ICPC State Pages

Virginia ICPC Processing and Data Collection:

Virginia conducts the following types of home studies:

• Foster Care
• Parent Care
• Foster- Adopt
• Adoption

ICPC Placement Checklists

* Electronic Transmission Accepted and/or Used as: S = Sending; R = Receiving; L = Locally;

Date of Receipt - Home Study

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

• Date stamped in the ICPC Office.

Virginia designates staff in each county/region to conduct home studies and/or process interstate placements:

• Other: Virginia is a locally administered state. "State" processes interstate placement; local departments of social services conduct the home studies and provide services.

Private Contract Services - Home Study

As the Sending State, Virginia will pay a contractor or private/independent agency in the Receiving State to conduct a home study:

• Other: Contractors or private/independent agencies are used on an individual basis and not all localities will contract for home study services.

Criminal Records Checks

Virginia requires criminal background checks for the following home studies:

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

Type of Checks (Crim. & Abuse Neglect Registry)

Virginia requires the following types of criminal background and perpetrator checks (Federal (F), State (S), Local (L), Abuse and Neglect Registry (ANR), Not Required (NR))

Criminal Records Checks

Virginia requires criminal background checks for the following home studies:

• Foster Care
• Relative-Foster Care
• Adoption
• Parent

The Code of Virginia § 63.2-901.1 Criminal history and central registry check for placement of children.

“....Copies of any information received by a local board or licensed child-placing agency pursuant to this section shall be available to the state agency that regulates or operates such a child placing agency but shall not be disseminated further; and .......”

State agency refers to a Virginia state agency only.

Type of Checks (Crim. & Abuse Neglect Registry)

Virginia requires the following types of criminal background and perpetrator checks (Federal (F), State (S), Local (L), Abuse and Neglect Registry (ANR), Not Required (NR))

Mailing Process - Interstate Home Study

Method of requesting, sending, and/or reporting an interstate home study:

Wait/Processing Times

Wait Time (ICPC Interstate Home Study) - Public

Average length of time to process and complete a home study with criminal background checks for an interstate placement (Not including completion of educational training):

• 60 days

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

• Other: Criminal records checks are mandated for all home studies including parents.

Wait Time for Criminal Records Checks

Wait times for fingerprint results are:

Live Scan or other technology

• State: 8-14 days
• Local/County: 8-14 days

Manually - Fingerprint Card

• State: 8-14 days
• Local/County: 8-14 days

Wait Time for Criminal Records Checks

Wait times for fingerprint results are:

Live Scan or other technology

• State: 8-14 days
• Local/County: 8-14 days

Manually - Fingerprint Card

• State: 8-14 days
• Local/County: 8-14 days

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.

  Local department of social services process

Length of time a license is valid before renewal required:

• 3 years

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

• Local departments of social services schedule all training

Wait Time for ICPC Decision

Data Collection

Virginia collects, tracks and reports interstate data via:

• State System (SACWS or Other Computer System/Database)

Virginia collects, tracks and reports interstate home studies via:

• State System (SACWS or Other Computer System/Database)