Who is eligible for extended foster care?
(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.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
74.12.340,
74.04.050,
74.04.055,
74.08.090 and WAC 110-20-0010. WSR 19-14-066, § 110-90-0040, filed 6/28/19, effective 7/29/19. WSR 18-14-078, recodified as § 110-90-0040, 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 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.]
