(1) A provider must consider what bedroom
placement is in the best interest of a foster child in consultation with the
child's DCYF caseworker and all other children in the household.
(2) Shared bedrooms must provide enough floor
space for the safety and comfort of children.
(3) Foster teen parents may sleep in the same
room with their children. When a teen parent and their children sleep in the
same room, the room must contain at least 80 square feet of usable floor space.
Only one parent and their children may occupy a bedroom.
(4) No more than four children may sleep in
the same room. This includes foster children and any other children.
(5) Children under the age of two may share a
bedroom with an adult, if it is in the best interest of the child and approved
by the caseworker.
(6) An
individual in the extended foster care program may share a bedroom with a
younger child of the same gender. If the younger child is unrelated to the
individual in the extended foster care program, the younger child must be at
least 10 years of age. A provider may place a child who identifies as
transgender or gender fluid in a bedroom with a child of the same or similar
gender identity.
(7) Foster
children may not share the same bedroom with a child of another gender identity
unless all children are under age six. In circumstances of transgender or
gender fluidity, a provider may place a child in a bedroom with another child
of the same or similar gender identity.
(8) An exception may be granted to
subsections (3) through (6) of this section with an administrative approval if
it is supported by the licensor and the child(ren)'s DCYF caseworker, and is in
the best interest of the child.
Notes
Wash. Admin.
Code §
110-148-1475
WSR 18-14-078,
recodified as § 110-148-1475, filed 6/29/18, effective 7/1/18
Amended by
WSR
22-11-091, Filed 5/18/2022, effective
6/18/2022
Statutory Authority:
RCW
74.15.010,
74.15.030,
74.15.040,
74.15.090,
74.13.031, and
P.L.
113-183. WSR 16-17-101, §
388-148-1475, filed 8/19/16,
effective 9/19/16. Statutory Authority: Chapters 13.34 and 74.13 RCW,
RCW
74.15.030(2),
74.15.311(2),
74.13.032,
13.04.011,
74.13.020,
13.34.030,
74.13.031,
13.34.145,
74.15.311,
74.15.030, and 2013 c 105. WSR
15-01-069, §
388-148-1475, filed 12/11/14,
effective 1/11/15.
