ICPC State Pages

Hawaii ICPC Processing and Data Collection:

Hawaii conducts the following types of home studies:

• Foster Care
• Relative-Foster Care
• Parent Care
• Adoption

ICPC Placement Checklists

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

Date of Receipt - Home Study

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

• Other

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

• Other: Yes - CONTRACTED AGENCY

Private Contract Services - Home Study

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

• Other: Yes - ONLY IF THE RECEIVING STATE WILL NOT CONDUCT A STUDY

Criminal Records Checks

Hawaii requires criminal background checks for the following home studies:

• Foster Care
• Relative-Foster Care
• Adoption
• Parent

Type of Checks (Crim. & Abuse Neglect Registry)

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

Mailing Process - Interstate Home Study

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

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):

• 60 days

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

• Other: No information provided

Wait Time for Criminal Records Checks

Wait times for fingerprint results are:

Live Scan or other technology

• State: 4-7 days
• Local/County: Not Offered

Manually - Fingerprint Card

• State: Not Offered
• Local/County: Not Offered

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:

• 2 years

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

• As Needed

Wait Time for ICPC Decision

Data Collection

Hawaii collects, tracks and reports interstate data via:

• ICPC Access Database

Hawaii collects, tracks and reports interstate home studies via:

• ICPC Access Database