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Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › Section 388-25-0450 - Under what circumstances may a relative not be considered as a placement option for a child?

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The department may exclude relatives who have criminal
					 histories as included in the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA)
					 regulations.
(1) If the department
				  finds that, based on a criminal records check, a court of competent
				  jurisdiction has determined that the relative or a member of the household has
				  been convicted of a felony involving:
(a)
				  Child abuse or neglect;
(b) Spousal
				  abuse;
(c) A crime against a child
				  or children (including child pornography); or
(d) Crimes involving violence, including
				  rape, sexual assault, or homicide, but not including other physical assault or
				  battery.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › 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?

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(1) For relatives
				  needing financial support to care for the child, the social worker may assist
				  the family to apply for temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) through
				  the department's local community services office (CSO).
(2) Relatives who are licensed as foster
				  parents may choose to receive foster care payments. The relative must not
				  receive TANF benefits in behalf of the child in care while at the same time
				  receiving foster care payments (see
				  RCW
				   74.15.030).
(3) A relative who is not a licensed foster
				  parent at the time of placement may apply to become a foster parent as
				  described in chapter 388-148 WAC.
(4) The relative caring for the child in
				  out-of-home placement may apply to be the representative payee for supplemental
				  security income (SSI) or Social Security Administration benefits for the
				  related child living with the relative. However, if the child is a dependent of
				  the state of Washington with custody assigned to the department by the court,
				  the department will usually remain the payee in behalf of the child until the
				  dependency is dismissed.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-25-0455,
						filed 3/30/01, effective 4/30/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › Section 388-25-0460 - How does the department treat relatives of specified degree with legally free children?

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(1) The
					 department acknowledges a continuing relationship between relatives of
					 specified degree and children who are legally free where the relatives choose
					 to continue a relationship with the child and the continuing relationship is in
					 the best interest of the child (see
					 RCW
					  74.15.020 for the definition of relative of
					 specified degree).
(2) Relatives of
					 specified degree remain legal relatives when a child becomes legally free if
					 those relatives wish to maintain a relationship with the child and the assigned
					 social worker determines the continuing relationship is in the best interest of
					 the child.
(3) Department staff
					 must treat relatives of specified degree as the department treats all relatives
					 under the rules of ICPC and the foster care and foster family home licensing
					 programs.
The rights of the affected relatives of specified degree
						do not extend beyond adoption of the child except through an open adoption
						agreement (see
						RCW
						 26.33.295).
Statutory Authority:
						  RCW
						  74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-25-0460,
						  filed 3/30/01, effective 4/30/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › Section 388-25-0500 - What is the legal basis of the extended foster care program?

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The legal authorities for the program are:
(1) Revised Code of Washington:
					 RCW
					  74.13.031 and
					 13.34.267;
(2) United States Code:  42 U.S.C. sec. 671 - 675; and
(3) The U.S. Department of
					 Health and Human Services (DHHS) policy guidelines for states to use in
					 determining a child's eligibility for participation in extended foster care
					 programs.
Statutory Authority:
						  RCW
						  74.13.031,
						  13.34.267, and 2008 federal
						  legislation "Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act."
						  13-08-017, § 388-25-0500, filed 3/25/13, effective
						  4/25/13.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › Section 388-25-0502 - What is the purpose of the extended foster care program?

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The extended foster care program provides an opportunity
						for young adults in foster care at age eighteen to voluntarily agree to
						continue receiving foster care services, including placement services, while
						the youth:
(1) Completes a high school
					 or a high school equivalency program;
(2) Completes a secondary or post-secondary
					 academic or vocational program;
(3) Participates in a program or activity
					 designed to promote employment or remove barriers to employment;
(4) Is engaged in employment for eighty hours
					 or more per month; or
(5) Is unable
					 to engage in subsections (1) through (4) of this section due to a documented
					 medical condition.
Statutory Authority:
						  RCW
						   74.13.031,
						  13.34.267, and 2008 federal
						  legislation "Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act."
						  13-08-017, § 388-25-0502, filed 3/25/13, effective
						  4/25/13.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › Section 388-25-0504 - What is extended foster care?

