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74.13.310 | Foster parent training. | Adequate foster parent training has been identified as directly associated with increasing the length of time foster parents are willing to provide foster care and reducing the number of placement disruptions for children. Placement disruptions can be harmful to children by denying them consistent and nurturing support... |
74.13.315 | Child care for foster parents attending meetings or training. | The department may provide child care for all foster parents who are required to attend department-sponsored meetings or training sessions. If the department does not provide such child care, the department, where feasible, shall conduct the activities covered by this section in the foster parent's home or other locati... |
74.13.325 | Foster care and adoptive home recruitment program. | Within available resources, the department shall increase the number of adoptive and foster families available to accept children through an intensive recruitment and retention program.
[ 2018 c 284 s 52 ; 2009 c 520 s 81 ; 1997 c 272 s 3 .]
Effective date — 1997 c 272: See note following RCW 74.13.031 . |
74.13.330 | Responsibilities of foster parents. | Foster parents are responsible for the protection, care, supervision, and nurturing of the child in placement. As an integral part of the foster care team, foster parents shall, if appropriate and they desire to: Participate in the development of the service plan for the child and the child's family; assist in family v... |
74.13.332 | Rights of foster parents. | Foster parents have the right to be free of coercion, discrimination, and reprisal in serving foster children, including the right to voice grievances about treatment furnished or not furnished to the foster child.
[ 2001 c 318 s 1 .] |
74.13.333 | Rights of foster parents—Complaints—Investigation—Notice of any personnel action—Report. | (1) A foster parent who believes that a department employee has retaliated against the foster parent or in any other manner discriminated against the foster parent because: (a) The foster parent made a complaint with the office of the family and children's ombuds, the attorney general, law enforcement agencies, or the ... |
74.13.334 | Department procedures to respond to foster parents' complaints. | The department shall develop procedures for responding to recommendations of the office of the family and children's ombuds as a result of any and all complaints filed by foster parents under RCW 74.13.333 .
[ 2018 c 284 s 54 ; 2013 c 23 s 207 ; 2009 c 520 s 83 ; 2004 c 181 s 2 .] |
74.13.335 | Foster care—Reimbursement—Property damage. | Within available funds and subject to such conditions and limitations as may be established by the department or by the legislature in the omnibus appropriations act, the department shall reimburse foster parents for property damaged or destroyed by foster children placed in their care. The department shall establish b... |
74.13.336 | Extended foster care services. | (1) A youth who has reached age 18 years may request extended foster care services authorized under RCW 74.13.031 at any time before he or she reaches the age of 21 years if: (a) The dependency proceeding of the youth was dismissed pursuant to RCW 13.34.267 (5) at the time that he or she reached age 18 years; or (b) Th... |
74.13.338 | Driver's license support for foster youth. | (1) Subject to the availability of funds appropriated for this specific purpose, the department shall contract with a private nonprofit organization that agrees to work collaboratively with independent living providers and the department and is selected after a competitive application process to provide driver's licens... |
74.13.341 | Transition plan—Planning services—Qualification for services provided by the developmental disabilities administration. | (1) With respect to children who are subject to an open dependency proceeding under chapter 13.34 RCW and may exit dependency proceedings under chapter 13.34 RCW after reaching the maximum age for dependent children, the department shall invite representatives from the entity providing managed health and behavioral hea... |
74.13.500 | Disclosure of child welfare records—Factors—Exception. | (1) Consistent with the provisions of chapter 42.56 RCW and applicable federal law, the secretary, or the secretary's designee, shall disclose information regarding the abuse or neglect of a child, the investigation of the abuse, neglect, or near fatality of a child, and any services related to the abuse or neglect of ... |
74.13.505 | Disclosure of child welfare records—Information to be disclosed. | For purposes of RCW 74.13.500 , the following information shall be disclosable: (1) The name of the abused or neglected child; (2) The determination made by the department of the referrals, if any, for abuse or neglect; (3) Identification of child protective or other services provided or actions, if any, taken regardin... |
74.13.510 | Disclosure of child welfare records—Consideration of effects. | In determining under RCW 74.13.500 whether disclosure will be contrary to the best interests of the child, the secretary, or the secretary's designee, must consider the effects which disclosure may have on efforts to reunite and provide services to the family.
[ 1997 c 305 s 4 .]
