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

Wisconsin

Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Standard Time · Phone: · Fax: (608) 422-7170 Fax

Wisconsin Financial Plans, Medicaid, IV-E, Daycare, Payments

Financial Plans

Wisconsin permits a child in the legal custody of a Sending State to apply for and receive the following state administered assistance/benefits in Wisconsin as the Receiving State:

Medicaid

As the Sending state, the following are considered as a viable financial/medical plan when making interstate placements:

Title IV-E Foster Care
Title IV-E Adoption Assistance
Sending State Adoption Assistance
Kin-Guardianship - Fostering Connections (IV-E)
Kin-Guardianship - State
Medicaid

As the Receiving state, the following are considered a viable financial/medical plan when receiving interstate placements:

Title IV-E Foster Care
Title IV-E Adoption Assistance
Sending State Adoption Assistance
Kin-Guardianship - Fostering Connections (IV-E)
Kin-Guardianship - State
Medicaid

Medicaid/Medical Assistance Coverage, Benefits and Services

Wisconsin will ensure medical coverage benefits and services can be received through benefits, programs and providers in the Receiving State before placing a child across state lines:

Medicaid

The receiving state is responsible for the Medicaid benefits of children eligible under Title IV-E. Otherwise, the responsibility is with the sending state (see Foster Care Payments):

Waiting Period for Medicaid Benefits

Waiting period to apply for benefit assistance:

No waiting period

Waiting period to receive benefits for a child who is under the legal custody/legal jurisdiction of the sending state:

No waiting period

State Medical Insurance/Coverage

As the Sending State, Wisconsin will provide medical coverage if the child is NOT IV-E eligible:

Yes: Sending agency (not State) will reimburse preapproved medical expenses.

As the Sending State, Wisconsin will permit Placement Resources to apply for medical benefits in the Receiving State or use their personal insurance:

Payments Made

TANF Payments:

Will only pay for WI children, but must license the resource to do so. While in the process of licensing, family must go through the foster care licensing process in the other state. There is a process to continue TANF if the family is not licensed.

Adoption assistance payments begin:

At the time the child is placed.:
AA can begin at either time; as of the date of the adoptive placement or the date of finalization. Decision is case specific.

Foster Care Payments:

Wisconsin will provide our foster board to licensed resources with an approved ICPC home study.

Special Education Payments:

Daycare Payments:

No
Other

Kinship Program

Same as TANF payments above.

Title IV-E

MEDICAID - The receiving state is responsible for the Medicaid benefits of children eligible under Title IV-E. Otherwise, the responsibility is with the sending state (see Foster Care Payments):

Title IV-E documentation/verification required:

Yes: IV-E eligibility determination documentation