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Adoptive
and Foster Home Placements
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Success
in meeting the need for adoptive and foster home placements, reducing
the foster parent turnover rate, completing home studies for legally
free children, and implementing and operating the passport program.
Authorization: RCW 74.13.031(2)
Type of Report: Annual
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Coordinated
Services and Education Planning
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Requires
the working group to develop a plan for addressing educational
stability and continuity for school-age children who enter into
short term foster care.
Authorization:
Chapter 326, Laws of 2002, Section 1(2)(a)(iii)
Type of Report: One-Time
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Efforts to Contain Per Capita Cost of Adoption Support and Foster Care Services |
Within amounts provided for the foster care and adoption support programs, the department shall control reimbursement decisions for foster care and adoption support cases such that the aggregate average cost per case for foster care and for adoption support does not exceed the amounts assumed in the projected caseload expenditures. The department shall adjust adoption support benefits to account for the availability of the new federal adoption support tax credit for special needs children.
Authorization: Chapter 518, Laws of 2005, Section 202(6)
Type of Report: Annually
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Family
Visitation for Dependent Children
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The
2004 legislature passed SB6643a stating visitation is a right
of the family. The Children's Administration (CA) was required
to develop consistent policies and protocols, based on current
relevant research, concerning visitation for dependent children
to be implemented consistently throughout the state. CA was to
work with researchers, stakeholders, union representatives and
staff to develop appropriate protocols for visitation consistent
with the Act.
Authorization:
Chapter 146, Laws of 2004
Type of Report: Annually
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Fees as a Barrier to Adoption from Foster Care |
In 2006, the Legislature passed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6635 (ESSB 6635) requiring a review and recommendation on adoption fees and other barriers to adoption from the foster care system, as well as accreditation standards for adoption.
Authorization: Chapter 248, Laws 2006, Section 2
Type of Report: One time |
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Foster
Care Accreditation
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Requires
the department, in conjunction with a national independent accreditation
entity, to report to the appropriate legislative committees its
progress towards complete accreditation on an annual basis, starting
December 2001.
Authorization: RCW 74.13.017
Type of Report: Annual
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Foster
Care Program Federal Earnings Report
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Requires
the department to submit a plan to the office of financial management
to achieve a higher rate of federal earnings in the foster care
program. Requires the department to submit the plan to the fiscal
committees of the legislature and shall indicate projected federal
revenue compared to actual fiscal year 2001 levels.
Authorization: Chapter
7, Laws of 2001, Second Extraordinary Special Session, Section
202(8), Uncodified
Type of Report: One-Time
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Foster
Care Assessment (CHET)
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This report will provide information on how the
department has implemented practice and procedures to screen eligible
children to assure early permanency planning.
Authorization: RCW 74.14A.050
Type of Report: Semi-Annual
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Foster Care Health Unit |
Directs the Department of Social and Health Services to establish a Foster Care Health Unit within the Children's Administration in order to provide better coordination between the Children’s Administration and the Health and Recovery Services Administration.
Authorization: Chapter 74, Laws of 2006, Section 13
Type of Report: One time
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Foster Parent Critical Support and Retention Program - Investigations of Child Abuse and Neglect |
In 2006, the Legislature passed Second Substitute House Bill (2SHB) 3115, which establishes a foster parent critical support and retention program. This bill also included, in Section 4, a requirement that the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) prepare and provide a report to the legislature regarding the department’s policies and practices related to referrals, investigations, and records of child abuse and neglect allegations and any recommendations for improvement.
Authorization: Chapter 353, Laws 2006, Section4
Type of Report: One Time
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Foster
Parent Retention and Stability of Foster Placement Progress Report
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Requires
the department to report quarterly to the appropriate committees
of the legislature progress against appropriate baseline measures
for foster parent retention and stability of foster placements.
Authorization: Chapter 7, Laws of 2001, Second Extraordinary
Special Session, Section 202(6), Uncodified
Type of Report: Quarterly
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Intensive
Family Preservation Services
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Data
regarding the rates at which intensive family preservation services
prevent out-of-home placements over varying periods of time.
