Wash. Admin. Code § 110-50-1200 – Department requirements for managing and using unearned income and resources for eligible children and youth in foster care

The department must:

(1) Complete the following when managing and using foster children's and youth's unearned income and resources:
1. (a) Notify their caregivers and all legal parties to the dependency case when the department applies for benefits on behalf of children and youth; and
2. (b) Count the following as unearned income for foster children and youth unless exempted by the terms and conditions of the receipt of the income when they are eligible to receive:
  1. (i) SSI;
  2. (ii) SSDI;
  3. (iii) RSDI;
  4. (iv) Veteran's benefits;
  5. (v) Inheritances; or
  6. (vi) Any other payments; and
(2) Use income not exempted to cover the child's cost of care, except for resources held in trust for an Indian child.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.13.060 and 74.13.031. WSR 26-11-058, s 110-50-1200, filed 5/19/26, effective 7/1/26; WSR 25-24-064, s 110-50-1200, filed 12/1/25, effective 1/1/26. WSR 18-14-078, recodified as § 110-50-1200, filed 6/29/18, effective 7/1/18. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.13.031. WSR 01-08-047, § 388-25-0210, filed 3/30/01, effective 4/30/01.]