Washington DSHS Title IV-E Waiver Advisory Committee Presentation On Implementation Plan Overview

December 6, 2012
The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) Children’s Administration is preparing to implement a new approach to its child welfare system called Family Assessment Response (FAR) in which child maltreatment prevention services will be provided to children at-risk of maltreatment without removing the children from their families. On March 30, 2012, the state legislature passed a law (Senate Bill 6555) directing the Children’s Administration to develop a FAR implementation plan by December 31, 2012, with full implementation to start by December 1, 2013. To implement the FAR, DSHS applied for and . . .