Conflict with federal requirements — 19... |
74.13.515 | Disclosure of child welfare records—Fatalities. | For purposes of RCW 74.13.500 (1)(d), the secretary must make the fullest possible disclosure consistent with chapter 42.56 RCW and applicable federal law in cases of all fatalities of children who were in the care of, or receiving services from, the department at the time of their death or within the twelve months pre... |
74.13.520 | Disclosure of child welfare records—Information not to be disclosed. | Except as it applies directly to the cause of the abuse or neglect of the child and any actions taken by the department in response to reports of abuse or neglect of the child, nothing in RCW 74.13.500 through 74.13.515 is deemed to authorize the release or disclosure of the substance or content of any psychological, p... |
74.13.525 | Disclosure of child welfare records—Immunity from liability. | The department, when acting in good faith, is immune from any criminal or civil liability, except as provided under RCW 42.56.550 , for any action taken under RCW 74.13.500 through 74.13.520 .
[ 2018 c 284 s 57 ; 2009 c 520 s 86 ; 2005 c 274 s 353 ; 1997 c 305 s 7 .]
Conflict with federal requirements — 1997 c 305: See... |
74.13.530 | Child placement—Conflict of interest. | (1) No child may be placed or remain in a specific out-of-home placement under this chapter or chapter 13.34 RCW when there is a conflict of interest on the part of any adult residing in the home in which the child is to be or has been placed. A conflict of interest exists when: (a) There is an adult in the home who, a... |
74.13.540 | Independent living services. | Independent living services include assistance in achieving basic educational requirements such as a high school equivalency certificate as provided in RCW 28B.50.536 , enrollment in vocational and technical training programs offered at the community and vocational colleges, and obtaining and maintaining employment; an... |
74.13.550 | Child placement—Policy of educational continuity. | (1) It is the policy of the state of Washington that, whenever practical and in the best interest of the child, children who are the subject of a dependency proceeding shall remain enrolled in their schools of origin. (2) For the purposes of this section, "children who are the subject of a dependency proceeding" means ... |
74.13.560 | Educational continuity—Protocol development. | (1) The administrative regions of the department shall, in collaboration with school districts within their region as required by RCW 28A.225.360 , develop protocols specifying specific strategies for communication, coordination, and collaboration regarding the status and progress of children in out-of-home care placed... |
74.13.570 | Oversight committee—Duties. | (1) The department shall establish an oversight committee composed of staff from the office of the superintendent of public instruction, the student achievement council, foster youth, former foster youth, foster parents, and advocacy agencies to develop strategies for maintaining foster children in the schools they wer... |
74.13.580 | Educational stability during shelter care hearing—Protocol development. | The department shall work with the administrative office of the courts to develop protocols to ensure that educational stability is addressed during the shelter care hearing.
[ 2003 c 112 s 5 .]
Findings — Intent — 2003 c 112: See note following RCW 74.13.550 . |
74.13.590 | Tasks to be performed based on available resources. | The department shall perform the tasks provided in RCW 74.13.550 through 74.13.580 based on available resources.
[ 2018 c 284 s 60 ; 2009 c 520 s 89 ; 2003 c 112 s 6 .]
Findings — Intent — 2003 c 112: See note following RCW 74.13.550 . |
74.13.600 | Kinship caregivers—Definition—Placement of children with kin a priority—Strategies. | (1) For the purposes of this section, "kin" means persons eighteen years of age or older to whom the child is related by blood, adoption, or marriage, including marriages that have been dissolved, and means: (a) Any person denoted by the prefix "grand" or "great"; (b) sibling, whether full, half, or step; (c) uncle or ... |
74.13.621 | Kinship care oversight committee. | (1) Within existing resources, the department shall establish an oversight committee to monitor, guide, and report on kinship care recommendations and implementation activities. The committee shall: (a) Draft a kinship care definition that is restricted to persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption, including marr... |
74.13.631 | Students subject to a dependency proceeding—School placement options. | (1) Consistent with the provisions for making best interest determinations established in RCW 28A.225.350 and 74.13.560 , the department shall provide students who are the subject of a dependency proceeding with the opportunity to remain enrolled in their school of origin, unless the safety of the student is jeopardize... |
74.13.632 | School-aged youth in out-of-home care—Educational experiences and progress—Reports. | (1) A university-based child welfare research entity shall include in its reporting the educational experiences and progress of students in out-of-home care with the department. This data must be disaggregated in the smallest units allowable by law that do not identify an individual student, in order to learn which of ... |
74.13.640 | Child fatality reviews. | (1)(a) The department shall conduct a child fatality review in the event of a fatality suspected to be caused by child abuse or neglect of any minor who is in the care of the department or receiving services described in this chapter or who has been in the care of the department or received services described in this c... |
74.13.650 | Foster parent critical support and retention program. | A foster parent critical support and retention program is established to retain foster parents who care for sexually reactive children, physically assaultive children, or children with other high-risk behaviors, as defined in RCW 74.13.280 . Services shall consist of short-term therapeutic and educational interventions... |
