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: The components of this information request include:
    1. Sponsor Assessment (Form S-5): This instrument is used by case 
managers to document their assessment of the suitability of a potential 
sponsor to provide for the safety and well-being of a UAC.
    2. Home Study Report (Form S-6): This instrument is used by home 
study providers to document their assessment of a potential sponsor 
after performing a home site visit.
    3. New Sponsor (Form S-7): This instrument is used by care 
providers to assign a potential sponsor to a UAC in the ORR database 
and track certain information related to the potential sponsor for 
safety and suitability assessment purposes. This form is currently 
approved under OMB Number 0970-0498.
    4. Initial Intakes Assessment (Form S-8): This instrument is used 
by care providers to screen UAC for trafficking or other safety 
concerns, special needs, danger to self and others, medical conditions, 
and mental health concerns. This form is currently approved under OMB 
Number 0970-0498.
    5. Assessment for Risk (Form S-9): This instrument is an assessment 
administered by care providers to reduce the risk that a child or youth 
is sexually abused or abuses someone else while in ORR custody.
    6. UAC Assessment (Form S-11): This instrument is an assessment 
used by care providers to document information about the UAC that is 
used to inform provision of services (e.g., case management, legal, 
education, medical, mental health, home studies), screen for 
trafficking or other safety concerns, and identify special needs. This 
form is currently approved under OMB Number 0970-0498.
    7. UAC Case Review (Form S-12): This instrument is used by care 
providers to document new information obtained after completion of the 
UAC Assessment. This form is currently approved under OMB Number 0970-
0498.
    8. Individual Service Plan (Form S-13): This instrument is used by 
care providers to document all services provided to the UAC. This form 
is currently approved under OMB Number 0970-0498.
    9. UAC Long Term Foster Care Travel Request (Form S-14): This 
instrument is used by long term foster care providers to request ORR 
approval for a UAC to travel with their foster family outside of the 
local community. This form is currently approved under OMB Number 0970-
0498.
    10. Child Advocate Recommendation and Appointment (Form S-15): This 
instrument is used by care providers and other stakeholders to 
recommend appointment of a child advocate for a UAC. The child advocate 
contractor then enters whether a child advocate is available and ORR 
approves the appointment. This form is currently approved under OMB 
Number 0970-0498.
    11. Summary Notes: Thirty Day Restrictive Placement Case Review 
(Form S-16): This instrument is used by care providers to document 
their thirty day review for UAC in placed in a restrictive setting.

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    12. UAC Case Status: This instrument is used by care providers to 
monitor the status of high-level milestones in a UAC's case.
    Respondents: ORR grantee and contractor staff; UAC; sponsors; and 
child advocates.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                   Annual total
                                                   Annual total      number of    Average burden   Annual total
                   Instrument                        number of     responses per    minutes per    burden hours
                                                    respondents     respondent       response
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Sponsor Assessment (Form S-5)...................             206             327              60          67,362
Home Study Report (Form S-6)....................              11             364              45           3,003
New Sponsor (Form S-7)..........................             206             327              20          22,454
Initial Intakes Assessment (Form S-8)...........             206             363              15          18,695
Assessment for Risk (Form S-9)..................             206             794              30          81,782
UAC Assessment (Form S-11)......................             206             369              45          57,011
UAC Case Review (Form S-12).....................             206             764              30          78,692
Individual Service Plan (Form S-13).............             206             985              15          50,728
UAC Long Term Foster Care Travel Request (Form S-             30               9              15              68
 14)............................................
Child Advocate Referral and Appointment (Form S-             206               5              15             258
 15)............................................
Summary Notes Thirty Day Restrictive Placement                15              68              30             510
 Case Review (Form S-16)........................
UAC Case Status.................................             206             354               3           3,646
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    Estimated Annual Burden Total:..............  ..............  ..............  ..............         384,207
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    Authority: 6 U.S.C. 279; 8 U.S.C. 1232; Flores v. Reno 
Settlement Agreement, No. CV85-4544-RJK (C.D. Cal. 1996)

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-27898 Filed 12-17-20; 8:45 am]
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