Refugee Youth Reporting Forms Get Simpler, With Providers Now Reporting Outcomes
Published Date: 10/16/2026
Notice
Summary
The Office of Refugee Resettlement wants to keep collecting info on unaccompanied refugee kids for three more years but with simpler, clearer forms. This change affects agencies helping these kids by cutting paperwork by about 41% and switching outcome reports from youth to providers. Comments on these updates are open until November 16, 2026, with a year to fully roll out the new forms.
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Paperwork burden cut about 41%
If you run a URM (Unaccompanied Refugee Minors) state or provider agency, the edits will reduce annual paperwork burden by approximately 41 percent once implemented. The revised burden estimates show total annual burden hours of 758 for URM state/replacement designee agencies and 1,670 for URM provider agencies.
Youth removed as ORR-4 respondents; providers report outcomes
Youth will no longer self-report outcome measures on the ORR-4; instead, provider agencies will report youth outcomes. This shifts reporting responsibility from youth to providers, and the change will take effect after the 12-month implementation timeframe.
Fewer reports and report types required
The ORR forms will replace multiple follow-up outcome reports with a single termination outcome report and will eliminate select sub-types of ORR-3 reports. These changes are intended to streamline what URM state/replacement designee agencies and provider agencies must submit.
Forms streamlined and guidance integrated
Questions and response options on ORR-3 and ORR-4 will be replaced or streamlined, unnecessary questions removed, and supplemental instructions integrated into the forms to make them clearer. Revisions will be implemented after a 12-month implementation timeframe and public comments are due November 16, 2026.
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