PASO is a Home Study and Post Release Services (HS/PRS) program, managed by Rite of Passage. Our mission is achieving safe, nurturing, advocative, and supportive homes for the children in our care, and ensuring their continued well-being. We provide post-release coordination of services and support to released children from the Office and Refugee Resettlement (ORR) and their sponsors through a coordinated case management approach. PASO assists ORR in making qualified release decisions while promoting the safety and well-being of each child after their release to a sponsor in the United States.

PASO provides trauma-responsive and culturally-sensitive communication and collaboration with key partners within ORR, ACF, the Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP), immigration courts, families or qualified potential sponsors, a diverse and comprehensive array of community-based service providers, and the children themselves. We accomplish this by establishing a foundation of safety, caring relationships, and constant, forthright communication through our multicultural, bilingual staff, all of whom receive comprehensive training on best practices in child welfare and current evidence-based models.