Sponsor Application Process
For those sponsors who receive a mailed version of the Family Reunification Packet, ORR expects potential sponsors to complete the Family Reunification Packet within how many days?
Within seven (7) calendar days of receipt of the packet.
True/False:
Case managers may share case information with ORR post-release and home study providers and Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (URM) providers if a child is being referred for those services.
True
What is included inside the FRA?
Family Reunification Packet Cover Letter, Authorization for Release of Information, Sponsor Application, Sponsor Care Agreement, Legal Orientation Program for Custodians Overview, UAC Sexual Abuse Hotline Flyer, Fingerprinting Instructions, Sponsor Handbook, Letter of Designation for Care of a Minor (used when a parent or legal guardian wishes to specify another person to sponsor his or her child), Sponsor Declaration, Privacy Notice for Sponsors, Privacy Notice for Parents and Legal Guardians, Fraud Warning, Acceptable Forms of ID for Fieldprint Fingerprinting Appointments
True/False:
After staffing and reviewing a case, Case Coordinators and Case Managers must agree on a release recommendation. If there is a disagreement or a particularly complex case, then the case will be elevated to the ORR/Federal Field Specialist (ORR/FFS) for further guidance.
True
True/False:
In all cases, the unaccompanied parent and their child should be approved for release to the sponsor only when both cases are ready for release to sponsor.
True
Child advocate appointments terminate when?
- Upon the closure of the unaccompanied alien child’s case by the child advocate;
- When the unaccompanied alien child turns 18; or
- When the unaccompanied alien child obtains lawful immigration status.
Scenario:
You are working a case where a client reports wanting to reunify with an adult partner to whom the client is not legally married. Do we consider reunification with the adult partner? If so, what steps should the case manager take?
Release to an adult partner is considered on a case-by-case basis. The case manager and case coordinator consult with the FFS to determine if the release is safe and appropriate.
The case manager provides legal service providers (LSPs), attorneys of record, and Child Advocates, if applicable, weekly updates on case management decisions concerning the progress of a child’s case, which includes the following:
Notification that a child may not have a potential sponsor, Change in sponsor categories, Any final release decisions, and When a child has been recommended for, has initiated, or is pending transfer to a different level of care (specifically long-term foster care), and when a child’s transfer request has been approved.
In cases where DNA testing is needed to determine proof of relationship, case managers must not recategorized the sponsor unless 1)______ or 2)________. The case manager must consult with the FFS before recategorizing the sponsor.
1) the sponsor and/or unaccompanied alien child is unable or unwilling to be tested or 2) results of the DNA test indicate a different relationship than that indicated by the sponsor.
Child advocate recommendation are based on information that is obtained from the child and other sources such as?
The child’s parents, potential sponsors, government agencies, legal service providers, protection and advocacy system representatives in appropriate cases, representatives of the unaccompanied alien child's care provider, health professionals, and other stakeholders.