Chapter 388-25. Child welfare services—Foster care.  


Section 388-25-0001. What kinds of financial support are available to licensed foster care providers?
Section 388-25-0003. What is the purpose of the foster care maintenance payment?
Section 388-25-0005. What is the legal basis for the foster care program?
Section 388-25-0010. What definitions apply to the foster care program?
Section 388-25-0011. What method does the department use to determine what foster care rate will be paid for a foster child?
Section 388-25-0015. What are the department's placement priorities?
Section 388-25-0016. What are the essential features of the foster care rate assessment system?
Section 388-25-0018. What is the agency's goal as to the maximum number of children who remain in foster care in excess of twenty-four months?
Section 388-25-0020. What are the department's limitations on placement?
Section 388-25-0022. How does the foster care rate assessment work?
Section 388-25-0025. When may the department or a child placing agency authorize foster care placement?
Section 388-25-0027. What factors are considered in the foster care rate assessment?
Section 388-25-0030. When may the department serve a child through a behavior rehabilitation services program?
Section 388-25-0032. How often do the foster parent and social worker meet to complete the rate assessment?
Section 388-25-0035. What is the department's authority to remove a child from a behavior rehabilitation services placement?
Section 388-25-0037. What are the reimbursement levels?
Section 388-25-0040. How long may a child served by the department remain in out-of-home placement before a court hearing is held?
Section 388-25-0042. Can the child be assessed at a different level, depending on the foster home?
Section 388-25-0045. Under what circumstances may a parent sign a consent for voluntary placement of a child in foster care with the department?
Section 388-25-0047. Can the assessment change if the child's needs change?
Section 388-25-0050. What must a parent do to place the child in foster care with the department?
Section 388-25-0052. How will the foster parent be notified of the rate the child will receive?
Section 388-25-0055. How long may a voluntary placement last with the department?
Section 388-25-0057. Can a foster parent challenge the rate assessment?
Section 388-25-0060. May the department grant an exception to the length of stay in voluntary placement?
Section 388-25-0062. How does a foster parent seek a department review of the rate assessment?
Section 388-25-0065. What are the department's placement procedures for an infant residing in foster care with the infant's teen parent?
Section 388-25-0067. What does the department consider in reviewing the request?
Section 388-25-0072. How does the foster parent learn about the department's decision on review?
Section 388-25-0075. To whom does the department make payment for foster care?
Section 388-25-0077. How does the foster parent appeal the department's decision on review?
Section 388-25-0082. What law and rules govern the administrative law judge?
Section 388-25-0087. What issues may be decided by the administrative law judge?
Section 388-25-0090. What are the department's expectations for foster care providers to whom the department makes reimbursement for services?
Section 388-25-0095. What are the requirements for release of foster parents' licensing records?
Section 388-25-0100. What are the department's responsibilities regarding financial assistance to support children in the department's foster homes and child placing agency foster homes?
Section 388-25-0105. What is the effective date for payment of foster care?
Section 388-25-0107. What is the beginning date for payment of foster care?
Section 388-25-0110. What is the effective date for termination of foster care payments?
Section 388-25-0115. What are the department's general standards for family foster care reimbursement?
Section 388-25-0125. When may the department authorize a clothing allowance for a child in out-of-home care?
Section 388-25-0130. What are the standards for use and reimbursement of receiving home care?
Section 388-25-0135. What are the types of receiving homes and what children are served in them?
Section 388-25-0140. Who decides on the number of receiving homes needed in an area?
Section 388-25-0145. How long may a child stay in a receiving home?
Section 388-25-0150. What are the rates for reimbursement to receiving home providers?
Section 388-25-0155. How are rates authorized for reimbursement to receiving home providers?
Section 388-25-0175. Under what circumstances may the department provide foster care for educational purposes?
Section 388-25-0185. May the department consider foster care payments to the foster family in determining eligibility for public assistance?
Section 388-25-0190. What are the department's standards for making foster care payment to a relative providing care to the child served by department?
Section 388-25-0195. How does the department make reimbursement for foster care for a child served by the department who moves out-of-state with the foster family?
Section 388-25-0200. What payment procedures must the department follow for children placed across state borders?
Section 388-25-0210. How does the department treat resources and unearned income of a child in foster care?
Section 388-25-0215. What is the parents' obligation to support their child in foster care?
Section 388-25-0220. Who has authority to recommend or negotiate amounts for parental participation in the cost of foster care?
Section 388-25-0225. What cases must be referred to the division of child support (DCS)?
Section 388-25-0226. Does children's administration refer foster care cases to the division of child support where good cause exists?
Section 388-25-0227. What constitutes good cause for not pursuing the collection or establishment of child support or paternity?
Section 388-25-0228. Does the division of child support pursue collection or establish child support or paternity on cases in which good cause has been determined?
Section 388-25-0229. Who may request a good cause determination?
Section 388-25-0231. When may a good cause determination be requested?
Section 388-25-0235. To whom must parents' send child support payments for their child in foster care?
Section 388-25-0240. Under what circumstances must child care judgment and limited power of attorney for parental support payments be assigned to the department?
Section 388-25-0245. Who receives veterans' benefits for children in foster care?
Section 388-25-0250. What limitations exist on administrative hearings regarding foster care payments?
Section 388-25-0255. What standards must the department apply to contracted and noncontracted service providers and vendors when the department has identified an overpayment to the provider or vendor?
Section 388-25-0260. Do vendor overpayment rules in this chapter also apply to adoptive parents?
Section 388-25-0265. Are there time limitations on identifying and recovering an overpayment?
Section 388-25-0270. May overpayments be waived or forgiven?
