Which statement correctly describes staffing for a branch office handling child-placement activities?

• A. You must assign a child placement management staff for each branch office to perform the child-placement activities.
• B. You may share one manager across multiple branches.
• C. Staff is not required for branch offices.
• D. Only quarterly staffing is permitted.

Answer: (A)

Staffing for each branch that handles child-placement activities must include a designated child placement management staff member at that branch. This ensures there is accountable supervision, clear responsibility, and ongoing compliance with licensing requirements for every location where placement work takes place. Having a manager tied to a different branch or shared across locations creates gaps in supervision, slows response to local needs, and undermines consistent policy implementation, training, and record-keeping. Continuous, branch-specific oversight is needed because placement decisions, safety considerations, and documentation must be managed locally and in real time. The other options fail to provide the required local management presence, leave a branch without essential supervision, or ignore the need for ongoing staffing rather than infrequent checks.