Child Placing Agency Roster
Group Homes and Child Caring Agency Roster
Group Homes, Child Caring and Child Placing Agencies
Nebraska law requires any individual (person, partnership, limited liability corporation) who provides foster care services to children and youth must be licensed. According to Nebraska Statute, foster care means a service that provides twenty-four-hour daily care, supervision, custody, or control over children for compensation or hire.
The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, issues three types of Children and Youth Services Licenses:
Group Home: Program operated under the auspices of an organization which is responsible for providing social services, administration, direction and control for the home. This type of program is designed to provide twenty-four-hour care for children and youth in a residential setting.
Child Caring Agency: An organization which is incorporated for the purpose of providing care for children and youth in buildings maintained for the organization for that purpose.
Child Placing Agency: An organization which is authorized for its articles of incorporation and by its license to place children in foster family homes.
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Initial Licensure
To apply for an initial license, the applicant must submit an application to the Department.
Upon receipt of a completed application, contact will be made to schedule an initial inspection date. Individuals must not provide any services to children or youth in Group Homes, Child Caring or Child Placing Agencies until the inspection has been completed and a license can be issued.
All Group Home, Child Caring and Child Placing Agency licenses are effective for two years.
All application materials must be submitted to:
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Licensure Unit
Children’s Services Licensing
PO Box 94986
Lincoln, NE68509-4986
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Renewal Licensure
All Group Home, Child Caring and Child Placing Agency licenses expire two years from the day they are issued.
Notice of renewal is sent to the licensee's preferred mailing address not later than 90 days prior to the license expiration date. To renew a license the following must be submitted:
- A completed written application
- Required licensee fees
If the applicant submits a completed renewal application 30 days ore more before the license’s expiration date, the license shall remain in effect until the department either renews or denies the application.
All renewal application materials must be submitted to:
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Licensure Unit
Children’s Services Licensing
PO Box 94986
Lincoln, NE68509-4986
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Change in License
Any licensee who needs to make a change to the license must obtain approval from the Department of Health and Human Services. To obtain approval, the licensee must submit a completed application to amend the license to:
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Licensure Unit
Children’s Services Licensing
PO Box 94986
Lincoln, NE68509-4986
Changes in the license include: Change of location, change of administrator, and change in ages of children for which the program provides care
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Inspections
Group Homes, Child Caring and Child Placing agencies are required to have pre-licensing inspections before they can begin operation. Nebraska statutes require the department to investigate applicants to determine if licensees are able to ensure and proper care and treatment of children. Once licenses, the department may inspection the facility where a licensee is furnishing care to children and youth to see that such services is being properly conducted. Types of inspections include:
- Initial licensure
- Renewal licensure
- Complaint investigation
- Change in the use of the facility (changing capacity, adding rooms, change of service)
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Licensee Fees