Proposed Information Collection Activity; Placement and Transfer of Unaccompanied Children Into Office of Refugee Resettlement Care Provider Facilities (OMB #: 0970-0554)
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is inviting public comments on revi...
Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION:
Request for public comments.
SUMMARY:
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is inviting public comments on revisions to an approved information collection. The request will allow the Unaccompanied Children (UC) Program to ensure that UC are placed in foster homes that meet their individual needs and ensure continuity of services.
DATES:
Comments due within 60 days of publication.
In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information collection described above.
ADDRESSES:
Copies of the proposed collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded by emailing
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description:
ORR is proposing the following revisions to its Long-Term Foster Care Placement Memo (Form P-5):
Change the title to “Community-Based Care Placement Memo” and update the term “long-term foster care” to “community-based care” throughout the memo. This term is more in line with terminology currently used in domestic child welfare programs and will be inclusive of ORR long-term foster care and transitional foster care programs.
Increase the number of respondents and number of responses per respondent to include transitional foster care programs (in addition to long-term foster care programs).
Update instructions on which fields are completed for initial placements and which are completed for transfers within the community-based care program.
Reword some fields and instructions for clarity.
Add field to capture the facility name for children placed in an out-of-network community-based care program.
Separate fields that capture contact information for the foster family or group home into separate subsections and expand the fields to capture additional contact information (e.g.,
phone or email) in addition to name and address.
Respondents:
ORR grantee and contractor staff, UC, and other federal agencies.
Annual Burden Estimates
Note:
These burden estimates include burden related to the revisions to Form P-5 described above and currently approved forms for which we are not proposing any changes.
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Information collection title
Annual
number of
respondents
Annual
number of
responses per respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Annual total
burden hours
Placement Authorization (Form P-1)
262
536
0.08
11,235
Authorization for Medical, Dental, and Mental Health Care (Form P-2)
262
536
0.08
11,235
Notice of Placement in a Restrictive Setting (Form P-4/4s)
15
114
0.33
564
Community-Based Care Placement Memo (Form P-5)
110
337
0.25
9,268
UC Referral (Form P-7)
25
4,909
1.00
122,725
Care Provider Checklist for Transfers to Influx Care Facilities (Form P-8)
262
19
0.25
1,245
Medical Checklist for Transfers (Form P-9A)
262
49
0.08
1,027
Medical Checklist for Influx Transfers (Form P-9B)
262
96
0.17
4,276
Transfer Request (Form P-10A)
262
67
0.42
7,373
Transfer Request (Form P-10A)
275
67
0.33
6,080
Influx Transfer Request (Form P-10B)
262
96
0.42
10,564
Transfer Summary and Tracking (Form P-11)
262
67
0.17
2,984
Program Entity (Form P-12)
262
12
0.50
1,572
UC Profile (Form P-13)
262
468
0.75
91,962
ORR Transfer Notification—ORR Notification to Immigration and Customs Enforcement Chief Counsel of Transfer of UC and Request to Change Address/Venue (Form P-14)
262
67
0.17
2,984
Family Group Entity (Form P-15)
25
120
0.08
240
Influx Transfer Manifest (Form P-16)
3
12
0.33
12
Influx Transfer Manual and Prescreen Criteria Review (Form P-17)
262
56,213
0.50
7,363,903
Notice of Administrative Review (Form P-18)
200
1
0.83
166
Estimated Annual Burden Hours Total:
7,649,415.
Comments:
The Department specifically requests comments on (a) whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted within 60 days of this publication.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
87 FR 78973
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“Proposed Information Collection Activity; Placement and Transfer of Unaccompanied Children Into Office of Refugee Resettlement Care Provider Facilities (OMB #: 0970-0554),” thefederalregister.org (December 23, 2022), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2022-27908/proposed-information-collection-activity-placement-and-transfer-of-unaccompanied-children-into-office-of-refugee-resettl.