Biden Administration Action

Individual Service Plan (Form S-13)

Biden Administration Action

Initial Intakes Assessment (Form S-8)

Biden Administration Action

UAC Assessment (Form S-11)

Biden Administration Action

Long Term Foster Care Travel Request (Form S-14)

Biden Administration Action

Form S-6

Biden Administration Action

Form S-12

Biden Administration Action

Sponsor Assessment (Form S-5)

Biden Administration Action

Adult Contact Profile (Form S-7)

Biden Administration Action

Assessment for Risk (Form S-9)

Biden Administration Action: Proposed Revocation/Replacement/Modification

Proposed Information Collection Activity; Services Provided to Unaccompanied Alien Children

This Biden administration action announces a proposed modification to the Trump-era policy identified in this entry.

On February 25, 2021, ORR published a notice inviting public comment on changes to the OMB-approved information collection. In particular, ORR has revised the 11 instruments currently approved under OMB #0970-0553 and plans to add 11 new instruments. ORR invites public comment within 60 days.

Biden Administration Action: Approved/Retained

OMB approval

On 03/10/21, OMB approved the extension of this information collection that was announced on 12/18/20.

Biden Administration Action

Submission for OMB Review; Services Provided to Unaccompanied Children (0970-0553)

On September 30, 2021, ORR announced that it had submitted to OMB for approval a proposal to revise 11 instruments, discontinue 1 instrument, add 11 instruments, and replace the term "unaccompanied alien child (UAC)" with "unaccompanied child (UC)." ORR plans to incorporate all instruments and changes into UC Path's initial launch, with plans to revise the system based on public comments after public launch.

ORR plans to revise the Sponsor Assessment (Form S-5), Home Study Assessment (formerly titled Home Study Report) (Form S-6), Adult Contact Profile (formerly titled New Sponsor) (Form S-7), Initial Intakes Assessment (Form S-8), Assessment for Risk (Form S-9), UC Assessment (Form S-11), UC Case Review (Form S-12), Individual Service Plan (Form S-13), Long Term Foster Care Travel Request (Form S-14), Child Advocate Recommendation and Appointment (Form S-15), and 30 Day Restrictive Placement Case Review (formerly titled Summary Notes: Thirty Day Restrictive Placement Case Review) (Form S-16). ORR plans to discontinue the UC Case Status instrument.

Biden Administration Action: Approved/Retained

OMB Approval

On 04/21/22, OMB approved the proposal that was announced on 09/30/21.

Biden Administration Action: Proposed Revocation/Replacement/Modification

2023.10.04 Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule

This Biden administration policy impacts the Trump-era policy identified in this entry.

On October 4, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services through the Administration for Children and Families’ (ACF) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issuing the "Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule."

This proposed rule would codify a framework for the care and custody of unaccompanied children consistent with ORR’s statutory authorities and responsibilities, as well as with requirements established in the 1997 Flores Settlement Agreement (FSA). It would set comprehensive standards for the care and treatment of unaccompanied children in ORR’s custody, and update collection of information requirements established during the Trump administration and outlined in this original policy entry.