Foster Parent and Caregiver Support Line offered by Washington State Department of Children, Youth and Families
Operates a helpline that foster parents and relative caregivers can access when they are in crisis. Crisis line workers will be able to listen and offer advice about how to manage children with emotional or behavioral problems. The support line operates after business hours, when social workers and foster care licensors are not available. Primarily helps with issues that can’t wait until the next business day. A few examples of problems the social worker answering the phone can help with include: - Troubleshooting behavioral problems - What to do in medical or mental health emergencies - Helping to access resources such as short-term emergency child care. Callers do not have to identify themselves.
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Physical Address
1115 Washington Street Southeast, Olympia, WA 98501
Hours
M-F, 5pm-8am Sa Su, 24 hours daily.
Application process
Call.
Fee
None.
Eligibility
Foster parents licensed by DCYFS and relatives authorized to care for dependent children. Foster parents licensed by private agencies should call their agency’s on-call staff for help.
Agency info
Washington State Department of Children, Youth and Families
Provides child care licensing, child care subsidies and complaint investigation regarding child care homes and centers. Promotes early learning as well as foster care and adoption.