74.13.660 | Foster parent critical support and retention program—Availability, assessment, training, referral. | Under the foster parent critical support and retention program, foster parents who care for sexually reactive children, physically assaultive children, or children with other high-risk behaviors, as defined in RCW 74.13.280 , shall receive: (1) Availability at any time of the day or night to address specific concerns r... |
74.13.670 | Care provider immunity for allegation of failure to supervise a sexually reactive, physically assaultive, or physically aggressive youth—Conditions. | (1) A care provider may not be found to have abused or neglected a child under chapter 26.44 RCW or be denied a license pursuant to chapter 74.15 RCW and RCW 74.13.031 for any allegations of failure to supervise in which: (a) The allegations arise from the child's conduct that is substantially similar to prior behavior... |
74.13.680 | Foster care to twenty-one program—Termination. | (1) Within amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department shall continue to operate the state-funded foster care to twenty-one program for three years after June 7, 2012, at which point the program shall cease to operate. (2) The department shall not have the authority to enroll any new youth under this... |
74.13.690 | Child welfare measurements. | (1) A university-based child welfare research entity and the department, in collaboration with other stakeholders, shall develop measurements in the areas of safety, permanency, and well-being, using existing and available data. Measurements must be calculated from data used in the routine work of the state agencies' d... |
74.13.695 | Validated tool to assess care needs. | The office of innovation, alignment, and accountability must develop a single validated tool to assess the care needs of foster children. Once the validated tool is available for use on a statewide basis, the department of children, youth, and families must use the tool for assessing the care needs of foster children, ... |
74.13.700 | Denial or delay of licensure or approval of unsupervised access to children. | (1) In determining the character, suitability, and competence of an individual, the department may not: (a) Deny or delay a license or approval of unsupervised access to children to an individual solely because of a crime or civil infraction involving the individual or entity revealed in the background check process th... |
74.13.705 | Background checks—Out-of-state requests—Fees. | The department shall charge a fee to process a request made by a person in another state for an individual's child abuse or neglect history in this state or other background history on the individual possessed by the department. All proceeds from the fees collected must go directly to aiding the cost associated with th... |
74.13.710 | Out-of-home care—Childhood activities—Prudent parent standard. | (1) For the purposes of this section, "caregiver" means a person with whom a child is placed in out-of-home care, or a designated official for a group care facility licensed by the department. (2) This section applies to all caregivers providing for children in out-of-home care. (3) Caregivers have the authority to pro... |
74.13.715 | Family connections program—Report to legislature. | (1) Within available funding, the department shall contract with an external organization or organizations with experience serving youth or families receiving out-of-home care services to implement and operate the family connections program, which facilitates interaction between a parent of a child found to be dependen... |
74.13.718 | Caregiver communication specialist. | The department shall establish a caregiver communication specialist position within the department for the purpose of improving communication between the department and caregivers. The caregiver communication specialist position established in this section is responsible for: (1) Developing policies for sharing appropr... |
74.13.720 | Certificates of parental improvement—Issuance—Standards—Rules—Liability. | (1) The department shall develop and implement a process by which an individual who is the subject of a founded finding of negligent treatment or maltreatment or physical abuse as defined in RCW 26.44.020 or by rule or an individual whose child was found by a court to be dependent as a result of a finding that the indi... |
74.13.730 | Certificates of parental improvement—Administrative review. | (1) A person who applies for a certificate of parental improvement pursuant to RCW 74.13.720 has the right to seek review of the secretary's denial of this certificate request as provided in this section. (2) The written notice provided by the department denying a request for a certificate of parental improvement must ... |
74.13.802 | Child welfare housing assistance program. | (1) Within funds appropriated for this specific purpose, the department shall administer a child welfare housing assistance program, which provides housing vouchers, rental assistance, navigation, and other support services to eligible families. (a) The department shall operate or contract for the operation of the chil... |
74.13.805 | Medicaid waiver services eligibility reporting. | (1) The department shall collaborate with the developmental disabilities administration of the department of social and health services to determine the number of enrolled clients of the developmental disabilities administration of the department of social and health services ages 16 through 21 years old who are functi... |
74.13.810 | Child malnutrition field guide. | By September 1, 2023, the department, in consultation with the department of health, shall produce and make available to department staff a child malnutrition field guide. This child malnutrition field guide must: (1) Be concise, but provide references to additional comprehensive and trauma-informed resources for depar... |
74.13.901 | Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521. | For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married person... |
74.13.902 | Construction—Religious or nonprofit organizations. | Nothing contained in chapter 3, Laws of 2012 shall be construed to alter or affect existing law regarding the manner in which a religious or nonprofit organization may be licensed to and provide adoption, foster care, or other child-placing services under this chapter or chapter 74.15 or 26.33 RCW.
