WSR 18-03-103 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES (Children's Administration) [Filed January 18, 2018, 8:53 a.m., effective February 18, 2018] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The department is amending WAC 388-32-0030 What FRS services does the department provide? Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-32-0030. Adopted under notice filed as WSR 17-23-172 on November 21, 2017. Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0. Date Adopted: January 17, 2018. Katherine I. Vasquez Rules Coordinator
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 06-11-080, filed 5/16/06, effective 6/16/06)
WAC 388-32-0030 What FRS ((services)) does the department provide?
The assigned social worker provides family reconciliation services (FRS) to develop skills and supports within families to resolve family conflicts, achieve a reconciliation between parent and child, and to avoid out-of-home placement. The services may include, but are not limited to, referral to services for suicide prevention, psychiatric or other medical care, or psychological, financial, legal, educational, or other social services, as appropriate to the needs of the child and family. Typically FRS is ((limited to a ninety-day)) completed within a thirty-day period. Children's administration (CA) provides ((intake/assessment)) intake and assessment services (IAS).
(1) Youth ((and/or)) and their families who call or self-present at a children's administration central intake or ((a)) local office requesting FRS ((services)) must be provided assistance in contacting the appropriate children's administration's intake services to make a formal request for FRS ((services)).
(((a))) (2) The FRS social worker must contact the family within twenty-four hours of their assignment to the case((,)) to schedule an appointment to begin the ((phase I)) family interview ((process)) and assessment. ((These))
(3) FRS ((phase I sessions are)) is intended to defuse the immediate potential for violence, assess problems, and explore options leading to problem resolution.
(((b) CA or its contractors may provide FRS phase II crisis counseling services.
(2))) (4) Families ((eligible for FRS phase II crisis counseling are those who, in the opinion of the family and the CA social worker, require more intensive services than those provided through phase I services.
(a) Families must make a commitment to participate in the FRS phase II crisis counseling service and must not concurrently be receiving similar counseling services through other agencies or practitioners. At a minimum, there must be a parent and a child willing to participate. FRS phase II crisis counseling assists the family to develop skills and supports in order to resolve conflicts.
(b) FRS phase II crisis counseling services may not exceed twelve hours within forty-five days unless it is provided using a CA approved model that is based on research demonstrating effectiveness.
(c) The assigned counselor helps the family develop skills and supports to resolve conflicts. The counselor may refer to resources including medical, legal, ongoing counseling and CPS for problem resolution.
(d) FRS phase II crisis counseling services are available a maximum of twice in a lifetime for any one family. The family must include a parent/guardian who has legal custody of the youth)) who require more intensive interventions than those provided by the FRS social worker may be referred to a contracted provider for services. The family must make a commitment to participate in the contracted services.
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