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Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department ofFOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATIONChapter 388-32 - Child welfare services to prevent out-of-home placement and achieve family reconciliation
FAMILY RECONCILIATION SERVICES
Section 388-32-0030 - What FRS does the department provide?

Wash. Admin. Code § 388-32-0030

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Current through Register Vol. 24-20, October 15, 2024
Section 388-32-0030 - What FRS does the department provide?

The assigned social worker provides family reconciliation services (FRS) to develop skills and supports within families to resolve family conflicts, achieve a reconciliation between parent and child, and to avoid out-of-home placement. The services may include, but are not limited to, referral to services for suicide prevention, psychiatric or other medical care, or psychological, financial, legal, educational, or other social services, as appropriate to the needs of the child and family. Typically FRS is completed within a thirty-day period. Children's administration (CA) provides intake and assessment services (IAS).

(1) Youth and their families who call or self-present at a children's administration central intake or local office requesting FRS must be provided assistance in contacting the appropriate children's administration's intake services to make a formal request for FRS.
(2) The FRS social worker must contact the family within twenty-four hours of their assignment to the case to schedule an appointment to begin the family interview and assessment.
(3) FRS is intended to defuse the immediate potential for violence, assess problems, and explore options leading to problem resolution.
(4) Families who require more intensive interventions than those provided by the FRS social worker may be referred to a contracted provider for services. The family must make a commitment to participate in the contracted services.

Wash. Admin. Code § 388-32-0030

Amended by WSR 18-03-103, Filed 1/18/2018, effective 2/18/2018

Statutory Authority: RCW 13.32A.040, 74.13.031, and 74.08.090. 06-11-080, § 388-32-0030, filed 5/16/06, effective 6/16/06. Statutory Authority: Chapter 13.32A RCW, RCW 74.08.090, 74.13.031, 2002 c 371. 03-19-051, § 388-32-0030, filed 9/11/03, effective 9/11/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-32-0030, filed 3/30/01, effective 4/30/01.