Authorization: RCW 74.14C.080
Type of Report: Every 2 years
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Date:
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Kinship
Care Oversight
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The Kinship Care Oversight Committee worked in
collaboration with Children's Administration (CA), Economic Services
Administration (ESA) and Aging and Disability Services Administration
(ADSA) to improve efforts to identify kinship care providers and
to improve service delivery and practice for kinship care givers
Authorization:
Chapter 284, Laws of 2003, RCW 74.13.620
Type of Report: Annual
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Transfer
of Funds from Foster Care Services to Family Preservation Services
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Caseload,
expenditure, cost avoidance, identified improvements to the out-of-home
care system, and outcome data; percent of cases when a child is
placed in out-of-home care system, and outcome data; percent of
cases when a child is placed in out-of-home care after the provisions
of services; average length of time before a child is placed;
average length of time child is placed; number of families that
refused the offer of services.
Authorization: RCW
74.14C.070
Type of Report: Annual
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Report
Date:
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December
2004. This transfer of funding did not occur. Therefore, no report
was submitted.
December 2005. No transfer occurred
December 2006 - Transfer of funding did not occur therefore, no report was submitted.
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Feasibility & Need for Creating Tiered Classifications for Foster Parent Licensing |
Requires the department and the University of Washington to jointly facilitate a workgroup to study the need for and the feasibility of creating a tiered classifications for foster parent licensing, including a professional foster parent classification and to report on the recommendations of the workgroup.
Authorization: Chapter 413, Laws of 2007
Type of Report: One Time |
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Child
Abuse
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Child Fatality |
Requires the department to report annually to the appropriate committees of the legislature. Passed during the 2004 Legislative Session, HB 2984 (RCW 74.13.640) requires the department to report on each child fatality review conducted by the department and provide a copy to the appropriate committees of the legislature.
Authorization: RCW 74.13.640
Type of Report: Quarterly
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Establishment
of Secure Crisis Residential Centers
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Evaluation
and comparison of information required to be compiled in this
section for the secure and semi-secure facilities of crisis residential
centers including plans to establish secure facilities as funds
are appropriated.
Authorization: RCW
74.13.036
Type of Report: Multiple
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Date:
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Risk
Assessment Report
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Report
on the effectiveness of the risk assessment process in child abuse/neglect
referral investigations.
Authorization: RCW
26.44.030(13)
Type of Report: Annual
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Report
Date:
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Child
Support
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Good
Cause Determination
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Requires
the department to present the rules and the department's plan
for implementation of the rules that create good cause exceptions
to the establishment and enforcement of child support from parents
of children in out-of-home placement under chapter 13.34 or 13.32A
RCW that do not violate federal funding requirements, to the appropriate
committees of the legislature prior to the 2002 legislative session.
Authorization: RCW
13.32A.178
Type of Report: One-Time
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Report
Date:
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Washington
State License Suspension Program
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Requires
the department to report, annually, 1) the number of responsible
parents identified as licensees subject to RCW 74.20A.320; responsible
parents not in compliance with a child support order; notices
of compliance served; responsible parents who request an adjudicative
proceeding; adjudicative proceedings held and results; responsible
parent certified to licensing entities for noncompliance with
a child support order and type of licenses suspended; 2) implementation
and enforcement costs of RCW 74.20A.320 and estimate of amount
of child support collected due to the department under RCW 74.20A.320;
3) other information in assisting in an evaluation of the program;
and 4) recommendations for addition or exclusion of specific licenses
from the program and for statutory changes.
Authorization:
RCW 74.20A.340(1)
Type of Report: Annual
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Date:
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Health
and Safety
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Blended
Funding Project
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Requires
the department to report annually to the legislature on the progress
in blending funds to provide enhanced services to children and
their families with multiple needs. Blended funding involves the
co-mingling funds of funds into a single pool from which services
can be funded. This report addresses the formal blended funding
project for children and families theta DSHS has undertaken, as
well as other innovative funding approaches to support collaborative
service delivery.
