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Originally Posted By Pam

Anyone know how long it takes for the interstate compacts to go thru? We are also just waiting for the interstate compact....Thanks.

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Originally Posted By Been there

I am not an expert, but I have been through ICPC. There are many factors that come into play: home study complete, negotiation between the two states for such things as supervision, education, and medical. Basically, each state wants to know what the other is going to pay.

If you have a foster care license, it "could" speed things up. I adopted a child from across the country and it took 3 months.

Best of luck!

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Originally Posted By Lisa

With my first son who was from Ohio the ICPC paperwork was done in 60 days and he was home. With my youngest who was from Missouri it took over 5 months to get things done. It seems to depend on the state you are adopting from and the state in which you live and how long it takes the two states to agree on what is needed. Hopefully the states you're dealing with will work well together and your son will be home soon.

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Originally Posted By dena

We were blessed ICPC was done in less than 30 days!! between La and MS., they said that it was one of the fastest they had ever seen, so it does depend on each state and a little luck!

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Originally Posted By Linda

I was naive and thought "Ok, the kids are mine. Tney will be here in a couple of weeks." How dumb was that? I put myself through alot of misery. Figure on three months.

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Originally Posted By Meg

It took less than thirty days to get approval when we adopted from Florida while living in PA. Our son's worker was somewhere between persistent and agressive. We sent her flowers.

Meg