Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP)

No, ECEAP providers are not under a mandate to stay open or closed at this time.  Decisions, such as a voluntary closure during a health outbreak, are business decisions each facility makes on their own based on guidance related to COVID-19 as provided by their local health department and local tribal health jurisdiction.  

During an outbreak such as we are seeing, DCYF works closely with DOH.  to assure that providers and families have access to the most accurate and up to date information.  DOH has provided extensive guidance on what early learning and child care programs can do to be proactive in addressing the concern: 

• COVID-19 guidance for ECEAP preschool and child care centers
• COVID-19 guidance for K-12 – Fall 2020
• DOH Main Coronavirus Webpage

We encourage ECEAP providers to make informed decisions about service delivery based upon guidance related to COVID-19 as provided by the DOH, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), your local health department, and your local tribal jurisdiction.

ECEAP providers who determine they will provide in-person services to children and/or families must complete an ECEAP In-Person Services Plan. This plan needs to address the areas outlined in the guidance. The provider must have their plan approved by the owner, Agency governing board, or designated Agency decision making body. The provider will need to submit this plan to DCYF and provide a courtesy copy to their contractor, as applicable.

ECEAP providers who determine that a site needs to be closed must plan for and implement nontraditional remote services to children and families. For more information on nontraditional remote services ideas see questions below. Contact your CQI specialist to share details of planned nontraditional remote services.

If you do choose to provide in-person services to children and/or families, please:

• Complete an ECEAP In-Person Services Plan
• Email the Plan to ECEAP at eceap@dcyf.wa.gov
• Copy your assigned CQI Specialist on the email

If you do choose to close for any period of time, for closure notifications, please:

• Email ECEAP at eceap@dcyf.wa.gov 
• Copy your assigned CQI Specialist on the email

For questions:

• Email ECEAP at eceap@dcyf.wa.gov

Please also share any plans for providing nontraditional remote services to families with your CQI specialist.

If a child or staff member tests positive for COVID-19, all members of the infected person’s group in the program is a close contact and should self-quarantine for 14 days. Refer to: “What to do if you were potentially exposed to someone with confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID-19)?”.

If in this situation, DOH and local public health department will work with DCYF leadership to consider a temporary closure and to determine other steps that should be taken to limit spread. In addition, tribal health jurisdiction’s recommendations on closures for tribal ECEAP contractors and sites can also be followed.

Additional reasons for closing sites include:

• Staffing shortages
• Highly impacted attendance
• Social distancing
• Other reasons deemed significant by ECEAP contractors

ECEAP contractors who determine that a site needs to be closed, must plan for and implement nontraditional remote services to children and families. For more information on nontraditional remote service ideas see questions below. Contact your CQI specialist to share details of planned nontraditional remote services.

We know not all ECEAP providers can stay open during this time – whether due to safety or operational challenges. In these situations modified services for children and families must be implemented. We are working to be in alignment with Head Start around modified options.

For Head Start Grantees, Head Start’s initial guidance can be found on the ECKLC website here: https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/physical-health/article/coronavirus-prevention-response

Closing K-12 schools statewide is aimed at maximizing “social distancing.” Social distancing actions are taken to restrict when and where people can gather to stop or slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) or other infectious diseases in communities. You can find out more information about this on the DOH website. While closing schools statewide helps achieve this goal, it also increases the need for child care for some families and isolates families furthest from opportunity. 

In addition, early learning settings are often much smaller in numbers than in K-12 settings. Children in early learning are in smaller groups throughout the day and not often in larger groups. Group sizes remain smaller in classrooms and there are not larger gatherings in hallways, gyms or cafeterias like we see in K-12 schools.

Early learning programs are also needed to support child care for priority populations. School closures will be most effective in slowing the spread of the virus if the overwhelming majority of children, including children under age 5, stay at home or receive care in small group settings that follow DOH guidance throughout the closure period. See question below in “Continuing Operations” regarding who is considered a priority population

Below you can find updated guidelines and rules for the safe operation of school-based child care according to the most current CDC recommendations, as well as updated guidance for child care, including all early learning settings that decide to remain open.

https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/NovelCoronavirusOutbreak2020/ChildCare

PDF Version: https://www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/Documents/1600/coronavirus/ChildCareResources.pdf

Yes, all sites should submit the Nontraditional Remote Services (NTRS) report twice a month in Smartsheet. If all of your ECEAP services on exclusively onsite, it will be a shorter process. Please find the link to the Site NTRS Report form here.

