Critical Information

If critical information is missing, TICO must immediately contact the following to ask that the missing information be sent to TICO:

  •   the caseworker or the caseworker’s supervisor; and

  •   the regional ICPC coordinator where the request was initiated.

If TICO does not receive the missing information within three business days, TICO must return the interstate placement request packet to the caseworker to be corrected and resubmitted.

A checklist of critical information can be found in the ICPC checklist [sic, intranet link]PDF DocumentExternal Link.

Information That Is Not Critical

If information that is not critical is left out of the placement request packet, TICO may:

  •   send the packet to the receiving state’s compact office before getting the missing information; and

  •   ask the caseworker who initiated the request to forward the missing information to TICO by the date requested by the receiving state.

If the Other State’s Compact Office Finds Information Missing

If the compact office for the state receiving the request finds the placement packet deficient in some respect, the compact office may:

  •   send the packet to the local child-placing agency despite the deficiency, to get the home screening started, and either call or write TICO to request the missing information;

  •   hold the packet at the compact office, and either call or write TICO to request the missing information; or

  •   return the packet to TICO with a request for the missing information.