Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 74.12 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
74.12.290 - Suitability of home—Evaluation.

RCW 74.12.290
Suitability of home—Evaluation.

The department of social and health services shall, during the initial and any subsequent determination of eligibility, evaluate the suitability of the home in which the dependent child lives, consideration to be given to physical care and supervision provided in the home; social, educational, and the moral atmosphere of the home as compared with the standards of the community; the child's physical and mental health and emotional security, special needs occasioned by the child's physical disabilities or illnesses, if any; the extent to which desirable factors outweigh the undesirable in the home; and the apparent possibility for improving undesirable conditions in the home.

[ 2020 c 274 § 60; 1979 c 141 § 352; 1963 c 228 § 25.]

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 74 - Public Assistance

Chapter 74.12 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.

74.12.010 - Definitions.

74.12.030 - Eligibility.

74.12.035 - Additional eligibility requirements—Students—Exceptions.

74.12.240 - Services provided to help attain maximum self-support and independence of parents and relatives.

74.12.250 - Payment of grant to another—Limited guardianship.

74.12.255 - Teen applicants' living situation—Criteria—Presumption—Protective payee—Adoption referral.

74.12.260 - Persons to whom grants shall be made—Proof of use for benefit of children.

74.12.280 - Rules for coordination of services.

74.12.290 - Suitability of home—Evaluation.

74.12.300 - Grant during period required to eliminate undesirable conditions.

74.12.310 - Placement of child with other relatives.

74.12.320 - Placement of child pursuant to chapter 13.04 RCW.

74.12.330 - Assistance not to be denied for want of relative or court order.

74.12.340 - Day care.

74.12.350 - Child's income set aside for future needs—Irrevocable trusts—Educational accounts.

74.12.361 - Supplemental security income program—Enrollment of disabled persons.

74.12.400 - Reduce reliance on aid—Work and job training—Family planning—Staff training.

74.12.410 - Family planning information—Cooperation with the superintendent of public instruction.

74.12.450 - Application for assistance—Report on suspected child abuse or neglect—Notice to parent about application, location of child, and family reconciliation act.

74.12.460 - Notice to parent—Required within seven days of approval of application.

74.12.470 - Monthly diaper subsidy—Rules—Outreach.

74.12.900 - Welfare reform implementation—1994 c 299.