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

Colorado

Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Mountain Time Zone · Phone: · Fax:

Colorado ICPC Processing and Data Collection:

Colorado conducts the following types of home studies:

Relative Care
Foster Care
Relative-Foster Care
Parent Care
Foster- Adopt
Adoption
Other

County departments are required to conduct the Structured Analysis Family Evaluation (SAFE) format.

ICPC Placement Checklists

* Electronic Transmission Accepted and/or Used as: S = Sending; R = Receiving; L = Locally;

	Adoption	Foster	Parent	Relative	Residential	Electronic Transmission Accepted *
ICPC 100A (Placement Request)	y	y	y	y	y
ICPC – 100 B (if child is in the Receiving State)					y	Incoming Residential Only - S, R, L
Court Order	y	y	y	y	y
Financial/ Medical Plan to support placement	y	y	y	y	y
Medical Documentation/History	y	y	y	y	y
Title IV-E Status	y	y	y	y	y
Social History/ Case Plan	y	y	y	y	y
Consent to Adoption	y
Termination of Paternal Rights	y
Supervisory/ Progress Reports		y		y		Regulation 1 only (No electronic)
Home Study Report		y		y		Regulation 1 only (No electronic)

Date of Receipt - Home Study

Colorado determines the "Date of Receipt" for an interstate home study as:

Date stamped in the Receiving State Local Office.

Upon receipt by the local county department of social/human services.

Colorado designates staff in each county/region to conduct home studies and/or process interstate placements:

Private Contract Services - Home Study

As the Sending State, Colorado will pay a contractor or private/independent agency in the Receiving State to conduct a home study:

Criminal Records Checks

Colorado requires criminal background checks for the following home studies:

Foster Care
Relative Care
Relative-Foster Care
Foster-Adopt
Adoption
Parent

Type of Checks (Crim. & Abuse Neglect Registry)

Colorado 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
Foster Care	y	y	y	y
Relative	y	y	y	y
Relative Foster Care	y	y	y	y
Foster-Adopt	y	y	y	y
Adoption	y	y	y	y
Parent	y	y	y	y

Mailing Process - Interstate Home Study

Method of requesting, sending, and/or reporting an interstate home study:

	Regular Mail	Express Mail	Overnight Mail
Send request for a home study to Receiving State	y	y	y
Send home study request to Local office	y	y	y
Send request for a home study to Receiving State	y	y	y

Wait/Processing Times

Wait Time (ICPC Interstate Home Study) - Public

Average length of time to process and complete a home study with criminal background checks for an interstate placement (Not including completion of educational training):

Other: Because Colorado is state supervised and county administered, it is difficult to determine the length of time for completing home studies.

Wait time to complete Home Study, only (without criminal records check):

Other: Because Colorado is state supervised and county administered, it is difficult to determine the length of time for completing home studies.

Wait Time for Criminal Records Checks

Wait times for fingerprint results are:

Live Scan or other technology

State: Not Offered

Local/County: 4-7 days

Manually - Fingerprint Card

State: Not Offered

Local/County: 31-60 days

Wait Time - (License/ Certification/ Approval - Education and Training)

Average Length of time it takes for a home to be licensed/approved/certified:

3-6 mos.

Length of time a license is valid before renewal required:

1 year

Colorado offers classes (education and training) for placement resources' homes to become licensed/certified/approved:

Quarterly

Wait Time for ICPC Decision

Foster Care	Relative	Relative - Foster Care	Parent	Foster - Adopt	Adoption (Public)	Adoption (Private)	Adoption (Independent)
1-2 months	1-2 months	1-2 months	1-2 months	1- 30 days	1-2 months	1- 30 days	1- 30 days