The Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) licenses foster family homes, licensed child placing agencies, child caring institutions, group homes and private secure facilities.
If you are interested in becoming a licensed provider, please view the Becoming a Licensed Provider page.
If you are a parent or placing agency and wish to find additional information regarding current licensure status of a provider, please contact the DCS Residential Licensing Unit at the Residential Licensing Email Box.
General Information about Licensing
Resources for Family Case Managers (FCMs) and Probation Officers (POs)
- Emergency Shelter Care Map
- Programs for Sexually Harmful Children and Young Adults Map
- Substance Use Disorder Programs Map
- Programs for youth with Intellectual and Development Disabilities (IDD) Map
- Diagnostic and Evaluations Programs Map
- Agencies currently licensed:
Resources for Licensed Agencies & Facilities
- Background Checks
- Contracts
- FFPSA & QRTP Tools & Resources
- Monthly Meeting Minutes
- Plan of Correction (POC) Process Maps
- Policies and Forms
- Application for Private Secure Facility, Child Caring Institution, or Group Home Waiver/Variance (SF 57073)
- DCS Residential Facility Compliance
- Chapter 17 Residential Licensing Policies
- Medical Passport
- Request for Administrative Hearing - Residential License Denial or Revocation (SF 57115)
- Root Cause Analysis Resources
- Rates/Fiscal Information
- Service Standards
- Standard for 1:1 Staffing Ratio in a Residential Setting
- Provider Manual: Child Placing Agency Rates
- Psychotropic Medication Review Guidance
- Residential Program Categories and Standards
- LCPA Blended Caseload Letter (July 2021) - Effective 1/01/2022
- Service Standards (Residential, LPCA Foster Home & Group Home programs)
- Vendor Profile Attachments
Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC)
International and Cultural Affairs (including Immigration and the Indian Child Welfare Act)