Licensing Training
Caregiver Training Model
The Alliance for Child Welfare Excellence provides training for Foster Parents, Adoptive Parents and Relative Caregivers throughout the state of Washington.
Prior to Licensing: Foundation Training
Medication Management
- Medication Administration for Caregivers – 30 min online training required of all licensees (included in Orientation). Watch the video and submit the certificate to your licensor
Video Link
Care Giver Core Training
- 24 hours
- In-person
- Required of at least one licensee residing in the home
- Provided by Alliance Trainers and Foster Parent Co-Trainers
- Period of Purple Crying Please watch one of the following videos and submit the worksheet to your CFSF licensor
First Aid/CPR/BBP
- 8 hours
- In-person
- Required of all licensees residing in the home
- Provided by a contracted agency
- CPR must include the ages they’re licensed for
Post Licensing: Caregiver Continuing Education
In-Service Training
- Relevant to all Caregivers
- Offered regularly, state-wide
- May be in-person or e-learning
Focused Training
- Relevant to specific Caregivers, depending on the child(ren) placed in their home
- May be in-person or e-learning
Licensing Division (LD) Training Policy
During every three-year licensing period
Foster Parents must complete 24 hours of Caregiver Continuing Education training* that includes trainings from each of these three competency categories:
- Understanding and Working Within the Child Welfare System
- Parenting and Family Management
- Caregiver Self-Awareness and Development
For Foster parents taking placement of Behavioral Rehabilitation Services (BRS) children they will need to complete 30 hours of training per year.
At least one training must be culturally based.
*The Caregiver Continuing Education requirement may be met by one or both parties on a license, in any combination. That is, one parent on a two-parent license may complete all required training hours or two people on a two-parent license may each complete part of the required hours as long as the total number of hours in the household meets the requirement.
If a licensed foster home exceeds the required training hours during any licensing period, they may carry-over up to twelve hours into the next licensing period.
Foster homes taking placement of Sexually Aggressive Youth or Physically Assaultive/Aggressive Youth (SAY/PAY) youth as defined in RCW 74.13.075 must complete both the Caregiving for Children with Sexual Behavior Concerns online training and the Caregiving for Children with Physically Aggressive Behavior Concerns online training prior to the child being placed, or within 30 days of placement. Both caregivers in the home are required to complete these training. Both of these trainings can be found on the Alliance website.