What is a Child-Placing Agency (CPA)?
A. A person, including an organization other than the biological parents or guardian of a child, who plans for the placement of or places a child in a child-care operation, agency foster home, agency foster group home, or adoptive home. A child-placing agency does not provide direct care for children. A CPA verifies its foster homes and/or approves adoptive homes. The agency is responsible for regulating its homes for compliance with minimum standards. Licensing inspects the CPA to ensure the CPA is meeting minimum standards.
Related Questions
- If a Licensed Child-Placing Agency Administrator wants to be the administrator for two CPAs, is there a limit to how many foster homes each CPA can verify?
- Once my child-placing agency has a separate license for each DFPS region, can my CPA still have just one board, budget, etc.?
- What is a Child-Placing Agency (CPA)?
