# 2026-22610: Federal Forms Aim to Match Unaccompanied Children With Sponsors

2026-22610, Expedited Office of Management and Budget Review and Public Comment: Unaccompanied Alien Children Sponsor Application Packet, is a Federal Register notice from Health and Human Services Department, Children and Families Administration published 2026-11-05, effective Comments due January 4, 2027. (as of 2026-11-06).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2026-22610
- Title: Expedited Office of Management and Budget Review and Public Comment: Unaccompanied Alien Children Sponsor Application Packet
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; Children and Families Administration
- Citation: 91 FR 69851
- Published: 2026-11-05
- Effective: Comments due January 4, 2027.
- Comments close: 2027-01-04
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-06

## In one line

Federal Forms Aim to Match Unaccompanied Children With Sponsors

## Summary

The Office of Refugee Resettlement is updating the application forms for people who want to sponsor unaccompanied alien children. These changes make the forms easier to use and help ensure kids go to safe, caring homes. Public comments are welcome until January 4, 2027, and the update won’t add extra paperwork or costs.

## Abstract

The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Department of Health and Human Services, requests expedited review, from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), of an information collection from ORR and invites public comments on the proposed collection. This information collection ensures that ORR obtains and documents critical information needed to assess sponsor suitability, identify potential safety risks, and support the safe and timely release of unaccompanied alien children to suitable sponsors.

## Effects PRIA read

- Sponsor Forms Reorganized for Clarity: benefit, low. If you want to sponsor an unaccompanied alien child, the Office of Refugee Resettlement revised two forms — Authorization for Release of Information (Form SAP-2) and Sponsor Application (Form SAP-3) — to align PDF and digital versions, reorganize questions and instructions, and present related cond…
- New Identity-Verification Photo and Follow-Ups: cost, low. If you apply to sponsor, the revised Sponsor Application (Form SAP-3) adds structured follow-up fields and an identity-verification photograph requirement, and it reorganizes income, employment, and prior-sponsorship questions as well as household and alternative-caregiver questions.
- Paperwork Burden Remains Unchanged: benefit, low. The notice states the approved respondent burden remains unchanged: Authorization for Release (Form SAP-2) averages 0.50 hours per response, Sponsor Application (Form SAP-3) averages 1.50 hours per response, and the estimated total annual burden is 206,648 hours. ACF requests expedited OMB approval…

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## Sources
- [2026-22610 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/11/05/2026-22610/expedited-office-of-management-and-budget-review-and-public-comment-unaccompanied-alien-children)
- [2026-22610 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-11-05/pdf/2026-22610.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22610 (as of 2026-11-06).