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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Office of Refugee Resettlement;
Statement of Organization, Functions,
and Delegations of Authority
Administration for Children
and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Statement of Organizations,
Functions, and Delegations of
Authority. The Administration for
Children and Families has reorganized
the Office of Refugee Resettlement. This
reorganization includes the organization
and its substructure components as
listed in this document. This
reorganization establishes the Division
of Refugee Health. It renames the
Division of Community Resettlement to
the Division of Refugee Services. It
renames the Division of Unaccompanied
Children’s Services to the Division of
Children’s Services. It deletes the
Division of Budget, Policy, and Data
Analysis and moves the function to the
Office of the Director. The notice also
serves to establish an Associate Deputy
Director position.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Eskinder Negash, Director, Office of
Refugee Resettlement, Administration
for Children and Families, 901 D Street
SW., Washington, DC 20447, (202) 401–
9246.
This notice amends Part K of the
Statement of Mission, Organization,
Functions, and Delegations of Authority
of the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) as follows:
Chapter KR, the Office of Refugee
Resettlement (ORR) (73 FR 5199), as last
amended January 29, 2008.
Under Chapter KR, Office of Refugee
Resettlement, delete KR in its entirety
and replace with the following:
KR.00 Mission. The Office of Refugee
Resettlement (ORR) advises the
Secretary, through the Assistant
Secretary for Children and Families, on
matters relating to refugee resettlement,
immigration, victims of severe forms of
trafficking in persons, victims of torture,
unaccompanied alien children and the
repatriation of U.S. citizens. The Office
plans, develops and directs
implementation of a comprehensive
program for domestic refugee and
entrant resettlement assistance to
include cash assistance, medical
assistance and associated social services
in support of early self-sufficiency. It
develops, recommends, and issues
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program policies, procedures and
interpretations to provide program
direction. The Office monitors and
evaluates the performances of States and
other public and private agencies in
administering these programs and
supports actions to improve them. It
provides leadership and direction in the
development and coordination of
national public and private programs
that provide assistance to refugees,
asylees, Cuban and Haitian entrants,
and certain Amerasians and victims of
severe forms of trafficking in persons.
The Office is also responsible for the
care and custody of unaccompanied
alien children, the issuance of eligibility
letters for victims of severe forms of
trafficking in persons, the provision of
specific consent in Special Immigrant
Juvenile status cases, and the policies,
procedures and interpretations needed
in these program areas.
KR.10 Organization. The Office of
Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is headed
by a Director who reports directly to the
Assistant Secretary for Children and
Families.
The Office is organized as follows:
Office of the Director (KRA);
Division of Refugee Assistance (KRE);
Division of Refugee Services (KRF);
Division of Children’s Services (KRH);
Division of Anti-Trafficking in Persons
(KRI);
Division of Refugee Health (KRJ).
KR.20 Functions. A. The Office of the
Director is directly responsible to the
Assistant Secretary for Children and
Families for carrying out ORR’s mission
and providing guidance and general
supervision to the components of ORR.
The Office provides direction in the
development of general supervision to
the components of ORR. The Office
provides direction in the development
of program policy and budget and in the
formulation of salaries and expense
budgets. Staff also provide
administrative and personnel support
services.
The Office coordinates with the lead
refugee and entrant program offices of
other Federal departments; provides
leadership in representing refugee and
entrant programs, policies and
administration to a variety of
governmental entities and other public
and private interests; and acts as the
coordinator of the total refugee and
entrant resettlement effort for ACF and
the Department. The Office oversees the
care and custody of unaccompanied
alien children, grants specific consent
for those who wish to invoke the
jurisdiction of a state court for a
dependency order to seek Special
Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) status and
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makes determinations of eligibility for
the Unaccompanied Refugee Minors
(URM) Program.
The Office prepares annual budget
estimates and related materials; and
develops regulations, legislative
proposals, and routine interpretations of
policy as they relate to each of the
program areas. The Office performs
allocation and tracking of funds for all
programs. The Office collects data and
performs analysis on the changing needs
of the refugee and entrant population;
provides leadership to identify data
needs and sources, and formulates data
and reporting requirements.
Within the Office, the Deputy Director
assumes the Director’s responsibilities
in the absence of the Director and
provides oversight to the Division of
Refugee Health, Division of Refugee
Services and the Division of Refugee
Assistance.
The Associate Deputy Director
provides oversight to the Division of
Children’s Services and the Division of
Anti-Trafficking in Persons.
