STATE OF WASHINGTON

          BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION


In the matter of the petition of:  )
                                   )
WASHINGTON FEDERATION OF STATE     )
EMPLOYEES                          )    CASE 21176-E-07-3286
                                   )
Involving certain employees of:    )    DECISION 10035-A - PECB
                                   )
WASHINGTON STATE - FINANCIAL       )    CERTIFICATION
MANAGEMENT (ADULT FAMILY HOME      )    Representation Election
PROVIDERS)                         )    by Agreement of Parties
___________________________________)    

     Megan Parke, Organizing Director, for the petitioner.

     Evelyn Venesky, Labor Relations Negotiator, for the employer.

     Davis Grimm Payne Marra by Eileen Lawrence, Attorney at Law,
     for the intervenor, Washington State Residential Care Council.

                           FINDINGS OF FACT
     
1.   The above-named petitioner filed with the Public Employment
     Relations Commission a petition for investigation of a question
     concerning representation of employees of the above-named
     employer. The petition was timely filed and was accompanied by
     a showing of interest which was administratively determined by
     the Commission to be sufficient.

2.   The organization(s) listed above as intervenors (if applicable)
     timely moved for intervention in the proceedings, and each 
     motion for intervention was supported by a showing of interest
     which was administratively determined by the Commission to be 
     sufficient.

3.   These representation proceedings were conducted by the
     Commission in the bargaining unit described as:

          A STATEWIDE UNIT OF ALL PERSONS LICENSED UNDER 
          CHAPTER 70.128 RCW TO OPERATE A RESIDENTIAL HOME IN 
          WHICH A PERSON OR PERSONS PROVIDE PERSONAL CARE, 
          SPECIAL CARE, ROOM AND ABOARD TO MORE THAN ONE BUT
          NOT MORE THAN SIX ADULTS WHO ARE NOT RELATED BY BLOOD 
          OR MARRIAGE TO THE PERSON OR PERSONS PROVIDING THE 
          SERVICES AND WHO RECEIVE PAYMENTS FROM THE MEDICAID 
          AND STATE-FUNDED LONG-TERM CARE PROGRAMS.

4.   All proceedings were conducted under the supervision of the
     Commission in a manner designed to afford the affected
     employees a free choice in the selection of their bargaining
     representative, if any; a tally of the results previously
     furnished to the parties is attached hereto; and no meritorious
     objections have been filed with respect to these proceedings.

                          CONCLUSION OF LAW

1.   The unit described in paragraph 3 of the foregoing Findings of
     Fact is an appropriate unit for the purposes of collective
     bargaining within the meaning of RCW 41.56.060.

2.   All conditions precedent to a certification have been met.

NOW, THEREFORE, it is

                              CERTIFIED

The employees of the above-named employer in the appropriate
bargaining unit described in paragraph 3 of the foregoing Findings
of Fact have chosen:

              WASHINGTON STATE RESIDENTIAL CARE COUNCIL

as their representative for the purpose of collective bargaining
with their employer.


Issued at Olympia, Washington, this  13th  day of May, 2008.


                    PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION


                    KENNETH J. LATSCH, Special Projects Manager