Fostering Well-Being

Fostering Well-Being (FWB)—a program of the Department of Social and Health Services’ Home and Community Living Administration—provides individualized care coordination, offers expert medical consultation services, and ensures statewide and national partnership collaborations so that children in foster care and their caregivers receive the care and support they deserve.

FWB Services 

The FWB program supports infants, children, and youth in foster care, licensed and relative caregivers, and social workers, Tribal social workers, and the Department of Children, Youth, and Families. We support these individuals and positively impact the lives of children in foster care through care coordination, consultation, medically fragile group home oversight, and partnerships with multiple cross agencies and managed care organizations.

Learn more about our core services and team.

Who Does FWB Serve?

FWB’s primary focus is care coordination for children/youth receiving Apple Health (fee-for-service Medicaid), including:

• Birth to 18 years old in foster care or up to 21 years old in extended foster care.
• Native American/Alaskan Native (tribal affiliated, tribal custody payment only with DCYF, non-citizen, or enrolled in Medically Intensive Children’s Program.

Not sure if a child in your care or on your caseload is eligible for our program?  Email us at fwb@dshs.wa.gov to find out.

Stories From Our Partners

Click through the flipbook below to read real partner stories about Fostering Well-Being's impact in Washington State.

Education & Resources

For helpful information, education topics, and more useful links, click here. 

Referral

If you would like to make a referral for care coordination services to the FWB program on a child/youth in dependency or request medical consultation from a Regional Medical Consultant (RMC) for CPS intake or a dependency case, please:

1. Complete referral form: FWB Referral Form (10-418)
2. Email completed form to: fwb@dshs.wa.gov

For consent forms and more, see our Education & Resources page.

Contact Us

We’d love to hear from you!

• Email: fwb@dshs.wa.gov (preferred)
• Phone: 1-800-422-3263 ext. 52626, option 5 (voicemail option only)
• Fax: 360-725-2284 

Land Acknowledgment

The Fostering Well-Being program is located at DSHS’ Home and Community Living Administration headquarters building known as Blake East in Lacey, Washington.  We acknowledge that our headquarters resides on the ancestral lands of the Coast Salish Peoples, specifically the Nisqually and Squaxin Island Peoples, who have lived on and cared for this land and these waterways since time immemorial. 

We serve children and youth from all of Washington, and we make this acknowledgment to open a space of recognition, inclusion and respect for all Indigenous Peoples and their lands throughout our beautiful state.