WAC 110-149-0390. Provisional expedited kinship licenses

(1) Caregivers requesting a provisional expedited kinship license: (a) Must submit a completed provisional expedited license application to the department or a CPA to initiate this type of license; (b) May request a provisional expedited kinship license if they meet the following requirements: (i) They have been licensed to provide foster care or licensed kinship care within the previous five years; (ii) The license was not closed due to a denial, revocation, or an agreement to relinquish; (iii) They reside in the same home in which they previously held a foster care or kinship license; (iv) There are no additional household members; (v) The expedited kinship license will be supervised by the same CPA under whom they were previously licensed or certified if the CPA agrees to supervise the home; and (vi) The caregiver and all household members have passed the required background checks, per chapter 110-04 WAC; and (c) Do not have the right to appeal a decision by the department if they do not meet the criteria for a provisional expedited kinship license. (2) The department may: (a) Issue provisional expedited kinship licenses when kinship caregivers meet the specific qualifications of this section outlined in RCW 74.15.127 while they work towards a kinship license; and (b) Continue to work with the caregivers to become fully licensed under this chapter if they do not meet the criteria for approval of a provisional expedited kinship license.