ORR’s UC Program provides care and
custody for UC until they can be safely released to a sponsor,
repatriated to their home country, or obtain legal status. ORR
funds residential care provider facilities that provide temporary
housing and other services to UC in ORR custody. Care provider
facilities are State licensed, with the exception of temporary
influx care facilities, and must meet ORR requirements to ensure a
high-level quality of care. Services provided at care provider
facilities include, but are not limited to, education, recreation,
vocational training, acculturation, nutrition, medical, mental
health, legal, and case management. The instruments included in
this information collection are directly relate to the care of UC
for processing pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act. These
instruments allow ORR to provide services to UC as required by
statute and ORR policy.
US Code:
6 USC
279 Name of Law: Homeland Security Act (HSA)
US Code: 8 USC
1232 Name of Law: Trafficking Victims Protection
Reauthorization Act of 2008
ORR revised 11 instruments
currently approved under OMB #0970-0553 and added 11 new
instruments to this collection. All instruments will be
incorporated into ORR’s new case management system, UC Path. In
addition, ORR plans to remove one currently approved instrument
from this collection. Finally, ORR replaced the term “unaccompanied
alien child (UAC)” with “unaccompanied child (UC)” throughout the
instruments in this collection. Note that the screenshots of UC
Path instruments attached to this package do not reflect this
change because it has not yet been developed in the system.
However, the revision in terminology will be made before the system
is launched. ORR removed the term “alien” from the title of this
information collection and revise it to read “Services Provided to
Unaccompanied Children.” ORR intends to conduct a phased rollout of
the UC Path system. Beginning Fall 2021, ORR plans to roll the UC
Path system out to a small group of care provider programs. ORR
will gradually expand use of the system to other programs and
expects all care provider programs will be using UC Path by Spring
2022. To ensure continuity of operations, care provider programs
will need the ability to continue using instruments in the UC
Portal system and in other formats (e.g., PDF, Excel) while they
are waiting to transition over to the UC Path system. Therefore,
ORR requests OMB’s approval to continue use of as detailed in A15
of the Supporting Statement. Although all care providers are
expected to be using UC Path by Spring 2022, ORR requests approval
to continue using these instruments for up to one year to account
for any unexpected technical issues that may arise during rollout.
These versions were last approved by OMB on March 10, 2021.
$1,531,207,125
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Molly Buck 202 205-4724
mary.buck@acf.hhs.gov
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.