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Extended foster care is a program offered to young
						adults, age eighteen to twenty-one, who turn eighteen while in foster care, to
						enable them to:
(1) Complete a high
					 school diploma or high school equivalency certificate;
(2) Complete a post-secondary academic or
					 vocational program;
(3) Participate
					 in a program or activity designed to promote employment or remove barriers to
					 employment;
(4) Be employed for
					 eighty hours or more per month; or
(5) Participate in the program if unable to
					 engage in subsections (1) through (4) of this section due to a documented
					 medical condition.
Reviser's note:
The unnecessary
						  underscoring in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and
						  appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of
						  RCW
						   34.08.040.
Reviser's note:
RCW
						   34.05.395 requires the use of underlining and
						  deletion marks to indicate amendments to existing rules. The rule published
						  above varies from its predecessor in certain respects not indicated by the use
						  of these markings.
Statutory Authority:
						  RCW
						   74.13.031,
						  13.34.267, and 2008 federal
						  legislation "Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act."
						  13-08-017, § 388-25-0504, filed 3/25/13, effective 4/25/13.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › Section 388-25-0506 - Who is eligible for extended foster care?

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(1) To be eligible for the extended foster
					 care program, a youth, on his or her eighteenth birthday must be dependent
					 under chapter 13.34 RCW, placed in foster care as defined in WAC
					 388-25-0508 by CA, and:
(a) Enrolled in school as described in WAC
					 388-25-0512;
(b) Have applied for, or can demonstrate
					 intent to timely enroll in a post-secondary academic or vocational education
					 program as described in WAC
					 388-25-0514;
(c) Participating in a program or activity
					 designed to promote employment or remove barriers to employment as described in
					 WAC 388-25-0515;
(d) Engaged in employment for eighty hours or
					 more per month;
(e) Unable to
					 engage in subsection (1)(a) through (d) of this section due a documented
					 medical condition as described in WAC
					 388-25-0519; or
(f) Did not enroll in the extended foster
					 care program and;
(i) Had their dependency
					 dismissed on their eighteenth birthday ;
(ii) Is requesting to enroll in the extended
					 foster care program through a voluntary placement agreement (VPA) prior to
					 reaching the age of nineteen; and
(iii) Meets one of the criteria found in
					 subsections (1)(a) through (e) of this section.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › Section 388-25-0508 - When is a youth considered to be "in foster care"?

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For the purpose of determining initial eligibility for
						the extended foster care program, a youth is in foster care if the youth is
						under children's administration (CA) placement and care authority, is placed by
						CA in out of home care, in relative care, licensed foster home, licensed group
						care, or other suitable person placement. A youth is considered to be in foster
						care:
(1) If the youth is temporarily
					 away from a foster care placement in:
(a) A
					 hospital;
(b) A drug/alcohol
					 treatment facility;
(c) A mental
					 health treatment facility; or
(d) A
					 county detention center for less than thirty days.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › Section 388-25-0510 - When is a youth not "in foster care"?

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For the purposes of determining initial eligibility for
						the extended foster care program, a youth is not in foster care if the youth
						is:
(1) Placed with a
					 parent;
(2) In a dependency
					 guardianship or in a chapter 13.36 RCW; or
(3) Committed to and residing in a juvenile
					 justice and rehabilitation administration institution (as defined in RCW
					 13.30.020(12)) or to the department of corrections.
Statutory Authority:
						  RCW
						   74.13.031,
						  13.34.267, and 2008 federal
						  legislation "Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act."
						  13-08-017, § 388-25-0510, filed 3/25/13, effective
						  4/25/13.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › Section 388-25-0512 - How does a youth demonstrate enrollment in school?

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Enrollment in school is shown by documented registration
						or acceptance in:
(1)
Secondary
- A high school, secondary education equivalency
					 program, or a state accredited on-line or other approved secondary education
					 program.
(2)
Post-secondary
- Post-secondary academic or vocational
					 program.
Statutory Authority:
						  RCW
						  74.13.031,
						  13.34.267, and 2008 federal
						  legislation "Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act."
						  13-08-017, § 388-25-0512, filed 3/25/13, effective
						  4/25/13.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › Section 388-25-0514 - How does a youth demonstrate he/she has applied for and intends to timely enroll in a post-secondary program?

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(1)
					 Applied for intends to timely enroll in a post-secondary program is
					 demonstrated by the youth:
(a) Completing and
					 submitting an application to a post-secondary academic or vocational program;
					 or
(b) Providing proof of Free
					 Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) submission.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › Section 388-25-0515 - How does a youth demonstrate participation in a program or activity designed to promote employment or remove barriers to employment?

