Washington Administrative Code
Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of
CHILD CARE AGENCIES/LICENSING REQUIREMENTS
Chapter 388-145 - Licensing requirements for group care facilities and services
PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AND TOYS
Pregnant and Parenting Youth Programs and Maternity Services
Section 388-145-2120 - What services shall be provided to pregnant and parenting youth?

Universal Citation: WA Admin Code 388-145-2120

Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024

(1) Residential programs provide twenty-four hour care to expectant mothers and to new mothers with infants. Your licensed group home or staffed residential facility may provide this specialized care.

(2) You must provide or arrange for the following services:

(a) Information and referral services to every youth;

(b) Safe and stable housing;

(c) An assessment of the family's need(s);

(d) Referral to an authorized medical care provider for prenatal and postnatal medical care;

(e) Case management services; and

(f) The provision of direct services or referrals to available needed services. This includes consultation regarding prenatal care by specialists meeting their full professional qualifications when the physician requests prenatal care.

(3) You must also provide individual or group counseling sessions, if necessary, about the following topics:

(a) Pregnancy counseling;

(b) Independent living education;

(c) Infant and child care training;

(d) Living arrangements;

(e) Medical care planning;

(f) Legal issues;

(g) Vocational or educational guidance;

(h) Plans for the child;

(i) Financial, emotional or psychological problems;

(j) Relations with the child's other parent;

(k) Home management and consumer education;

(l) An expectant mother's delivery in a licensed hospital or licensed birthing facility;

(m) Postpartum medical examinations, as prescribed by a physician, to a new mother;

(n) Childcare, as needed; and

(o) Case management services.

(4) You must provide or arrange for consultation regarding prenatal care by specialists meeting their full professional qualifications when the physician requests prenatal care.

(5) You must provide or assist a parent in arranging for licensed childcare when appropriate.

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