Authorization: Chapter
219, Laws of 2000, Section 2 RCW 74.14.A.060
Type of Report:
Annual
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Date:
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Children's
Collaboration Proviso
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This
proviso required Children's Administration to improve our relations
with community providers. We have viewed this directive to work
with providers to develop policies and protocols for collaboration
as a positive opportunity
Authorization:
Chapter
276, Laws of 2004
Type of Report:
One-Time
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Child Protective Services - Staff Safety |
Requires the department to develop policies and protocols to address the safety of child protective services (CPS) and child welfare services (CWS) staff.
Authorization: Chapter 518, Laws of 2005, Section 2(4)
Type of Report: One-Time |
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Child Protective Services - Staff Safety Status on Implementation |
In April 2005, House Bill 2189 passed in response to this tragedy, requiring DSHS to convene a work group to: develop policies and protocols to address the safety of CA employees and to make recommendations regarding training for staff in the areas of recognizing volatile, hostile or threatening situations; de-escalation and preventative safety measures. The work group reviewed relevant information related to worker safety, was briefed on the work of the CA Critical Incident Response and Support Task Force, identified missing elements and made recommendations to CA regarding worker safety.
The following is the Children’s Administration status update on implementation of recommendations in the “CPS - Staff Safety Report”:
Authorization: Chapter 95, Laws of 2006
Type of Report: One time
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Children's
Administration Performance Report
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The
department shall prepare an annual quality assurance report that
shall include but is not limited to: (1) Performance outcomes
regarding health and safety of children in the children's services
system; (2) children's length of stay in out-of-home placement
from each date of referral; (3) adherence to permanency planning
timelines; and (4) the response time on child protective services
investigations differentiated by risk level determined at intake.
Authorization: RCW 43.20A.870 and 74.13.031(5)
Type of Report: Annual
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Children of Incarcerated Parents |
Requires the Departments of Corrections and Social and Health Services to co-lead a collaborative interagency exploration of the needs of children whose parents are incarcerated in this state.
Authorization: Chapter 403, Laws of 2005, Section 2
Type of Report: Annual |
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Criminal
Mistreatment Implementation Plan
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A plan
for improved coordination of services to families when a member
of the family is charged with criminal mistreatment.
Authorization: Chapter 219, Laws of 2002, Section 15
Type of Report: One-Time
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Report
Date:
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Consideration of a Differential Response in Washington State's Child Protective System |
The Children’s Administration was asked to review and provide information to the Legislature concerning the implementation of a differential (also called alternative) response to child protective service (CPS) investigations in Washington State. The purpose of this interim report is to: Provide an overview of how differential response systems are implemented in other states. Describe what we have learned from outcome reviews of other states’ differential response systems. List policy issues that will require further stakeholder discussion. Identify issues specific to Washington. Describe pros and cons of implementing a differential response system in Washington at this time and discuss next steps.
Authorization: Chapter 372, Laws of 2006, Section 202(18)
Type of Report: Interim
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Decline
of Youth in Police Custody
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Number
of times department has declined to accept the custody of a child
from a law enforcement agency under Chapter 13.32A RCW and number
of times it has received a report of a child being released without
placement under RCW 13.32A.060(1) (report to include dates, places
and reasons for declining to acceptance of custody and dates and
places children are released without placement).
Authorization: RCW 74.13.036(5)
Type of Report: Annual
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Report
Date:
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December
2002 (PDF)
2003 No reported declines of custody; no report
required.
2004 No reported declines of custody; no report
required.
2006 No reported declines of custody; no report required.
December 2007 (PDF)
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Medical Treatment Child Care (MTCC) |
Requires the department to report to the legislature on the number of referrals referred to the MTCC program by local public heath nurses and case workers from the temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program, as long as the children meet the eligibility requirements outlined in the Washington State plan for the MTCC program. This information is to include the number od referrals, the number of authorized referrals and child enrollment and program expenditure levels.
