Common Contracts
1 similar Voluntary Placement Agreement contracts
LEGAL FACT SHEETVoluntary Placement Agreement • August 31st, 2023
VPA’s provide an option for counties to support children without a court-ordered removal. VPA’s can be voluntarily agreed upon by parents or guardians, without formal removals but with placements in kinship homes, or when children are already in kinship homes on a temporary basis, i.e., less than 6 months, via “constructive” removals where parents or guardians agree to the placement.1 In both instances, so long as the caregiver is certified as a foster parent, children can remain in the home of a kinship caregiver, without compromising supports, services or funding that would otherwise be available to the caregiver, the parents, and the child if the child had been taken into the public custody of the state.
