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]

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ICPC STATE Pages

Minnesota

Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central · Phone: 651-431-4727 651-431-4710 · Fax: (651) 431-7628

Minnesota Relative Placements

Minnesota conducts the following types of home studies:

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

Relative Home Study

Define Relative:

MN ICPC uses the definition of relative defined in Minnesota Statute 260.007 subd. 27 "Relative" means a person related to the child by blood, marriage, or adoption; the legal parent, guardian, or custodian of the child's siblings; or an individual who is an important friend of the child or of the child's parent or custodian, including an individual with whom the child has resided or had significant contact or who has a significant relationship to the child or the child's parent or custodian.

Relatives must be licensed:

Proof of Paternity Required for Placement with Paternal Relative:

Minnesota 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

MN ICPC uses the definition of relative defined in Minnesota Statute 260.007 subd. 27 "Relative" means a person related to the child by blood, marriage, or adoption; the legal parent, guardian, or custodian of the child's siblings; or an individual who is an important friend of the child or of the child's parent or custodian, including an individual with whom the child has resided or had significant contact or who has a significant relationship to the child or the child's parent or custodian.

Regulation 7 Priority Placement

Minnesota 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):

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.

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

Other

MN ICPC determines the date received as the date the email or NEICE case has been received.

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
Send home study request to Local office				y
Send home study report to Sending State				y

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.

Types 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))

	Federal	State	Local	ANR
Foster Care	y	y	y	y
Relative			y	y
Relative Foster Care	y	y	y	y
Adoption	y	y	y	y
Foster-Adopt	y	y	y	y
Parent			y	y

Wait Time for Criminal Records Checks

Wait time 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

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):

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

Verification of Criminal Records Results

All federal and state background study results are reviewed by DHS staff. The results of the background study (including non-disqualifying criminal and/or maltreatment information) are provided to the county or private child placing agency.

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:

Other
Typically 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:

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