Topics covered in this training Brief history of the agreement Key provisions Process and forms for making a placement request under the agreement Postplacement requirements and process ID: 641768
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Washington – Oregon ICPC Border Agreement TrainingSlide2
Topics covered in this training
Brief history of the agreement
Key provisions Process and forms for making a placement request under the agreement Post-placement requirements and processSlide3
Brief History
Why a border agreement?
Work began
over 15 years agoInitial draft built on the idea of having workers cross the border to perform home studies. May 2009, decision to move forward with drafting an agreement based on the idea of each state provisionally approving placements within a specified time-frame. Negotiating and drafting of the agreement, legal review, etc.Agreement originally signed August 30, 2010. Expansion signed October 27, 2014, being implemented in stages. Slide4
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Counties eligible to use the agreement
In
Washington: Benton, Clark, Cowlitz, Franklin, Pacific, Wahiakum, and Walla Walla In Oregon: Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Morrow, Multnomah,
Umatilla, and WashingtonSlide6
Children placed under the border agreement must originate from one of the counties covered by the agreement in the sending state, and they must be placed with a family located in one of the counties covered by the agreement in the receiving state.Slide7
Other Key Provisions
Proposed placement must be with a
relative
or with a person “with whom the child has an established relationship and with whom the child has spent a substantial amount of time.” Children must be in the legal custody of DHS. Children cannot be physically residing in the home of the prospective placement family (including “visits”) at any time
unless and until the placement is approved in writing according to the terms of the border agreement.Slide8
Limits on the quantity of requests
No more than one placement request at a time for any
given child
Maximum of 75
placement requests per year from either state. This includes: Requests that are denied
Requests that the receiving state ICPC office
determines do not meet criteria to be considered for
provisional approvalSlide9
Pre-Screening
Before submitting
a Border Agreement
request, the Caseworker must conduct a
detailed phone interview with the prospective placement resource.The two primary functions of the interview:
To the extent possible, determine the viability of the prospective placement resource in terms of willingness, ability and fitness to care for the child/children.
Advise the prospective placement resource of the urgency of the need to place the child or children and of the placement resource’s responsibilities in ensuring a timely decision from the receiving state concerning provisional placement approval.Slide10
Documentation required for a Border Agreement Referral
Border Agreement Request
form
Completed form 100ACourt order indicating agency’s custody of the childDocumentation of reason for child entering careForm 1044 completed by the branch IV-E SpecialistPsychological, medical or other relevant evaluations, if availableBirth certificate and/or Soc. Sec. card, if availableSlide11
Q. Where
can we find the
Border Agreement request
form and referral procedures? Child Welfare Staff Tools, scroll down to the link for the “ICPC Tools” Pagehttp://www.dhs.state.or.us/policy/childwelfare/icpc_tools.htmlSlide12
Scan & E-mail
referral documents to
the ICPC unit in Central Office
oregon.icpc@state.or.usICPC Coordinator will review:Does the referral meet the criteria for submission under the border agreement?Is the provisional placement request form complete?Does the packet contain all the required documents? Slide13
Process after referral leaves Oregon
The WA
ICPC
office checks to make sure referral is complete and meets border agreement criteria.If accepted, the referral is transmitted immediately to local office.Worker in local office evaluates prospective placementWA ICPC approves or denies provisional placement request within 7 working days of receipt of the referral. Slide14
Denials
Provisional placement may be denied, but regular home study process may continue and may ultimately result in placement approval
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Placement request may be denied completely, without continuation of the home study.Slide15
Placement must be made within 20 calendar days of approvalSlide16
Following placement
approval, call
the
provisionally approved placement resourceRemind the resource that even though the child will be placed, the full home study process must continue in order for the placement to receive final, full approval.Ensure that the placement resource is aware of what the full home study process entails and explain that the placement resource needs to cooperate with the worker conducting the study by providing information and being available when requested.Slide17
Placement
Notify the Oregon ICPC office when the child is placed. The 100B form then will be sent to Washington to request courtesy supervision of the placement. The Oregon ICPC office will instruct the worker on how to open the placement on OR-Kids.
Foster payments will be made, and the care provider will need to apply for WA Medicaid.Slide18
If full approval of placement is denied, or if
at any point Washington
requests
that the child be returned, the child must be returned to Oregon immediately.Slide19
All ICPC-related
laws, rules and procedures still apply
to placements made using the border agreement.Examples:Custody cannot be dismissed without concurrence from the receiving state.The sending state remains responsible for financial support of the child.The receiving state monitors the placement and sends quarterly supervision reports.ICPC still appliesSlide20
Oregon Branch Offices
Oregon ICPC Office
Washington ICPC Office
Washington Branch Offices
placement referral
notification of placement approval or denial
notification of child placement
withdrawal of a placement request
request to return a child
Communication
Some things need to be communicated through the ICPC offices:
Other direct communication between local workers in sending and receiving states is encouragedSlide21
Oregon ICPC Contacts
ICPC Office
500 Summer St. NE, #E-70
Salem, OR 97301Fax 503-947-5072E-mail: oregon.icpc@state.or.us Case assignments are based on the oldest child’s last name:A–Gn Amanda Kramer, 503-945-5673 Go–O Terrie Anderson, 503-945-7019
P–Z Lindsay Armstrong, 503-945-5671
ICPC Manager: Vera James
503-945-6685