DCYF ECEAP is working to provide supportive resources and professional learning opportunities for ECEAP staff during site closures. This includes an online Basecamp platform for education staff and a separate forum for family support staff. The purpose of these Basecamps is to provide a space for content specific staff and those who support them to connect and share regarding non-traditional services supports and resources to children and families. These forums are:

• Education Staff support during COVID-19
  • Once a director gets an invite from DCYF ECEAP staff, then you can forward this on to appropriate education staff who can then sign up
• Mobility Mentoring Basecamp
  • We are in the process of expanding this site to be inclusive of all family support staff
  • For this platform, directors need to send the staff email to Leticia Cardenas at Leticia.cardenas@dcyf.wa.gov. Once Leticia receives the staff’s email address she will add them to this Basecamp.
• Recruitment, Eligibility and Enrollment Basecamp
  • This new online resource for REE staff is a space to connect about enrollment and eligibility topics and will take the place of in-person REE trainings this year. Please email elms@dcyf.wa.gov to join the REE Basecamp.
• Webinars
  • To participate in weekly webinars for specific content areas, email us at eceap@dcyf.wa.gov

Yes, we want the family to continue to receive services. When next year’s programming begins, if they are still outside of your service area, we encourage you to talk with the family about transferring to a contractor or site closer to their community. That way, they can be connected to more localized services and have ECEAP services closer to home.

We still require a parent/guardian signature on the Parent Consent to Transfer ELMS Records between ECEAP Contractors form.

This form is not submitted to DCYF and is the responsibility of the requesting contractor to manage internally.

Here are some suggestions for acquiring signatures during COVID-19:

• Set up a secure file transfer
• Have parents show staff documentation via virtual platforms, which would need to have safety controls to maintain confidentiality
• Parent mails documentation at no cost to the family
• Front porch pick up by ECEAP staff

We do not recommend emailing documentation without a secured setup to ensure confidentiality.

It is best practice to receive parent permission before mailing or having items shipped from a retailer to a family’s home. In addition, we want to ensure that services remain free for families. While this might be free for them now, we want to ensure this will not become a burden after COVID closures. It would also be advisable to make an agreement with the retailer or supplier that families are not added to the company’s mailing list for additional paid services. Lastly, DCYF has also gathered multiple options from ECEAP Contractors across the state on how they are giving out books to families during this time. These ideas include:

• Books sent home or picked up:
  • With grab and go meal packages
  • Via front porch delivery
  • In backpacks with additional educational activities, connected to curriculum or themes for the week
• Page Ahead donated books sent home

For more questions about continued practices, including giving books to families, please join the DCYF Basecamp site for ongoing discussions and sharing of resources between staff across the state.

DCYF ECEAP has waived the requirements for family support visits for the following:

• To count as one of the required formal family support visits, each visit must be:
  • Face-to-face with the parent

Please refer to the 2020-21 ECEAP Performance Standards for things that are required, modified, or waived for this school year.

If you have determined that you are unable to provide full ECEAP services for children and families following the DOH guidance, you are allowed to provide modified services rather than stopping services all together. This will allow you to continue to support children and families in some way and will also give staff an opportunity to keep working.

Examples/Ideas of Modified Services:

• Sending learning materials/activities home that align with curriculum,
• Online platforms
• Virtual check-ins with families for support and goal setting/check ins (i.e. Skype, FaceTime, Google Hangouts, emails, text messaging and phone calls)
• Providing food to families

Individual exceptions for alternative attendance plans are not needed. DCYF ECEAP will process blanket exceptions for contractors during this outbreak.

If you are providing modified services, blanket exceptions will be provided and accepted for regular program activity requirements, such as:

• Daily routines
• Service delivery (dosages of class time per day, number of weeks, minimum house per year, etc.)
• In-person family support services
• Nursing, mental health, etc. consulting
• Etc.

Connect with the family by phone or other alternative method (such as text messaging, video call options, or online platforms) whenever it is possible. If it is not possible, reschedule for a later date.