B. Division of Refugee Assistance
represents ORR in coordinating services
and capacity for refugees in a manner
that helps refugees to become employed
and economically self-sufficient as soon
after their arrival in the United States.
The Division monitors and provides
technical assistances to the Stateadministered domestic assistance
programs and Wilson/Fish projects. The
Division works closely with each state
in designing a resettlement program
specific to the needs of incoming
populations. The Division develops
guidance and procedures for their
implementation; manages special
initiatives to increase refugee selfsufficiency such as through state funded
discretionary grants or pilot programs.
The Division also assists public and
private agencies on data reporting and
the resolution of reporting problems.
The Division develops and supports the
flow of information on refugee profiles
and community resources in support of
effective placement at the State and
local level. The Division works closely
with the Department of State to ensure
effective and seamless orientation from
overseas to local resettlement
community. The Division manages the
effective allocation of formula social
services and targeted assistance in
support of newly arriving populations.
The Division tracks all state costs
related to refugee assistance.
C. Division of Refugee Services directs
and manages effective refugee
resettlement through the programmatic
implementation of grants, contracts and
special initiatives, such as the Match
Grant Program. The Division oversees
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and monitors most ORR discretionary
grants; recommends grantee allocation;
coordinates with the grants management
office to review the financial
expenditures under discretionary grant
programs; provides data in support of
apportionment requests; and provides
technical assistance on discretionary
grants operations. The Division
coordinates and provides liaison with
the Department and other Federal
agencies on discretionary grant
operational issues and other activities as
specified by the Director or required by
Congressional mandate. The Division
responds to unanticipated refugee and
entrant arrivals or significant increases
in arrivals to communities where
adequate or appropriate services do not
exist through supplemental initiatives.
The Division works to promote
economic independence among refugees
through social services, educational
services, and intensive case
management and community
development initiatives.
D. Division of Children’s Services
supports services to unaccompanied
children, who are referred to ORR for
care as refugees, asylees, Cuban and
Haitian entrants, children granted
Special Immigrant Juvenile Visas and
those pending immigration status or
identified as victims of trafficking. The
Division implements intake and
placement decisions for all
unaccompanied refugee and alien
children. The Division supports
specialized care through grants,
contracts and state administered
unaccompanied minors programs. The
Division conducts monitoring and
inspections of facilities and placement
locations in which unaccompanied
children reside. The Division also
maintains statistical information and
data on each child and any actions
concerning the child while the child is
under the Director’s care.
The Division ensures consideration of
the child’s best interest in care and
custody decisions. The Division
coordinates all decisions related to
sponsor reunification, background
checks, home assessments, follow-up
services, medical assessment and
treatment, sponsorship breakdowns,
repatriation and movement of children
into the Unaccompanied Refugee
Minors (URM) Program.
The Division develops policy to
ensure all children’s programs are
administered in a manner that ensures
the best interest of the child and that
services are administered in a manner
that supports child welfare standards of
care and services to include; training,
accreditation, legal services, assessment
and trauma related initiatives. The
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Division administers the pro bono legal
services and child advocate program
and compiles a state-by-state list of
professionals or entities qualified to
provide the children with a guardian
and attorney representational services.
E. Division of Anti-Trafficking in
Persons is responsible for implementing
certain provisions of the Trafficking
Victims Protection Act. The Division
coordinates the certification of, and
services to, victims of severe forms of
trafficking, promotes public awareness
on human trafficking, and increases
identification of potential victims of
severe forms of trafficking. The Division
manages these activities through grants
and contracts. It also coordinates with
other Federal Government agencies on
certification activities and policy issues
related to the trafficking laws. The
Division certifies victims of severe
forms of trafficking following
consultation with appropriate Federal
and State Government agencies and
social service agencies. The Division
coordinates with the appropriate
entities for the determination and
placement of identified and certified
unaccompanied minor victims of
trafficking. It maintains statistical
information and data on each victim,
including certification documentation
and services provided. The Division
compiles an annual report, in
coordination with other Federal
agencies, on the number of certifications
issued to and services accessed by
identified victims.
F. Division of Refugee Health
provides direction for assuring that
refugees are provided medical
assistance and mental health services
through the State-administered program
and alternative programs such as the
Wilson/Fish projects. The Division
ensures the quality of medical screening
and initial medical treatment of refugees
through its administration of grant
programs, technical assistance and
interagency agreements in support of
comprehensive medical and mental
health services. The Division supports
coordination of services to refugees
under the Affordable Care Act. The
Division also supports mental health
services to victims of torture.
