WAC 110-50-0070. Under what circumstances may a parent sign a consent for voluntary placement of a child in foster care with the department?

(1) If alternative placement resources, including social supports in the family home, have been considered and eliminated; and (2) The department agrees that the child needs to be placed; then (3) A child's parent may sign a consent for voluntary placement of a child in foster care (if the child is Native American refer to the Indian Child Welfare Act): (a) If the child and a parent cannot agree to the child's return home but do agree to the child's placement out of the home; or (b) When a parent is unable to care for a child.