Washington Awarded Grant to help Foster Children with Emotional - NBC Right Now/KNDO/KNDU Tri-Cities, Yakima, WA |

 OLYMPIA, Wash. - The Federal Administration of Children and Families has awarded Washington a $639,000 grant to enhance mental health services for children in foster care.

The one-year grant will focus on comprehensive planning to improve the social and emotional well-being of children in foster care.

Upon the successful outcome of the grant's one-year planning process, there is also the potential for the grant to expand over the next four years.

Additional grant funding will support infrastructure development, staff training and evidence-based practices service training and evaluation.