Safety & Risk Assessment
What must a PRS case manager submit to ORR when a released child is at risk of harm or there’s a present safety concern?
Notification of Concern (NOC)
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
The Pacific Ocean
What agreement must a PRS provider review with sponsors to confirm their understanding of their obligations?
The Sponsor Care Agreement
Who was president during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy
What three components make up a home study?
Interviews, a home visit, and a written report
Besides being developmentally appropriate, what other approach must guide every case manager’s assessment of a child’s needs?
Trauma-informed care
Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
Mars
Beyond the child’s direct needs, what must PRS providers help connect sponsors to?
Community-based resources/services
What is considered the largest empire in history?
The Mongol Empire
Even when TVPRA criteria aren’t met, a home study is still required before releasing a child to a non-relative sponsor under what circumstances?
The non-relative sponsor is seeking to sponsor multiple children, or has previously sponsored (or sought to sponsor) a child and is now seeking to sponsor additional children.
Name two specific risk factors ORR requires sponsor suitability assessments to consider.
history of behavioral issues, history of violence, individualized needs/disabilities, history of substance use
What year did Chernobyl nuclear disaster occur?
What year did Chernobyl nuclear disaster occur?
Name one topic PRS case managers must educate sponsors on to help prevent harm to the child.
Red flags for trafficking, exploitation, or substance abuse
Who was the first emperor of Rome?
Augustus
What age threshold triggers a mandatory home study when releasing a child to a non-relative sponsor?
12 years old or younger
Besides risk factors and concerns, what else must ORR weigh when assessing a sponsor?
The sponsor’s strengths and resources
What are the three layers of the Earth?
Crust, mantle and core
What age threshold triggers a mandatory home study when releasing a child to a non-relative sponsor?
12 years old or younger
The Mayan Empire encompassed what peninsula?
The Yucatan Peninsula in what is now Mexico.
What are the four ORR sponsor categories, from closest to most distant relationship?
Category 1 (parent/legal guardian), Category 2 (sibling, grandparent, or other immediate relative), Category 3 (distant relative or unrelated individual), Category 4 (no identified sponsor)
Where must updates to a child’s risk and protective factors be documented throughout the life of a PRS case, not just at intake?
The PRS case file
In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?
1989
Beyond the sponsor individually, what two things must PRS providers evaluate about the broader household context?
The linguistic/cultural background of the sponsor and child, and the sponsor’s plan for adequate care, supervision, housing, and access to community resources
How old was King Tut when he Died?
19
Under what general condition can ORR choose to initiate a home study even when one isn’t otherwise required?
When ORR determines, at its discretion, that it’s likely to provide additional information helping confirm the sponsor can care for the child’s health, safety, and wellbeing — a discretionary home study