Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) Contacts

• California is one of three decentralized states, the other two being Colorado and Ohio. That means ICPC administration is handled at the county level in California and the other decentralized states.
• Only requests for out-of-state placements into residential treatment facilities and group homes are centralized and processed by the CDSS Out-of-State Placement Policy Unit (icpc@dss.ca.gov).
• Responsibility and functions associated with interstate placement requests in relative homes, foster family homes and prospective adoptive homes is delegated to counties and licensed adoption agencies.
• Please direct questions concerning these types of adoptions to the California County with which you are working.
• For a list of California County liaisons, go to the AAICPC Resources webpage and download the PDF “CA ICPC County Liaisons List” (found toward the bottom of the page).
• ICPC liaison lists for the two other decentralized states, Colorado and Ohio, are also available on the AAICPC Resources webpage to download as PDFs (also toward the bottom of the page).
• ICPC contact information for all other states, the District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands can be found at ICPC State Contacts (map).Click on the state link on the map. The ICPC information will be appear at the bottom of the page.