[ 2012 c 3 s 15 (Ref... |
74.13.903 | Construction—Prevention services. | Nothing in this chapter may be construed to limit the department's authority to offer or provide prevention services or primary prevention services as defined in chapter 13.34 RCW and this chapter, respectively.
[ 2019 c 172 s 18 .] |
74.13A.005 | Adoption support—State policy enunciated. | It is the policy of this state to enable the secretary to charge fees for certain services to adoptive parents who are able to pay for such services. It is, however, also the policy of this state that the secretary of the department shall be liberal in waiving, reducing, or deferring payment of any such fee to the end ... |
74.13A.007 | Adoption support expenditures—Findings—Intent. | The legislature finds that the current state adoption support policy to encourage, within available funds, the adoption of certain hard to place children , has expedited permanency for children who are unable to reunify with their family and has resulted in savings otherwise spent on foster care. The legislature also f... |
74.13A.010 | Prospective adoptive parent's fee for cost of adoption services. | When a child proposed for adoption is placed with a prospective adoptive parent the department may charge such parent a fee in payment or part payment of such adoptive parent's part of the cost of the adoption services rendered and to be rendered by the department. In charging such fees the department shall treat a hus... |
74.13A.015 | Adoption services—Disposition of fees—Use—Federal funds—Gifts and grants. | All fees paid for adoption services pursuant to RCW 26.33.320 and 74.13A.005 through 74.13A.080 shall be credited to the general fund. Expenses incurred in connection with supporting the adoption of hard to place children shall be paid by warrants drawn against such appropriations as may be available. The secretary may... |
74.13A.020 | Adoption support program administration—Rules and regulations—Disbursements from general fund, criteria—Limits. | (1) The secretary shall issue rules and regulations to assist in the administration of the program of adoption support authorized by RCW 26.33.320 and 74.13A.005 through 74.13A.080 . (2) Disbursements from the appropriations available from the general fund shall be made pursuant to such rules and regulations and pursua... |
74.13A.025 | Factors determining payments or adjustment in standards. | The factors to be considered by the secretary in setting the amount of any payment or payments to be made pursuant to RCW 26.33.320 and 74.13A.005 through 74.13A.080 and in adjusting standards hereunder shall include: The size of the family including the adoptive child, the usual living expenses of the family, the spec... |
74.13A.030 | Both continuing payments and lump sum payments authorized. | To carry out the program authorized by RCW 26.33.320 and 74.13A.005 through 74.13A.080 , the secretary may make continuing payments or lump sum payments of adoption support. In lieu of continuing payments, or in addition to them, the secretary may make one or more specific lump sum payments for or on behalf of a hard t... |
74.13A.035 | Application—1996 c 130. | Chapter 130, Laws of 1996 applies to adoption support payments for eligible children whose eligibility is determined on or after July 1, 1996. Chapter 130, Laws of 1996 does not apply retroactively to current recipients of adoption support payments.
