Common use of Administration for Children and Families Clause in Contracts

Administration for Children and Families. Child Welfare Information Gateway, Determining the Best Interests of the Child (2016), xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx /pubPDFs/best_interest.pdf. [7] Xxx Xxxxx, The Simple Reason More Immigrant Kids are in Custody Than Ever Before, CNN (Sept. 14, 2018), xxxxx://xxx.xxx. com/2018/09/14/politics/immigrant-children-kept-detention/index.html. (“The current [anonymous HHS] official, [Xxx] Xxxxx, and another former HHS official all pointed to the administration’s heavier vetting procedures as a primary cause” of the increasing length of time children are having to stay in XXX custody). [8] Xxx Xxxxx, ICE Arrested Undocumented Adults Who Sought to Take in Immigrant Children, San Francisco Chronicle (Dec. 10, 2018), https:// xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxxx/xxxxxxx/XXX-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxx-xxx-xxxxxx-xx-00000000.xxx. [9] Id. [10] Statement of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Government Accountability Office, Testimony Before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Sen- ate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Unaccompanied Children: DHS and HHS Have Taken Steps to Improve Transfers and Monitoring of Care, but Actions Still Needed 9 (2018), available at xxxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx/imo/media/doc/Larin%20Testimony.pdf. [11] Statement of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Admin. for Children and Families, U.S. Dep't of Health & Human Services, Before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 3 (2018), available at xxxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx/ imo/media/doc/Xxxxxx%20Testimony.pdf. [12] Xxx Xxxxx, supra note 7. [13] Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, To Free Detained Children, Immigrant Families Are Forced to Risk Everything, The New Yorker (Oct. 16, 2018), xxxxx://xxx. xxxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxx/xxxxxxxx/xx-xxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx-xxxxxx-xx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxx (“Officially, the H.H.S. claims that the average time is fifty-nine days, but according to one of the department’s own officials, who agreed to speak with me on the condition of ano- nymity, detained children now spend an average of seventy-four days in federal custody, more than double what it was at the start of 2016.”).

Administration for Children and Families. Child Welfare Information Gateway, Determining the Best Interests of the Child (2016), xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx /pubPDFs/best_interest.pdfxxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/pubPDFs/best_interest.pdf. [78] H.J.Res.31, Consolidated Appropriations Xxx 0000 § 224 (Feb. 25, 2019), available at xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx/116/bills/hjres31/BILLS-116hjre- s31enr.pdf. [9] Xxx Xxxxx, The Simple Reason More Immigrant Kids are in Custody Than Ever Before, CNN (Sept. 14, 2018), xxxxx://xxx.xxx. com/2018/09/14/politicsxxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/2018/09/14/poli- tics/immigrant-children-kept-detention/index.html. (“The current [anonymous HHS] official, [Xxx] Xxxxx, and another former HHS official all pointed to the administration’s heavier vetting procedures as a primary cause” of the increasing length of time children are having to stay in XXX custody). [810] National Immigrant Justice Center and Women’s Refugee Commission, Children as Bait: Impacts of the XXX-DHS Information-Sharing Agree- ment (Mar. 26, 2019), available at xxxxx://xxx.xx/bait. [11] Xxx Xxxxx, ICE Arrested Undocumented Adults Who Sought to Take in Immigrant Children, San Francisco Chronicle (Dec. 10, 2018), https:// xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxxx/xxxxxxx/XXX-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxx-xxx-xxxxxx-xx-00000000.xxxxxxxx://xxx. xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxxx/xxxxxxx/XXX-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxx-xxx-xxxxxx-xx-00000000.xxx. [912] Id. [1013] Statement of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Government Accountability Office, Testimony Before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Sen- ate Committee Senate Com- mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Unaccompanied Children: DHS and HHS Have Taken Steps to Improve Transfers and Monitoring of Care, but Actions Still Needed 9 (2018), available at xxxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx/imo/media/doc/Larin%20Testimony.pdf. [1114] Statement of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Admin. for Children and Families, U.S. Dep't of Health & Human Services, Before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 3 (2018), available at xxxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx/ imo/media/xxxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx/imo/media/ doc/Xxxxxx%20Testimony.pdf. [1215] Xxx XxxxxFact and Data, Office of Refugee Resettlement (Feb. 13, 2019), xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/xxx/about/ucs/facts-and-data. [16] National Immigrant Justice Center and Women’s Refugee Commission, supra note 7. [13] Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, To Free Detained Children, Immigrant Families Are Forced to Risk Everything, The New Yorker (Oct. 16, 2018), xxxxx://xxx. xxxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxx/xxxxxxxx/xx-xxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx-xxxxxx-xx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxx (“Officially, the H.H.S. claims that the average time is fifty-nine days, but according to one of the department’s own officials, who agreed to speak with me on the condition of ano- nymity, detained children now spend an average of seventy-four days in federal custody, more than double what it was 10 at the start of 20161.”).

