If the receiving state’s compact office determines that the approved placement no longer meets the individual needs of the child, including the child's safety, then the receiving state’s compact office can request the immediate return of the child to Texas.

The receiving state’s compact office may request that the Texas ICPC unit do one of the following:

• Arrange for the return of the child as soon as possible.
• Propose an alternative placement in the receiving state. The receiving state must approve the alternative placement before the placement is made.

Return of the child must occur within five working days from the date of notice for removal unless otherwise agreed upon between the Texas ICPC unit and the receiving state’s ICPC office.

The receiving state notifies the Texas ICPC unit in writing of any unmet needs of a child placed in the receiving state. 

The Texas ICPC unit must do the following:

• Notify the Texas primary caseworker and supervisor within 24 hours of the receiving state’s request for the child’s return to Texas.
• Upload the receiving state’s written notification as a supervisory report into the child’s Form 2261 Compact Report ICPC (100B) in IMPACT.

The primary Texas caseworker must do the following:

• Arrange for the return the child to Texas within five working days from the date of notice for removal unless otherwise agreed upon between the Texas ICPC unit and the receiving state’s compact office. The Texas primary caseworker or designee travels to the receiving state to retrieve the child and returns back to Texas with the child.
• Submit a 100B closure when the child returns to Texas for ICPC case closure.

If the receiving state removes the child from an unsafe home in which DFPS placed the child, DFPS must take timely action to relieve the receiving state of any financial burden it has incurred as a result of the change in placement.

For more information, see the American Public Human Services Association’s ICPC Regulations [sic, broken link]External Link webpage.