Wash. Admin. Code § 110-50-1020
"Caregivers" means individuals approved by the department to provide 24-hour care in their home to children and youth, including foster parents, licensed kinship caregivers, unlicensed kinship caregivers, and certified respite providers.
"Caseworkers" means agency workers assigned to children or youth through the department or another government agency including tribal governments.
"Child placing agency (CPA)" means agencies or tribes licensed to place children or youth for foster care or adoption and may be contracted by the department to provide professional therapeutic foster care (PTFC) services.
"Children" or "youth" means individuals who are placed by the department and are:
(b) Participating in the extended foster care program and not placed in a supervised independent living (SIL) setting.
"Department" means the Washington state department of children, youth, and families.
"Emergency medical expenses" means the initial medical treatment expenses incurred immediately following an occurrence that are required for emergent care and diagnosis for the caregivers, their household members, or animals.
"Extended foster care" means the same as defined in RCW 74.13.020.
"Group care facilities (GCFs)" means licensed facilities, other than foster family homes or residential private schools, that are maintained and operated for a group of children or youth in an overnight shelter or on a 24-hour basis.
"Occurrence" means the calendar date when an act by a child or youth in an approved department placement or receiving respite care caused the damages reported in the claim that includes:
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.13.031 and 74.13.335. WSR 26-09-128, s 110-50-1020, filed 4/21/26, effective 5/22/26. WSR 18-14-078, recodified as § 110-50-1020, filed 6/29/18, effective 7/1/18. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.13.031. WSR 01-08-047, § 388-25-0350, filed 3/30/01, effective 4/30/01.]