Good afternoon, HS/PRS Team!

Updates

• ORR Updates

ORR recently posted updates to UC Policy Guide Section 6 and UC MAP Section 6 (effective 1/13/2025)

• We will be updating POM and Monitoring tools in the coming months to reflect updated language.

• Notable change: pre-service and ongoing training requirement is now 20 hours rather than 40!

Find below the Updated training tracker:

USCCB HSPRS Training Tracker - New & Existing Staff.xlsx

*Programs will now be able to update the year in the tracker.

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• NOC Submissions Updates

Please see below the standard NOC naming convention for ORR:

• Initial NOC: NOC_Abuse-Neglect_ABC_1234

• Addendums: ADDENDUM_ (date of addendum) _NOC_Abuse-Neglect_ABC_1234

 Please make sure your team is using these naming conventions for NOC submissions.

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• HS Submissions Updates

Please note: Simy Cuervo NO longer needs to be included on HS Submissions.

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Upcoming calls

• 2025 Policy and Advocacy Team all of CS Call

The Policy and Advocacy team will be hosting an all-Children Services Call to share updates they have learned in the early days of the new administration. We encourage you all to bring your questions as they plan to leave ample time for Q&A.

The meeting invitation is below:

Topic: 2025 Policy and Advocacy Team Call for Children's Services Network

Time: Jan 30, 2025 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

Https://usccb.zoom.us/j/88594750492?pwd=GBdwJjx4YFPEdrXRvgGajexva16YTg.1 

Meeting ID: 885 9475 0492

Passcode: 024605

Join MRS' Policy and Advocacy team for updates in light of the new Administration and 119th Congress.

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Stay tuned for our Community of Practice call Schedule for this year!

Do you have an idea on any training subject you and your team would like to present on to the network? Reach out to your CSS and our TTA Coordinator Anuvi!

Training

• TTA ORR Training and Technical Assistance

The UCB Training Team’s TTA Center is offering a new training: Introduction to Sex and Labor Trafficking and Exploitation Version 2.0.

The purpose of this training is to gain familiarity with the updated facilitator guide for Introduction to Sex and Labor Trafficking and Exploitation and build confidence using available resources to facilitate workshops with children. 

We ask that participants spend 15 minutes reviewing the updated Facilitator Guide in advance of the training. 

Please register in advance using the link for your preferred date:

January 29, 2025, 12:30 PM ET

After you have registered, you will receive an email with your attendee link and a calendar item. Please accept the invitation and use the link provided to join the session at the scheduled time. If you do not see the email with attendance information, please check your junk folder. 

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Resources

 These resources can be very helpful for the population that we serve: