ICPC State Pages

All cases should be submitted via NEICE, Secure Document Portal (SDP for states currently onboarding to NEICE), or via email at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), for private parties needing to initiate an ICPC request from Oklahoma.

ADOPTION HOME STUDY REQUESTS:
1) In order for Oklahoma to conduct an adoptive home study for public custody children, the children requiring adoption must first be placed in Oklahoma under either an approved relative or foster ICPC approval for a minimum of 90 days before OK ICPC will accept a request for an ICPC adoption request.
2) As a receiving state, Oklahoma will not accept direct adoptive ICPC requests for public custody children unless the placing authority contracts with a private child placing agency for home study and supervision services.

RELATIVE OR RELATIVE-FOSTER CARE:
Oklahoma has implemented model kinship standards allowing for families to be assessed under a separate set of requirements than incoming ICPC Foster requests. Families assessed for relative or relative-foster care will be assessed using Oklahoma Administrative Code 340:75-7-24. If approved, the family assessed under Oklahoma kinship criteria will meet IV-E requirements and provide a basis for foster care maintenance payments, if authorized by the sending state as a kinship family would complete a kinship resource family assessment, 12 hours of kinship resource family training, and all required state and federal criminal and child welfare background checks, including Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint results for all adult household members and any applicable Adam Walsh registry checks.

FOSTER CARE REQUESTS:
Families assessed for ‘foster care’ under the type of care will be assessed using Oklahoma Administrative Code 340:75-7-18. If approved, the family assessed under Oklahoma criteria will meet IV-E requirements and provide a basis for foster care maintenance payments, if authorized by the sending state, as the family would complete a full resource family assessment, 27 hours of resource family training (Guiding Principles), and all required state and federal criminal and child welfare background checks, including Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint results for all adult household members and any applicable Adam Walsh registry checks.

PARENT CARE REQUESTS:
Oklahoma will require that any incoming request for a parent home study include documentation or evidence of a parent’s engagement or successful completion of their child welfare service plan. If a parent is not engaged in or nearing completion of their required services, Oklahoma will not accept the incoming parent request, unless it is ordered by the court in the sending state.