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

Oklahoma

Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central · Phone: (405) 522-3947 · Fax: (405) 522-2433

Oklahoma Relative Placements

Oklahoma conducts the following types of home studies:

Relative Care
Foster Care
Relative-Foster Care
Parent Care
Adoption

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.

Relative Home Study

Define Relative:

OKLAHOMA DEFINITION OF RELATIVE INCLUDES ANYONE THAT MEETS KINSHIP RELATIONSHIP CRITERIA:
(b) Kinship relationships. Kinship relationships are identified in (1) through (5) of this subsection.
(1) Related by blood. Maternal and paternal blood relatives considered as kinship, including half-blood relatives, are:
(A) siblings;
(B) grandparents including those denoted by prefixes of great and great-great;
(C) aunts and uncles including those denoted by prefixes of great and great-great or by degree of relationship;
(D) nieces and nephews including those denoted by prefixes of grand and great-grand; and
(E) cousins.
(2) Related by marriage. Relationships created by marriage, as described in (1) of this subsection, whether by common-law or ceremony include:
(A) step-relations; and
(B) the previous relationship designation prior to the termination of the marriage by death or divorce.
(3) Related by adoption. Relatives by adoption as described in (1) and (2) of this subsection are considered kinship.
(4) Related by emotional tie or bond. An emotional tie or bond exists when a child or the child’s parent acknowledges and accepts a person as part of the extended family or in the family’s close network of friends and relationships. Individuals with whom a child in OKDHS custody establishes a relationship after the child’s out-of-home placement may be considered as a non-relative kinship placement after an assessment of the child’s case.
(A) When the child is in protective or OKDHS emergency custody, OKDHS gives priority to the child’s noncustodial parent for placement, unless the placement is not in the child’s best interests.
(B) When the child cannot be placed with the noncustodial parent, the child’s placement is made, per 10A O.S. § 1-4-204. ■ 9
(5) Parent not considered kinship. A kinship placement does not include:
(A) the child’s custodial or noncustodial parent with whom the child is placed or to whom the child is returned; or
(B) a parent whose parental rights are terminated.

Relatives must be licensed:

Proof of Paternity Required for Placement with Paternal Relative:

Yes : Paternity Results, Birth Certificate of Legal Acknowledgement of Paternity document

Oklahoma 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

OKLAHOMA DEFINITION OF RELATIVE INCLUDES ANYONE THAT MEETS KINSHIP RELATIONSHIP CRITERIA: (b) Kinship relationships. Kinship relationships are identified in (1) through (5) of this subsection. (1) Related by blood. Maternal and paternal blood relatives considered as kinship, including half-blood relatives, are: (A) siblings; (B) grandparents including those denoted by prefixes of great and great-great; (C) aunts and uncles including those denoted by prefixes of great and great-great or by degree of relationship; (D) nieces and nephews including those denoted by prefixes of grand and great-grand; and (E) cousins. (2) Related by marriage. Relationships created by marriage, as described in (1) of this subsection, whether by common-law or ceremony include: (A) step-relations; and (B) the previous relationship designation prior to the termination of the marriage by death or divorce. (3) Related by adoption. Relatives by adoption as described in (1) and (2) of this subsection are considered kinship. (4) Related by emotional tie or bond. An emotional tie or bond exists when a child or the child’s parent acknowledges and accepts a person as part of the extended family or in the family’s close network of friends and relationships. Individuals with whom a child in OKDHS custody establishes a relationship after the child’s out-of-home placement may be considered as a non-relative kinship placement after an assessment of the child’s case. (A) When the child is in protective or OKDHS emergency custody, OKDHS gives priority to the child’s noncustodial parent for placement, unless the placement is not in the child’s best interests. (B) When the child cannot be placed with the noncustodial parent, the child’s placement is made, per 10A O.S. § 1-4-204. ■ 9 (5) Parent not considered kinship. A kinship placement does not include: (A) the child’s custodial or noncustodial parent with whom the child is placed or to whom the child is returned; or (B) a parent whose parental rights are terminated.

Regulation 7 Priority Placement

Oklahoma 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):

60 days

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

60 days

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

Date verified between Receiving/Sending States

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

Oklahoma requires criminal background checks for the following home studies:

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

Types of Checks (Crim. & Abuse Neglect Registry)

Oklahoma 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
Adoption	y	y		y

Wait Time for Criminal Records Checks

Wait time for fingerprint results are:

Live Scan or other technology

State: 31-60 days

Local/County: 31-60 days

Manually - Fingerprint Card

State: 31-60 days

Local/County: 31-60 days

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):

60 days

Verification of Criminal Records Results

Signature verifying background check completed

Wait Time - (License/ Certification/ Approval - Education and Training)

Average Length of time it takes for a home to be licensed/approved/certified:

3-6 mos.

Length of time a license is valid before renewal required:

1 year

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

Other: