Nonsub Change Memo

To: Jamie Wilson

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA)

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

From: Shannon Herboldsheimer

Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)

Administration for Children and Families (ACF)

Date: January 5, 2023

Subject: Non-Substantive Change Request – Family Reunification Packet for Sponsors of Unaccompanied Children (OMB #0970-0278)

This memo requests approval of a non-substantive change to the approved information collection, Family Reunification Packet (FRP) for Sponsors of Unaccompanied Children (UC) (OMB #0970-0278).

Background

The FRP for Sponsors of UC information collection contains four instruments that allow ORR to collect information necessary to determine the suitability of a proposed sponsor for a UC as required by the Homeland Security Act (6 U.S.C. 279), the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 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 August 24, 2022 and expires on August 31, 2025.

Overview of Requested Changes

ORR is seeking to improve sponsor engagement and communication by expanding language access for the instruments in this information collection. The instruments are currently available in English, Spanish, Russian, and Ukrainian¹. Under this request, ORR proposes expanding available languages to also include Haitian Creole, Dari, and Pashto.

1 Under the Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022, Pub. L 117-128, § 401(d), “Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), shall not apply to any action taken to implement this section that involves translating a currently approved collection of information into a new language.” This provision is applicable to the Russian and Ukrainian translations of the instruments in this information collection.