• What is a Child Placing Agency?

• Independent Living

• Adoption Placement

• Foster Home Certification

• Licensing Process

• CPA Frequently Asked Questions

• Original License Application Packet

• Child Welfare Licensed Facilities
Statewide search for Licensed Child Caring Institutions, Child Placing Agencies and Court Operated Facilities.

• Statewide Text File of Child Welfare Facilities

• Contact Information

• FOIA - Freedom of Information Requests for The Bureau of Children and Adult Licensing

• Online FOIA Submission Form

• Complaints

• Child Placing Agency Letters

• CPSC Infant/Child Product Recalls

• CPA Rule Interpretations 

• Michigan Child Care Matters Newsletter

• Licensing Rules for Child Care Providers

• Child Care Organizations Act 116 of 1973

• Children's Product Safety Act 219 of 2000

• Child Placing Agencies Review and Worksheets

• Child Welfare Licensing Form Request 

• CPA Audit Sheet 

• CPA Employee File 

• Office of Children's Ombudsman (OCO) 

• Special Investigation Report - OCAL-259 

• Health History Record - OCAL-353 

• Licensing Clearance Record Request - BCAL 1326CW 

• Children's Foster Home Rules Compliance Record - BCAL-3080 

• Report Actual or Suspected Child Abuse or Neglect - DHS-3200 

• Child Information Record - BCAL-3731 

• Child Information Record - OCAL 3731-AR (Arabic) 

• Documento de Información del Niño Estado de Michigan - OCAL-3731-SP 

• Medical Emergency Care Authorization OCAL-3978 

• Emergency Telephone Numbers - OCAL-4234 

• Incident, Accident, Illness, Death or Fire Report - BCAL-4603 

• Regulation of Child Care Organizations Act 116 of 1973 - BCAL PUB-14 

• Licensing Rules for Child Placing Agencies - BCAL-PUB-11 

• Good Moral Character, BCAL-PUB 673