Proposed Information Collection Activity; Family Reunification Packet for Sponsors of Unaccompanied Children, 16194-16195 [2022-05957]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
16194
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 55 / Tuesday, March 22, 2022 / Notices
Consequently, there is no need for
review by the Office of Management and
Budget under the authority of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
The Administrator of the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS),
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, having
reviewed and approved this document,
authorizes Lynette Wilson, who is the
Federal Register Liaison, to
electronically sign this document for
purposes of publication in the Federal
Register.
Dated: March 16, 2022.
Lynette Wilson,
Federal Register Liaison, Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services.
[FR Doc. 2022–05963 Filed 3–21–22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4120–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
[OMB No. 0970–0278]
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Family Reunification Packet
for Sponsors of Unaccompanied
Children
Office of Refugee Resettlement,
Administration for Children and
Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
The Office of Refugee
Resettlement (ORR), Administration for
SUMMARY:
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
consists of several forms that allow the
Unaccompanied Children (UC) Program
to assess the suitability of potential
sponsors for UC.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of
publication. In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is soliciting
public comment on the specific aspects
of the information collection described
above.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the
proposed collection of information and
submit comments by emailing
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. Identify all
requests by the title of the information
collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: ORR proposes the
following revisions to this information
collection:
• Authorization for Release of
Information—
Æ ORR replaced the term ‘‘minor’’
with ‘‘child.’’
Æ ORR removed the Alien
Registration Number field, since it is not
required for background checks.
Æ ORR removed reference to ‘‘past
and present immigration status,’’ since
that information will no longer be
collected in the Family Reunification
application.
• Family Reunification Application—
Annual total
number of
respondents
Instrument title
Authorization for Release of Information (Forms FRP–2 & FRP–2s) .............
Family Reunification Application (Forms FRP–3 & FRP–3s) ..........................
Fingerprinting Instructions (Forms FRP–7 & FRP–7s) ....................................
Letter of Designation for Care of Minor (Forms FRP–9 & FRP–9s) ...............
Estimated Annual Burden Total:
296,517.
lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1
81,532
122,950
81,532
41,181
1
1
1
1
Annual total
number of
record keepers
Annual total
number of
responses per
record keeper
235
235
235
235
347
523
347
175
Authorization for Release of Information (Forms FRP–2 & FRP–2s) .............
Family Reunification Application (Forms FRP–3 & FRP–3s) ..........................
Fingerprinting Instructions (Forms FRP–7 & FRP–7s) ....................................
Letter of Designation for Care of Minor (Forms FRP–9 & FRP–9s) ...............
VerDate Sep<11>2014
18:24 Mar 21, 2022
Jkt 256001
Annual total
number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
0.50
1.00
1.25
0.75
Annual total
burden hours
40,766
122,950
101,915
30,886
Record Keepers:
Instrument title
Estimated Annual Burden Hours
Total: 142,938.
Æ ORR replaced the term ‘‘minor’’
with ‘‘child.’’
Æ Proof of Identity—ORR added
clarification that individuals under the
age of 21 may use the ORR Verification
of Release form with a photograph to
meet this requirement.
Æ Proof of Immigration Status or U.S.
Citizenship—ORR removed the
requirement that potential sponsors
provide documentation verifying their
immigration status or U.S. citizenship.
ORR no longer uses this information as
a criterion to determine when a sponsor
care plan is required; therefore, it is no
longer necessary to collect this
information.
Æ Proof of Address—ORR also
removed the phrase ‘‘dated within the
last two months’’ that appears after the
current lease and current mortgage line
items, because it is not applicable to
those two acceptable forms of
documentation.
Æ Burden Estimate—ORR increased
the average burden hours per response
from 0.75 hours to a more accurate
estimate of 1.0 hour.
• Letter of Designation for Care of a
Minor—
Æ ORR replaced the term ‘‘minor’’
with ‘‘child.’’
Æ ORR also increased the average
burden hours per response from 0.5
hours to a more accurate estimate of
0.75 hours.
Respondents: Potential sponsors of
UC.
Annual Burden Estimates:
Respondents:
Comments: The Department
specifically requests comments on (a)
whether the proposed collection of
PO 00000
Frm 00033
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
Average
burden hours
per response
0.25
0.25
1.00
0.25
Annual total
burden hours
20,386
30,726
81,545
10,281
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
E:\FR\FM\22MRN1.SGM
22MRN1
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 55 / Tuesday, March 22, 2022 / Notices
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.
