Tracking #2006-00671-permanent
(formerly #2006-00828-emergency)

#06-7-25-1
I:06072501.doc
[I:06072501.rtf]

[12 CCR 2509-4]
[Instructions: replace lines 1011660 through 1011690.]
7.307.51  Requirements When Colorado is the Sending State [Rev. eff. 10/1/06]
The county department must determine, within fourteen (14) calendar days upon receipt of the home study report conducted by the receiving state, whether the placement is appropriate for the child. 
The county department or licensed child placement agency holding legal custody or maintaining court-ordered protective supervision and considering placement of a dependent child into any site out-of-state shall:
A.  Submit information required by the state.
B.  Send a referral packet to the Deputy Compact Administrator in the receiving state and enter information from Forms 100-A and 100-B in the Child Welfare Automated Tracking System (see Section 7.307.7 on “Reporting”  requirements).
C.  Complete and submit the Change of Status Form (100-B) to the receiving state.
D.  Not be a party to sending or allowing a child to be taken across the state line without the “prior permission”  of the receiving state Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children Administrator or his or her designated staff. Prior permission is defined as either permission or denial being granted on the 100-A or on a facsimile of the 100-A.
E.  Continue to have financial responsibility for the support and maintenance of the child during the out-of-state placement unless the placement is with a parent or a care-provider who assumes financial responsibility for the child.
F.  Be financially responsible for the return of the child if the placement disrupts and the decision is made to return the child.
G.  Send quarterly progress report form to the out-of-state foster care provider on the state designated form.
H.  Retain legal custody or the child remains under the court's jurisdiction; and,
I.  Not agree to dismissal of the Petition or termination of local court jurisdiction without one of the following four conditions being met:
1.  The child has been adopted.
2.  The child has become self supporting or legally emancipated.
3.  The child is 18 or older.
4.  A minimum six month period of supervision has elapsed from date of Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children approval and the receiving state Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children Administrator or his/her designee has granted permission for dismissal of the Petition or termination of court jurisdiction.
7.307.52  Requirements When Colorado is the Receiving State [Rev. eff. 10/1/06]
When Colorado is the receiving state of an Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children Request for Placement, all such requests, except for non-public adoptive placement requests, shall be sent by the sending state to the Colorado Deputy Compact Administrator who shall forward the request packet to the correct county department or licensed Child Placement Agency.
A.  Upon receipt, the county department Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children liaison or designee shall review the request for compliance with the Compact and all relevant Colorado and federal laws, and take appropriate action.
B.  The county department staff or licensed Child Placement Agency staff assigned to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children cases shall:
1.  Complete a home study within 60 calendar days of receipt of the request from the sending state.
2.  Provide protective services and supervision of the placement according to the treatment plan and case plan set up by the county department or court in the sending state.
3.  Provide written progress reports as required.
4.  Make determinations and recommendations to the sending agency for dismissal or continuation of the legal custody and jurisdiction in the sending state.
5.  Provide services, including protective services, to families and children covered by the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children and other approved Interstate or inter-country placements as are provided to other similar placement cases that are the responsibility of a county department.
C.  These cases shall be subject to the same contact requirements as other Program Area 4, 5 or 6 cases. If circumstances prohibit such contact, the county department shall document exceptions to the minimum requirements on the alternative agency contact agreement with a signature of approval from the county department administrator or county director.
D.  When requests for placement with parents or relatives are received from other states and Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children cases are opened as Program Area 5 cases, risk assessment procedures shall be followed similar to other Program Area 5 cases.
E.  The receiving state (Colorado) may close its Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children case when one of the following conditions have been met:
1.  The child has been adopted.
2.  The child has become self supporting or legally emancipated.
3.  The child has become 18.
4.  The Colorado county Liaison or state Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children Administrator has granted permission for dismissal of the petition or termination of court jurisdiction.