Wash. Rev. Code § 43.216.0049999
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Revised Code of Washington Chapter 43.216 — Department of Children, Youth, and Families
Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 43.216 · 170 active provisions
Wash. Rev. Code § 43.216.005
Findings
(1) The legislature finds that state services are not currently organized and delivered in a way that achieves the optimal outcomes for children, youth, and families. The legislature believes that, to improve service delivery and outcomes, existing services must be restructured into a comprehensive agency dedicated to…
Wash. Rev. Code § 43.216.010
Definitions
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Agency" means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or facility that provides child care and early learning services outside a child's own home and includes the following irrespective of w…
Wash. Rev. Code § 43.216.015
Department of children, youth, and families—Created—Duties—Agency performance data—Oversight board for children, youth, and families—Powers and restrictions—Stakeholder meetings
(1)(a) The department of children, youth, and families is created as an executive branch agency. The department is vested with all powers and duties transferred to it under chapter 6, Laws of 2017 3rd sp. sess. and such other powers and duties as may be authorized by law. The vision for the department is that Washingto…
Wash. Rev. Code § 43.216.020
Department duties
(1) The department shall implement state early learning policy and coordinate, consolidate, and integrate child care and early learning programs in order to administer programs and funding as efficiently as possible. The department's duties include, but are not limited to, the following:(a) To support both public and p…
Wash. Rev. Code § 43.216.021
Opioid overdose reversal medication and training
The department shall provide opioid overdose reversal medication and training in the use of such medication to all department staff whose job duties require in-person service or case management for child welfare or juvenile rehabilitation clients.
Wash. Rev. Code § 43.216.022
Annual quality assurance report
The department shall prepare an annual quality assurance report that must, at minimum, include: (1) Performance outcomes regarding health and safety of children in the children's services system; (2) children's length of stay in out-of-home placement from each date of referral; (3) adherence to permanency planning time…
Wash. Rev. Code § 43.216.025
Secretary—Appointment—Salary
(1) The executive head and appointing authority of the department is the secretary. The secretary shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The secretary shall be paid a salary to be fixed by the governor in accordance with RCW 43.03.040. If a va…
Wash. Rev. Code § 43.216.030
Secretary's authority
(1) The secretary or the secretary's designee has the full authority to administer oaths and take testimony, to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses before him or her together with all books, memoranda, papers, and other documents, articles, or instruments, and to compel the disclosure by those witness…
Wash. Rev. Code § 43.216.035
Office of innovation, alignment, and accountability—Duties and focus
(1) Beginning July 1, 2018, the office of innovation, alignment, and accountability shall have a director, appointed by the secretary, who shall set the agenda and oversee the office, who reports to the secretary. The secretary shall ensure that the leadership and staff of the office do not have responsibility for serv…
Wash. Rev. Code § 43.216.040
Family services and programs—Administration
The secretary shall administer family services and programs to promote the state's policy as provided in RCW 74.14A.025.
Wash. Rev. Code § 43.216.045
Advisory committees or councils—Travel expenses
The secretary may appoint such advisory committees or councils as may be required by any federal legislation as a condition to the receipt of federal funds by the department. The secretary may also appoint statewide committees or councils on such subject matters as are or come within the department's responsibilities.…
Wash. Rev. Code § 43.216.050
Evaluation and research materials and data on private nonprofit group homes—Availability
The secretary shall make all of the department's evaluation and research materials and data on private nonprofit group homes available to group home contractors. The department may delete any information from the materials that identifies a specific client or contractor, other than the contractor requesting the materia…
Wash. Rev. Code § 43.216.055
Federal and state cooperation—Rules—Construction
In furtherance of the policy of the state to cooperate with the federal government in all of the programs under the jurisdiction of the department, such rules as may become necessary to entitle the state to participate in federal funds may be adopted, unless expressly prohibited by law. Any internal reorganization carr…
Wash. Rev. Code § 43.216.060
Policies to support children of incarcerated parents
(1)(a) The secretary shall review current department policies and assess the adequacy and availability of programs targeted at persons who receive assistance who are the children and families of a person who is incarcerated in a department of corrections facility. Great attention shall be focused on programs and polici…
Wash. Rev. Code § 43.216.065
Private-public partnership—Secretary's duties
(1) In addition to other duties under this chapter, the secretary shall actively participate in a nongovernmental private-public partnership focused on supporting government's investments in early learning and ensuring that every child in the state is prepared to succeed in school and in life. Except for licensing as r…
Wash. Rev. Code § 43.216.070
Reports to the governor and legislature
Two years after the implementation of the department's early learning program, and every two years thereafter by July 1st, the department shall submit to the governor and the legislature a report measuring the effectiveness of its programs in improving early childhood education. The first report shall include program o…
Wash. Rev. Code § 43.216.075
Early learning advisory council—Policy development and implementation—Early achievers review subcommittee
(1) The early learning advisory council is established to advise the department on statewide early learning issues that contribute to the ongoing efforts of building a comprehensive system of quality early learning programs and services for Washington's young children and families.(2) The council shall work in conjunct…
Wash. Rev. Code § 43.216.080
Integration with other entities
(1) The foundation of quality in the early care and education system in Washington is the quality rating and improvement system entitled the early achievers program. In an effort to build on the existing quality framework, enhance access to quality care for children, and strengthen the entire early care and education s…
Wash. Rev. Code § 43.216.085
Early achievers program—Quality rating and improvement system
(1) The department, in collaboration with tribal governments and community and statewide partners, shall implement a quality rating and improvement system, called the early achievers program. The early achievers program provides a foundation of quality for the early care and education system. The early achievers progra…
Wash. Rev. Code § 43.216.087
Early achievers program—Participation of culturally diverse and low-income center, family home, and outdoor nature-based child care providers
(1)(a) The department shall, in collaboration with tribal governments and community and statewide partners, implement a protocol to maximize and encourage participation in the early achievers program for culturally diverse and low-income center, family home, and outdoor nature-based child care providers. Amounts approp…
Wash. Rev. Code § 43.216.089
Early achievers program—Final report—Mitigation plan for areas not achieving required rating levels—Data availability—Reports
(1) By December 15, 2020, the department, in consultation with the statewide child care resource and referral network, and the early achievers review subcommittee of the early learning advisory council, shall submit, in compliance with RCW 43.01.036, a final report to the governor and the legislature regarding provider…
Wash. Rev. Code § 43.216.090
Early achievers program—Mental health consultants
(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department shall administer or contract for infant and early childhood mental health consultation services to child care providers and early learning providers participating in the early achievers program.(2) Subject to the availabil…
Wash. Rev. Code § 43.216.091
Early achievers program—Administrative policies—Rating and rerating
The department must adopt administrative policies in the early achievers program, within the department's appropriations, to:(1) Consider child care provider schedules and needs and allow flexibility when scheduling data collection and rating visits at a facility;(2) Prioritize reratings for providers rated at a level…
Wash. Rev. Code § 43.216.092
Early achievers program—Administrative policies—Various
Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department must adopt administrative policies in the early achievers program to:(1) Eliminate rating scale barriers, to the extent possible, within the assessment tools and data collection methodologies used in the early achievers progra…
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