(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 and:
(a) Enrolled in
school as described in WAC
110-90-0050;
(b) Have applied for, or can demonstrate
intent to timely enroll in a post-secondary academic or vocational education
program as described in WAC
110-90-0060;
(c) Participating in a program or activity
designed to promote employment or remove barriers to employment as described in
WAC
110-90-0070;
(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
110-90-0100; 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 twenty-one; and
(iii) Meets one of the criteria found in
subsection (1)(a) through (e) of this section.
(2) A dependent youth in the custody of
juvenile rehabilitation, the department of corrections, county detention, or
jail who otherwise meets the eligibility criteria in subsection (1)(a) through
(f) of this section may enroll in the extended foster care program.
(3) 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 before the age of
twenty-one. The youth must meet one of the criteria in subsection (1)(a)
through (e) when requesting to reenroll in the extended foster care
program.
Notes
Wash. Admin. Code
§
110-90-0040
WSR 18-14-078,
recodified as § 110-90-0040, filed 6/29/18, effective 7/1/18
Amended by
WSR
19-14-066, Filed 6/28/2019, effective
7/29/2019
Statutory Authority:
RCW
13.34.145,
13.34.267,
74.13.020,
74.13.031,
43.88C.010,
74.13.107, 43.131.416, and
13.34.030. WSR 18-01-048, §
388-25-0506, filed 12/12/17,
effective 1/12/18; WSR 16-14-065, §
388-25-0506, filed 6/30/16,
effective 7/31/16. Statutory Authority:
RCW
13.34.145,
13.34.267,
74.13.020,
74.13.031,
43.88C.010,
74.13.107, 43.131.416,
13.34.030 and Fostering
Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (P.L.
110-351). WSR 16-06-044, §
388-25-0506, filed 2/24/16,
effective 3/26/16. Statutory Authority:
RCW
13.34.145,
13.34.267,
74.13.020,
74.13.031,
43.88C.010,
74.13.107, 43.131.416,
13.34.030. WSR 14-13-051, §
388-25-0506, filed 6/12/14,
effective 7/13/14. Statutory Authority:
RCW
74.13.031,
13.34.267, and 2008 federal
legislation "Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act."
WSR 13-08-017, §
388-25-0506, filed 3/25/13,
effective 4/25/13.
