ICPC State Pages

About the ICPC

The Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (AAICPC) was established in 1974 and consists of members from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The AAICPC has authority under ICPC to "promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms and provisions of this compact." The AAICPC obtains its Secretariat Services, as an affiliate of the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA).

For more information, please visit the AAICPC website.

Contact the AAICPC

American Public Human Services Association
1133 Nineteenth Street, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 682-0100
fax: (202) 289-6555

Web Manager: Carla Fults [cfults@aphsa.org]

Click on a state to see it's page:

ICPC STATE Pages

Arkansas

Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Central Time Zone · Phone: · Fax: (501) 682-8561

Arkansas Criminal Background Checks/Abuse and Neglect Registry

Home Studies which Require Criminal / Perpetrator Record Checks

Arkansas requires criminal background checks for the following home studies:

Foster Care
Relative Care
Relative-Foster Care
Foster-Adopt
Adoption
Parent
Other, specified below

Other adults living in the home.

Criminal Background Screening

The following methods are used to capture fingerprints to conduct criminal records checks:

Live Scan or other computerized technology
Finger Print cards

Criminal background checks/screening via Live Scan or other computerized technology are offered at the following levels:

National
State

State or Local Criminal Record Checks Requirements/Process:

Both electronic and paper for state.

Applicant will not be approved if the person has committed any of the following misdemeanor or felony offenses:

An alternative compliance may not be requested by any individual who has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to, or has been found guilty of any of the following offenses as he or she is permanently disqualified from being a foster or adoptive parent per ACA § 901‐28‐409(h)(1):

A. Capital murder

B. Murder in the first or second degree

C. Kidnapping

D. Rape

E. Sexual assault in the first or second degree

F. Endangering the welfare of a minor in the first or second degree

G. Incest

H. Arson

I. Endangering the welfare of an incompetent person in the first degree

J. Adult abuse that constitutes a felony

Types of Checks (Crim. & Abuse Neglect Registry)

Arkansas requires the following types of criminal background and perpetrator checks (Federal (F), State (S), Local (L), Abuse and Neglect Registry (ANR), Not Required (NR)):

Federal State Local ANR NR

Foster Care y y y

Relative y y y

Relative Foster Care y y y

Foster-Adopt y y y

Adoption y y y

Parent y y

	Federal	State	ANR
Foster Care	y	y	y
Relative	y	y	y
Relative Foster Care	y	y	y
Foster-Adopt	y	y	y
Adoption	y	y	y
Parent		y	y

Arkansas provides Abuse and Neglect searches:

Wait Time for Criminal Records Results

Wait time for fingerprint results are:

Live Scan or other technology

State: 24 hours

Local/County: Not Offered

Manually - Fingerprint Card

State: 4-7 days

Local/County: Not Offered

Verification of Criminal Records Results

Actual results/information contained in the Criminal Background

Period of Time the Checks are Valid

12 months and 24 months. For foster homes checks remain valid for 24 months. For adoptive homes, the State Police Criminal Record Check and AR Child Maltreatment Central Registry Check shall be repeated annually until the adoption decree is issued.