ORR Guide to Eligibility, Placement, and Services for Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (URM)

Publication Date: October 17, 2016
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Introduction

Record of Posting and Revision Dates

Section 1: Eligibility for the URM Program and the Application Process

1.1 Eligible Populations

1.2 Eligibility Requirements

1.3 Application Process
  1.3.1 How to Submit an Application to the URM Program
  1.3.2 Unaccompanied Minors Who Are Exempt from Submitting an Application
  1.3.3 ORR’s Review of a URM Application

1.4 Age Discrepancies During the Application Process
  1.4.1 Questions About Age During the Application Process
  
1.5 ORR Considerations in Securing an Initial Appropriate Placement
  1.5.1 Referral Process
  1.5.2 Coordinating With Global Refuge (formerly LIRS) and USCCB to Secure a Placement
  1.5.3 Coordinating With States Participating in the URM Program to Secure a Placement 
  1.5.4 Placement Assurance

1.6 When No Appropriate Placement is Identified

1.7 ORR Approval to Enter the URM Program

1.8 Transition to the URM Program

Section 2: Placement and Capacity

2.1 Standards

2.2 Establishing Legal Responsibility

2.3 Placements
   2.3.1   Placement Authority and Roles
   2.3.2   Placement Decisions
   2.3.3   Consideration of Race, Color, and National Origin
   2.3.4   Placement Options
   2.3.5   Extension of Foster Care and Access to Supervised Independent Living Placements
   2.3.6   Placement Rate Setting and Financial Oversight
   2.3.7   Review of Placement
   2.3.8   Placement Changes
   2.3.9   Return to Care

2.4    Interstate Movement

2.5    Capacity Development
   2.5.1   Capacity Development Priorities
   2.5.2   Range of Placement
   2.5.3   Diligent Recruitment

2.6    State Planning

2.7    Reporting
   2.7.1   State Plan
   2.7.2   ORR-1
   2.7.3   ORR-6
   2.7.4   ORR-3

Section 3: Services

3.1 Statement of Goals and Priorities

3.2 Case Management and Case Planning 
  3.2.1 Questions about Age After Entry into the URM Program

3.3 Health Coverage and Services
  3.3.1 Standards
  3.3.2 URM Health Coverage through Medicaid and CHIP
  3.3.3 URM Health Coverage through Alternatives to Medicaid and CHIP
  3.3.4 Reporting

3.10 Services and Benefits to Support a Successful Transition to Adulthood
  3.10.1 Standard
  3.10.2 URM in Public Custody States
  3.10.3 URM in Private Custody States
  3.10.4 Reporting


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