PDFWAC 110-90-0020
What is the purpose of the extended foster care program?
The extended foster care program provides an opportunity for young adults who are dependent at age eighteen to voluntarily agree to continue receiving foster care services, including placement services, while the youth:
(1) Completes a high school or a high school equivalency program;
(2) Completes a secondary or post-secondary academic or vocational program;
(3) Participates in a program or activity designed to promote employment or remove barriers to employment;
(4) Is engaged in employment for eighty hours or more per month; or
(5) Is unable to engage in subsections (1) through (4) of this section due to a documented medical condition.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.12.340, 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.08.090 and WAC 110-20-0010. WSR 19-14-066, § 110-90-0020, filed 6/28/19, effective 7/29/19. WSR 18-14-078, recodified as § 110-90-0020, filed 6/29/18, effective 7/1/18. 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 16-14-065, § 388-25-0502, 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, § 388-25-0502, 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, § 388-25-0502, 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, § 388-25-0502, filed 3/25/13, effective 4/25/13.]