The department requires CPAs to:
(1) Be licensed or certified under chapter 74.15 RCW.
(2) Have a contract with the department to provide child or youth placement and related services. The department will only place and pay for services to an agency that the department has a contract with.
(3) Document the services provided as required in their contract.
(4) Maintain the licenses of their foster family and licensed kinship homes, so placements of children or youth may occur.
(5) Provide support services to the foster parents and licensed kinship caregivers.
(6) Be financially responsible for placement costs for a child or youth that the CPA brought from another country for adoption if the adoption is not finalized, disrupts prior to finalization, or until they reach age 18.
[Statutory Authority: Chapters 13.34, 74.13, 74.15 RCW, and 45 C.F.R. ss 1355 and 1356. WSR 25-12-071, s 110-50-0230, filed 5/30/25, effective 6/30/25. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.216.065 and 74.13.031. WSR 23-24-040, § 110-50-0230, filed 11/30/23, effective 12/31/23. WSR 18-14-078, recodified as § 110-50-0230, filed 6/29/18, effective 7/1/18. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.13.031. WSR 01-08-047, § 388-25-0430, filed 3/30/01, effective 4/30/01.]