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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 B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0030 - When may the department serve a child through a behavior rehabilitation services program?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) The department
				  may serve a child through the behavior rehabilitation services (BRS) program
				  only when the CA social worker has assessed the child's and family's needs and
				  determined that rehabilitative services are necessary and that this is the most
				  appropriate placement for the child.
(2) The department may only provide financial
				  support for a child's BRS placement when the CA social worker has determined
				  this level of care is necessary, the placement is in a licensed or certified
				  home or facility, the provider meets the department's qualifications, and the
				  department has contracted with the provider for that service.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-25-0030,
						filed 3/30/01, effective 4/30/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0032 - How often do the foster parent and social worker meet to complete the rate assessment?

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The social worker or designated rate assessment specialist
					 will meet with the foster parent in person or telephonically to complete the
					 assessment:
(1) Within thirty days of
				  the child's placement in the foster parent's home;
(2) At least every six months after the first
				  assessment; and
(3) When there is a
				  significant change in circumstances for the child or in the foster parent's
				  ability or time required to meet the child's needs.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.08.090. 09-16-045, § 388-25-0032,
						filed 7/28/09, effective 8/28/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0035 - What is the department's authority to remove a child from a behavior rehabilitation services placement?

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The department has the authority to remove the child after
					 at least seventy-two hours notice to the child care provider. The department
					 may waive notice in emergency situations or when a court has issued an order
					 changing a child's placement.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-25-0035,
						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 B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0037 - What are the reimbursement levels?

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The amount of foster care maintenance payments may change
					 slightly from year to year. A basic rate payment (level 1) is paid to all
					 foster parents to help cover the cost of food, clothing, shelter, and personal
					 incidentals. In addition, there are three levels of supplemental payments that
					 are paid to foster parents who care for children with varying degrees of
					 physical, mental, behavioral, emotional and/or intellectual conditions that
					 require increased effort, care or supervision. The levels of payments are as
					 follows:
(1)
Level 1:
Children assessed at this level receive the basic foster care maintenance rate.
				  The payment is based on the time typically spent by a foster parent to meet the
				  needs of a child, who is developing comparably to children in the same age
				  range. The payments are based on three age categories: birth to five years old,
				  six to eleven years old, and twelve to eighteen years old.
(2)
Level 2:
Children assessed
				  at this level require the foster parent's increased attention, time and
				  supervision, beyond that required to meet the child's basic or routine needs,
				  to address specific physical, mental, behavioral, emotional and/or intellectual
				  challenges.
(3)
Levels 3 and
				  4:
Children assessed at these levels have the highest needs for
				  attention and care. These children require significantly more time from the
				  foster parent because of the severity of their issues. These children often
				  will be participating in more than one treatment program, and may need to
				  participate in treatment in the foster parent's home. A child assessed at level
				  3 or 4 may have serious medical, behavioral or psychiatric issues or behaviors
				  that require a safety plan.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.08.090. 09-16-045, § 388-25-0037,
						filed 7/28/09, effective 8/28/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0040 - How long may a child served by the department remain in out-of-home placement before a court hearing is held?

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Within seventy-two hours after a child enters care, a
					 shelter care hearing must be held. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays are excluded
					 in the seventy-two-hour requirement. A court order must be obtained to keep a
					 child in shelter care for longer than thirty days.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-25-0040,
						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 B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0042 - Can the child be assessed at a different level, depending on the foster home?

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The assessment is based on both the child's needs and the
					 foster parent's ability and time required to meet those needs. It is possible
					 that a child would be assessed at a different rate in one home than in another,
					 depending on the foster parent's abilities or circumstances as well as the
					 resources and support services available to the child and foster
					 family.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.08.090. 09-16-045, § 388-25-0042,
						filed 7/28/09, effective 8/28/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0045 - Under what circumstances may a parent sign a consent for voluntary placement of a child in foster care with the department?

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(1) If alternative placement resources,
				  including social supports in the family home, have been considered and
				  eliminated; and
(2) The department
				  agrees that the child needs to be placed; then
(3) A child's parent may sign a consent for
				  voluntary placement of a child in foster care (if the child is Native American
				  refer to the Indian Child Welfare Act):
(a)
				  If the child and a parent cannot agree to the child's return home but do agree
				  to the child's placement out of the home; or
(b) When a parent is unable to care for a
				  child.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0047 - Can the assessment change if the child's needs change?