The Division works closely with State
Refugee Health Coordinators in the
planning and provision of medical and
mental health services to meet the
individual needs of incoming
populations. The Division tracks all
state costs related to refugee medical
assistance and screening.
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Dated: November 1, 2011.
George H. Sheldon,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Children and
Families.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Office of Refugee Resettlement; Statement of Organization,
Functions, and Delegations of Authority
AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Statement of Organizations, Functions, and Delegations of
Authority. The Administration for Children and Families has reorganized
the Office of Refugee Resettlement. This reorganization includes the
organization and its substructure components as listed in this
document. This reorganization establishes the Division of Refugee
Health. It renames the Division of Community Resettlement to the
Division of Refugee Services. It renames the Division of Unaccompanied
Children's Services to the Division of Children's Services. It deletes
the Division of Budget, Policy, and Data Analysis and moves the
function to the Office of the Director. The notice also serves to
establish an Associate Deputy Director position.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eskinder Negash, Director, Office of
Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and Families, 901 D
Street SW., Washington, DC 20447, (202) 401-9246.
This notice amends Part K of the Statement of Mission,
Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of the Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and
Families (ACF) as follows: Chapter KR, the Office of Refugee
Resettlement (ORR) (73 FR 5199), as last amended January 29, 2008.
Under Chapter KR, Office of Refugee Resettlement, delete KR in its
entirety and replace with the following:
KR.00 Mission. The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) advises the
Secretary, through the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families,
on matters relating to refugee resettlement, immigration, victims of
severe forms of trafficking in persons, victims of torture,
unaccompanied alien children and the repatriation of U.S. citizens. The
Office plans, develops and directs implementation of a comprehensive
program for domestic refugee and entrant resettlement assistance to
include cash assistance, medical assistance and associated social
services in support of early self-sufficiency. It develops, recommends,
and issues program policies, procedures and interpretations to provide
program direction. The Office monitors and evaluates the performances
of States and other public and private agencies in administering these
programs and supports actions to improve them. It provides leadership
and direction in the development and coordination of national public
and private programs that provide assistance to refugees, asylees,
Cuban and Haitian entrants, and certain Amerasians and victims of
severe forms of trafficking in persons. The Office is also responsible
for the care and custody of unaccompanied alien children, the issuance
of eligibility letters for victims of severe forms of trafficking in
persons, the provision of specific consent in Special Immigrant
Juvenile status cases, and the policies, procedures and interpretations
needed in these program areas.
KR.10 Organization. The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is
headed by a Director who reports directly to the Assistant Secretary
for Children and Families.
The Office is organized as follows:
Office of the Director (KRA);
Division of Refugee Assistance (KRE);
Division of Refugee Services (KRF);
Division of Children's Services (KRH);
Division of Anti-Trafficking in Persons (KRI);
Division of Refugee Health (KRJ).
KR.20 Functions. A. The Office of the Director is directly
responsible to the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families for
carrying out ORR's mission and providing guidance and general
supervision to the components of ORR. The Office provides direction in
the development of general supervision to the components of ORR. The
Office provides direction in the development of program policy and
budget and in the formulation of salaries and expense budgets. Staff
also provide administrative and personnel support services.
The Office coordinates with the lead refugee and entrant program
offices of other Federal departments; provides leadership in
representing refugee and entrant programs, policies and administration
to a variety of governmental entities and other public and private
interests; and acts as the coordinator of the total refugee and entrant
resettlement effort for ACF and the Department. The Office oversees the
care and custody of unaccompanied alien children, grants specific
consent for those who wish to invoke the jurisdiction of a state court
for a dependency order to seek Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) status
and makes determinations of eligibility for the Unaccompanied Refugee
Minors (URM) Program.
The Office prepares annual budget estimates and related materials;
and develops regulations, legislative proposals, and routine
interpretations of policy as they relate to each of the program areas.
The Office performs allocation and tracking of funds for all programs.
The Office collects data and performs analysis on the changing needs of
the refugee and entrant population; provides leadership to identify
data needs and sources, and formulates data and reporting requirements.
Within the Office, the Deputy Director assumes the Director's
responsibilities in the absence of the Director and provides oversight
to the Division of Refugee Health, Division of Refugee Services and the
Division of Refugee Assistance.
The Associate Deputy Director provides oversight to the Division of
Children's Services and the Division of Anti-Trafficking in Persons.