[ 1996 c 130 s 3 . Formerly RCW 74.13.116 .] |
74.13A.040 | Review of support payments. | (1) Any parent who is a party to an agreement under RCW 74.13A.005 through 74.13A.080 may at any time, in writing, request, for reasons set forth in such request, a review of the amount of any payment or the level of continuing payments. The review shall begin not later than thirty days from the receipt of such request... |
74.13A.045 | Adoptive parent's financial information. | So long as any adoptive parent is receiving support pursuant to RCW 26.33.320 and * 74.13.100 through 74.13.145 he or she shall, upon request, file with the secretary a copy of his or her federal income tax return. Such return and any information thereon shall be marked by the secretary "confidential", shall be used by... |
74.13A.047 | Adoption assistance payments—Expenditure limits. | (1) To ensure expenditures continue to remain within available funds as required by RCW 74.13A.005 and 74.13A.020 , the secretary shall not set the amount of any adoption assistance payment or payments, made pursuant to RCW 26.33.320 and 74.13A.005 through 74.13A.080 , to more than eighty percent of the foster care mai... |
74.13A.050 | Agreements as contracts within state and federal Constitutions—State's continuing obligation. | An agreement for adoption support made before January 1, 1985, or pursuant to RCW 26.33.320 and 74.13A.005 through 74.13A.080 , although subject to review and adjustment as provided for herein, shall, as to the standard used by the secretary in making such review or reviews and any such adjustment, constitutes a contra... |
74.13A.055 | Voluntary amendments to agreements—Procedure when adoptive parties disagree. | Voluntary amendments of any support agreement entered into pursuant to RCW 26.33.320 and * 74.13.100 through 74.13.145 may be made at any time. In proposing any such amending action which relates to the amount or level of a payment or payments, the secretary shall, as provided in **RCW 74.13.124 , use either the standa... |
74.13A.060 | Nonrecurring adoption expenses. | The secretary may authorize the payment, from the appropriations available from the general fund, of all or part of the nonrecurring adoption expenses incurred by a prospective parent. "Nonrecurring adoption expenses" means those expenses incurred by a prospective parent in connection with the adoption of a difficult t... |
74.13A.065 | Records—Confidentiality. | The secretary shall keep such general records as are needed to evaluate the effectiveness of the program of adoption support authorized by RCW 26.33.320 and * 74.13.100 through 74.13.145 in encouraging and effectuating the adoption of hard to place children. In so doing the secretary shall, however, maintain the confid... |
74.13A.070 | Recommendations for support of the adoption of certain children. | Any supervising agency or person having a child in foster care or institutional care and wishing to recommend to the secretary support of the adoption of such child as provided for in RCW 26.33.320 and 74.13A.005 through 74.13A.080 may do so, and may include in its or his or her recommendation advice as to the appropri... |
74.13A.075 | "Secretary" and "department" defined. | As used in RCW 26.33.320 and 74.13A.005 through 74.13A.080 the following definitions shall apply: (1) "Department" means the department of children, youth, and families. (2) "Secretary" means the secretary of the department.
[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 s 501 ; 2013 c 23 s 212 ; 1985 c 7 s 145 ; 1971 ex.s. c 63 s 15 . Formerly... |
74.13A.080 | Short title—1971 act. | RCW 26.33.320 and * 74.13.100 through 74.13.145 may be known and cited as the "Adoption Support Demonstration Act of 1971".
[ 1985 c 7 s 146 ; 1971 ex.s. c 63 s 17 . Formerly RCW 74.13.145 .]
*Reviser's note: RCW 74.13.100 through 74.13.145 were recodified as RCW 74.13A.005 through 74.13A.080 pursuant to 2009 c 520 s 9... |
74.13A.085 | Adoption support reconsideration program. | (1) The department shall establish, within funds appropriated for the purpose, a reconsideration program to provide medical and counseling services through the adoption support program for children of families who apply for services after the adoption is final. Families requesting services through the program shall pro... |
74.13A.090 | Interstate agreements for adoption of children with special needs—Findings. | The legislature finds that: (1) Finding adoptive families for children for whom state assistance under *RCW 74.13.100 through 74.13.145 is desirable and assuring the protection of the interest of the children affected during the entire assistance period require special measures when the adoptive parents move to other s... |
74.13A.095 | Interstate agreements for adoption of children with special needs—Purpose. | The purposes of *RCW 74.13.152 through 74.13.159 are to: (1) Authorize the department to enter into interstate agreements with agencies of other states for the protection of children on behalf of whom adoption assistance is being provided by the department; and (2) Provide procedures for interstate children's adoption ... |
74.13A.100 | Interstate agreements for adoption of children with special needs—Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout *RCW 74.13.152 through 74.13.159 unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) "Adoption assistance state" means the state that is signatory to an adoption assistance agreement in a particular case. (2) "Residence state" means the state where the child is living. (... |
74.13A.105 | Interstate agreements for adoption of children with special needs—Authorization. | The department is authorized to develop, participate in the development of, negotiate, and enter into one or more interstate compacts on behalf of this state with other states to implement one or more of the purposes set forth in *RCW 74.13.152 through 74.13.159 . When entered into, and for so long as it remains in for... |