Authorization: Chapter 372, Section 202(19) Laws of 2006
Type of Report: Quarterly |
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Older Children who are Victims of Abuse or Neglect |
Requires the department to report to the legislature on two and one-half percent of all screening decisions regularly reviewed by the department that are related to children between the ages of eleven and eighteen.
Authorization: Chapter 345, Laws of 2005, Section 2
Type of Report: Annual |
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Safety of Newborn Children |
A report and recommendation on the implementation of the act.
Authorization: RCW 13.34.360
Type of Report: One-Time |
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Implementation of Enhancement Program |
Requires the department to report annually to the legislature each year on the implementation status of the enhancements contained in the 2005-07 biennium budget, including the hiring of new staff, and the outcomes of the reform efforts. The information to be provided includes a progress report on items in the child and family services program improvement plan and areas identified for improvement in the Braam lawsuit settlement. Also, the Department is to report on the number, type, and outcomes of evidence based programs being implemented.
Authorization: Chapter 518, Laws of 2005, Section 202(7)
Type of Report: Annually
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Response to At Risk Youth Study |
Requires the department, to look at child welfare programs and expenditures covered by this response and those programs either mentioned in the Washington State Institute for Public Policy (WSIPP) report "Benefits and Costs of Prevention and Early Intervention Programs for Youth" published in September 2004 or that Children's Administration currently uses with at risk youth. This took place in November 2005.
Authorization: By JLARC, Report 05-18
Type of Report: One-Time
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2001-2003 Staff Redeployment Report |
Requires the department to use some of the funds provided in several local offices to increase staff that support case-carrying social workers in ways that will allow social workers to increase direct contact time with children, families, and foster parents.
Requires the department, to achieve the goal of reaching an average caseload ratio of 1:24 by the end of fiscal year 2003, to develop a plan for redeploying 30 FTEs to case-carrying social worker and support positions from other areas in the children and family services budget.
Requires the department to submit the FTE redeployment plan to the fiscal committees of the legislature by December 1, 2001
Authorization: Chapter 7, Laws of 2001, Section 202(4), Uncodified
Type of Report: One-Time |
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Social Worker Workload |
Requires the department and the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE) to work together to address workload issues.
Authorization: ESHB 2687, Chapter 329, Laws of 2008
Type of Report: One-Time |
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Juvenile Offenders
See reports listed under Juvenile Rehabilitation |
Report Date: |
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Older Children who are Victims of Abuse or Neglect |
Requires the department to report to the legislature on two and one-half percent of all screening decisions regularly reviewed by the department that are related to children between the ages of eleven and eighteen.
Authorization: Chapter 345, Laws of 2005, Section 2
Type of Report: Annual |
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Safety of Newborn Children |
A report and recommendation on the implementation of the act.
Authorization: RCW 13.34.360
Type of Report: One-Time |
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Implementation of Enhancement Program |
Requires the department to report annually to the legislature each year on the implementation status of the enhancements contained in the 2005-07 biennium budget, including the hiring of new staff, and the outcomes of the reform efforts. The information to be provided includes a progress report on items in the child and family services program improvement plan and areas identified for improvement in the Braam lawsuit settlement. Also, the Department is to report on the number, type, and outcomes of evidence based programs being implemented.
Authorization: Chapter 518, Laws of 2005, Section 202(7)
Type of Report: Annually
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Report Date: |
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2001-2003 Staff Redeployment Report |
Requires the department to use some of the funds provided in several local offices to increase staff that support case-carrying social workers in ways that will allow social workers to increase direct contact time with children, families, and foster parents.
Requires the department, to achieve the goal of reaching an average caseload ratio of 1:24 by the end of fiscal year 2003, to develop a plan for redeploying 30 FTEs to case-carrying social worker and support positions from other areas in the children and family services budget.
Requires the department to submit the FTE redeployment plan to the fiscal committees of the legislature by December 1, 2001
Authorization: Chapter 7, Laws of 2001, Section 202(4), Uncodified
Type of Report: One-Time |
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Juvenile Offenders
See reports listed under Juvenile Rehabilitation |
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