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

Ohio

Office Hours: Monday-Friday, varies by employee (anytime between 7:00am and 5:00PM) · Phone: · Fax: (614) 387-1032

Ohio Criminal Background Checks/Abuse and Neglect Registry

Home Studies which Require Criminal / Perpetrator Record Checks

Ohio requires criminal background checks for the following home studies:

Foster Care
Relative Care
Relative-Foster Care
Foster-Adopt
Adoption
Other, specified below

Local agencies performing protective services functions on behalf of children determine based on safety concerns whether home studies and / or background checks are undertaken for non-custodial parents or parents with whom children are being reunified.

Criminal Background Screening

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

Live Scan or other computerized technology
Finger Print cards

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

National
State

State or Local Criminal Record Checks Requirements/Process:

- State requires state and federal criminal checks. Several local agencies also require local police checks, per their internal policies.

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

- Refer to OAC 5101:2-7-02 for foster care, and 5101:2-48-10 for adoption.

Types of Checks (Crim. & Abuse Neglect Registry)

Ohio 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

Adoption y y y

Foster-Adopt y y y

Parent

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

Ohio provides Abuse and Neglect searches:

Wait Time for Criminal Records Results

Wait time for fingerprint results are:

Live Scan or other technology

State: 48-72 hours

Local/County: Not Offered

Manually - Fingerprint Card

State: 31-60 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 1 year