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The child will always receive at least the basic rate
					 (level 1) for the child's age category. However, the child may be assessed at
					 level 2, 3, or 4, as the child's needs change or the circumstances of the
					 foster parents change.
For example:
In cases where the child's needs
					 decrease or the time required of the foster parent to meet the child's needs
					 decreases, the standardized assessment may assess the child at a lower rate.
					 For example, on a reassessment a child might be assessed at level 2, when the
					 child's previous rate had been at level 3. In cases where the child's needs or
					 the demands on the foster parent increase, the standardized assessment may
					 assess the child at a higher level.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.08.090. 09-16-045, § 388-25-0047,
						filed 7/28/09, effective 8/28/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0050 - What must a parent do to place the child in foster care with the department?

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A child's parent may sign a Voluntary Placement Agreement
					 (VPA), DSHS 09-004B(X), to voluntarily place a child in foster care. The
					 consent for voluntary placement must agree with child welfare services as
					 described under
					 RCW
					  74.13.031. The consent becomes valid when
					 signed by a representative of children's administration.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-25-0050,
						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 B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0052 - How will the foster parent be notified of the rate the child will receive?

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The foster parent will receive a written letter and payment
					 plan, generated by the department's foster care rate assessment computer
					 program, which will notify the foster parent of
(1) The amount of the monthly foster care
				  maintenance payment that will be paid on behalf of the child;
(2) The right to review of the assessment
				  and;
(3) How to exercise the right
				  of review.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.08.090. 09-16-045, § 388-25-0052,
						filed 7/28/09, effective 8/28/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0055 - How long may a voluntary placement last with the department?

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A voluntary placement must last no longer than one hundred
					 eighty days. By the end of one hundred eighty days, the child must return to
					 the child's parent or guardian unless the juvenile court has made a judicial
					 determination that:
(1) Return to the
				  parent or guardian is contrary to the welfare of the child; and
(2) Continued placement in foster care is in
				  the best interest of the child.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-25-0055,
						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 B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0057 - Can a foster parent challenge the rate assessment?

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A foster parent, acting on behalf of the foster child, may
					 request a review of the rate assessment for the child.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.08.090. 09-16-045, § 388-25-0057,
						filed 7/28/09, effective 8/28/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0060 - May the department grant an exception to the length of stay in voluntary placement?

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(1) The DCFS
				  regional administrator or the regional administrator's designee may grant
				  exceptions to the one hundred eight-day limit on voluntary placements only:
(a) If the department conducts an
				  administrative review fulfilling the requirements of
				  Title
				  42, United States Code (USC),
				  chapter 675, section 475, and the review chairperson recommends continuation of
				  voluntary placement; and
(b) If a
				  specific date within six months is scheduled for the child to return home;
				  or
(c) The child is seventeen years
				  of age or older.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0062 - How does a foster parent seek a department review of the rate assessment?

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(1) The foster
				  parent must make a written request for department review of the
				  assessment.
(2) The request must be
				  received by CA within twenty calendar days of the date of the letter informing
				  the foster parent of the rate assessed for the child. If a request is not made
				  within twenty days, the department will not review the assessment.
(a) The department may grant a twenty-day
				  extension of time for filing the request for review, if the foster parent has
				  contacted a regional foster parent liaison within the initial twenty-day time
				  period and asked for assistance in informally resolving any disagreement as to
				  the rate assessed.
(b) The
				  department has the discretion and may grant a twenty-day extension for good
				  cause.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0065 - What are the department's placement procedures for an infant residing in foster care with the infant's teen parent?

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(1) When a teen parent and infant reside in
				  the same facility, the infant's "home" is considered to be the infant's
				  parent's home. Maintenance payments for the teen parent must be increased to
				  provide for the maintenance of the infant. A legal authorization-to-be-placed
				  is not required in order to include an amount sufficient for the infant's
				  maintenance or to issue medical coupons for the infant.
(2) For protection of the infant, a
				  dependency order placing the child in temporary custody of the department may
				  be appropriate. Even if dependency is established, a legal authorization-to-be
				  placed must be obtained to keep the infant in out-of-home care should the teen
				  parent placement setting change so as not to include the infant.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-25-0065,
						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 B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0067 - What does the department consider in reviewing the request?

