Section 388-32-0030. What FRS services does the department provide?

The assigned social worker provides services to develop skills and supports within families to resolve family conflicts, achieve a reconciliation between parent and child, and to avoid out-of-home placement. The services may include, but are not limited to, referral to services for suicide prevention, psychiatric or other medical care, or psychological, financial, legal, educational, or other social services, as appropriate to the needs of the child and family. Typically FRS is limited to a ninety-day period. Children's administration (CA) provides intake/assessment services (IAS).

(1) Youth and/or their families who call or self-present at children's administration central intake or a local office requesting FRS services must be provided assistance in contacting the appropriate children's administration's intake services to make a formal request for FRS services.

(a) The FRS social worker must contact the family within twenty-four hours of their assignment to the case, to schedule an appointment to begin the phase I family interview process. These FRS phase I sessions are intended to defuse the immediate potential for violence, assess problems, and explore options leading to problem resolution.

(b) CA or its contractors may provide FRS phase II crisis counseling services.

(2) Families eligible for FRS phase II crisis counseling are those who, in the opinion of the family and the CA social worker, require more intensive services than those provided through phase I services.

(a) Families must make a commitment to participate in the FRS phase II crisis counseling service and must not concurrently be receiving similar counseling services through other agencies or practitioners. At a minimum, there must be a parent and a child willing to participate. FRS phase II crisis counseling assists the family to develop skills and supports in order to resolve conflicts.

(b) FRS phase II crisis counseling services may not exceed twelve hours within forty-five days unless it is provided using a CA approved model that is based on research demonstrating effectiveness.

(c) The assigned counselor helps the family develop skills and supports to resolve conflicts. The counselor may refer to resources including medical, legal, ongoing counseling and CPS for problem resolution.

(d) FRS phase II crisis counseling services are available a maximum of twice in a lifetime for any one family. The family must include a parent/guardian who has legal custody of the youth.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 13.32A.040, 74.13.031, and 74.08.090. WSR 06-11-080, § 388-32-0030, filed 5/16/06, effective 6/16/06. Statutory Authority: Chapter 13.32A RCW, RCW 74.08.090, 74.13.031, 2002 c 371. WSR 03-19-051, § 388-32-0030, filed 9/11/03, effective 9/11/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.13.031. WSR 01-08-047, § 388-32-0030, filed 3/30/01, effective 4/30/01.]

RCW 13.32A.040, 74.13.031, and 74.08.090. WSR 06-11-080, § 388-32-0030, filed 5/16/06, effective 6/16/06. Statutory Authority: Chapter 13.32A RCW, RCW 74.08.090, 74.13.031, 2002 c 371. WSR 03-19-051, § 388-32-0030, filed 9/11/03, effective 9/11/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.13.031. WSR 01-08-047, § 388-32-0030, filed 3/30/01, effective 4/30/01.