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.]