74.13A.110 | Interstate agreements for adoption of children with special needs—Required provisions. | A compact entered into pursuant to the authority conferred by *RCW 74.13.152 through 74.13.159 must have the following content: (1) A provision making it available for joinder by all states; (2) A provision for withdrawal from the compact upon written notice to the parties, but with a period of one year between the dat... |
74.13A.115 | Interstate agreements for adoption of children with special needs—Additional provisions. | A compact entered into pursuant to the authority conferred by *RCW 74.13.152 through 74.13.159 may contain provisions in addition to those required under **RCW 74.13.156 , as follows: (1) Provisions establishing procedures and entitlement to medical and other necessary social services for the child in accordance with a... |
74.13A.120 | Interstate agreements for adoption of children with special needs—Medical assistance for children residing in this state—Penalty for fraudulent claims. | (1) A child with special needs who resides in this state and is the subject of an adoption assistance agreement with another state is entitled to receive a medical assistance identification card from this state upon the filing with the department of a certified copy of the adoption assistance agreement obtained from th... |
74.13A.125 | Interstate agreements for adoption of children with special needs—Adoption assistance and medical assistance in state plan. | Consistent with federal law, the department, in connection with the administration of *RCW 74.13.152 through 74.13.158 and any pursuant compact shall include in any state plan made pursuant to the adoption assistance and child welfare act of 1980 (P.L. 96-272), Titles IV(e) and XIX of the social security act, and any o... |
74.13B.005 | Findings—Intent. | (1) The legislature finds that: (a) The state of Washington and several Indian tribes in the state of Washington assume legal responsibility for abused or neglected children when their parents or caregivers are unable or unwilling to adequately provide for their safety, health, and welfare; (b) Washington state has a s... |
74.13B.010 | Definitions. | For purposes of this chapter: (1) "Case management" means convening family meetings, developing, revising, and monitoring implementation of any case plan or individual service and safety plan, coordinating and monitoring services needed by the child and family, caseworker-child visits, family visits, and the assumption... |
74.13B.020 | Family support and related services—Performance-based contracting. | (1) The department shall enter into performance-based contracts for the provision of family support and related services. The department may enter into performance-based contracts for additional services, other than case management. (2) It is the goal of the legislature to expand the coverage area of network administra... |
74.13B.030 | Selection of service providers. | (1) For those services included in contracts under RCW 74.13B.020 , the service providers must be chosen by the department caseworker from among those in the network administrator's provider network. The criteria for provider selection must include the geographic proximity of the provider to the child or family, and th... |
74.13B.040 | Performance-based contracting—Review. | (1) On an annual basis, beginning in the 2015-2017 biennium, the department and contracted network administrators shall: (a) Review and update the services offered through performance-based contracts in response to service outcome data for currently contracted services and any research that has identified new evidence-... |
74.13B.050 | Express mandate. | (1) To achieve the service delivery improvements and efficiencies intended in RCW 74.13B.005 , 74.13B.020 , 74.13B.030 , and 74.13B.060 and in *RCW 74.13.370 , and pursuant to **RCW 41.06.142 (3), contracting with network administrators to provide services needed by children and families in the child welfare system, pu... |
74.13B.060 | Preferred service providers. | For the purposes of the provision of child welfare services by provider networks, when all other elements of the responses to any procurement under RCW 74.13B.020 are equal, private nonprofit entities and federally recognized Indian tribes located in this state must receive primary preference over private for-profit en... |
74.14A.010 | Legislative declaration. | The legislature reaffirms its declarations under RCW 13.34.020 that the family unit is the fundamental resource of American life which should be nurtured and that the family unit should remain intact in the absence of compelling evidence to the contrary. The legislature declares that the goal of serving emotionally dis... |
74.14A.020 | Services for emotionally disturbed and mentally ill children, potentially dependent children, and families-in-conflict. | State efforts shall address the needs of children and their families, including emotionally disturbed and mentally ill children, potentially dependent children, and families-in-conflict by: (1) Serving children and families as a unit in the least restrictive setting available and in close proximity to the family home, ... |
74.14A.025 | Services for emotionally disturbed and mentally ill children, potentially dependent children, and families-in-conflict—Policy updated. | To update, specify, and expand the policy stated in RCW 74.14A.020 , the following is declared: It is the policy of the state of Washington to promote: (1) Family-oriented services and supports that: (a) Respond to the changing nature of families; and (b) Respond to what individuals and families say they need, and meet... |
74.14A.030 | Treatment of juvenile offenders—Nonresidential community-based programs. | The department of children, youth, and families shall address the needs of juvenile offenders whose standard range sentences do not include commitment by developing nonresidential community-based programs designed to reduce the incidence of manifest injustice commitments when consistent with public safety.
