(1) Licensees providing pregnant and parenting services must:
- (a) Develop a daily activities program for the youth and their infants;
(b) Provide or arrange for services including, but not limited to:
- (i) Information and referral services, including referrals for prenatal and postnatal care;
- (ii) Safe and stable housing;
- (iii) An evaluation of the family's needs;
- (iv) Care coordination services based on the needs of the youth and their infant; and
(v) Individual or group education about the following topics:
- (A) Pregnancy counseling;
- (B) Independent living skills;
- (C) Infant and child care training;
- (D) Infant safety, education, and intervention;
- (E) Living arrangements;
- (F) Medical care planning;
- (G) Legal issues;
- (H) Vocational and educational guidance;
- (I) Plans for the child;
- (J) Financial, emotional, or psychological problems;
- (K) Impacts of drug usage and plans of safe care, as applicable;
- (L) Relations with the child's other parent;
- (M) Home management and consumer education;
- (N) Birthing options, including delivery in a licensed hospital or birthing facility;
- (O) Postpartum medical and mental health examinations, as prescribed by a licensed health care provider, to the new parent;
- (P) Child care, as needed; and
- (Q) Care coordination services;
- (c) Provide or assist a pregnant or parenting youth in arranging for licensed child care, when appropriate; and
- (d) Not provide services contingent upon a parent's decision to keep or relinquish their child.
(2) If licensees are not providing the services in their facility, they must:
- (a) Have formal agreements with community agencies providing the service; and
- (b) Encourage and support the pregnant and parenting youth to get the services.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.15.030. WSR 25-23-103, s 110-145-3500, filed 11/18/25, effective 5/1/26.]