No
material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved
collection
No
Regular
06/10/2022
Requested
Previously Approved
04/30/2025
04/30/2025
4,439,457
4,439,457
1,219,453
1,219,453
0
0
The Services Provided to Unaccompanied
Children information collection contains 22 instruments that allow
ORR to collect information necessary to provide services to
Unaccompanied Children (UC) as required by the Homeland Security
Act (6 U.S.C. 279), the Trafficking Victims Protection
Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232), and the Flores
Settlement Agreement (No. CV85-4544-RJK (C.D. Cal. 1996)). The
collection was last approved by OMB on April 28, 2022 and expires
on April 30, 2025. On November 18, 2018, Plaintiffs filed their
class action lawsuit, captioned Duchitanga v. Huang (No. 18 Civ.
10332 (PAC) (JW)), asserting claims under the TVPRA, the Due
Process Clause, and the Administrative Procedure Act. The lawsuit
alleged that ORR’s policy established fingerprinting requirements
for sponsors and household members which led to delays in the
release of UC. The Parties executed a Settlement Agreement and the
court approved on May 5, 2022. As part of the Settlement Agreement,
ORR is obligated to meet certain deadlines relating to the
scheduling and processing of sponsor’s and household members’
fingerprints, and to provide monthly reports demonstrating
compliance with those terms. ORR is proposing several revisions to
the UC Case Status form, which is located within ORR’s case
management system, UC Portal. The purpose of the UC Case Status is
to allow case managers to monitor the status of high-level
milestones in the UC’s case. This form is largely auto-populated
with a handful of fillable fields. The proposed revisions described
below will allow ORR to comply with the Duchitanga Settlement
Agreement, have a centralized place to document the information of
the case manager assigned to the UC, and improve the organization
of the form.
US Code:
8 USC
1232 Name of Law: Trafficking Victims Protection
Reauthorization Act of 2008
US Code: 6 USC
279 Name of Law: Homeland Security Act (HSA)
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.