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)
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)
About Services
DCYF
DCYF Statewide Contractor List (external link) ** UPDATED 2023**
Statewide List of DCYF Contract Providers Willing to Go Into Jails or Prisons (pdf) (Please note that this link reviewed the 2015 DCYF contractors list, many of the professional services contractors may no longer be working with DCYF). WDA IPP is working to create a new list with the newly released 2023 list).
Contracted Professional Services Fee Tables by Region
Region 1 & 2 (external link)
Region 3 & 4 (external link)
Region 5 & 6 (external link)
Substance Use Disorder Evaluation and Treatment Fee Tables (external link)
Defending Against Use of Psychological Evaluation in Child Welfare Cases (multiple resources)
OPD Resources
WA State OPD Expert & litigation Costs Policy & Procedure (external link)
DCYF-JR resources
List of Parenting Support & Training at DCYF-Juvenile Rehabilitation (docx)
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)
Making Child Caregiving Arrangements When a Parent Is Incarcerated
*NEW* 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)
*NEW* 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)