{"data":{"id":"us/45-cfr-400.111","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"45 CFR 400.111","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For purposes of this subpart—\nChild welfare agency means an agency licensed or approved under State law to provide child welfare services to children in the State.\nUnaccompanied minor means a person who has not yet attained 18 years of age (or a higher age established by the State of resettlement in its child welfare plan under title IV-B of the Social Security Act for the availability of child welfare services to any other child in the State); who entered the United States unaccompanied by and not destined to (a) a parent or (b) a close nonparental adult relative who is willing and able to care for the child or (c) an adult with a clear and court-verifiable claim to custody of the minor; and who has no parent(s) in the United States. Limitation: No child may be considered by a State to be unaccompanied for the purpose of this part unless such child was identified by INS at the time of entry as unaccompanied, except that a child who was correctly classified as unaccompanied by a State in accordance with Action Transmittal SSA-AT-79-04 (and official interpretations thereof by the Director) prior to the effective date of this definition may continue to be so classified until such status is terminated in accordance with § 400.113(b) of this subpart; and the Director may approve the classification of a child as unaccompanied on the basis of information provided by a State showing that such child should have been classified as unaccompanied at the time of entry.\nTitle IV-B plan means a State's plan for providing child welfare services to children in the State under part B of title IV of the Social Security Act.","path":["Title 45—Public Welfare","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Public Welfare","CHAPTER IV—OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT, ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","PART 400—REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM","Subpart H—Child Welfare Services"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-45.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:21Z","sha256":"0fd6cb2737cc51ac63e75fcc65b3fe5da93c650fad0966864ba3e4fca40bb3ee","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/45-cfr-400.110","next":"us/45-cfr-400.112"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}