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

Connecticut

Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time Zone) · Phone: (860) 550-6469 · Fax: (860) 730-8312; Connecticut accepts new referrals through the National Electronic Interstate Compact Enterprise (NEICE).

Connecticut ICPC Processing and Data Collection:

Connecticut conducts the following types of home studies:

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

Fictive Kin Foster Care requests.

ICPC Placement Checklists

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

	Adoption	Foster	Foster-Adopt	Parent	Relative	Residential	Electronic Transmission Accepted *
ICPC 100A (Placement Request)	y	y	y	y	y	y	S; R; L
ICPC – 100 B (if child is in the Receiving State)	y	y	y	y	y	y	S; R; L
Home Study Report	y	y	y	y	y	y	S; R; L
Court Order	y	y	y	y	y	y	S; R; L
Medical Documentation/History	y	y	y	y	y	y	S; R; L
Criminal History	y	y	y	y	y	y	S; R; L
Criminal Background Check/Verification	y	y	y	y	y	y	S; R; L
Education and Training Verification	y	y	y	y	y	y	S; R; L
Financial/ Medical Plan to support placement	y	y	y	y	y	y	S; R; L
Social History/ Case Plan	y	y	y	y	y	y	S; R; L
Medical plan to support placement	y	y	y	y	y	y	S; R; L
Title IV-E Status	y	y	y	y	y	y	S; R; L
Supervisory/ Progress Reports	y	y	y	y	y	y	S; R; L

Date of Receipt - Home Study

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

Other

Date of receipt via mail, scan, fax or electronical transmittal.

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

Other: Yes, DCF Area Office foster care/adoption unit staff. CT will not accept more than 2 Foster Home Study requests for the placement of the same child at one time. If a sending state has multiple Foster Home Study requests, the sending state will need to decide which 2 resources they wish to prioritize for assessment first.

Private Contract Services - Home Study

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

Other: Yes, on a case by case basis.

Criminal Records Checks

Connecticut requires criminal background checks for the following home studies:

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

Special Study requests.

Type of Checks (Crim. & Abuse Neglect Registry)

Connecticut 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

Mailing Process - Interstate Home Study

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

	Regular Mail	Express Mail	Overnight Mail	Electronic Mail
Send request for a home study to Receiving State	y	y	y	y
Send home study request to Local office	y			y
Send home study report to Sending State	y	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):

90 days

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

60 days

Wait Time for Criminal Records Checks

Wait times for fingerprint results are:

Live Scan or other technology

State: 24 hours

Local/County: 24 hours

Manually - Fingerprint Card

State: 15-30 days

Local/County: 48-72 hours

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

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

Other
1-3 months and 3-6 months

Length of time a license is valid before renewal required:

2 years

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

As needed, Once a month, and Quarterly. Kinship training is once a month, general foster and adoption training is quarterly, and 1 to 1 training occurs on a case by case basis if relatives have barriers to attending training classes.

Wait Time for ICPC Decision

Foster Care	Relative	Relative - Foster Care	Parent	Foster - Adopt	Adoption (Public)	Adoption (Private)	Adoption (Independent)
2-3months	1- 30 days	1- 30 days	1- 30 days	2-3months	1- 30 days	1- 30 days	1- 30 days

Data Collection

Connecticut collects, tracks and reports interstate data via:

Other: State System (SACWS or Other Computer System/Database) State System called LINK

Connecticut collects, tracks and reports interstate home studies via:

Other: State System (SACWS or Other Computer System/Database) State System called LINK