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Committee considers foster-youth safety bill that would authorize rapid response teams and alerts
Summary
HB 2171 would require the Washington State Patrol and DCYF to implement endangered foster youth alerts, create county rapid response team protocols, establish a foster youth empowerment account and an oversight board, and expand training for foster parents and workers; advocates urged trauma-informed guardrails for alerts.
Committee counsel described House Bill 2171 as a package meant to strengthen protections for foster youth who go missing. The bill would require the Washington State Patrol, in partnership with DCYF, to implement an endangered foster youth alert system that issues alerts within 24 hours of a missing report; require counties to develop rapid response team protocols; create a foster youth empowerment account to fund services for survivors; and establish a survivor and advocacy…
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