Resources for Representing Parents in Dependency Court Cases
ABA Center for Children and the Law
Resources for Parents’ Attorneys (external link)
Impact of Visiting (external link)
Defending Against Use of Psychological Evaluation in Child Welfare Cases (internal link)
WA State OPD Expert & litigation Costs Policy & Procedure (external link)
Visits
Parent-Child Visits-WA State DOC
Photographs of DOC contact visiting rooms-pptx
Washington State Visiting Policies for Minors
Parent-Child Visits-WA State Jails
Washington State Visiting Policies for Minors
Resources for Parent-Child Video Chats
Top 5 Tips for video chat with young children (external link)
Tips for Video Chatting with Young Children (external link)
About Services
DCYF-CA resources
DCYF Statewide Contractor List (external link) ** UPDATED 2023**
WDA IPP Resource-List of DCYF Contract Providers (from 2023 contractor list) Willing to Go into Jails or Prisons ***UPDATED SUMMER 2024***
REGIONS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (xls)
Regions 1,2,3 – Published June 2024
Regions 4, 5, 6 – Published September 2024
To get a provider paid in a particular case or added to the DCYF contractors list:
Parents can a particular provider paid as a DCYF vendor, they are called sole source contracts (external link)
DCYF-JR resources
List of Parenting Support & Training at DCYF-Juvenile Rehabilitation (docx)
Making Arrangements for Children When a Parent Is Incarcerated
Power of Attorney for Child Caregiving
General Information
Using Power of Attorney for Child Caregiving
A Guide to Making Care Arrangements for Minor Children-docx
Forms
Power of Attorney (POA) for Parents (external link)
(Title 11) Minor Guardianship Law Resources
General Information
Non-Parental Custody is Changing to Minor Guardianship (external link)
If You are a Parent in Minor Guardianship, You Can Ask for a Lawyer at Public Expense (external link)
FAQs
New Minor Guardianship Law effective January 1, 2021 Frequently Asked Questions (Administrative Office of the Courts) (external link)
Forms
File a Minor Guardianship (external link)
Responding to Minor Guardianship (external link)
Minor Guardianship of Native American children (external link)