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]

Click on a state to see it's page:

ICPC STATE Pages

Montana

Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Mountain Time Zone. · Phone: (406) 841-2400 · Fax: (406) 841-2463

Montana Criminal Background Checks/Abuse and Neglect Registry

Home Studies which Require Criminal / Perpetrator Record Checks

Montana requires criminal background checks for the following home studies:

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

Criminal Background Screening

The following methods are used to capture fingerprints to conduct criminal records checks:

Finger Print cards

Criminal background checks/screening via Live Scan or other computerized technology are offered at the following levels:

Do Not use Live Scan/Computerized Technology

State or Local Criminal Record Checks Requirements/Process:

Fingerprint-based criminal checks are completed on all prospective foster, adoptive, and guardianship parents and all adults in their households.

Applicant will not be approved if the person has committed any of the following misdemeanor or felony offenses:

a conviction for a serious crime including homicide, sexual intercourse without consent, kidnapping, and robbery;

a conviction for a crime pertaining to children and families, including child abuse and neglect, incest, child sexual abuse, and child pornography;

within the last five years, a felony conviction for a drug related offense; or

a conviction of abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a developmental disability.

Types of Checks (Crim. & Abuse Neglect Registry)

Montana 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

Relative y y

Relative Foster Care y y

Adoption y y

Foster-Adopt y y

Parent y y

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

Montana provides Abuse and Neglect searches:

Wait Time for Criminal Records Results

Wait time for fingerprint results are:

Live Scan or other technology

State: Not Offered

Local/County: Not Offered

Manually - Fingerprint Card

State: 15-30 days

Local/County: Not Offered

Verification of Criminal Records Results

Actual results/information contained in the Criminal Background

Period of Time the Checks are Valid

Checks valid for 12 months