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(1) The review will
				  be conducted by department management level staff, or by a designee who was not
				  involved in the rate assessment process.
(2) The review will be conducted within ten
				  days of receiving the request for review.
(3) The reviewer will consider:
(a) Whether the foster parent and the social
				  worker or designated rate assessment specialist met in person or telephonically
				  to jointly complete the standardized assessment form;
(b) Whether the information obtained through
				  the conversation between the social worker or rate assessment specialist and
				  the foster parent was accurately recorded on the form;
(c) Whether any additional information
				  provided by the foster parent, as authorized in WAC
				  388-25-0060(3)
				 is relevant to the automated assessment;
(d) Whether the information was accurately
				  entered into the computer program; and
(e) Whether the computer program was properly
				  functioning in calculating the rate and providing the written report of the
				  assessment.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0072 - How does the foster parent learn about the department's decision on review?

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(1) The department
				  will send the foster parent a written letter notifying the foster parent that
				  the department either:
(a) Upholds the rate
				  assessment; or
(b) Agrees the rate
				  was wrongly calculated and adjusts the rate to the proper level.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0075 - To whom does the department make payment for foster care?

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(1) The department
				  makes foster care payments only to persons and agencies the department has
				  appropriately licensed and approved, or, if not subject to licensing, the
				  department has certified as meeting the department's licensing requirements,
				  or:
(a) If in another state, persons or
				  agencies meeting the requirements of that state; or
(b) If in a tribal program, persons or
				  agencies meeting the requirements of that tribal 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 B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0077 - How does the foster parent appeal the department's decision on review?

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(1) If the
				  department upholds the rate assessment on review, the foster parent has the
				  right to further challenge the assessment by timely requesting an
				  administrative hearing.
(2) The
				  request must be in writing and sent to the office of administrative hearings
				  (OAH). WAC
				  388-02-0025 lists the current
				  addresses for OAH.
(3) The request
				  must be received by OAH within twenty days from the date of the letter
				  notifying the foster parent of the department's decision on review.
(4) Foster care providers and recipients of
				  foster care funds do not have a right to request an administrative hearing to
				  challenge or dispute the established rates of the foster care program or to
				  challenge the foster care rate assessment standardized form or
				  program.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.08.090. 09-16-045, § 388-25-0077,
						filed 7/28/09, effective 8/28/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0082 - What law and rules govern the administrative law judge?

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Chapter 34.05
					 RCW, chapter 388-02 WAC, and the sections of this chapter relating to foster
					 care rate assessments govern any administrative hearing to review a child's
					 foster care rate assessment. In the event of a conflict between the provisions
					 of this chapter and chapter 388-02 WAC, the provisions of this chapter
					 prevail.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.08.090. 09-16-045, § 388-25-0082,
						filed 7/28/09, effective 8/28/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0087 - What issues may be decided by the administrative law judge?

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(1) The
				  administrative law judge (ALJ) will consider only:
(a) Whether the foster parent and the social
				  worker or designated rate assessment specialist met in person or telephonically
				  to jointly complete the standardized assessment form;
(b) Whether the information obtained in the
				  meeting between the social worker or rate assessment specialist and foster
				  parent was accurately recorded on the form;
(c) Whether additional information provided
				  by the foster parent on review to the department was accurately recorded on the
				  form, if applicable;
(d) Whether
				  the information was accurately entered into the computer program; and
(e) Whether the computer program was properly
				  functioning in calculating the rate and providing the written report of the
				  assessment.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0090 - What are the department's expectations for foster care providers to whom the department makes reimbursement for services?

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(1) Foster care providers are responsible
				  for:
(a) Protecting and nurturing children in
				  a safe, healthy environment that provides positive support and supervision for
				  the child in care;
(b) Taking the
				  child to a physician or nurse practitioner to complete an EPSDT (early and
				  periodic screening, diagnosis and treatment) examination. EPSDT exams must be
				  scheduled within one month of initial placement and annually
				  thereafter.
(c) Reporting to the
				  social worker the fact that an EPSDT examination took place and if the
				  examination showed that further treatment is needed.
(d) Observing and sharing information about
				  the child's behavior, school and medical status, response to parental visits,
				  and the child's growth and development with persons designated by the assigned
				  CA social worker (see chapter 388-148 WAC).
(e) Meeting the developmental needs of the
				  child by:
(i) Teaching age appropriate
				  skills;
(ii) Supporting cultural
				  identity;
(iii) Helping the child
				  attach to caring adults;
(iv)
				  Building self esteem;
(v)
				  Encouraging and modeling positive social relationships and
				  responsibilities;
(vi) Supporting
				  intellectual and educational growth;
(f) Supporting the permanent plan for the
				  child;
(g) Participating as a
				  member of the child's treatment team by taking part in the development of the
				  service plan for the child and providing relevant information about the child's
				  progress for court hearings;
(h)
				  Providing assistance to the social worker, when working with the biological
				  parents is part of the service plan, by assisting in family visitation and
				  modeling effective parenting behavior for the family.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0095 - What are the requirements for release of foster parents' licensing records?

