Home Study
What is Home Study and Post Release Services?
The acronym "PRS" stands
What is Post Release Services?
Level one stands for
What is virtual check-ins?
Level two stands for
What is case management services - referrals and connection to community resources?
Level three stands for
What is intensive In-home engagements — intensive services if needed for specific challenges?
Children are legally-mandated to receive PRS
What is cases where the child’s sponsor was subject to a mandatory home study by the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2008 or by ORR policy?
Child may move between levels of PRS depending
What is on the needs and circumstances of the child and their sponsor family, as determined by the PRS provider through regular and repeated assessments?
Number of virtual check-ins for level one
What is three?
Case manager provides referrals and connections to community resources for the child and sponsor for the period of
What is 6 months?
The intent of Level Three
What is to focus on stabilizing the family unit and the clinical intervention(s) utilized should be tailored to the needs of the family, connecting the released child and sponsor family with community-based services to address concerns that require long-term care (such as a mental health diagnosis)?
PRS provider must ensure that all required contacts with the released child and sponsor are conducted
What is both individually and together, unless the child’s Category 2A, 2B, or 3 sponsor chooses to disengage from these services?
Legally mandated to receive PRS will be referred automatically
What is Level Two (2) and/or Level Three (3)?
Frequency of the virtual check-ins
What is first check-in 7 business days, second - 14 business days and third check-in at 30 business days?
Case managers MUST make initial contact with the child and/or sponsor within
What is two (2) business days of a referral being accepted by the PRS provider?
Clinician MUST make initial contact with the child and/or sponsor within
What is seven (7) business days of referral acceptance?
Category 2A, 2B, or 3 sponsors choose to disengage from PRS but the child wants to continue receiving PRS.
What is ORR may continue to make PRS available to the child through coordination between the PRS provider and the ORR Project Officer (PO)?
When there is a high volume of referrals for PRS. ORR has a waitlist, providers will prioritize serving released children in the following order:
What is
If the PRS provider believes that the child is unsafe
What is the PRS provider must comply with mandatory reporting laws, State licensing requirements, and Federal laws and regulations for reporting to local child protective agencies and/or law enforcement. The PRS provider must also submit a Notification of Concern?
Case managers are required to make an in-home visit within
What is fourteen (14) business days of referral acceptance?
Weekly in-person contacts for the first
What is 45 to 60 calendar days, depending on the presenting needs of the released child and sponsor family?
PRS is provided for the waiting period of the released child’s immigration case but MUST terminate
What is upon receipt of lawful immigration status, an order of removal, or when the released child turns 18 years of age?
In any circumstance where a released child is at risk of harm or there is a present safety concern, the PRS provider must submit a
What is Notification of Concern to ORR?
Level one cases are terminated under the following conditions:
What is 1) the three virtual check-ins (7-day, 14-day and 30-day) are completed and documented in the child’s PRS case file, and the PRS provider determines that no further PRS are needed; 2) the released child turns 18 years of age; or 3) the sponsor of the released child chooses to disengage from these services?
In-person visits can be in these settings
What is the child’s home, the PRS provider’s office, or a community setting (such as a library, park, eatery, etc) depending on the circumstances and needs of the family?
Cases that are legally mandated
What is TVPRA cases?