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Referrals

View the number of referrals ORR receives from the Department of Homeland Security by fiscal year.

Daily Data : Number of unaccompanied alien children who are in ORR’s care after being referred by the Department of Homeland Security.

Average Monthly Data

General statistics related to unaccompanied alien children, as of the last day of the month, in FY2025.

Statistic	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	Mar	Apr	May	june	juLY	AUG
Average Number of Children in Care	6,212	6,090	6,643	5,051	2,778	2,173	2,281	2,433	2,501	2,198	2,011
Maximum Number of Operational Beds*	16,475	16,410	15,282	15,289	15,382	15,441	15,534	15,570	15,465	14,704	14,571
Average Occupancy Rate**	38%	39%	44%	33%	18%	14%	15%	16%	16%	15%	15%
Average Length of Care (for those discharged)***	35	35	35	37	49	112	217	191	154	171	182
Average Length of Care (for those in care)***	67	65	67	109	161	175	170	163	174	187	179
30-Day Average Number of UAC Referrals	178	180	194	84	20	11	12	18	12	8	13
30-Day Average UAC Discharge Rate	2.8	3.1	2.7	3.4	2.6	0.7	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.9	0.7

*Includes Influx shelters.
**Includes all discharge types and all program types.
***Length of Care calculated as of the last day of the corresponding month showing above.

Referrals

Average Length of Care

Average number of days an unaccompanied alien child remained in ORR care.

FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020	FY2019	FY2018	FY2017	FY2016	FY2015
30	27	29	33	69	61	64	51	40	38

Average Monthly Data

Sex

Breakdown of unaccompanied alien children in ORR's care, by sex, as of the last day of the month, for FY2025.

SEX	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	Mar	Apr	May	JUNE	JULY	AUG
Male	4,056	4,082	4,041	2,402	1,607	1,533	1,588	1,747	1,663	1,442	1,378
Female	2,343	2,435	2,343	1,195	739	710	776	795	745	626	647

Breakdown of unaccompanied alien children in ORR's care by sex in previous fiscal years.

FISCAL Year	Males	Females
FY2024	61%	38%
FY2023	61%	39%
FY2022	64%	36%
FY2021	66%	34%
FY2020	68%	32%
FY2019	66%	34%
FY2018	71%	29%
FY2017	68%	32%
FY2016	67%	33%
FY2015	68%	32%
FY2014	66%	34%
FY2013	73%	27%
FY2012	77%	23%

Average Length of Care

Age

Breakdown of unaccompanied alien children in ORR's care, by age, as of the last day of the month, for FY2025.

Age Group	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	Mar	Apr	May	June	JuLY	AUG
0-5	227	222	261	121	80	70	72	78	75	63	66
6-12	901	987	908	426	213	229	273	321	296	235	248
13-14	728	749	736	392	223	217	250	272	249	206	221
15-16	2,123	2,215	2,129	1,196	834	786	812	866	823	729	696
17+	2,420	2,344	2,350	1,462	996	941	957	1,005	965	835	794

Age breakdown of unaccompanied alien children in ORR's care by fiscal year.

Age	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020	FY2019	FY2018	FY2017	FY2016	FY2015	FY2014	FY2013	FY2012
0-12	24%	19%	15%	16%	16%	16%	15%	17%	18%	17%	21%	14%	11%
13-14	12%	12%	13%	13%	12%	12%	12%	13%	14%	14%	16%	13%	11%
15-16	31%	34%	36%	39%	37%	37%	37%	37%	37%	38%	36%	40%	39%
17+*	33%	35%	36%	33%	35%	35%	35%	32%	31%	30%	27%	34%	38%

*Includes unaccompanied alien children who were identified as 18 years old after ORR’s initial evaluation (0.13%).

Sex

Tender Age (0-12) Children by Shelter Type

Breakdown of tender age (0-12) unaccompanied alien children in ORR's care by shelter type, as of the last day of the month, in FY2025.

SHELTER TYPE	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	Apr	May	June	JuLY	AUG
Shelter	393	453	530	261	109	115	118	146	147	103	98
Transitional Foster Care	714	735	612	258	155	149	193	220	188	158	181
Residential Treatment Center	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Staff Secure	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Secure	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Therapeutic Staff Secure	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Therapeutic Group Home	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Long Term Foster Care	21	21	27	28	29	35	34	33	36	37	35
Emergency Intake Facility	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Influx Care Facility	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Age

Country of Origin

View the primary countries of origin of youth in ORR's care by fiscal year.

Tender Age (0-12) Children by Shelter Type

Primary Language

Five predominant languages spoken by unaccompanied alien children in ORR’s care, by fiscal year.

Language	FY2024
Spanish	88,291 (87.95%)
Haitian Creole	3,259 (3.25%)
Q'eqchi'	1,475 (1.47%)
Mam	966 (0.96%)
French	922 (0.92%)

Country of Origin

Home Studies

Number of home studies conducted by ORR care providers, by fiscal year.

Fiscal Year	Home Studies
FY2024	10,334
FY2023	8,175
FY2022	8,726
FY2021	5,373
FY2020	2,204
FY2019	4,859
FY2018	3,698
FY2017	3,064

Primary Language

Released to Sponsors

Total monthly discharges by category to individual sponsors, as of the last day of the month, in FY2025.

CATEGORY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	Apr	May	june	july	AUG
Category 1	2,559	2,677	2,840	2,630	787	116	16	54	131	218	64
Category 2	2,094	2,190	2,166	2,114	847	172	15	34	99	114	80
Category 3	458	480	386	407	224	55	14	30	36	33	21
Total	5,111	5,347	5,392	5,151	1,858	343	45	118	266	365	165

County Data

Unaccompanied Alien Children Released to Sponsors by County

State Data

Unaccompanied Alien Children Released to Sponsors by State and Fiscal Year

Home Studies

Post-Release Services

Number of unaccompanied alien children referred for post-release services (PRS) out of the total number of children released to sponsors in each fiscal year.

Fiscal Year	Children Released to Sponsor*	Children Referred for PRS**	Percentage of Children Referred for PRS***
FY2024	99,419	81,588	82.1%
FY2023	113,602	67,620	59.5%
FY2022	128,106	56,171	43.8%
FY2021	108,245	29,773	27.5%

*Number of unaccompanied alien children released to sponsors in each fiscal year.
**Number of unaccompanied alien children referred for post-release services out of the total number of children released to sponsors in each fiscal year.
***Percentage of unaccompanied alien children referred for post-release services out of the total number of children released to sponsors in each fiscal year.

Note: From 2015 to 2020, the method used to calculate post-release services (PRS) utilization was the number of active PRS cases in a fiscal year. Thereby, a child who received PRS across several fiscal years would have been counted as an active case in each fiscal year.

For example, a child was released to a sponsor in July of 2016 with a referral to post-release services (PRS). The child received PRS for 18 months, from August of 2016 to February of 2018, so, the case was open in FY2016 and remained an active case through FY2018. Thus, the case would have been counted in as a child served by PRS in each fiscal year.

Released to Sponsors