At cradle anchoring (sub-protocol 1.1), the Office issues each subject a primary and a secondary caregiver designation. Caregivers are auxiliary Phase-I contractors. The Office compensates them in subject continuity and in certification of their compliance posture, which attaches benefits across their own active phase. Fiscal currency does not enter the arrangement.
The caregiver's mandate is straightforward. Love is the first service owed to society. The subject's primary attachment instrument is the caregiver's affect. The Office has found the caregiver instrument to outperform any electronic equivalent the Office has tested. The caregiver's continued calibration to the published affective parameters is therefore the work of the Phase-I Caregiver Liaison.
Each caregiver is assigned a Compliance Posture composed of the below indicators. The Posture is computed continuously from the caregiver's logged interaction with the subject and from the caregiver's syncing of the OHCOSE Parent App. Caregivers may review their Posture at any time on Form 5-D.
Fig. 1.3.A — Sample Caregiver Compliance Posture (month 14)
The Office publishes target parameters for the principal caregiver affective behaviors. Caregivers operating within the parameters are recorded as compliant. Caregivers operating outside the parameters receive a Form 6-A (Advisory Notice) and are scheduled into the next Caregiver Calibration Session.
| parameter | target | tolerance |
|---|---|---|
| Response Latency to Cry | ≤ 92 sec | ± 18 sec |
| Vocalization-Per-Hour (awake) | 62–88 utt. | ± 8 utt. |
| Eye-Contact Sustained (per dyad) | ≥ 4.0 sec | ≥ 3.2 sec |
| Soothing-Touch Frequency | ≥ 22 / hr | ≥ 18 / hr |
| App-Sync Interval | ≤ 24 hr | ≤ 48 hr |
| Approved-Toy Adherence | 100% | ≥ 92% |
Tbl. 1.3.A — Caregiver affective parameters (rev. 14.3)
The Office is aware that family members and unaffiliated acquaintances may propose unapproved caregiver practices, including the singing of lullabies not present in the Office repertoire, the holding of the subject in non-recommended postures, and the introduction of toys, fabrics, or food not certified for Phase-I exposure. Caregivers are reminded that the published parameters are the product of three decades of longitudinal study and that informal recommendations carry no such evidentiary backing.
Caregivers who choose to follow non-approved practices may report them via Form 6-B (Voluntary Disclosure of Variant Caregiver Behavior). The Office does not impose sanction in respect of disclosed variance. The Office does impose sanction in respect of undisclosed variance discovered in the course of Phase-I review.