Currently initial face to face visits are mandated to be made within five calendar days of report validation. For years, Child Welfare Services within the Department of Social Services have had five business days to make their initial face to face visit. Five calendar days is very limiting to workers when reports are made on any day other than Monday, and is particularly restrictive on any holiday weekend. For example, if a report is validated on Thursday but the agency is closed Friday and Monday the worker is confined to making their face to face visit on Thursday, the day of the report, or Tuesday of the following week. In this case, the worker essentially only has two days, not five, to meet their initial visit requirement. I would ask that site language would reflect change from five calendar days to five business days. Thank you for your consideration.