Green Hill School and Echo Glen Children's Center earned their Behavioral Health Agency (BHA) licensure from the Washington State Department of Health, which means they can now access additional Medicaid funding to expand services, recruit more professionals, and improve programming.
The Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is implementing a new Rule Violations and Hearing Process at Echo Glen Children’s Center and Green Hill School as part of a new Behavior Management System.
In 2021, the Washington State Legislature passed House Bill 1227 — the Keeping Families Together Act. The intent of the act was to safely reduce the number of children placed into foster care, reduce racial disproportionality in the child welfare system, and support relatives to take care of children when they must be placed out of home in order to protect their safety.
