Section 388-25-0506 - Who is eligible for extended foster care?(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.(2) If the youth was in the extended foster care program but then unenrolled or lost their eligibility, the youth may reenroll in the extended foster care program through a VPA one time before the age of twenty-one. The youth must meet one of the criteria in subsections (1)(a) through (e) when requesting to reenroll in the extended foster care program.Wash. Admin. Code § 388-25-0506
Amended by WSR 14-13-051, Filed 6/12/2014, effective 7/13/2014Amended by WSR 16-06-044, Filed 2/24/2016, effective 3/26/2016Amended by WSR 16-14-065, Filed 6/30/2016, effective 7/31/2016Amended by WSR 18-01-048, Filed 12/12/2017, effective 1/12/2018Statutory Authority: RCW 74.13.031, 13.34.267, and 2008 federal legislation "Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act." 13-08-017, § 388-25-0506, filed 3/25/13, effective 4/25/13.