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Foster parent licensing records may be disclosed upon
					 request in accordance with
					 RCW
					  42.56.070.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.08.090. 09-16-045, § 388-25-0095,
						filed 7/28/09, effective 8/28/09. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						 74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-25-0095,
						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 B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0100 - What are the department's responsibilities regarding financial assistance to support children in the department's foster homes and child placing agency foster homes?

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(1) The department
				  pays only for placements and plans the department has approved.
(2) The department has final responsibility
				  for determining initial and ongoing eligibility for financial
				  support.
(3) The department
				  maintains control and oversight of placements and payments through written
				  agreements with the child placing agencies, quarterly reports, and planning
				  meetings with the agency or facility.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						 74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-25-0100,
						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 B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0105 - What is the effective date for payment of foster care?

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(1) The department
				  begins foster care payment for a child on the date the department or its
				  authorized designee places the child in the licensed foster home.
(2) The department pays for each night a
				  child resides in foster care.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-25-0105,
						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 B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0107 - What is the beginning date for payment of foster care?

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(1) The department
				  begins foster care payment for a child on the date the department or its
				  authorized designee places the child in the licensed foster home.
(2) The department pays for each night a
				  child resides in foster care.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.08.090. 09-16-045, § 388-25-0107,
						filed 7/28/09, effective 8/28/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0110 - What is the effective date for termination of foster care payments?

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(1) The department
				  ends payment on the day before the child actually leaves the foster home or
				  facility. The department does not pay for the last day that a child is in a
				  foster care home or facility.
(2)
				  The department terminates family foster care payments for children in family
				  foster care effective the date:
(a) The child
				  no longer needs foster care;
(b)
				  The child no longer resides in foster care;
(c) The child reaches the age of eighteen;
(d) The child is no longer
				  eligible for the extended foster care program and the dependency action is
				  dismissed or voluntary placement agreement (VPA) is revoked. To be eligible for
				  the extended foster care program a child, age eighteen must be:
(i) Completing a high school diploma or high
				  school equivalency certificate;
(ii) Completing a post-secondary academic or
				  vocational program;
(iii)
				  Participating in a program or activity designed to promote employment or remove
				  barriers to employment;
(iv)
				  Employed for eighty hours or more per month; or
(v) Unable to engage in subsections (2)(d)(i)
				  through (2)(d)(iv) of this section due to a documented medical
				  condition.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0115 - What are the department's general standards for family foster care reimbursement?

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(1) The
				  standards of payment explained in WAC 388-25-0120 through
				  388-25-0215 are the basis for the
				  reimbursement rates the department provides for care of children placed in
				  licensed foster care under the department's direct supervision and those
				  children under the supervision of child placing agencies.
(2) The CA social worker must determine the
				  payment plan for all types of family foster care through a review of the needs
				  and resources of each child and the activities of the foster parent which meet
				  those needs.
(3) The CA social
				  worker must discuss any plan above the basic foster care rate with the foster
				  parent so that the foster parent knows:
(a)
				  The basis for payment;
(b) Any
				  increased expectations of the foster parent for service delivery or
				  participation in the case plan for the child; and
(c) The amount included for each item of the
				  child's care.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0125 - When may the department authorize a clothing allowance for a child in out-of-home care?

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When the department or a contracted child placing agency
					 places a child in foster care or, at other times, the social worker may
					 authorize a clothing allowance to supplement a child's clothing supply, when
					 necessary. This allowance may not exceed two hundred dollars unless authorized
					 by the DCFS regional administrator or the regional administrator's designee.
					 The allowance must be based on the needs of the child and be provided within
					 available funds. Clothing purchased becomes the property of the child and will
					 be sent with the child if placement changes.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-25-0125,
						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 B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0130 - What are the standards for use and reimbursement of receiving home care?