B. Division of Refugee Assistance represents ORR in coordinating
services and capacity for refugees in a manner that helps refugees to
become employed and economically self-sufficient as soon after their
arrival in the United States. The Division monitors and provides
technical assistances to the State-administered domestic assistance
programs and Wilson/Fish projects. The Division works closely with each
state in designing a resettlement program specific to the needs of
incoming populations. The Division develops guidance and procedures for
their implementation; manages special initiatives to increase refugee
self-sufficiency such as through state funded discretionary grants or
pilot programs. The Division also assists public and private agencies
on data reporting and the resolution of reporting problems. The
Division develops and supports the flow of information on refugee
profiles and community resources in support of effective placement at
the State and local level. The Division works closely with the
Department of State to ensure effective and seamless orientation from
overseas to local resettlement community. The Division manages the
effective allocation of formula social services and targeted assistance
in support of newly arriving populations. The Division tracks all state
costs related to refugee assistance.
C. Division of Refugee Services directs and manages effective
refugee resettlement through the programmatic implementation of grants,
contracts and special initiatives, such as the Match Grant Program. The
Division oversees
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and monitors most ORR discretionary grants; recommends grantee
allocation; coordinates with the grants management office to review the
financial expenditures under discretionary grant programs; provides
data in support of apportionment requests; and provides technical
assistance on discretionary grants operations. The Division coordinates
and provides liaison with the Department and other Federal agencies on
discretionary grant operational issues and other activities as
specified by the Director or required by Congressional mandate. The
Division responds to unanticipated refugee and entrant arrivals or
significant increases in arrivals to communities where adequate or
appropriate services do not exist through supplemental initiatives. The
Division works to promote economic independence among refugees through
social services, educational services, and intensive case management
and community development initiatives.
D. Division of Children's Services supports services to
unaccompanied children, who are referred to ORR for care as refugees,
asylees, Cuban and Haitian entrants, children granted Special Immigrant
Juvenile Visas and those pending immigration status or identified as
victims of trafficking. The Division implements intake and placement
decisions for all unaccompanied refugee and alien children. The
Division supports specialized care through grants, contracts and state
administered unaccompanied minors programs. The Division conducts
monitoring and inspections of facilities and placement locations in
which unaccompanied children reside. The Division also maintains
statistical information and data on each child and any actions
concerning the child while the child is under the Director's care.
The Division ensures consideration of the child's best interest in
care and custody decisions. The Division coordinates all decisions
related to sponsor reunification, background checks, home assessments,
follow-up services, medical assessment and treatment, sponsorship
breakdowns, repatriation and movement of children into the
Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (URM) Program.
The Division develops policy to ensure all children's programs are
administered in a manner that ensures the best interest of the child
and that services are administered in a manner that supports child
welfare standards of care and services to include; training,
accreditation, legal services, assessment and trauma related
initiatives. The Division administers the pro bono legal services and
child advocate program and compiles a state-by-state list of
professionals or entities qualified to provide the children with a
guardian and attorney representational services.
E. Division of Anti-Trafficking in Persons is responsible for
implementing certain provisions of the Trafficking Victims Protection
Act. The Division coordinates the certification of, and services to,
victims of severe forms of trafficking, promotes public awareness on
human trafficking, and increases identification of potential victims of
severe forms of trafficking. The Division manages these activities
through grants and contracts. It also coordinates with other Federal
Government agencies on certification activities and policy issues
related to the trafficking laws. The Division certifies victims of
severe forms of trafficking following consultation with appropriate
Federal and State Government agencies and social service agencies. The
Division coordinates with the appropriate entities for the
determination and placement of identified and certified unaccompanied
minor victims of trafficking. It maintains statistical information and
data on each victim, including certification documentation and services
provided. The Division compiles an annual report, in coordination with
other Federal agencies, on the number of certifications issued to and
services accessed by identified victims.
F. Division of Refugee Health provides direction for assuring that
refugees are provided medical assistance and mental health services
through the State-administered program and alternative programs such as
the Wilson/Fish projects. The Division ensures the quality of medical
screening and initial medical treatment of refugees through its
administration of grant programs, technical assistance and interagency
agreements in support of comprehensive medical and mental health
services. The Division supports coordination of services to refugees
under the Affordable Care Act. The Division also supports mental health
services to victims of torture.
The Division works closely with State Refugee Health Coordinators
in the planning and provision of medical and mental health services to
meet the individual needs of incoming populations. The Division tracks
all state costs related to refugee medical assistance and screening.
Dated: November 1, 2011.
George H. Sheldon,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Children and Families.
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