11.20 Disruption of an Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) Child | CWS
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Georgia Division of Family and Children Services |
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Chapter: |
(11) Adoption |
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Policy Title: |
Disruption of an Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) Child |
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Policy Number: |
11.20 |
Previous Policy Number(s): |
110.11 |
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Effective Date: |
August 2015 |
Manual Transmittal: |
2015-07 |
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Requirements
The Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) will:
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Be responsible for arranging for the return of the child when an Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) placement disrupts, if DFCS is the sending state; and conversely
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Return the child to Georgia within five business days following the request from the receiving state.
| Following approval and placement of the child, if the receiving state ICPC Administrator determines that the adoptive placement no longer meets the individual needs of the child, including the child’s safety, permanency, health, well-being, and mental, emotional, and physical development, then the receiving state ICPC Administrator may request that the sending state arrange for the return of the child as soon as possible or propose an alternative placement in the receiving state. That alternative placement resource must be approved by the receiving state before placement is made. Return of the child shall occur within five business days from the date of notice for removal unless otherwise agreed upon between the sending and receiving state ICPC offices. The receiving state request for removal may be withdrawn if the sending state arranges services to resolve the reason for the requested removal and the receiving and the sending state ICPC Administrators mutually agree to the plan. |
Procedures
Receiving Agency
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Notify their ICPC Administrator as soon as the disruption is apparent.
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Keep the ICPC Administrator informed at each step along the way.
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Submit a complete narrative regarding the circumstances of the disruption.
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Submit the Interstate Compact Report on Child’s Placement Status (ICPC 100B) indicating the child returned to the sending state and ICPC services terminated.
When the disruption involves a child from Georgia placed in another state, the Interstate Compact Report on Child’s Placement Status (ICPC 100B) will be completed in Georgia SHINES. -
Send a copy of the child protection services (CPS) investigation to the ICPC Administrator, if applicable.
Sending Agency
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Provide for the cost of transportation for returning the child to the sending state unless the receiving agency indicates that the pre-adoptive family will do so.
| In a case where there is the potential of risk of harm to the child, the receiving state must follow the existing CPS protocol for the state regarding the protection of the child until he/she can be returned to the sending state. |
Practice Guidance
The two local agencies may already have discussed the possibility of disruption. It should be unusual for a disruption to take everyone by surprise unless it was a case of abuse and/or neglect.
Receiving State
The state to which a child is sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought, whether by public authorities or private persons or agencies and whether for placement with private agencies or persons.
Sending Agency
A member state, officer or employee thereof; a subdivision of a member state, or officer or employee thereof; a court of a member state; a person, corporation, association, charitable agency or other entity having legal authority over a child who sends, brings, or causes to be sent or brought any child to another state.