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These links provide the national and state foundation for compliance with the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children in the United States, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

  • American Public Human Services Association/ Association of Administrators for the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children 
  • APHSA/AAICPC State Pages
  • Tennessee DCS ICPC Practice and Procedure Manual 
  • Tennessee Policy 1.30 on the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
  • Guidelines for Compliance with ICPC/Regulation #4: Licensed Residential Treatment Facility/Institutional Placement (Article VI)/Group Home/Maternity Home/Child-Caring Facility
  • Guidelines for Compliance with ICPC for Independent or Private Agency Adoptive Placement Referral
  • ICPC Procedures Manual-Independent and Private Agency Adoptive Placement Guide
  • ICPC Judicial Guidebook
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Jennifer Nichols

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Nashville, TN 37238
(615) 741-9701
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