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The department or a child placing agency uses receiving
					 homes to place a child in a licensed family foster home on a temporary,
					 emergent, or interim basis to provide sufficient time for the development of a
					 plan. This planning includes the involvement of the child, the child's
					 parent(s), and the child's extended family whenever possible.
(1) A DCFS regional administrator must
				  designate family foster homes which are to receive child placements twenty-four
				  hours per day. These homes provide care for children on a temporary, emergent,
				  or interim basis as regular or specialized receiving homes.
(2) If the regional administrator designates
				  a receiving home to be available on a twenty-four-hour basis, the regional
				  administrator must specify this designation in a written agreement with the
				  foster parent. Regular foster homes may also agree to accept children on an
				  emergent basis.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-25-0130,
						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 B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0135 - What are the types of receiving homes and what children are served in them?

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There are two types of receiving homes: Regular and
					 specialized. Each type of home provides the following services:
(1) Regular receiving homes for children age
				  birth through age seventeen; and
(2) Specialized receiving homes for children
				  who require more intensive supervision than normally provided to children in
				  foster care. The child may require more intensive supervision due to behavioral
				  problems, developmental disability, emotional disturbance, erratic and
				  unpredictable behavior or medical condition (not on personal care or medically
				  intensive DDD program).
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-25-0135,
						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 B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0140 - Who decides on the number of receiving homes needed in an area?

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Each DCFS regional administrator must decide on the number
					 of receiving homes needed for the regional administrators' respective
					 geographical areas.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-25-0140,
						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 B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0145 - How long may a child stay in a receiving home?

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(1) The department limits a child's maximum
				  length of stay in a receiving home:
(a)
				  Maximum length of stay for regular receiving homes is thirty consecutive days
				  per placement;
(b) Maximum length
				  of stay for specialized receiving homes is fifteen-consecutive days per
				  placement.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-25 - Child welfare services-Foster care › Part B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0150 - What are the rates for reimbursement to receiving home providers?

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The current reimbursement rates, effective July 1, 2000, to
					 receiving homes are:
Type of Home
Monthly Retention Fee - Per Bed
Daily Rate per Child in Care
Regular receiving (all ages)
$51.12
$19.06
Special receiving, ages 12-17
$102.99
$26.08
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-25-0150,
						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 B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0155 - How are rates authorized for reimbursement to receiving home providers?

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(1) The DCFS
				  regional administrator or the administrator's designee may authorize payments
				  in excess of the standard for individual child-specific situations. The
				  department may, within available funds, purchase clothing and personal
				  incidentals for the child in receiving home care as needed.
(2) The department does not pay the receiving
				  home rate if the child is expected to stay in this placement for longer than
				  thirty days.
(3) The department may
				  make reimbursement for assessment and interim care through the behavior
				  rehabilitative services program.
(4) The department may, at the direction of
				  the DCFS regional administrator or designee, use qualified, contracted behavior
				  rehabilitative services to provide assessment or interim care for children and
				  youth requiring that level of care as determined by the CA social worker.
				  Unless the department and the provider make an alternate agreement, the
				  department must pay for contracted rehabilitative services at the facility's
				  contracted daily rate for interim or assessment care.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-25-0155,
						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 B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0175 - Under what circumstances may the department provide foster care for educational purposes?

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(1) The
				  department may provide licensed foster care for a child with physical or mental
				  disabilities when requested by a school district and in concurrence with the
				  wishes of the parents, in accordance with WAC
				  388-25-0030.
(2) The department will not make the payment
				  when the only need for foster care arises from the need for an education. The
				  department will only pay the cost of foster care when one of the conditions of
				  WAC 388-25-0030 applies.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-25-0175,
						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 B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0185 - May the department consider foster care payments to the foster family in determining eligibility for public assistance?

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When the department or a child placing agency places a
					 child in foster care with a family receiving public assistance under
					 42 U.S.C.
					 601, et seq., the department must not
					 consider payment received by the family for the foster child in determining the
					 family's eligibility for public assistance. The department makes payments,
					 including special or exceptional payments, for the child's board, clothing and
					 personal incidentals.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-25-0185,
						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 B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0190 - What are the department's standards for making foster care payment to a relative providing care to the child served by department?

