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implementation rules available at 41 

CFR part 105–64.4. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

If an individual wishes to be notified 

at his or her request if the system 

contains a record pertaining to him or 

her after it has been submitted, that 

individual should consult the GSA’s 

Privacy Act implementation rules 

available at 41 CFR part 105–64.4. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

HISTORY: 

This system was previously published 

in the Federal Register at 73 FR 22388, 

April 24, 2008. 

Richard Speidel, 

Chief Privacy Officer, Office of the Deputy 

Chief Information Officer, General Services 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03007 Filed 2–13–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity: Risk Determination Hearings 

for Unaccompanied Children (New 

Collection) 

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, 

Administration for Children and 

Families, U.S. 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 the proposed collection. 

The request consists of several forms 

that will allow the Unaccompanied 

Children (UC) Program to implement a 

new set of hearings (‘‘Risk 

Determination Hearings’’), which will 

serve as due process protections for 

children in ORR care. 

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 

in this notice. 

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 plans to create a 

new information collection containing 

five instruments in order to implement 

risk determination hearings for 

unaccompanied children. This new 

information collection will replace the 

Flores bond hearing process. The new 

instruments will not take effect until the 

underlying regulations at 45 CFR part 

410 on which they are based take effect. 

The UC Program issued a notice of 

proposed rulemaking in October 2023, 

which aims to adopt and replace 

regulations relating to key aspects of the 

placement, care, and services provided 

to unaccompanied children referred to 

ORR. The UC Program is currently 

adjudicating public comments received 

and preparing to publish the Final Rule 

in the second quarter of calendar year 

2024; the Final Rule will take effect 30 

days after publishing. 

Risk Determination Hearing Forms 

These forms are provided to 

unaccompanied children placed in ORR 

custody by their case manager or by 

individuals associated with the HHS 

Departmental Appeals Board (DAB), 

which is responsible for the actual dayto-day logistical operations of these 

hearings. These instruments are 

provided to all unaccompanied children 

placed in a restrictive setting (i.e., 

secure facilities [including residential 

treatment facilities] and heightened 

supervision facilities), and to 

unaccompanied children placed in 

other types of facilities upon request. 

They will be translated into Spanish 

and other languages, as necessary. 

• Request for Risk Determination 

Hearing (Form RDH–1): The 

unaccompanied child, the child’s 

parent/legal guardian, or the child’s 

representative may use this instrument 

to request a Risk Determination hearing. 

Children in heightened security 

placements who initially waive a 

hearing may use this form to later 

request a hearing; the form may also be 

used by children in non-restrictive 

settings to request a hearing. 

• Risk Determination Hearing OptOut (Form RDH–2): The unaccompanied 

child or the child’s representative may 

use this instrument to opt out of a Risk 

Determination hearing. 

• Appointment of Representation for 

Risk Determination hearing (Form RDH– 

3): The unaccompanied child or the 

child’s parent/legal guardian may use 

this instrument to appoint a 

representative to act on the child’s 

behalf throughout the Risk 

Determination hearing process and 

consent to the release of any records 

that are related to the child’s case to that 

representative. 

• Risk Determination Hearing 

Transcript Request (Form RDH–4): The 

unaccompanied child, the child’s 

parent/legal guardian, or the child’s 

representative may use this instrument 

to request a written transcript of the 

Risk Determination hearing. 

• Request for Appeal of Risk 

Determination Hearing (Form RDH–5): 

The unaccompanied child, the child’s 

parent/legal guardian, or the child’s 

representative may use this instrument 

to appeal the decision of the hearing 

officer. 

Once the new risk determination 

hearing forms are in effect, the UC 

Program will prepare a non-substantive 

change request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

discontinue the use of three instruments 

currently approved under the Legal 

Services for Unaccompanied Children 

information collection (OMB# 0970– 

0565). The forms to be replaced by the 

Risk Determination Hearing forms 

described above include the following: 

• Request for a Flores Bond Hearing 

(Form LRG–7) 

• Motion Requesting a Bond Hearing— 

Secure or Staff Secure (Form LRG–8A) 

• Motion Requesting a Bond Hearing— 

Non-Secure (Form LRG–8B) 

Respondents: ORR grantee and 

contractor staff, unaccompanied 

children, parents/legal guardians of 

unaccompanied children, attorneys of 

record, and legal service providers. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument 

Annual total 

number of 

respondents 

Annual total 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Annual total 

burden hours 

Request for Risk Determination Hearing (Form RDH–1) ................................ 435 1 0.17 72.5 

Risk Determination Hearing Opt-Out (Form RDH–2) ...................................... 435 1 0.17 72.5 


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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES—Continued 

Instrument 

Annual total 

number of 

respondents 

Annual total 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Annual total 

burden hours 

Appointment of Representative for Risk Determination Hearing (Form RDH– 

3) .................................................................................................................. 1740 1 0.17 290 

Risk Determination Hearing Transcript Request (Form RDH–4) .................... 16 1 0.17 3 

Request for Appeal of Risk Determination Hearing (Form RDH–5) ............... 3 1 0.17 .5 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 438.5 

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. 

