CARSON CITY - The American Public Human Services Association, on behalf of the Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, has announced Nevada is one of six states leading the nation in streamlining placement of children across state lines.
Nevada was selected to participate in a national initiative to improve efficiency in the administration of ICPC - the program that establishes uniform legal and administrative procedures governing the interstate placement of children. Nevada, along with the District of Columbia, Florida, Indiana, South Carolina and Wisconsin, will pilot the web-based program over the next 17 months.
The National Electronic Interstate Compact Enterprise system will serve and benefit children, families, public, and tribal child welfare agencies and multidisciplinary groups (medical, legal, judicial) that work to facilitate foster care and adoptive interstate placements nationwide. The ultimate goal is to decrease the length of time it takes for children to be placed safely across state lines.
ICPC members work to ensure protections and services to children placed across state lines are consistent. Approximately 1,500 children move in and out of Nevada through the ICPC process each year.
For information, contact the Division of Child and Family Services at (775) 684-4400 or www.dcfs.nv.us.[[In-content Ad]]