Additional Examples/Ideas of Modified Services:

• Sending learning materials/activities home that align with curriculum
• Online platforms
• Virtual check-ins with families for support and goal setting/check ins (i.e. Skype, FaceTime, Google Hangouts, emails, text messaging and phone calls)

If you are planning to continue providing home visit services, we strongly encourage you to conduct a simple assessment prior to making home visits or having visits in offices. In the assessment, ask:

• If anyone in the household is currently sick;
• Has anyone in the household been in contact with anyone known to have COVID-19;
• Does anyone in the household have underlying health conditions?

If you are not planning to continue home visits, please consider the following guidance:

Connect with the family by phone or other alternative method (such as text messaging, video call options, or online platforms) whenever it is possible. If it is not possible, reschedule for a later date.

Additional Examples/Ideas of Modified Services:

• Sending learning materials/activities home that align with curriculum,
• Online platforms
• Virtual check-ins with families for support and goal setting/check ins (ie. Skype, FaceTime, Google Hangouts, emails, text messaging and phone calls)

ECEAP staff do not have automatic access to the full Ready Rosie resource, as this requires a paid Ready Rosie account.  Ready Rosie is providing specialized content for free on their website at this time, called Healthy at Home: A Toolkit for Supporting Families Impacted by COVID-19, which is in English and Spanish.  Content will be updated weekly.  To get access to the full Ready Rosie content, go to their website for more information about getting an account.

Yes. Modified services to families should be provided to families who need or choose to stay home due to COVID-19 and they should not be dis-enrolled.

Your ECEAP contract allows the use of ECEAP funds to support families. As long as you have good internal controls around gift cards, this is something you can use for supporting families. Here is some more guidance:

• The gift card needs to be a limited gift card that does not allow for the purchase of alcohol, tobacco, or firearms. When purchasing gift cards make sure they are for stores that families are able to access. Before purchase of the cards, please ensure this limitation is in place.
  • E-certificates through Amazon have options such as limitations in both dollar amounts, and for particular items.
  • The more specific the gift card, the better. For example, a gift card to the local butcher that only sells meat/food which is a basic living need, is a safe gift card purchase.
  • Visa/MasterCard cards are the most flexible, but normally have an expiration date.

Our general philosophy is that we should trust our families to make good choices with gift cards we give them. Please reach out to the ECEAP inbox at eceap@dcyf.wa.gov with any additional questions.

If you do not have a forehead or disposable thermometer available at your site for daily temperature checks, the DOH guidance allows you to have the child’s caregiver self-report absence of fever when dropping the child off for services, if you are comfortable with that.

• Practice frequent hand washing with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, and require handwashing upon entering the classroom, before meals or snacks, after outside time, after going to the bathroom, and prior to leaving for home. Help young children to ensure they are doing it effectively.
• If soap and water are not readily available, using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.
• Advising children, families, and staff to avoid touching their eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.
• Covering coughs or sneezes with a tissue, then throwing the tissue in the trash and cleaning hands with soap and water or hand sanitizer (if soap and water are not readily available).
• Urging children and staff to get a flu shot during the flu season.
• Providing adequate supplies for good hygiene, including clean and functional handwashing stations, soap, paper towels, and alcohol‐based hand sanitizer.

Talk to your health care professional, review the CDC’s guidance for higher risk populations, and consider a closure. Reach out to your CQI specialist to see if there’s a solution to offer temporary staffing.

For closure notifications:

• Email the ECEAP inbox at eceap@dcyf.wa.gov
• Copy your assigned CQI Specialist on the email

Although you may experience a staff shortage, if staff call in sick or present with symptoms, they cannot be on site.

Please refer to What to do if someone develops signs of COVID-19 in the DOH guidance around how to respond to confirmed COVID-19 cases at your site.

Monitor the situation and close classrooms if needed. Communicate with families ASAP and include expected re-open date if possible, as well as site contact information during closure.

For closure notifications, please:

• Email ECEAP at eceap@dcyf.wa.gov
• Copy your assigned CQI Specialist on the email

For questions, please:

• Email ECEAP at eceap@dcyf.wa.gov

This will be up to the individual contractor.

If you decide to continue toothbrushing in the classroom, please consider using extra precautions. Carefully observe tooth brushing and consider how germs might spread.

