ICPC State Pages

Maryland Foster Care

Rates (Foster Care)

Foster care rate paid at:

• Sending State’s rate
• Other

The sending State pays its MD rate, as if child had remained in MD, unless a "differential board rate" is appropriate, per MD Policy SSA#11-19 (issued 4/15/2011), COMAR 07.02.11.28 & 07.02.12.15 and Family Law 5-410(c)(3)(i).

Maryland foster care rates:

Requirements (Foster Care)

Foster Care Resource Requirements:

• •  COMAR 07.02.11.28 and 07.02.25.05. ICPC home studies are specific to the child proposed to be placed in the MD home.

Training (Education and Training):

• PRIDE (pre-service foster parent) Training

Requirements (Licensing)

Licensing Requirements:

• Maryland Foster and Adoption home studies fully comply with all federal regulations for these home studies and for federal IV-E funding purposes. The 100A form specifies which home study type is to be completed, Foster or Adoption (one or the other), per the specific request and permanency plan of the sending State and its sending State ICPC office and sent to the receiving State ICPC office of Maryland. Maryland licensed private adoption agencies and Local DSS Offices certify that a placement resource home is recommended for approval by sending a home study attesting to that, but no "certificates" are issued to this effect for ICPC home studies. The MD-ICPC approved 100A form indicates the date the home may have the child placed into it and the sending State's 100B form indicates the date the child is actually placed into the MD-ICPC-approved home. Annual re-evaluations of the Maryland placement resource home (or Recons) are completed on an annual basis by the MD agency/LDSS for continued re-aassessment/re-approval purposes of the home's use for Interstate placement of the child for whom the home was studied initially.

Foster Care Placements:

• No Information Provided

Maryland requires the following types of placement resources to be licensed/approved/certified:

• Foster Care
• Relative-Foster Care
• Adoption
• Foster/Adopt

Maryland uses the following terms to authorize a resource family for foster care and (or) adoption after completion of education and training in state:

• Approve (Adoption)
• Verified (Foster Home)
• Certified

Maryland resource training program is as follows:

• PRIDE (Parents Resource Information Development Education)
• MAPP

• PRIDE in 23 of 24 jurisdictions; MAPP in Baltimore City.

Maryland accepts the following training programs as comparable to its education and training program licensing:

• Other: Varies with each Region in Maryland; and the Training must meet Maryland curriculum.

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

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

• 1-3 mos.

Length of time a license is valid before renewal required:

• 3 mos.

Maryland offers classes (education and training) to become licensed/certified/approved:

• As needed

Wait Time for Criminal Records Results

Wait time for fingerprint results are:

Live Scan or other technology

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

Manually - Fingerprint Card

• State: 61-180 days
• Local/County: Not Offered