Standards for Out-of-State Placement of Ohio Children Stakeholder Meeting
OOS Placement Methods 3 Types of Out-of-State (OOS) Placement Methods
Juvenile court “commitments” (ORC 2151.331, 2152.26, 2152.19) Juvenile court “detention holdings” (ORC 2152.41, 2152.26) Child welfare “placements” (ORC 2151.331, 5103) Occurs through the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) law, administered by ODJFS. Some of these youth may also be adjudicated delinquent. Settings: group home, residential center, parent, relative, adoptive home Child Welfare Placement Process OOS “placements” into residential centers and group homes are made by custodial agencies -- juvenile courts and public children services agencies (PCSA)
PCSAs must have placements approved by the other state’s ICPC administrator
Required paperwork: JFS 01661, JFS 02424, narrative, child information, child summary, reason for placement, case plan For delinquent children placed in residential centers, documentation indicating placement is not available in the PCSA’s jurisdiction and the placement is in the best interest of the child and will not produce undue hardship on the child. Source: OAC 2-52-04