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(1) Actively participate in a state, federal,
					 tribal or community program that addresses any barriers to employment that the
					 youth may have and/or prepares or trains individuals for employment;
					 or
(2) Involved in a self-directed
					 program that will remove any barriers to employment and will prepare a youth
					 for employment: or
(3) Working less
					 than eighty hours a month.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › Section 388-25-0516 - What if an eligible youth does not want to participate in the extended foster care program?

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Participation in extended foster care is voluntary. A
						youth who does not agree to participate in extended foster may request the
						court to dismiss his or her dependency case.
Reviser's note:
The section above was
						  filed as an amendatory section; however, there were no amendments made.
						  Pursuant to the requirements of
						  RCW
						   34.08.040 it is published in the same form as
						  filed by the agency.
Reviser's note:
The typographical error in
						  the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the
						  Register pursuant to the requirements of
						  RCW
						   34.08.040.
Statutory Authority:
						  RCW
						   74.13.031,
						  13.34.267, and 2008 federal
						  legislation "Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act."
						  13-08-017, § 388-25-0516, filed 3/25/13, effective
						  4/25/13.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › Section 388-25-0517 - What is a "documented medical condition"?

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A "documented medical condition" is any physical or
						mental health condition documented by a licensed health care provider that may
						be temporary or permanent, including but not limited to, a physical injury or a
						physical or behavioral health condition. A "documented medical condition" may
						include physiological, mental, or psychological conditions or disorders,
						including but not limited to, orthopedic, visual, speech, and hearing
						impairments.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › Section 388-25-0518 - What is the trial independence or grace period? (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
						  RCW
						   74.13.031,
						  13.34.267, and 2008 federal
						  legislation "Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act."
						  13-08-017, § 388-25-0518, filed 3/25/13, effective
						  4/25/13.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › 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?

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(1) To demonstrate
					 he or she is unable to participate in extended foster care activities due to a
					 documented medical condition defined in WAC 388-25-0517, a youth must notify
					 the social worker of the medical condition and provide CA written documentation
					 or consent to CA to obtain documentation from a licensed health care provider.
					 The documentation of the medical condition must describe how the medical
					 condition prevents the youth, either temporarily or permanently, from:
(a) Completing a high school diploma or high
					 school equivalency certificate;
(b)
					 Completing a post-secondary academic or vocational program;
(c) Participating in a program or activity
					 designed to promote employment or remove barriers to employment; or
(d) Being employed for eighty hours or more
					 per month.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › Section 388-25-0520 - Does an eligible youth who elects to participate in extended foster care on his or her eighteenth birthday receive a trial independence period? (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
						  RCW
						   74.13.031,
						  13.34.267, and 2008 federal
						  legislation "Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act."
						  13-08-017, § 388-25-0520, filed 3/25/13, effective
						  4/25/13.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › Section 388-25-0522 - When does the six-month trial independence period end? (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
						  RCW
						   74.13.031,
						  13.34.267, and 2008 federal
						  legislation "Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act."
						  13-08-017, § 388-25-0522, filed 3/25/13, effective
						  4/25/13.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › Section 388-25-0524 - If a youth does not remain enrolled in school during the trial independence period may the youth still elect to participate in the program? (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
						  RCW
						   74.13.031,
						  13.34.267, and 2008 federal
						  legislation "Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act."
						  13-08-017, § 388-25-0524, filed 3/25/13, effective
						  4/25/13.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › Section 388-25-0526 - Does a youth have to agree to participate in extended foster care program? (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
						  RCW
						   74.13.031,
						  13.34.267, and 2008 federal
						  legislation "Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act."
						  13-08-017, § 388-25-0526, filed 3/25/13, effective
						  4/25/13.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › Section 388-25-0528 - How does a youth agree to participate in the extended foster care program?

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(1) An eligible
					 dependent youth can agree to participate by:
(a) Signing an extended foster care
					 agreement; or
(b) For
					 developmentally disabled youth, remaining in the foster care placement and
					 continuing in an appropriate educational program.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › Section 388-25-0530 - Where do youth obtain information about how to participate in the program

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(1) The department
					 must provide dependent youth between the age of seventeen and seventeen and a
					 half:
(a) Written documentation explaining the
					 availability of extended foster care services.
(b) Detailed instructions on how to access
					 such services after he or she reached age eighteen.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › Section 388-25-0532 - Can an extended foster care participant continue in extended foster care under a different eligibility category?

