94-600. Agency Information Collection Under OMB Review

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

 

Agency Information Collection Under OMB Review

    Under the provisions of the Federal Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 
(U.S.C. chapter 35), we are submitting to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) a request for approval of a new information collection on 
Cuban and Haitian entrants to the United States. This information 
collection, sponsored by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) at 
the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), is entitled: 
``Entrant Information and Referral Form (Form ORR-5).'' This 
information collection on Cuban and Haitian entrants to the United 
States will allow ACF and the Department of Justice to provide 
information and placement services to the entrants.

ADDRESSES: Copies of this request for OMB approval may be obtained from 
Stephen R. Smith of the Office of Information Systems Management, ACF, 
by calling [phone].
    Written comments and questions regarding this approval should be 
sent directly to: Laura Oliven, OMB Desk Officer for ACF, OMB Reports 
Management Branch, New Executive Office Building, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, [phone].
    Information on the Document:
    Title: Entrant Information and Referral Form ORR-5.
    OMB No.:
    Description: The Cuban/Haitian Entrant Program is authorized under 
Title V of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, Public Law 96-
422. Section 501(a) of that Act directs the President to provide 
assistance and services to Cuban and Haitian entrants to the same 
extent as those available to refugees under title IV of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (hereafter referred to as the ``Act''). An entrant 
differs from a refugee in the manner of his or her entry into the U.S. 
Refugees are identified as such by overseas consular officials who 
arrange for their transportation to the U.S. and for reception and 
placement services at the community of resettlement. An extensive case 
file is compiled by the consular official and precedes the refugee to 
his final destination where he is met by a representative of a national 
voluntary refugee resettlement agency (volging). The volging schedules 
case management and social services as needed for the refugee. Each 
step in the refugee resettlement process is documented and data are 
collected and maintained on the refugee by the Department of State's 
Refugee Data Center (RDC).
    The entrant usually arrives without prior contact with U.S. 
officials and therefore without documentation. The entrant's first 
contact with the U.S. government is with an officer of the Immigration 
and Naturalization Service (INS) who determines the entrant's 
immigration status and whether the entrant is to be detained or 
released. If the entrant is found eligible to remain in the U.S., 
reception and placement services are arranged through the Community 
Relations Service (CRS) of the Department of Justice.
    Because advance preparation is not possible for entrants, ORR and 
other Federal agencies have maintained an office in the Miami area to 
provide information and referral services for the influx of Cubans and 
Haitian entrants who have been arriving in the U.S. since 1959. ORR and 
the Community Relations Service (CRS) of the Department of Justice 
which maintains strong ties to the local Cuban and Haitian communities 
coordinate employment and referral services with community groups, 
local providers, immigration authorities, volgags, State agencies, 
hospitals, schools and Federal social services agencies.
    The Miami office maintains a data base on entrants from which data 
is made available to the State Department, INS, Department of Justice, 
and the Department of Health and Human Services for statistical and 
management purposes.
    Annual Number of Respondents: 4,000
    Annual Frequency: 1
    Average Burden Per Response: 15 min.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,000
    Dated:
Larry Guerrero,
Deputy Director, Office of Information Systems Management.
[FR Doc. 94-600 Filed 1-10-94; 8:45 am]
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