Section 388-25-0275. Do other governmental organizations have the right to an adjudicative hearing?
Section 388-25-0280. What steps must a provider or vendor take when requesting an administrative hearing in regards to an overpayment?
Section 388-25-0285. When is payment due on an overpayment?
Section 388-25-0290. Which is the deciding authority if another WAC rule or the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act conflict with the information in this chapter?
Section 388-25-0295. Who establishes guidelines to identify overpayments and to mediate overpayment disputes?
Section 388-25-0300. What is the foster parent liability fund?
Section 388-25-0305. What is the period of coverage for foster parent liability fund?
Section 388-25-0310. Who is eligible for coverage under the foster parent liability fund?
Section 388-25-0315. What are the limits of coverage under the foster parent liability fund?
Section 388-25-0320. The department excludes what claims from coverage under the foster parent liability fund?
Section 388-25-0325. What if there are multiple claims for one occurrence under the foster parent liability fund?
Section 388-25-0330. May another source be used to recover on the same claim paid by the liability fund?
Section 388-25-0335. What are the department's authority and the foster parent's responsibilities regarding investigation of claims?
Section 388-25-0340. What are the department's responsibilities and limitations for reimbursement for damage or loss caused by a child in family foster care?
Section 388-25-0345. What are the eligibility requirements for reimbursements to foster parents for damages?
Section 388-25-0350. What are the department's reimbursement limitations?
Section 388-25-0355. What types of claims are specifically excluded from reimbursement?
Section 388-25-0360. What is the procedure for filing a claim?
Section 388-25-0365. Which office within the department determines damage reimbursement?
Section 388-25-0370. How are exception requests made?
Section 388-25-0375. What claims may the department deny?
Section 388-25-0380. What must a foster parent do to have a denied claim reconsidered?
Section 388-25-0385. Will the department investigate claims?
Section 388-25-0390. What are the training requirements for licensed foster parents?
Section 388-25-0395. What are the department's responsibilities for management of juvenile records?
Section 388-25-0400. To whom may the department release records?
Section 388-25-0405. Under what circumstances may the department exclude or deny information from release unless authorized by law or court order?
Section 388-25-0410. What may a juvenile or the juvenile's parent do if the department denies access to information?
Section 388-25-0415. What are the department's expectations for child placing agencies (CPA) to which the department makes reimbursement for services or administrative costs?
Section 388-25-0420. What steps must the department take when a child whose case management responsibility remains with the department is placed in a home certified by a CPA?
Section 388-25-0425. What activities must a child placing agency provide in order to receive payment from the department?
Section 388-25-0430. Under what conditions and how much will the department reimburse to child placing agencies licensed or certified under chapter 74.15 RCW to provide care to children?
Section 388-25-0435. What steps may the department take if a child placing agency does not meet the requirements of this chapter?
Section 388-25-0440. What are the department's obligations regarding children placed by the department between states?
Section 388-25-0445. Under what circumstances does the department choose a relative as the placement for a child in need of out-of-home care?
Section 388-25-0450. Under what circumstances may a relative not be considered as a placement option for a child?
Section 388-25-0455. What sources of financial support are available to a relative caring for a child that the department has placed in the relative's home?
Section 388-25-0460. How does the department treat relatives of specified degree with legally free children?
Section 388-25-0500. What is the legal basis of the extended foster care program?
Section 388-25-0502. What is the purpose of the extended foster care program?
Section 388-25-0504. What is extended foster care?
Section 388-25-0506. Who is eligible for extended foster care?
Section 388-25-0508. When is a youth considered to be "in foster care"?
Section 388-25-0510. When is a youth not "in foster care"?
Section 388-25-0512. How does a youth demonstrate enrollment in school?
Section 388-25-0514. How does a youth demonstrate he/she has applied for and intends to timely enroll in a post-secondary program?
Section 388-25-0515. How does a youth demonstrate participation in a program or activity designed to promote employment or remove barriers to employment?
Section 388-25-0516. What if an eligible youth does not want to participate in the extended foster care program?
Section 388-25-0517. What is a "documented medical condition"?
Section 388-25-0519. How does a youth demonstrate he or she is unable to participate in extended foster care activities due to a documented medical condition?
Section 388-25-0528. How does a youth agree to participate in the extended foster care program?
Section 388-25-0530. Where do youth obtain information about how to participate in the program?
Section 388-25-0532. Can an extended foster care participant continue in extended foster care under a different eligibility category?
Section 388-25-0534. If an extended foster care participant loses his or her eligibility before he or she turns nineteen, can he or she reapply for extended foster care?
Section 388-25-0536. What are CA's responsibilities to a youth who is participating in extended foster care?
Section 388-25-0540. How does CA determine a youth's continuing eligibility for the extended foster care program?
Section 388-25-0542. What are the legal rights of a dependent youth in extended foster care to travel out of state, buy a car or engage in other activities as an adult?
Section 388-25-0544. What are the youth's rights in the extended foster care program?
Section 388-25-0546. What must the youth do to remain in the extended foster care program?
Section 388-25-0548. When is a youth no longer eligible for the extended foster care program?
Section 388-25-1000. What is the state supplementary payment (SSP) that is administered by the children's administration (CA)?
Section 388-25-1010. What are the eligibility requirements for the CA/SSP program?
Section 388-25-1020. When will my eligibility for CA/SSP be determined?
Section 388-25-1030. How will I know if I am eligible to receive a CA/SSP payment?
Section 388-25-1040. Can I apply for the CA/SSP program if I am not identified by CA as eligible for the CA/SSP program?
Section 388-25-1050. What are my appeal rights if CA determines that I am not eligible for CA/SSP?