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Yes. A youth may transition among the eligibility
						categories while under the same voluntary placement agreement or dependency
						order, so long as the youth remains eligible during the
						transition.
Statutory Authority:
						  RCW
						   74.13.031,
						  13.34.267, and 2008 federal
						  legislation "Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act."
						  13-08-017, § 388-25-0532, filed 3/25/13, effective
						  4/25/13.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › Section 388-25-0534 - If an extended foster care participant loses his or her eligibility before he or she turns twenty-one, may he or she reapply for extended foster care?

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(1) Yes. If a youth
					 was receiving extended foster care services and lost eligibility, he or she may
					 reapply as long as the youth:
(a) Has not
					 turned twenty-one;
(b) Meets one
					 of the conditions for eligibility in WAC
					 388-25-0506(1)(a) through
					 (e); and
(c) Has not entered into a prior voluntary
					 placement agreement with the department for the purposes of participating in
					 the extended foster care program.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › Section 388-25-0536 - What are CA's responsibilities to a youth who is participating in extended foster care?

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Children's administration (CA) is required to have
						placement and care authority over the youth and to provide foster care
						services, including transition planning and independent living services,
						medical assistance through medicaid, and case management. Case management
						includes findings or approving a foster care placement for the youth, convening
						family meetings, developing, revising, and monitoring implementation of any
						case plan or individual service and safety plan, coordinating and monitoring
						services needed by the youth, caseworker visits, and court-related duties,
						including preparing court reports, attending judicial hearings and permanency
						hearings, and ensuring that the youth is progressing toward independence within
						state and federal mandates. CA has responsibility to inform the court of the
						status of the child (including health, safety, welfare, education status and
						continuing eligibility for extended foster care program). The department's
						placement and care authority over a youth receiving extended foster care
						services is solely for the purpose of providing services and does not create a
						legal responsibility for the actions of the youth receiving extended foster
						care services.
Statutory Authority:
						  RCW
						   74.13.031,
						  13.34.267, and 2008 federal
						  legislation "Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act."
						  13-08-017, § 388-25-0536, filed 3/25/13, effective
						  4/25/13.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › Section 388-25-0538 - What is the CA's responsibility for the youth during the six-month trial independence period? (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
						  RCW
						   74.13.031,
						  13.34.267, and 2008 federal
						  legislation "Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act."
						  13-08-017, § 388-25-0538, filed 3/25/13, effective
						  4/25/13.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › Section 388-25-0540 - How does CA determine a youth's continuing eligibility for the extended foster care program?

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To determine a youth's continuing eligibility for the
						extended foster care program, prior to every court review hearing CA will
						determine if the youth continues to:
(1) Agree to participate in the extended
					 foster care program;
(2) Meet the
					 eligibility criteria in WAC
					 388-25-0506(1)(a) through
					 (f);
(3) Reside in an approved placement;
					 and
(4) Comply with the youth's
					 responsibilities in WAC
					 388-25-0546.
Statutory Authority:
						  RCW
						   74.13.031,
						  13.34.267, and 2008 federal
						  legislation "Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act."
						  13-08-017, § 388-25-0540, filed 3/25/13, effective
						  4/25/13.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › 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?

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The youth is a "child" for the purposes of the dependency
						and must comply with responsibilities in WAC
						388-25-0546, otherwise the youth
						has the legal status and legal rights of an adult. The youth is responsible for
						their actions, including responsibility for purchases, driving, traveling or
						financial obligations related to the activities they participate
						in.
Statutory Authority:
						  RCW
						  74.13.031,
						  13.34.267, and 2008 federal
						  legislation "Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act."
						  13-08-017, § 388-25-0542, filed 3/25/13, effective
						  4/25/13.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › Section 388-25-0544 - What are the youth's rights in the extended foster care program?

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Youth have a right to:
(1) An approved foster care
					 placement.
(2) Foster care services
					 including medical assistance through medicaid.
(3) Participate in the court process as a
					 party to the case.
(4) Have an
					 attorney appointed for them upon filing a notice of intent to file a petition
					 for dependency and in dependency proceedings.
(5) End their participation in the program at
					 any time.
(6) Referrals to
					 community resources as appropriate.
Statutory Authority:
						  RCW
						   74.13.031,
						  13.34.267, and 2008 federal
						  legislation "Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act."
						  13-08-017, § 388-25-0544, filed 3/25/13, effective
						  4/25/13.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › Section 388-25-0546 - What must the youth do to remain in the extended foster care program?

