15.5 ICPC Placement Supervision | CWS

Face-to-face visits with the child by the assigned SSCM at least once each month and beginning no later than 30 days from the date on which the child is placed or 30 days from the date on which the Georgia ICPC Administrator is notified of the child’s placement, if notification occurs after placement has occurred;

A majority of the required visits shall occur in the child’s home;

The purpose of face-to-face visits is to help ensure the on-going safety and well-being of the child and to gather relevant information to include in written reports provided to the child welfare agency in the sending state who exercises legal authority for the child(ren) subject to the ICPC case;

If significant issues of concern are identified during a face-to-face visit or at any time during a child’s placement, the SSCM providing supervision shall promptly notify the assigned Georgia ICPC Administrator who in turn shall notify the sending state ICPC Compact Administrator in writing;

Assist the sending state in locating appropriate resources for the child and/or the placement resource;

Provide written notification to the sending state’s ICPC Office of any unmet needs of a child placed in Georgia.

Date and location of each face-to-face contact with the child since the last supervision report was completed;

A summary of the child’s current circumstances, including a statement regarding the ongoing safety and well-being of the child;

A statement of the child’s school attendance and a summary of the child’s academic performance along with copies of any available report cards, education-related evaluations or Individual Education Plan (IEP) documents;

A summary of the child’s current health status, including mental health, the dates of any health-related appointments that have occurred since the last supervision report was completed, the identity of any health providers seen, and copies of any available health-related evaluations, reports or other pertinent records;

An assessment of the current placement and caregivers (e.g., physical condition of the home, caregiver’s commitment to child, current status of caregiver and family, any changes in family composition, health, financial situation, work, legal involvement, social relationships, child care arrangements, etc.);

A description of any unmet needs and any recommendations for meeting identified needs;

If applicable, the supervising SSCM’s recommendation regarding continuation of the placement, return of legal custody to a parent or parents with whom the child is residing and termination of the sending state’s jurisdiction, finalization of adoption by the child’s current caregivers or the granting of legal guardianship to the child’s current caregivers.

The DFCS County Liaison shall immediately send notification of the report via email to the assigned Georgia ICPC Administrator and ICPC@dhs.ga.gov;

The Georgia ICPC Administrator shall promptly notify the ICPC Administrator in the sending state of any report of child maltreatment of a child placed in Georgia pursuant to an approved placement, regardless of whether or not the report is substantiated.

Take action to ensure the ongoing safety of a child placed in Georgia pursuant to an approved placement, including return of the child to the sending state as soon as possible when return is requested by the Georgia ICPC Administrator;

Take timely action to relieve Georgia of any financial burden that Georgia has incurred as a result of placing a child into substitute care after removing the child from an unsafe placement in which the child was previously placed by the public child placing agency in the sending state.

The child is placed in the receiving state pursuant to an approved home evaluation, approval or provisional approval of the placement and the Georgia ICPC Administrator has sent the Interstate Compact Report on Child’s Placement Status (ICPC-100B) to the receiving state indicating the date of the child’s placement.

Supervision can and should begin prior to receipt of the Interstate Compact Report on Child’s Placement Status (ICPC-100B) if the receiving state ICPC Compact Administrator has been informed by other means that the child has been placed pursuant to an approved placement.

Supervision shall continue until any of the following conditions apply:

Date and location of each face-to-face contact with the child since the last supervision report was completed;

A summary of the child’s current circumstances, including a statement regarding the ongoing safety and well-being of the child;

When applicable, a statement of the child’s school attendance and a summary of the child’s academic performance along with copies of any available report cards, education-related evaluations or Individualized Education Plan (IEP) documents;

A summary of the child’s current health status, including mental health, the dates of any health-related appointments that have occurred since the last supervision report was completed, the identity of any health providers seen, and copies of any available health-related evaluations, reports or other pertinent records;

An assessment of the current placement and caregivers (e.g., physical condition of the home, caregiver’s commitment to child, child care arrangements, current status of caregiver and family, any changes in family composition, health, financial situation, work, legal involvement, social relationships, etc.);

A description of any unmet needs and any recommendations for meeting identified needs;

If applicable, the supervising caseworker’s recommendation regarding continuation of the placement, return of legal custody to a parent or parents with whom the child is residing and termination of jurisdiction, finalization of adoption by the child’s current caregivers or the granting of legal guardianship to the child’s current caregivers.