If you are continuing toothbrushing please consider the following:

• Staff should wear gloves while monitoring children during toothbrushing
• Having less children brush at a time
• Sanitizing toothbrushes every day
• Ensure children and staff wash hands after toothbrushing
• Utilize sanitation procedures found on the DOH websites for schools or child care:
  • COVID-19 guidance for schools
  • COVID-19 guidance for child care centers
• If toothbrushing occurs at circle time, consider further distance between children.

When to consider temporary suspension of toothbrushing in the classroom:

• If any of the above is not able to be in place for any reason.
• When warranted by family and/or staff concerns.

If you choose to temporarily suspend toothbrushing for children, you will not be found out of compliance in meeting this requirement. DCYF understands that stopping this activity will help to decrease the spread of germs. Communicate any changes in the regular routine to families as soon as possible, sharing what the change is and how you are accommodating it.

DOH has updated its recommendations around group sizes in early learning care. DCYF ECEAP services can be implemented fully and then decreased or modified as needed based on infection rates and recommendations of local health and tribal jurisdictions. This enables the use of an approach that promotes educational justice to those most disproportionately impacted by the pandemic and those who are also the furthest from opportunity in our state. Please reach out to your CQI Specialist as needed.

DOH recommends keeping group sizes to no more than 20 children. The maximum group size recommended for preschool-aged children is 22 (20 children and 2 staff). Groups larger than 15 should be split into 2 subgroups within their program area. The adult from one subgroup may briefly supervise the other subgroup to facilitate breaks but children from different subgroups should not interact.

DCYF is not requiring site or class approvals for temporary moves and splits made in order to keep subgroups under 15 children.

Grouping Example:

In a class of 17 children, there must be at least two staff. Because there are more than 15 children, this group should break into two subgroups of 8 and 9 children. Staff A would work primarily with the group of 9 children and Staff B with the group of 8 children. These two groups could use the same room or outdoor program space but effort should be made to keep the subgroups of children from mixing.

View additional guidance

Spanish and Somali versions are available under “Schools and Child Care”

While these are recommendations at this time, they are science-based guidelines and meant to be implemented to curb the spread of the virus. We will continue to refer to and highly recommend the Department of Health’s guidelines for safe operation of child care and early learning. 

In addition, we encourage you to keep up to date with Governor Inslee’s phased-in approach to recovery. 

When entering Actual Start Dates for children in ELMS, please use the following guidelines:

• If the child is receiving in-person services, enter the date the child first attended class in-person.
• If the child is receiving nontraditional remote services, enter the date that the child first received nontraditional remote services.
• If the child is receiving some combination of in-person and nontraditional remote services, enter the earliest date the child received either form of service. Do not enter an actual start date for a child who has neither attended class nor received nontraditional services.

Using ELMS from home is as secure as the device and security practices you apply at home. Contractors may want to review best security practices with any staff using ELMS from home and apply best judgement about which users should connect to ELMS from home.

ELMS itself is a secure, web-based data system, protected by firewalls and anti-virus scanning of all DCYF servers. It is secure for use from homes. Please see the Security Practices - ELMS Users document for more information.

For the 2020-21 school year, DCYF ECEAP will move back to the full set of requirements or what is currently listed in the ECEAP Performance Standards. We encourage teachers and contractors to do the best they can with the TSG assessment for fall and spring checkpoints. Documentation can be collected through partnership with families in ways that does not disproportionality impact families. The fall assessment has been moved to November 30th. Winter checkpoint has been waived.

ECEAP staff who have access to ELMS will continue to document educational activities in ELMS.

Documentation should include, but not be limited to:

• Virtual check-ins with families for support and goal setting/check ins (i.e., Skype, FaceTime, Google Hangouts, emails, text messaging and phone calls)
• Learning materials/activities sent home that align with curriculum
• Videos and video libraries sent virtually or added to private social media pages
• Resources and referrals
• Follow ups on referrals and ongoing needs

Contractors who have staff that are unable to access ELMS should instruct staff to use handwritten case notes. Case notes must also be stored in a safe and confidential location.

Contractors should contact their CQI specialist with the names and locations of staff who will not be entering data into ELMS.