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To remain in the extended foster care program, unless
						otherwise authorized by court order, the youth must:
(1) Agree to participate in the program as
					 expressed in the written extended foster care agreement;
(2) Maintain the standard of eligibility as
					 set by the youth's academic program, employment related program, employment
					 status, or documented medical condition;
(3) Participate in the case plan, including
					 monthly health and safety visits;
(4) Acknowledge that CA has responsibility
					 for the youth's care and placement by authorizing CA to have access to records
					 related to court-ordered medical, mental health, drug/alcohol treatment
					 services, additional necessary services, educational records needed to
					 determine continuing eligibility for the program, medical records related to a
					 documented medical condition for purposes of qualifying for extended foster
					 care under WAC
					 388-25-0506(1)(f);
					 and
(5) Remain in the approved
					 foster care placement and follow placement rules as follows:
(a) Stay in the placement identified by CA or
					 approved by the court;
(b) Obtain
					 approval from his or her social worker and notify his or her caregiver for
					 extended absences from the placement of more than three days; and
(c) Comply with court orders and any specific
					 rules developed in collaboration by the youth, caregiver and social
					 worker.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › FAMILY SUPPORTS AND RELATIONSHIPS › Section 388-25-0548 - When is a youth no longer eligible for the extended foster care program?

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A youth is no longer eligible for the extended foster
						care program and the department will ask the court to dismiss the non-minor
						dependency, when the youth:
(1)
					 Graduates from high school or equivalency program and has not demonstrated
					 intent to timely enroll in a post-secondary academic or vocational
					 program;
(2) Graduates from a
					 post-secondary education or vocational program;
(3) Reaches his or her twenty-first
					 birthday;
(4) Is no longer
					 participating or engaging in any of the eligibility criteria under WAC
					 388-25-0506(1)(a) through
					 (f);
(5) No longer agrees to participate in
					 extended foster care services;
(6)
					 Fails or refuses to comply with youth responsibilities outlined in WAC
					 388-25-0546; or
(7) Is incarcerated in an adult detention
					 facility on a criminal conviction.
Statutory Authority:
						  RCW
						   74.13.031,
						  13.34.267, and 2008 federal
						  legislation "Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act."
						  13-08-017, § 388-25-0548, filed 3/25/13, effective
						  4/25/13.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › STATE SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENT PROGRAM › Section 388-25-1000 - What is the state supplementary payment (SSP) that is administered by the children's administration (CA)?

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The children's administration state supplementary payment
						(CA/SSP) is a state-paid cash assistance program for specific eligible foster
						children with the children's administration. The CA/SSP program may be
						discontinued at any time and for any reason, and is limited to the funds
						available to children's administration for such payments. Receipt of a CA/SSP
						payment in any month does not guarantee payment for subsequent months even if
						all eligibility criteria remain met.
Statutory Authority:
						  RCW
						  74.04.050,
						  74.04.600,
						  74.04.620,
						  74.13.031, and 2002 c 371.
						  07-23-004, § 388-25-1000, filed 11/8/07, effective 12/9/07. Statutory
						  Authority:
						  RCW
						   74.04.050, 2002 c 371,
						  RCW
						   74.04.600 and
						  74.13.031. 05-11-016, §
						  388-25-1000, filed 5/9/05, effective
						  6/9/05.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › STATE SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENT PROGRAM › Section 388-25-1010 - What are the eligibility requirements for the CA/SSP program?

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To be eligible to receive CA/SSP, you must meet all of
						the following eligibility requirements:
(1) Be a child who has entered foster care
					 (Title 45 C.F.R. 1355.20);
(2)
					 Already receive supplemental security income (SSI) benefits or have recently
					 received notice of an award for such benefits; and
(3) Receive behavior rehabilitation services
					 (BRS) for out-of-home placement services for all or part of a month;
					 and
(4) Not receive foster care
					 maintenance payments under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
					 670).
Statutory Authority:
						  RCW
						  74.04.050,
						  74.04.600,
						  74.04.620,
						  74.13.031, and 2002 c 371.
						  07-23-004, § 388-25-1010, filed 11/8/07, effective 12/9/07. Statutory
						  Authority:
						  RCW
						   74.04.050, 2002 c 371,
						  RCW
						   74.04.600 and
						  74.13.031. 05-11-016, §
						  388-25-1010, filed 5/9/05, effective
						  6/9/05.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › STATE SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENT PROGRAM › Section 388-25-1020 - When will my eligibility for CA/SSP be determined?

