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Washington Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 23, 2016) |
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Title 388. Social and Health Services, Department of |
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Chapter 388-27. Child welfare services—Adoption services and adoption support. |
Section 388-27-0135. What are the eligibility criteria for the adoption support program?
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- For a child to be eligible for participation in the adoption support program, the department must first determine that adoption is the most appropriate plan for the child. If the department determines that adoption is in the child's best interest, the child must:(1) Be less than eighteen years old when the department and the adoptive parents sign the adoption support agreement;(2) Be legally free for adoption;(3) Have a "special needs" factor or condition according to the definition in this rule (see WAC 388-27-0140); and(4) Meet at least one of the following criteria:(a) Is in state-funded foster care or child caring institution or was determined by the department to be eligible for and likely to be so placed (For a child to be considered "eligible for and likely to be placed in foster care" the department must have opened a case and determined that removal from the home was in the child's best interest.); or(b) Is eligible for federally funded adoption assistance as defined in Title IV-E of the Social Security Act, the Code of Federal Regulations, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services establishing guidelines for states to use in determining a child's eligibility for Title IV-E adoption assistance.
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388-27-0140,