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Unaccompanied Children Program

$19,511,656,397

Total Assistance, FY 2008 to Present
Agency: ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Assistance Type: PROJECT GRANTS (COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS)
Assistance Listing Number
93.676

Objectives: The Unaccompanied Children Bureau (UCB) provides 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), Unaccompanied Children Bureau 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, Long-Term Foster Care (LTFC), Therapeutic Group Home, Residential Treatment Center, Home Study and Post-Release Services, and Unaccompanied Lived Experience and Youth Engagement Program.

 
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