Section 388-826-0230. What happens after a youth turns eighteen?

When a youth turns eighteen, and is considered an adult, while in the voluntary placement program, the youth may remain in the child foster home, in VPP, under the following circumstances:

(1) Youth remains in the education or vocational program in the local public school district in which he/she has been enrolled until graduation or age twenty-one, whichever is earlier, per WAC 392-172-030(2), RCW 74.13.031 (10) and (13), 28A.155.020, and 28A.155.030;

(2) The placement remains intact and does not disrupt;

(3) When needed, youth who turns eighteen can self-administer medication;

(4) Youth cannot remain in foster care, living in a child foster home, and in VPP, after eighteen years of age when:

(a) The child foster home placement disrupts;

(b) The youth leaves education or vocational program; or

(c) The youth who turns eighteen needs someone to administer medication.

Dependency guardianships end at age eighteen. If a youth has been in a legal guardianship, under chapter 11.88 RCW and if the reason for guardianship was the minority of the child the guardianship ends.

[WSR 06-01-107, recodified as § 388-826-0230, filed 12/21/05, effective 12/21/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.13.350. WSR 02-22-057, § 388-826-0115, filed 10/31/02, effective 12/1/02.]

WSR 06-01-107, recodified as § 388-826-0230, filed 12/21/05, effective 12/21/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.13.350. WSR 02-22-057, § 388-826-0115, filed 10/31/02, effective 12/1/02.

Rules

392-172-030,