ICPC State Pages

California Consultants/Specialists

Compact Administrators

Compact Administrator Angie Schwartz, Deputy Director Children & Family Services Division California Department of Social Services 744 P Street, M.S. 8-17-18 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 657-2614 Office (916) 657-2049 Fax

Deputy Compact Administrator Evangeline Freathy, Compact Manager Out-of-State Placement Policy Unit Family Permanency and Support Services Branch California Department of Social Services 744 P Street, M.S. 8-12-90 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 651-8100 Office (916) 838-8920 Cell Cynthia Vatalaro, Branch Chief Family Permanency and Support Services Branch California Department of Social Services 744 P Street, M.S. 8-12-90 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 651-8100 Office

Consultants

ICPC Specialist Samantha Marier .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (916) 764-9081 Joena McDonald .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (916) 838-0451 Robin Sullivan .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (916) 809-5103 California is a decentralized state.  ICPC functions, except those involving group home placements (residential treatment centers), are delegated to the local county social services and probation departments, licensed public and private adoption agencies and California Department of Social Services’ Adoption District Offices.  Parent, relative and foster family home placements are processed by local county child welfare services agencies.  Public adoption placements are processed by licensed public adoption agencies and the California Department of Social Services Adoption District Offices (for counties that do not have a public adoption agency).  Private adoption placements are completed by California full-service licensed private adoption agencies.  Independent adoption placements are processed by the public adoption agencies for the counties of Alameda, Los Angeles and San Diego and the California Department of Social Services’ Adoption District Offices. * Please note only full-service licensed adoption agencies, including those that are identified as providing international adoption services, may perform the ICPC administrative functions.  California County ICPC Liaisons: https://aphsa.org/AAICPC/AAICPC/Resources.aspx (File is located at the bottom of the web page under “Rules, Regulations and Additional Information”) Licensed California Adoption Agencies: http://www.childsworld.ca.gov/res/pdf/Docaa.pdf CDSS ICPC internal webpage: http://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/Foster-Care/Interstate-Compact-on-the-Placement-of-Children-ICPC	Administrative Assistant N/A
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Mailing Address

Regular Mailing Address *Please send all communication via NEICE. Group home placements (residential treatment center placements ONLY): Out-of-State Placement Policy Unit 744 P Street, M.S. 8-12-90 Sacramento, CA 95814 Please refer to below links for for all other placements and contact information: California County ICPC Liaisons: https://aphsa.org/AAICPC/AAICPC/Resources.aspx (File is located at the bottom of the web page under “Rules, Regulations and Additional Information”)

Federal Express Address N/A

Useful Telephone Numbers

Child Abuse Hotline Child abuse and neglect allegations are referred to the appropriate California County Child and Abuse and Neglect Hotline: http://www.childsworld.ca.gov/res/pdf/CPSEmergNumbers.pdf	Juvenile Compact Office (ICJ) California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Division of Juvenile Justice Interstate Services (916) 683-7772 Office (916) 683-7768 Fax .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Interstate Commission for Juveniles: http://www.juvenilecompact.org Juvenile Interstate Data System (JIDS) https://jids.juvenilecompact.org
Mental Health Compact Office None.  Responsibility for interstate transfers is delegated to the Executive Director of the individual State Hospital, the facility Director of the Regional Center for the Developmentally Disabled or the local county Director of Mental Health Services	Adoption and Medical Assistance Compact Office (ICAMA) ICAMA is co-administered by the California Department of Social Services and the California Department of Health Care Services. For Medicaid inquiries contact DHCS Medi-Cal Eligibility Division at (916) 552-9200.

Useful Websites

• Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC)
• Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance (ICAMA)
• Interstate Compact for Juveniles (ICJ)

Statutory Codes

State ICPC Code:

• Family Code section 7900, et seq.

Age of Majority and Code:

• 18 years
• Family Code section 6501 states: An adult is an individual who is 18 years of age or older.

Statutory Penalties Under ICPC:

• Family Code section 7901 incorporates Article 4.

Co-Located Compacts - ICPC, ICAMA, ICJ

ICPC/ ICJ

ICPC and ICJ are co-located in the same unit: (If "No" - Agency under which each compact is administered.)

• No - ICJ is administered under the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and ICPC is administered under the California Department of Social Services.

If ICPC and ICJ both apply to a case, California will coordinate services: (If "No" - Which Compact Supersedes)

• Yes

ICPC/ ICAMA

ICPC and ICAMA are co-located in the same unit: (If "No" - Agency/Department under which each compact is administered.)

• No - ICPC and outgoing ICAMA requests are administered by the California Department of Social Services. Incoming ICAMA requests are administered by the California Department of Health Care Services.