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Effective: 10/19/2022

10.7 Request from Another State to Place a Child for Foster Care or Adoption in Kentucky

Legal Authority

Introduction

​​​​​​​​​​The Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Cabinet/CHFS) requires any out-of-state agency wishing to place a child in Kentucky to submit an Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children (ICPC) referral packet to the Kentucky ICPC office by electronic submission via National Electronic Interstate Compact Enterprise (NEICE) or by emailing to CHFS.Interstate@ky.gov.

In accordance with federal law, a status report, outlining the progress of the request, is to be completed within sixty (60) calendar days, that the initial request is received by the Kentucky ICPC office. This timeframe does not include the required training and FBI fingerprint checks, as it may take longer for these items to be completed.

The Kentucky ICPC office will reject or return incomplete request.


Practice Guidance

  • ​​The complete foster care/adoptive home study includes the narrative, letter of approval or denial, background check results, and training record. 
  • Placement approval is valid for six (6) months from the date on the ICPC 100A. 
  • ​The request for a foster care/adoptive home study that has been previously completed and approved is shared in accordance with SOP 30.10 CPS Open Records Requests and Disclosure of Information. 
  • ​If an ICPC case transfers from foster care to adoption, a new ICPC referral will be required. 
  • ​As with all foster care cases, reasonable efforts for interstate placement cases must be made in accordance with KRS. 620.140, per KRS 610.127, unless reasonable efforts are not require​​d.

Procedure

The Kentucky ICPC office:
  1. Reviews the request and referral packet within three (3) working days of receipt; 
  2. Sends the home study referral, electronically using TWIST screens by completing a foster or adoptive inquiry; and
  3. ​Indicates the expected return date for their home study and placement recommendation.
The R&C FSOS is responsible for ensuring that SOP Chapter 12 is followed and:
  1. Follows procedures outlined in SOP 12.3 Foster and Adoptive Home Applicant Assessment; and notes that all the requirements outlined in SOP 12.3 must be completed for the foster care/adoptive home study;
  2. Completes a preliminary memo to the Kentucky ICPC office within sixty (60) calendar days ​that outlines the progress made in the approval and any barriers to approval that have been observed; and
  3. Electronically submits the home study via TWIST ICPC screens to the Kentucky ICPC office upon completion.

The Kentucky ICPC office:
  1. Forwards the preliminary foster care/adoptive home study to the requesting state (with the exception of the required training and fingerprint checks); 
  2. Forwards the final foster care/adoptive home study and signed ICPC-100A to the requesting state for placement approval if all requirements have been met; and 
  3. Denies the placement via the ICPC-100A by forwarding it to the requesting state, and closes the case if the foster care/ado​ptive home study is denied.

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