Administration for Children and Families. Child Welfare Information Gateway, Determining the Best Interests of the Child (2016), xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx /pubPDFs/best_interest.pdf. [78] Xxx Xxxxx, The Simple Reason More Immigrant Kids are in Custody Than Ever Before, CNN (Sept. 14, 2018), xxxxx://xxx.xxx. com/2018/09/14/politicsxxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/2018/09/14/poli- tics/immigrant-children-kept-detention/index.html. (“The current [anonymous HHS] official, [Xxx] Xxxxx, and another former HHS official all pointed to the administration’s heavier vetting procedures as a primary cause” of the increasing length of time children are having to stay in XXX custody). [89] Xxx Xxxxx, ICE Arrested Undocumented Adults Who Sought to Take in Immigrant Children, San Francisco Chronicle (Dec. 10, 2018), https:// xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxxx/xxxxxxx/XXX-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxx-xxx-xxxxxx-xx-00000000.xxxxxxxx://xxx. xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxxx/xxxxxxx/XXX-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxx-xxx-xxxxxx-xx-00000000.xxx. [910] Id. [1011] Statement of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Government Accountability Office, Testimony Before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Sen- ate Committee Senate Com- mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Unaccompanied Children: DHS and HHS Have Taken Steps to Improve Transfers and Monitoring of Care, but Actions Still Needed 9 (2018), available at xxxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx/imo/media/doc/Larin%20Testimony.pdf. [1112] Statement of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Admin. for Children and Families, U.S. Dep't of Health & Human Services, Before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 3 (2018), available at xxxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx/ imo/media/xxxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx/imo/media/ doc/Xxxxxx%20Testimony.pdf. [1213] Xxx Xxxxx, supra note 7. [1314] Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, To Free Detained Children, Immigrant Families Are Forced to Risk Everything, The New Yorker (Oct. 16, 2018), xxxxx://xxx. xxxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxx/xxxxxxxx/xx-xxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx-xxxxxx-xx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxx xxxxx://xxx.xxxxx- xxxx.xxx/xxxx/xxxxxxxx/xx-xxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx-xxxxxx-xx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxx (“Officially, the H.H.S. claims that the average time is fifty-nine days, but according to one of the department’s own officials, who agreed to speak with me on the condition of ano- nymityanonymity, detained children now spend an average of seventy-four days in federal custody, more than double what it was at the start of 2016.”).

Administration for Children and Families. Child Welfare Information Gateway, Determining the Best Interests of the Child (2016), xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx /pubPDFsxxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/pub- PDFs/best_interest.pdf. [7] H.J.Res.31, Consolidated Appropriations Xxx 0000 § 224 (Feb. 25, 2019), available at xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx/116/bills/hjres31/BILLS-116hjres31enr.pdf. [8] Letter from Shiraz Panthaky, supra note 4, at 5. [9] Id. [10] Testimony of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Acting Director, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, before the U.S. House of Representatives, Commit- tee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, “Immigration and Customs Enforcement Oversight Hearing” (July 25, 2019), xxxxx://xxx.x-xxxx.xxx/video/?463002-1/immigra- tion-customs-enforcement-oversight-hearing. [11] Xxx Xxxxx, The Simple Reason More Immigrant Kids are in Custody Than Ever Before, CNN (Sept. 14, 2018), xxxxx://xxx.xxx. com/2018/09/14/politics/immigrant-children-kept-detentionxxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/2018/09/14/politics/immigrant-children-kept-deten- tion/index.html. (“The current [anonymous HHS] official, [Xxx] Xxxxx, and another former HHS official all pointed to the administration’s heavier vetting procedures as a primary cause” of the increasing length of time children are having to stay in XXX custody). [812] Xxx XxxxxNational Immigrant Justice Center and Women’s Refugee Commission, ICE Arrested Undocumented Adults Who Sought to Take in Immigrant ChildrenChildren as Bait: Impacts of the XXX-DHS Information-Sharing Agreement (Mar. 26, San Francisco Chronicle (Dec. 10, 20182019), available at https:// xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxxx/xxxxxxx/XXX-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxx-xxx-xxxxxx-xx-00000000.xxxxxx.xx/xxxx. [913] Id. Testimony of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, supra note 10. [1014] Statement of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Government Accountability Office, Testimony Before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Sen- ate Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Unaccompanied Children: DHS and HHS Have Taken Steps to Improve Transfers and Monitoring of Care, but Actions Still Needed 9 (2018), available at xxxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx/imo/media/doc/Larin%20Testimony.pdfxxxxx://xxx. xxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx/xxx/xxxxx/xxx/Xxxxx%00Xxxxxxxxx.xxx. [1115] Statement of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Admin. for Children and Families, U.S. Dep't of Health & Human Services, Before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 3 (2018), available at xxxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx/ imo/media/doc/Xxxxxx%20Testimony.pdfxxxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx/imo/media/doc/Xxxxxx%20Testimony.pdf. [1216] Xxx Fact and Data, Office of Refugee Resettlement (Feb. 13, 2019), xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/xxx/about/ucs/facts-and-data. [17] See Testimony of Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, Department of Health and Human Services, before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcom- mittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, “Oversight Hearing: Mental Health Needs of Children in HHS custody” (Sept. 18, 2019), xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx/events/hearings/oversight-hearing-mental-health-needs-of-children-in-hhs-custody. [18] U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Offi of the Inspector General, Care Provider Facilities Described Challenges of Addressing Mental Health Needs of Children in HHS Custody, OEI-09-18-00431, 13 (Sept. 2019). [19] National Immigrant Justice Center and Women’s Refugee Commission, supra note 7. [13] Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, To Free Detained Children, Immigrant Families Are Forced to Risk Everything, The New Yorker (Oct. 16, 2018), xxxxx://xxx. xxxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxx/xxxxxxxx/xx-xxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx-xxxxxx-xx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxx (“Officially, the H.H.S. claims that the average time is fifty-nine days, but according to one of the department’s own officials, who agreed to speak with me on the condition of ano- nymity, detained children now spend an average of seventy-four days in federal custody, more than double what it was 12 at the start of 20161.”).