Authority: 6 U.S.C. 279; 8 U.S.C. 1232 

Mary C. Jones, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03018 Filed 2–9–24; 4:15 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Community Living 

Availability of Program Application 

Instructions for Adult Protective 

Services Funding 

Title: Elder Justice Act—Adult 

Protective Services. 

Announcement Type: Initial. 

Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C 1397m– 

1. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.698. 

DATES: Letters of Assurance and the 

Initial Spend Plan must be submitted 

electronically by 11:59 p.m. (EST) 

March 15, 2024. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

The Administration for Community 

Living (ACL) is establishing the ‘‘Elder 

Justice Act—Adult Protective Services’’ 

funding opportunity in accordance with 

section 2042(b) of subtitle B of title XX 

of the Social Security Act, otherwise 

known as the Elder Justice Act (EJA) as 

authorized and funded through the 

Further Additional Continuing 

Appropriations and Other Extensions 

Act, 2024, Public Law 118–35. In 

accordance with these statutes, the 

purpose of this opportunity is to 

enhance and improve adult protective 

services provided by States, the District 

of Columbia, and the Territories. 

Funds awarded to States and 

Territories under this opportunity will 

provide Adult Protective Services (APS) 

programs in the States, District of 

Columbia, and Territories with 

resources to enhance, improve, and 

expand the ability of APS to investigate 

allegations of abuse, neglect, and 

exploitation. Examples of activities 

consistent with the purposes of the 

statute include: 

• Costs and salaries for hiring 

permanent or temporary staff members, 

extended hours/over-time for current 

staff, and associated personnel costs; 

• Costs associated with providing 

goods and services to APS clients; 

• Costs associated with community 

outreach, including public awareness 

campaigns and other resources designed 

to increase the public’s awareness and 

understanding of APS’ role in the 

community; 

• Training costs, including state-wide 

training conferences for APS staff; 

• Acquiring personal protection 

equipment and supplies; 

• Improving and enhancing 

technology systems, including 

supporting remote work, such as the 

purchase of communications and 

technology hardware, software, or 

infrastructure in order to provide adult 

protective services; 

• Improving data collection and 

reporting at the case worker, local-, and 

State-levels in a manner that is 

consistent with the National Adult 

Maltreatment Reporting System 

(NAMRS); 

• Improving or enhancing existing 

APS processes for receiving reports, 

conducting intakes and investigations, 

planning/providing for services, making 

case determinations, documenting and 

closing cases, and continuous quality 

improvement; 

• Working with tribal adult protective 

services efforts, such as conducting 

demonstrations on State-Tribal APS 

partnerships to better serve tribal elders 

who experience abuse, neglect, and 

exploitation, partnering with Tribes 

within the State to include tribal elder 

abuse data in the State’s NAMRS 

reporting, and undertaking 

demonstrations to better understand 

elder abuse experienced by tribal 

individuals living in non-tribal 

communities and served by State APS 

programs; 

• Establishing or enhancing the 

availability for elder shelters and other 

emergency, short-term housing and 

accompanying ‘‘wrap-around’’ services 

for APS clients; 

• Establishing, expanding, or 

enhancing state-wide and local-level 

elder justice networks for the purpose of 

removing bureaucratic obstacles and 

improving coordination across the many 

State and local agencies interacting with 

APS clients who have experienced 

abuse, neglect, or exploitation; 

• Costs associated with establishing 

new, or improving existing processes for 

responding to alleged scams and frauds; 

• Costs associated with assisting APS 

clients secure the least restrictive option 

for emergency or alternative housing, 

and with obtaining, providing, or 

coordinating with care transitions as 

appropriate; 

• Costs associated with transporting 

APS clients to necessary appointments, 

such as medical visits; and 

• Costs associated with establishing 

grants or contracts to address gaps in the 

APS program identified in the 

environmental scan previously 

completed. 

Awards authorized under the EJA 

section 2042(b) shall be provided to the 

agency or unit of State government 

having the legal responsibility for 

providing adult protective services 

within the State, District of Columbia, or 

Territory. Funding under this 

opportunity may be used to serve any 

APS client who meets their State’s 

statutory or regulatory criteria for client 

eligibility for APS services. This 

funding must supplement and not 

supplant existing funding for APS 


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