Authority: 6 U.S.C. 279; 8 U.S.C.
1232; Flores v. Reno Settlement
Agreement, No. CV85–4544–RJK (C.D.
Cal. 1996).
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022–05957 Filed 3–21–22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4184–45–P
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
1.0
Administration for Children and
Families
Request for Information: Technical
Assistance Needs and Priorities on
Implementation and Coordination of
Early Childhood Development
Programs in American Indian and
Alaska Native Communities
Administration for Children
and Families, U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
Through this Request for
Information (RFI), the Administration
for Children and Families (ACF), in the
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), seeks to further the
development, implementation, and
coordination of early childhood
development programs in American
Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN)
communities, by soliciting information
and recommendations from a broad
array of individuals and organizations
with knowledge and expertise around
the context and needs of tribal
communities and early childhood
programs. ACF will analyze information
received from this RFI to support the
development, improvement, and
implementation of technical assistance
(TA) (i.e., information, tools, training,
and other supports) efforts and
strategies to support tribal communities
and programs in carrying out and
coordinating early childhood services
and initiatives.
DATES: Send comments on or before
April 5, 2022.
lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1
SUMMARY:
VerDate Sep<11>2014
18:24 Mar 21, 2022
Jkt 256001
Submit questions,
comments, and supplementary
documents to OCCTribal@acf.hhs.gov
with ‘‘Tribal TA RFI’’ in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information, please contact
Moushumi Beltangady at
Moushumi.beltangady@acf.hhs.gov or
202–260–3613.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Invitation to Comment: HHS invites
comments regarding this notice. You do
not need to address every question and
should focus on those where you have
relevant expertise or experience. In your
response, please provide a brief
description of yourself and your role or
organization before addressing the
questions. To ensure that your
comments are clearly stated, please
identify the questions you are
responding to when submitting your
response.
ADDRESSES:
Background
Ensuring high-quality, culturally
appropriate, birth-to-age 5 early
childhood services to children from AI/
AN communities has long been a critical
priority for Native communities
throughout the United States. Health
care and education are considered a
fundamental treaty right by tribes, and
the fact that AI/AN populations
experience disparities in health and
well-being relative to other population
groups highlights a significant need for
targeted services. Building on
neuroscience findings indicating that
interventions in the first few years of a
child’s life have significant impacts on
their lifelong health and well-being,
tribal early childhood programs show
promise in mitigating disparities.
Programs like Head Start (https://
eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov), child care
(https://www.acf.hhs.gov/occ), and
home visiting (https://www.acf.hhs.gov/
ecd/tribal/tribal-home-visiting) are key
resources for children and families in
diverse tribal communities. In addition,
in recent years, there has been growing
recognition of the need to support
collaboration across these and other
programs and develop more coordinated
early childhood systems in AI/AN
communities.
The federal government has increased
its focus on supporting the
implementation and coordination of
tribal early childhood programs over the
past year through various efforts to bring
together and learn from tribal
communities and highlight innovative
and promising practices, as well as
significantly increased funding to tribes
through the American Rescue Plan Act.
In addition, there are current
PO 00000
Frm 00034
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
16195
collaborative federal efforts in place to
promote collaboration and coordination
of TA for tribal programs. There is also
the potential for new or expanded early
childhood programs to be implemented
in tribal communities in the coming
years, making a focus on supportive
effective implementation and
coordination of programs even more.
2.0
Request for Information
Through this Request for Information
(RFI), ACF is seeking input from tribal
leaders, tribal program administrators,
service providers, current federal and
non-federal TA providers, potential TA
providers, national organizations,
researchers, philanthropy, families and
community members, states, and others
about the TA needs and priorities of
tribal communities around
implementing and providing early
childhood services (including Head
Start, child care, home visiting,
preschool, and early intervention and
special education), as well as needs
around coordination of services and
supporting stronger early childhood
systems at the tribal level.
Responses to this RFI will inform
ongoing and future efforts to provide
training and TA to tribal communities.
