Kansas Relative Placements
Kansas conducts the following types of home studies:
- Relative Care
- Foster Care
- Relative-Foster Care
- Parent Care
- Foster- Adopt
- Adoption
Relative Home Study
Define Relative:
A person who can trace a blood tie to a child. Persons related by blood include a parent, grandparent, sibling, great-grandparent, uncle or aunt, nephew or niece, great-great-grandparent, great uncle or aunt, first cousin, great-great-great grandparent, great-great uncle or aunt, or a first cousin once removed (the child of a first cousin). Termination of parental rights does not alter or eliminate the blood relationship to other relatives.
A person who is or was related to the child through marriage and with whom the child maintains a kinship relationship. This includes but is not limited to step paretns, step grandparents, step uncles and step aunts to the first degree, even though the marriage may have ended in divorce.
Legally adoptive parents and other relatives of adoptive parents as designated in groups (1) and (2).
The spounses or former spouses (after marriage is terminated by death or divorce) of any persons names in the above groups.
Relatives must be licensed:
Proof of Paternity Required for Placement with Paternal Relative:
Kansas 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
- Other
Regulation 7 Priority Placement
Kansas performs priority placements:
Wait Time (ICPC Interstate Home Study)
Average length of time to process and complete a home study with criminal background checks for an interstate placement (Not including completion of education training):
Wait time to complete Home Study, only (without criminal records check):
Kansas determines the "Date of Receipt" for an interstate home study as:
- Date stamped in the ICPC Office.
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 |
y |
y |
| Send request for a home study to Receiving State |
y |
y |
y |
y |
Criminal Records Checks
Kansas requires criminal background checks for the following home studies:
- Foster Care
- Relative Care
- Relative-Foster Care
- Foster-Adopt
- Adoption
- Parent
Types of Checks (Crim. & Abuse Neglect Registry)
Kansas 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 |
NR |
| Foster Care |
y |
y |
|
y |
|
| Relative |
y |
y |
|
y |
|
| Relative Foster Care |
y |
y |
|
y |
|
| Foster-Adopt |
y |
y |
|
y |
|
| Adoption |
y |
y |
|
y |
|
| Parent |
y |
y |
|
y |
|
Wait Time for Criminal Records Checks
Wait time for fingerprint results are:
Live Scan or other technology
- State: 48-72 hours
- Local/County: 48-72 hours
Manually - Fingerprint Card
- State: 4-7 days
- Local/County: 4-7 days
Average length of time to process and complete a home study with criminal background checks for an interstate placement (Not including completion of education training):
Verification of Criminal Records Results
- Actual results/information contained in the Criminal Background
Wait Time - (License/ Certification/ Approval - Education and Training)
Average Length of time it takes for a home to be licensed/approved/certified:
Length of time a license is valid before renewal required:
Kansas offers classes (education and training) for placement resources' homes to become licensed/certified/approved:
