No
material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved
collection
No
Regular
07/25/2023
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 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 21, 2022 and expires
on April 30, 2025. ORR is proposing revisions to one instrument in
this collection, the Sponsor Assessment (Form S-5). BACKGROUND The
Flags section within the Sponsor Assessment (Form S-5) allows ORR
to collect information necessary for the safe release of a child.
It enables respondents to indicate potential concerns with
sponsors, their household members, their identified alternate
caregiver, and/or their address that will require further
investigation before a child can safely be released to the sponsor.
In instances where a sponsor latter applies to sponsor another
child, it also allows respondents to easily view concerns
identified and how they were addressed in previous sponsorship.
Respondents are required to enter the specifics of any scenario
that has led to a flag in the open textboxes that currently exist
in the Flags section. This includes the date the flag was entered,
a clear and concise description of the concern (i.e., flag type and
details), what the risk to the child is, and what steps were taken
to mitigate the risk, as well as the name of the household member
or alternate caregiver when applicable. OVERVIEW OF REQUESTED
CHANGES Currently, there are only two textboxes (one for sponsor
flags and one for address flags) in which respondents can enter
flag information. ORR proposes replacing these textboxes with
discrete fields for Flag Type, Name, Flag Category, Flag
Description, and Comments, as well as system-generated information
on who created each flag and the date created. Please refer to
Appendices A and B for additional details.
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.