Office of Refugee Resettlement (HHS Administration for Children and Families)
HHS office that places unaccompanied migrant children with sponsors; IG found missing safety checks and follow-up calls
Agency· United States · in the record since Feb 2024
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The federal Unaccompanied Children program run by ORR was funded at $5,506,258,000 in FY 2023, the same level under the FY 2024 CR.$5.5B
1 source
- ACF FY 2025 Justification of Estimates for Appropriations CommitteesDocumentPage 70, Unaccompanied Children funding table (FY 2023 Final / FY 2024 CR / FY 2025 request)
r AntiTrafficking in Persons Programs $19,000,000 Such sums $5,506,258,000 Such sums $5,506,258,000 $0
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For 19% of children released with pending FBI fingerprint or child-abuse registry checks, case files were never updated with the results.19%
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- HHS Office of Inspector GeneralDocument
For 19 percent of children who were released to sponsors with pending FBI fingerprint or State child abuse and neglect registry checks, children's case files were never updated with the results.
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In 16% of sampled case files, one or more required sponsor safety checks had no documentation that they were done.16%
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- HHS Office of Inspector GeneralDocument
In 16 percent of children's case files, one or more required sponsor safety checks lacked any documentation indicating that the checks were conducted.
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ORR did not make timely safety follow-up calls in 22% of cases.22%
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- HHS Office of Inspector GeneralDocument
In 22 percent of cases, ORR did not conduct timely Safety and Well-Being Follow Up Calls, and in 18 percent of cases, the followup calls were not documented in children's case files.