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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. 

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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 

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— 

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: 

Instrument title 

Annual total 

number of 

respondents 

Annual total 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Annual total 

burden hours 

Authorization for Release of Information (Forms FRP–2 & FRP–2s) ............. 81,532 1 0.50 40,766 

Family Reunification Application (Forms FRP–3 & FRP–3s) .......................... 122,950 1 1.00 122,950 

Fingerprinting Instructions (Forms FRP–7 & FRP–7s) .................................... 81,532 1 1.25 101,915 

Letter of Designation for Care of Minor (Forms FRP–9 & FRP–9s) ............... 41,181 1 0.75 30,886 

Estimated Annual Burden Total: 

296,517. 

Record Keepers: 

Instrument title 

Annual total 

number of 

record keepers 

Annual total 

number of 

responses per 

record keeper 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Annual total 

burden hours 

Authorization for Release of Information (Forms FRP–2 & FRP–2s) ............. 235 347 0.25 20,386 

Family Reunification Application (Forms FRP–3 & FRP–3s) .......................... 235 523 0.25 30,726 

Fingerprinting Instructions (Forms FRP–7 & FRP–7s) .................................... 235 347 1.00 81,545 

Letter of Designation for Care of Minor (Forms FRP–9 & FRP–9s) ............... 235 175 0.25 10,281 

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 


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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 

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 

AGENCY: Administration for Children 

and Families, U.S. Department of Health 

and Human Services. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: 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. 

ADDRESSES: 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. 

1.0 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 

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 


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