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The SSP eligibility verification and payment process is
						usually completed two months following the month of your potential eligibility
						for an SSP payment. You will receive an SSP payment when all of the eligibility
						criteria (WAC
						388-25-1010)  have been verified.
						Children who have recently received notice of an award for SSI will receive a
						CA/SSP payment beginning the month the Social Security Administration places
						them into pay status, if all other eligibility criteria are met for that
						month.
Statutory Authority:
						  RCW
						  74.04.050,
						  74.04.600,
						  74.04.620,
						  74.13.031, and 2002 c 371.
						  07-23-004, § 388-25-1020, filed 11/8/07, effective 12/9/07. Statutory
						  Authority:
						  RCW
						   74.04.050, 2002 c 371,
						  RCW
						   74.04.600 and
						  74.13.031. 05-11-016, §
						  388-25-1020, filed 5/9/05, effective
						  6/9/05.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › STATE SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENT PROGRAM › Section 388-25-1030 - How will I know if I am eligible to receive a CA/SSP payment?

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Once you have been identified as eligible for a CA/SSP
						payment, CA will send out written notification to the current SSI
						representative payee.
Statutory Authority:
						  RCW
						  74.04.050,
						  74.04.600,
						  74.04.620,
						  74.13.031, and 2002 c 371.
						  07-23-004, § 388-25-1030, filed 11/8/07, effective 12/9/07. Statutory
						  Authority:
						  RCW
						   74.04.050, 2002 c 371,
						  RCW
						   74.04.600 and
						  74.13.031. 05-11-016, §
						  388-25-1030, filed 5/9/05, effective
						  6/9/05.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › STATE SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENT PROGRAM › 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?

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You can apply through children's administration to
						determine your eligibility for CA/SSP, but eligibility is limited to those
						meeting the eligibility requirements in WAC
						388-25-1010.
Statutory Authority:
						  RCW
						  74.04.050, 2002 c 371,
						  RCW
						  74.04.600 and
						  74.13.031. 05-11-016, §
						  388-25-1040, filed 5/9/05, effective
						  6/9/05.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part L - RELATIVE PLACEMENT › STATE SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENT PROGRAM › Section 388-25-1050 - What are my appeal rights if CA determines that I am not eligible for CA/SSP?

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In the event that your eligibility for CA/SSP payments is
						denied or terminated, or the amount of such payments is reduced, you have the
						right to file an informal complaint pursuant to
						RCW
						 74.13.045 and chapter 388-39A WAC and to
						request a hearing under
						chapter
						34.05 RCW and chapter
						388-02 WAC, except that there is no right to a hearing if the reason for the
						change is lack of funding.
Statutory Authority:
						  RCW
						  74.04.050,
						  74.04.600,
						  74.04.620,
						  74.13.031, and 2002 c 371.
						  07-23-004, § 388-25-1050, filed 11/8/07, effective 12/9/07. Statutory
						  Authority:
						  RCW
						   74.04.050, 2002 c 371,
						  RCW
						   74.04.600 and
						  74.13.031. 05-11-016, §
						  388-25-1050, filed 5/9/05, effective
						  6/9/05.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-27 - Child welfare services-Adoption services and adoption support › ADOPTION SUPPORT PROGRAM › Adoption Services › Section 388-27-0005 - What is the legal basis for and purpose of the department's adoption program?

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(1) Adoption
					 services are included in
					 RCW
					  74.13.020 as a child welfare
					 service.
(2) The purpose of the
					 department's adoption program is to meet the permanency needs of children who
					 are in the department's care and custody.
(a)
					 The agency that has the responsibility for providing services to the family and
					 makes permanent plans for children.
(b) The permanent plan must include a primary
					 outcome and may also include alternate outcomes (see
					 RCW
					  13.34.145). Possible permanent plans
					 include:
(i) Return home;
(ii) Adoption;
(iii) Guardianship;
(iv) Permanent legal custody; or
(v) Independent living if the child is over
					 age sixteen.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-27 - Child welfare services-Adoption services and adoption support › ADOPTION SUPPORT PROGRAM › Adoption Services › Section 388-27-0015 - What are the eligibility criteria for the department's adoption program?

