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]

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ICPC STATE Pages

Colorado

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

Colorado Termination of Parental Rights (TPR)

Home study for adoption conducted prior to Termination of Parental Rights (TPR):

Home study for relatives conducted prior to Termination of Parental Rights (TPR):

After TPR, relatives are no longer relatives and a foster care or adoptive home study must be requested:

Relative Home Study

Define Relative:

A specified caretaker relative is any relation by blood, marriage or adoption, who is within the fifth degree of kinship to the dependent child. A specified caretaker may also include an individual who exerts the responsibility for a child. A specified caretaker is a person who exercises the responsibility for the child(ren). The following hierarchy shall be followed:

A. A parent (who must participate in the work requirements of the program);

B. A relative by blood, marriage, or adoption who is within the fifth degree of kinship to the dependent child(ren) (not to be separated due to death or divorce); or is appointed by the court to be the legal guardian or legal custodian of the dependent child(ren), who has the opportunity to choose to be a member of the assistance unit and therefore, as a member, must participate in the work requirements of the program;

C. If those identified in A or B, above, are not available, a person who exercises responsibility for a dependent child(ren) within the person's home and provides verification of such responsibility, who has the opportunity to choose if they are a member of the assistance requirements of the program.

Relatives must be licensed:

Proof of Paternity is required:

Colorado considers the following types and degrees of relation as relative placements. Individuals related in the 1st degree, 2nd degree, 3rd degree and 4th degree (You may need to refer to your state's consanguinity chart or state statute to determine relations or relative status.):

1st Degree (mother, father, sister, brother, son, daughter)
2nd Degree (grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, first cousin)
3rd Degree (great grandmother, great grandfather, great aunt, great uncle, grand-niece, grand nephew, second cousin)
4th Degree (great, great-grandmother, great, great-grandfather, great, great aunt, great, great aunt, great, great uncle, great grand-niece, great grand nephew, third cousin)
Godmother, Godfather