Unaccompanied Alien Children Program
Department Of Health And Human Services, Administration For Children And Families
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Unaccompanied Alien Children Bureau has six Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) under this program, which delineate the different types of care for Unaccompanied Alien Children: Shelter and Transitional Foster Care (Shelter/TFC), Heightened Supervision Facilities (HSF), Long-Term Foster Care (LTFC), Therapeutic Group Home, Residential Treatment Center, and Home Study and Post-Release Services.
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Helps unaccompanied children from other countries receive care and placement in safe environments. They stay until a vetted sponsor can take them or they turn 18.
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What Is This Program?
What Benefits Are Offered?
Provides legally mandated care, custody, and placement services for unaccompanied alien children upon their arrival in the United States. This includes support for their safety, education, well-being, and self-sufficiency, often through foster care programs (like URM) and assistance during immigration proceedings until they are placed with a vetted sponsor.
Who Is Eligible?
Region: United States
Demographics: children, minors
Other Criteria: unaccompanied alien children, entered the United States from other countries without an adult guardian, youth with Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (for URM Program eligibility), U visa holders (for URM Program eligibility)
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Reach out to local OCSE Regional Program Office for assistance
- Research and analyze application preparation
- Prepare and organize the application and program development plan
- Submit the completed application packet
- 🌐Application Portal
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- 📤Submission Method
- 🔄Intake Type
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📄What Documents Are Required?
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- approved and allowable expenditures
- 📏Expense Caps
- Total award cannot exceed $500,000, typically awarded as $250,000 per year
- 💳Payment Model
- mixed
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
- 🔀Matching Required
- No
- 📚Stacking Rules
- No restrictions on combining with other government funding.
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🗓️Reporting Frequency
- annual
- 📑Reporting Requirements
- progress report
- annual funding request
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit if the recipient expends $750,000 or more in federal awards
- 📢Branding Requirements
- acknowledgment of federal funding
- 🗄️Record Retention Period
- 3 years post-final-report
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