We are not only interested in feedback
about current TA needs and priorities,
but also the needs, capacity, and
potential of the system to support
implementation and coordination of any
new or expanded early childhood
initiatives. This RFI is for information
and planning purposes only and should
not be construed as a solicitation or as
an obligation on the part of ACF or
HHS.
3.0
Key Questions
3.1 In your opinion, what are the
key topics or areas where tribal
communities want or need TA or
support to effectively implement or
coordinate tribal early childhood
programs (e.g., Head Start, child care,
home visiting, preschool, early
intervention, and special education)?
• What TA would be helpful to
support tribal communities to
implement their priorities around
integration of language and culture,
including language preservation and
maintenance, in their early childhood
programs and systems?
• What TA would be helpful to
support tribal communities in
conducting needs assessments and
strategic planning activities to support
effective and coordinated early
childhood programs and systems?
• What TA would be helpful to
support tribal communities in effective
E:\FR\FM\22MRN1.SGM
22MRN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16194-16195]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05957]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[OMB No. 0970-0278]
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Family Reunification
Packet for Sponsors of Unaccompanied Children
AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and
Families, HHS.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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 consists of several forms that
allow the Unaccompanied Children (UC) Program to assess the suitability
of potential sponsors for UC.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is
soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information
collection described above.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of
information and submit comments by emailing [email protected].
Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: ORR proposes the following revisions to this
information collection:
Authorization for Release of Information--
[cir] ORR replaced the term ``minor'' with ``child.''
[cir] ORR removed the Alien Registration Number field, since it is
not required for background checks.
[cir] ORR removed reference to ``past and present immigration
status,'' since that information will no longer be collected in the
Family Reunification application.
Family Reunification Application--
[cir] ORR replaced the term ``minor'' with ``child.''
[cir] Proof of Identity--ORR added clarification that individuals
under the age of 21 may use the ORR Verification of Release form with a
photograph to meet this requirement.
[cir] Proof of Immigration Status or U.S. Citizenship--ORR removed
the requirement that potential sponsors provide documentation verifying
their immigration status or U.S. citizenship. ORR no longer uses this
information as a criterion to determine when a sponsor care plan is
required; therefore, it is no longer necessary to collect this
information.
[cir] Proof of Address--ORR also removed the phrase ``dated within
the last two months'' that appears after the current lease and current
mortgage line items, because it is not applicable to those two
acceptable forms of documentation.
[cir] Burden Estimate--ORR increased the average burden hours per
response from 0.75 hours to a more accurate estimate of 1.0 hour.
Letter of Designation for Care of a Minor--
[cir] ORR replaced the term ``minor'' with ``child.''
[cir] ORR also increased the average burden hours per response from
0.5 hours to a more accurate estimate of 0.75 hours.
Respondents: Potential sponsors of UC.
Annual Burden Estimates:
Respondents:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annual total
Annual total number of Average Annual total
Instrument title number of responses per burden hours burden hours
respondents respondent per response
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Authorization for Release of Information (Forms 81,532 1 0.50 40,766
FRP-2 & FRP-2s)................................
Family Reunification Application (Forms FRP-3 & 122,950 1 1.00 122,950
FRP-3s)........................................
Fingerprinting Instructions (Forms FRP-7 & FRP- 81,532 1 1.25 101,915
7s)............................................
Letter of Designation for Care of Minor (Forms 41,181 1 0.75 30,886
FRP-9 & FRP-9s)................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated Annual Burden Total: 296,517.
Record Keepers:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annual total
Annual total number of Average Annual total
Instrument title number of responses per burden hours burden hours
record keepers record keeper per response
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Authorization for Release of Information (Forms 235 347 0.25 20,386
FRP-2 & FRP-2s)................................
Family Reunification Application (Forms FRP-3 & 235 523 0.25 30,726
FRP-3s)........................................
Fingerprinting Instructions (Forms FRP-7 & FRP- 235 347 1.00 81,545
7s)............................................
Letter of Designation for Care of Minor (Forms 235 175 0.25 10,281
FRP-9 & FRP-9s)................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated Annual Burden Hours Total: 142,938.
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
[[Page 16195]]
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.
Authority: 6 U.S.C. 279; 8 U.S.C. 1232; Flores v. Reno Settlement
Agreement, No. CV85-4544-RJK (C.D. Cal. 1996).
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-05957 Filed 3-21-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4184-45-P