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(1) The department
					 provides adoption services to any child in the department's care and custody:
(a) With an identified permanent plan of
					 adoption; or
(b) When the
					 department considers adoption as an alternate permanent plan; and
(i) The child is in supervised out-of-home
					 care; or
(ii) The child's birth
					 parent(s) requests adoption as a permanent plan prior to the child's placement
					 in out-of-home care.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-27 - Child welfare services-Adoption services and adoption support › ADOPTION SUPPORT PROGRAM › Adoption Services › Section 388-27-0020 - When does the department provide general adoption services?

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The department provides general adoption services
						throughout the case planning of any child with an identified primary or
						alternate permanent plan of adoption until:
(1) Finalization of the adoption;
					 or
(2) Adoption is no longer the
					 identified permanent plan.
Statutory Authority:
						  RCW
						  74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-27-0020,
						  filed 3/30/01, effective 4/30/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-27 - Child welfare services-Adoption services and adoption support › ADOPTION SUPPORT PROGRAM › Adoption Services › Section 388-27-0025 - What general adoption services does the department provide?

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(1) The department
					 provides the following general adoption services prior to the finalization of
					 an adoption:
(a) Social work services to
					 birth parents and children to achieve a permanent family for each
					 child;
(b) Use of the courts, legal
					 counsel, and juvenile court specialists for termination of parental rights and
					 granting of adoption petitions;
(c)
					 Obtaining available child and family medical and social background information
					 for disclosure to adoptive families;
(d) Recruitment, study, and approval of
					 adoptive and foster-adopt families;
(e) Assessment of the child and the current
					 caretaker to determine if the placement is an appropriate adoptive
					 placement;
(f) Placement of
					 children with waiting adoptive or foster-adopt family;
(g) Social work services and/or referral of
					 children and families to services after placement to facilitate the
					 adoption;
(h) Development of
					 alternate plans when the planned adoptive placement is not in the best interest
					 of the child and/or the adoptive family; and
(i) Location and exchange, on a state and
					 national basis, of information about children and adoptive families.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-27 - Child welfare services-Adoption services and adoption support › ADOPTION SUPPORT PROGRAM › Adoption Services › Section 388-27-0030 - What procedures must the department follow for the interstate placement of children?

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(1) Washington
					 state is a member of Interstate Compact on Placement of Children (ICPC) and
					 Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance (ICAMA) and must meet all
					 compact requirements (see chapter 26.34 RCW).
(2) The rules of this chapter apply to
					 accepted ICPC cases.
Statutory Authority:
						  RCW
						  74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-27-0030,
						  filed 3/30/01, effective 4/30/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-27 - Child welfare services-Adoption services and adoption support › ADOPTION SUPPORT PROGRAM › Adoption Services › Section 388-27-0035 - What adoption services does the department provide for children in the department's care and custody?

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(1) The
					 department's adoption services for children include:
(a) Social work services with birth parents
					 focused on locating a permanent home for the children.
(b) Social work services with children
					 focusing on the child's educational, medical, psychological, and developmental
					 needs;
(c) Petitioning the court
					 for termination of parental rights;
(d) Facilitating voluntary relinquishments
					 when a voluntary adoption is in the child's best interests;
(e) Assessment of children to determine their
					 medical and social needs including, as needed:
(i) Psychiatric evaluations;
(ii) Psychological evaluations;
(iii) Educational evaluations; and
(iv) Medical evaluations;
(f) Evaluating prospective
					 adoptive families through the use of the adoptive home study, also known as the
					 preplacement report, to determine appropriateness for adoption generally and to
					 determine What specific child characteristics or needs that the family will
					 best be able to meet.
(g) Making
					 adoptive placements that are best able to meet a child's needs, from available
					 resources;
(h) Social work services
					 and/or referral of children and families to services after placement;
(i) The department social worker assigned to
					 finalizing the adoption will assist families complete the adoption support
					 program application for children who may be eligible for the adoption support
					 program;
(j) Provision of
					 post-placement reports and other documents required for finalization to the
					 court for a child when the department:
(i)
					 Conducts the post-placement reports and other documents required for
					 finalization to the court for a child when the department:
(ii) Has custody of the child;
(k) Provision of the consent to
					 the adoption of a child in the department's custody.