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Section 388-25-0504 - What is extended foster care?

Wash. Admin. Code § 388-25-0504

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Current through Register Vol. 24-12, June 15, 2024
Section 388-25-0504 - What is extended foster care?

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.

Wash. Admin. Code § 388-25-0504

Amended by WSR 14-13-051, Filed 6/12/2014, effective 7/13/2014
Amended by WSR 16-06-044, Filed 2/24/2016, effective 3/26/2016
Amended by WSR 16-14-065, Filed 6/30/2016, effective 7/31/2016

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.