ICPC State Pages

Minnesota ICPC Processing and Data Collection:

Minnesota conducts the following types of home studies:

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

ICPC Placement Checklists

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

Date of Receipt - Home Study

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

• Other

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

• No

Private Contract Services - Home Study

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

• No

Criminal Records Checks

Minnesota requires criminal background checks for the following home studies:

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

Finterprints are used to conduct FBI checks on persons 18 and older for studies conducted in connection with child foster care and adoptions.
  County social service agencies and private child placing agencies provide finterprint cards (supplied by DHS which include the correct ORI and “reason fingerprinted) to the background study subject.  The subject is fingerprinted, generally at a local law enforcement agency, and returns the FP card to the county or private agency who sends the FP cards to DHS along with a request to conduct a background study.  DHS scans the fingerprint cards and sends an electronic image through the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) to the FBI.  The results of the FBI check are returned electronically to DHS.

The results are received from the FBI within 24 hours.  (Generally within an hour or two.)

The state record check (through the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension) is based on the background study subject’s name and date of birth.  It is not a fingerprint based check.  See below.

Type of Checks (Crim. & Abuse Neglect Registry)

Minnesota 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):

• Other: MN is unable to give an estimate as there are many factors when completing a home study.

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

• Other: MN is unable to give an estimate as there are many factors when completing a home study.

Wait Time for Criminal Records Checks

Wait times for fingerprint results are:

Live Scan or other technology

• State: Not Offered
• 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:

• Other

  MN is unable to give an estimate as there are many factors when completing the licensing process.

Length of time a license is valid before renewal required:

• OtherTypically the initial foster care license is valid for one (1) year. After the first year the foster care license if valid for two (2) years.

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

• Local agencies develop and implement their own training curriculum while following the requirements set forth in Minnesota Rules, part 2960.3070.

Wait Time for ICPC Decision

Data Collection

Minnesota collects, tracks and reports interstate data via:

• ICPC Access Database

Minnesota collects, tracks and reports interstate home studies via:

• ICPC Access Database