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(1) A relative
				  caregiver, licensed or certified as a family foster home under
				  chapter
				  74.15 RCW and eligible for
				  temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) in behalf of the child, may
				  select either foster care or TANF payments in behalf of the child, but not
				  both.
(2) A relative caretaker who
				  is not related to the specified degree defined in
				  RCW
				   74.15.020 by blood, marriage, or legal
				  adoption may receive foster care payments in behalf of the child if licensed as
				  a foster family home under
				  chapter
				  74.15 RCW.
(3) A relative caretaker who is not licensed
				  or certified for foster care may apply for TANF.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-25-0190,
						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 B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0195 - How does the department make reimbursement for foster care for a child served by the department who moves out-of-state with the foster family?

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When the foster family moves to another state, the
					 department must arrange with the other state or local social service agency to
					 license and supervise the home and the placement (see chapter 26.34
					 RCW).
After receiving a copy of the foster family home license
					 from the other state, the DCFS supervising social worker authorizes
					 payment.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.08.090. 09-16-045, § 388-25-0195,
						filed 7/28/09, effective 8/28/09. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						 74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-25-0195,
						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 B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0200 - What payment procedures must the department follow for children placed across state borders?

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(1) When the
				  department places a child into a new placement with a family residing and
				  licensed in another state, the DCFS social worker must obtain the payment rates
				  from that state. Following receipt of the other state's rates, the department
				  will pay that state's rates.
(2)
				  The children's administration interstate compact on placement of children
				  (ICPC) program manager must approve out-of-state placement before the
				  department makes payment for foster care.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.08.090. 09-16-045, § 388-25-0200,
						filed 7/28/09, effective 8/28/09. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						 74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-25-0200,
						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 B - PLACEMENT AUTHORIZATION AND PAYMENT › Section 388-25-0210 - How does the department treat resources and unearned income of a child in foster care?

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(1) Unearned income
				  includes supplemental security income (SSI), Retirement, Survivors and
				  Disability Insurance (RSDI), veteran's benefits, railroad retirement benefits,
				  inheritances, or any other payments for which the child is eligible, unless
				  specifically exempted by the terms and conditions of the receipt of the income.
				  The department must use income not exempted to cover the child's cost of care,
				  except for resources held in trust for an American Indian child.
(2) Any person, agency or court that receives
				  payments on behalf of a child in out-of-home care must send the payments to the
				  department's division of child support.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-25-0210,
						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 C - PARENTAL SUPPORT OBLIGATION › Section 388-25-0215 - What is the parents' obligation to support their child in foster care?

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Parents of children in foster care must provide financial
					 support for their child in accordance with rules contained in chapter 388-14A
					 WAC.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-25-0215,
						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 C - PARENTAL SUPPORT OBLIGATION › Section 388-25-0220 - Who has authority to recommend or negotiate amounts for parental participation in the cost of foster care?

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(1)
				  The department's division of child support determines the amount of parental
				  financial support, except when stated in a superior court order.
				  Chapter
				  74.20A RCW and chapter
				  388-14A WAC provide the authority and procedures for the division of child
				  support to collect financial support from the parent to pay for a child in
				  foster care.
(2) Only the division
				  of child support may recommend to the court, on behalf of the department, to
				  establish, raise, lower, release, or forgive support payments for a child
				  placed in foster care. No other agency or staff may make agreements with
				  parent(s) or their representatives regarding this matter.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-25-0220,
						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 C - PARENTAL SUPPORT OBLIGATION › Section 388-25-0225 - What cases must be referred to the division of child support (DCS)?

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Each case where the department participates in the payment
					 of foster care must be referred to the division of child support, except
					 when:
(1) Collection would not be cost
				  effective, including placements of seventy-two hours or less;
(2) Collection is exempt by law; or
(3) A child with developmental disabilities
				  is eligible for admission to or discharged from a residential habilitation
				  center as defined by
				  RCW
				   71A.10.020(8), unless the
				  child is placed as a result of an action taken under
				  chapter
				  13.34 RCW.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.08.090, 2004 c 183, 74.20.040, and
						74.13.020. 05-06-091, § 388-25-0225, filed 3/1/05, effective 4/1/05.
						Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						 74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-25-0225,
						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 C - PARENTAL SUPPORT OBLIGATION › Section 388-25-0226 - Does children's administration refer foster care cases to the division of child support where good cause exists?

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The children's administration must refer to the division of
					 child support foster care cases in which sufficient good cause exists to not
					 pursue collection or establish support or paternity.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.08.090, 2004 c 183, 74.20.040, and
						74.13.020. 05-06-091, § 388-25-0226, filed 3/1/05, effective
						4/1/05.