Section 388-826-0045. What happens after a voluntary placement agreement is signed, what are the legal issues and who is responsible?

When the DDD social worker facilitates the placement of a child in a licensed out-of-home care arrangement, under a DDD voluntary placement agreement, the department has the responsibility for the child's placement and care. The department shall:

(1) In conjunction with the parents, develop an individual services plan for the child no later than sixty days from the date that the department assumes responsibility for the child's placement and care;

(2) Develop a shared parenting plan with foster care providers and parents;

(3) Obtain a judicial determination, within one hundred eighty days of placement, in accordance with RCW 13.34.030 and 13.34.270 that the placement is in the best interest of the child;

(4) Attend the permanency planning hearing reviews where a review of the child's out-of-home placement determines if it continues to be in the best interest of the child to continue the out-of-home placement;

(5) Make a face-to-face visit with the child and visit with the child in their licensed placement, every ninety days;

(6) Facilitate a judicial review at one hundred eighty days and annually thereafter, unless the child's placement ends before one hundred eighty days have elapsed;

(7) Provide for periodic administrative reviews of the child's case, unless a judicial review occurs every one hundred eighty days after initial placement.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.13.350. WSR 02-22-057, § 388-826-0045, filed 10/31/02, effective 12/1/02.]

RCW 74.13.350. WSR 02-22-057, § 388-826-0045, filed 10/31/02, effective 12/1/02.