For newly assigned clients, home contact is required within how many calendar days of the initial report, whether release or transfer?

• A. 15 business days
• B. 7 calendar days
• C. 30 calendar days
• D. 60 calendar days

Answer: (C)

When a client is newly assigned, you must complete a home contact within 30 calendar days from the initial report, regardless of whether the client has been released or transferred. Using calendar days keeps the timeline consistent across weekends and holidays, ensuring a timely check-in to verify the current living situation, contact information, and stability, and to establish ongoing supervision. This window strikes a practical balance: it’s long enough to arrange or carry out the outreach, but short enough to avoid unnecessary delays in monitoring. Shorter timeframes (measured in business days or by a few days) would be impractical in many cases, and a much longer window would slow oversight.