The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC), established in 1960, establishes procedures for ensuring the safety and stability of
placements of children across State lines.
Adopting children from other States requires the involvement of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC), a legally binding agreement between States regulating
the placement of children across State lines.
Not exact matches
And Carrión added that as part
of First Lady Chirlane McCray's ThriveNYC mental health initiative, ACS started Trauma Smart to instruct teachers and parents
across the EarlyLearn system on how to help their
children through traumatic experiences and that New York City has the lowest detention and
placement census.
By expanding
placement to other regions
across the country, Jamilah doubled the number
of Hartford families whose
children received world - class educational opportunities through the program.
The increasing use
of kinship
placements across the country (AFCARS, 2003) suggests that this perception
of child welfare workers was accurate.
The Family First Prevention Services Act strengthens families by reducing the amount
of time foster
children wait to be adopted or placed with relatives
across state lines by encouraging states to replace their outdated
child placement systems with a more efficient electronic system.
The literature on these
placements suggests that although kinship families are much more vulnerable than unrelated foster families,
children living with relatives are more likely to remain in the same
placement and to have longer durations in foster care.78 Given the large numbers
of kinship
placements occurring
across the United States, it would behoove the
child welfare system to provide supportive services to these vulnerable kinship families to enable them to provide quality care to the
children in their care (see the article by Geen in this journal issue).
Children in the NSCAW study with multiple placements had more compromised outcomes across domains than children who experienced greater placement stability.63 In another study of a large group of foster children, the number of placements children experienced predicted behavioral problems 17 months after placement entry.64 Other studies have reported that placement instability is linked to child behavioral and emotional problems, such as aggression, coping difficulties, poor home adjustment, and low self - concept.65 Relatedly, children's perceptions of the impermanency of their placements have also been linked to behavioral difficu
Children in the NSCAW study with multiple
placements had more compromised outcomes
across domains than
children who experienced greater placement stability.63 In another study of a large group of foster children, the number of placements children experienced predicted behavioral problems 17 months after placement entry.64 Other studies have reported that placement instability is linked to child behavioral and emotional problems, such as aggression, coping difficulties, poor home adjustment, and low self - concept.65 Relatedly, children's perceptions of the impermanency of their placements have also been linked to behavioral difficu
children who experienced greater
placement stability.63 In another study
of a large group
of foster
children, the number of placements children experienced predicted behavioral problems 17 months after placement entry.64 Other studies have reported that placement instability is linked to child behavioral and emotional problems, such as aggression, coping difficulties, poor home adjustment, and low self - concept.65 Relatedly, children's perceptions of the impermanency of their placements have also been linked to behavioral difficu
children, the number
of placements children experienced predicted behavioral problems 17 months after placement entry.64 Other studies have reported that placement instability is linked to child behavioral and emotional problems, such as aggression, coping difficulties, poor home adjustment, and low self - concept.65 Relatedly, children's perceptions of the impermanency of their placements have also been linked to behavioral difficu
children experienced predicted behavioral problems 17 months after
placement entry.64 Other studies have reported that
placement instability is linked to
child behavioral and emotional problems, such as aggression, coping difficulties, poor home adjustment, and low self - concept.65 Relatedly,
children's perceptions of the impermanency of their placements have also been linked to behavioral difficu
children's perceptions
of the impermanency
of their
placements have also been linked to behavioral difficulties.66
This document describes who must be included in the home study, qualifications for adoptive parents, elements
of the home study, exceptions for stepparent or relative
placements, postplacement assessments
of the
child's adjustment to the adoptive family, requirements for
placements across State lines, and more.
State
of Maryland Out -
of - Home Placement and Family Preservation Resource Plan: Fiscal Year 2010 (PDF - 7,855 KB) Maryland Governor's Office for
Children & Maryland Children's Cabinet (2010) Analyzes the State of Maryland's capacity for and utilization of out - of - home placements for children involved in the child welfare system, reports the costs associated with out - of - home placements, facilitates an evaluation of statewide family preservation programs, and identifies areas of need across M
Children & Maryland
Children's Cabinet (2010) Analyzes the State of Maryland's capacity for and utilization of out - of - home placements for children involved in the child welfare system, reports the costs associated with out - of - home placements, facilitates an evaluation of statewide family preservation programs, and identifies areas of need across M
Children's Cabinet (2010) Analyzes the State
of Maryland's capacity for and utilization
of out -
of - home
placements for
children involved in the child welfare system, reports the costs associated with out - of - home placements, facilitates an evaluation of statewide family preservation programs, and identifies areas of need across M
children involved in the
child welfare system, reports the costs associated with out -
of - home
placements, facilitates an evaluation
of statewide family preservation programs, and identifies areas
of need
across Maryland.
Beyond Borders: Achieving
Child Permanence
Across Geographic Boundaries [Video] AdoptUSKids (2010) Features professionals sharing stories on the value
of interjurisdictional
placements and how to make them succeed.
This is an agreement between states to coordinate the
placement of children for adoption
across state lines.
Across these studies, several factors appear to influence outcomes, for example, age
of placement into an institution (11), timing
of removal and
placement in a family (2), and sex
of the
child (12).