[ 2017 3rd s... |
74.14A.040 | Treatment of juvenile offenders—Involvement of family unit. | The department of children, youth, and families shall involve a juvenile offender's family as a unit in the treatment process. The department need not involve the family as a unit in cases when family ties have by necessity been irrevocably broken. When the natural parents have been or will be replaced by a foster fami... |
74.14A.050 | Identification of children in a state-assisted support system—Program development for long-term care—Foster care caseload—Emancipation of minors study. | The secretary shall: (1)(a) Consult with relevant qualified professionals to develop a set of minimum guidelines to be used for identifying all children who are in a state-assisted support system, whether at-home or out-of-home, who are likely to need long-term care or assistance, because they face physical, emotional,... |
74.14A.060 | Blended funding projects. | Within available funds, the secretary of the department of children, youth, and families shall support blended funding projects for youth. To be eligible for blended funding a child must be eligible for services designed to address a behavioral, mental, emotional, or substance abuse issue from the department of social ... |
74.14A.900 | Short title—1983 c 192. | This act may be known and cited as the "children and family services act."
[ 1983 c 192 s 6 .] |
74.14B.005 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Department" means the department of children, youth, and families. (2) "Secretary" means the secretary of the department of children, youth, and families.
[ 2019 c 470 s 18 ; 2019 c 64 s 26 .]
Reviser's not... |
74.14B.010 | Child welfare workers—Hiring and training. | (1) Child welfare workers shall meet minimum standards established by the department. Comprehensive training for child welfare workers shall be completed before such child welfare workers are assigned to case-carrying responsibilities as the sole worker assigned to a particular case. Intermittent, part-time, and standb... |
74.14B.020 | Foster parent training. | The department shall, within funds appropriated for this purpose, provide foster parent training as an ongoing part of the foster care program. The department shall contract for a variety of support services to foster parents to reduce isolation and stress, and to increase skills and confidence.
[ 1987 c 503 s 11 .] |
74.14B.030 | Child abuse and neglect—Multidisciplinary teams. | The department shall establish and maintain one or more multidisciplinary teams in each state region of the division of children and family services. The team shall consist of at least four persons, selected by the department, from professions which provide services to abused and neglected children and/or the parents o... |
74.14B.040 | Child abuse and neglect—Therapeutic day care and treatment. | The department shall, within funds appropriated for this purpose, provide therapeutic day care and day treatment to children who have been abused or neglected and meet program eligibility criteria.
[ 1987 c 503 s 13 .] |
74.14B.050 | Child abuse and neglect—Counseling referrals. | The department shall inform victims of child abuse and neglect and their families of the availability of state-supported counseling through the crime victims' compensation program, community mental health centers, domestic violence and sexual assault programs, and other related programs. The department shall assist vic... |
74.14B.070 | Child victims of sexual assault, sexual abuse, or commercial sexual exploitation—Identification, treatment, and services—Report—Work group. | (1) The department shall, subject to available funds, establish a system of early identification and referral to treatment of child victims of sexual assault or sexual abuse. The system shall include schools, physicians, sexual assault centers, domestic violence centers, child protective services, and foster parents. A... |
74.14B.080 | Liability insurance for foster parents. | (1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the secretary shall provide liability insurance to foster parents licensed under chapter 74.15 RCW. The coverage shall be for personal injury and property damage caused by foster parents or foster children that occurred while the children were in foster care. Such insuranc... |
74.14B.902 | Effective date—1987 c 503. | This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, 1987.
[ 1987 c 503 s 22 .] |
74.14C.005 | Findings and intent. | (1) The legislature believes that protecting the health and safety of children is paramount. The legislature recognizes that the number of children entering out-of-home care is increasing and that a number of children receive long-term foster care protection. Reasonable efforts by the department to shorten out-of-home ... |
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