93.676: Unaccompanied Alien Children Program
Overview
Program Number
93.676
Status
Active
Last Modified
Sept. 9, 2022
Date Posted
Sept. 9, 2022
Objective
The Unaccompanied Children's program is designed to provide for the care and placement of unaccompanied minors who are apprehended in the U.S. by Homeland Security agents, Border patrol agents, or other federal law enforcement agencies and are taken into care pending resolution of their claims for relief under U.S. immigration law or release to parent, adult family members or another responsible adult. Resolution of their claims may result in release, granting of an immigration status (such as special immigrant juvenile or asylum), voluntary departure, or removal. The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Division of Unaccompanied Children Operations (DUCO) has six Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) under this program, which delineate the different types of care for Unaccompanied Children: Shelter and Transitional Foster Care (Shelter/TFC), Staff-Secure, Secure, Long-Term Foster Care (LTFC), Therapeutic, and Home Study and Post-Release Services.
Type of Assistance
B - Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements)
Applicant Eligibility
Secure facilities must provide documentation of state or county licensing to operate a secure juvenile detention facility. Staff secure facilities must be licensed to provide residential services for dependent children. LTFC facilities must be licensed by a state licensing agency to provide residential, group, or foster care services for dependent children. Therapeutic facilities are required to be licensed by a state licensing agency to provide RTCs, psychiatric treatment facilities and/or therapeutic residential services for children. Care providers providing residential treatment or psychiatric treatment facilities are required to be accredited by The Joint Commission or an equivalent accreditation agency in order to ensure that child welfare best practices and nationally recognized child welfare standards are incorporated into daily programming. Long Term Foster Care providers are required to be licensed by a state licensing agency to provide residential, group, or foster care services for dependent children. Care providers for all categories, need to be licensed prior to applying. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible. Faith-based and private for-profit organizations who can provide state licensed residential capacity and other requisite services are eligible. Temporary shelter influx facilities are located on federal land thus licensure requirements may not apply. However, the selected temporary shelter care provider must comply with all of ORR policies and procedures, Flores mandates, and federal regulations.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Beneficiaries for all NOFOs are unaccompanied children, up to 18 years of age, who are in Federal custody by reason of their immigration status.
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Additional Information
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Grant Opportunities