Yes, these services count toward class sessions and may include separate data entry in family support, parent-teacher conference or parent education. When completing the monthly report that includes modified services instead of classroom-based services, contractors still select ‘yes’ in the preschool class sessions box in Section 1 of the monthly report. All types of outreach services may be entered into the monthly report.

All family contacts may be counted toward class sessions on the day provided. Enter information as usual for family contact based on the content that was covered. If multiple areas are covered during a family contact, each would be recorded in ELMS as usual and the contact would also be counted toward a class session being held on that day.

For the total number of students on the last day of the month, use the total unduplicated number of children that have been provided modified services at some point in the month.

DCYF is unable to build electronic ECEAP applications for the 2020-2021 school year due to time constraints and limited resources. We are in the process of exploring if this is something we can build for the 2021-2022 school year.

For right now, some ideas to consider include but are not limited to:

• Contractors can mail blank prescreen/applications with stamped return envelopes that families can then complete and mail back to the Contractor.

• Staff can conduct phone/virtual interviews to complete the prescreen and application directly into ELMS. Parents will need to sign the completed application before or on the child’s first day of class.

For whatever option contractors are choosing, this process must still be free for parents to complete.

Once you have documentation from families, staff still need to verify eligibility documentation (eligibility to enroll, income and family size) before enrolling the child. This could be done by:

• Contractors setting up secure file transfers.
• Having parents show staff documentation via virtual platforms, which would need to have safety controls to maintain confidentiality.
• The parent mailing in documentation with no cost to the family.
• Front porch pickup by ECEAP staff.

We would not recommend emailing documentation without a secured setup to ensure confidentiality. 

When verifying documentation is not possible, please reach out to your CQI Specialist for additional ideas. We understand that this may result in an increase of parent statements to verify eligibility for the 2020-21 school year.

DCYF recommends that you consult with your agency’s legal counsel to determine which guidance you should prioritize following. DOH and OSPI guidance are not ECEAP requirements and are recommendations for you to consider.

As we continue with in-person school closures we will consider what other changes need to be made to ensure children and families continue to be served. DCYF ECEAP is currently working on a revised Enrollment Policy that we hope will bring both clarity and flexibility to enrollment expectations moving forward, while balancing the need to use state funds appropriately. For fall of 2020, we anticipate giving additional flexibility around enrollment timelines due to COVID-19.

No. Do not count the federal stimulus checks as income.

Do not count the COVID-19 unemployment received from the CARES Act as income. This is unemployment received between March 1-July 25, 2020. Please utilize the current eligibility and enrollment processes in ELMS. This is in alignment with Head Start and is intended to give more stability to families experiencing crisis due to COVID-19.

Re-verification of Working Day eligibility is temporarily suspended just for this school year for working families who temporarily lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ECEAP Contractors can use pre-COVID-19 working hours to enter into ELMS for Working Day families.

Yes. For this year, you may use anticipated work hours for families who believe they will be going back to work as the state advances through the phases of reopening. While this creates additional flexibility for families to become eligible for Working Day ECEAP, this is a special circumstance.

ECEAP Contractor staff must use their best judgment and build in processes that still prioritize the working families furthest from opportunity and those disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.

The 30-hour Child Care Basics online course will be launched during the summer of 2020. Contractors will be informed when the course becomes available.

For information about outdoor preschool in Washington, please visit DCYF’s Outdoor Preschool Pilot page.

For questions about carrying over additional PD hours, please contact the Training Inbox at training@dcyf.wa.gov.

At this time we are not changing end dates on the class information page in ELMS to match modified services. You can leave the end date that was expected before modified services were in place. When exiting children, please enter exit dates using the following guidelines:

• If children are attending in class sessions, enter the date the child last attended in-person.
• If offering modified services, enter the date that the site the child is enrolled at last offered (or was available to be provide) approved modified services.

Governor Inslee made the tough decision to veto some items from the 2020 Supplemental Budget to ease the coming financial issues from the COVID-19 crisis. Here is a list of ECEAP-related items:

• 5% ECEAP slot rate increase was vetoed
• $2.2 million for the ECEAP Complex Needs Rate was maintained
• ECEAP Expansion Slots, determined in the 2019 Operating Budget, were maintained
• $375,000 for DCYF to coordinate the Integrated Early Learning plan was maintained

In addition, the federal funding for the Preschool Development Grant is still intact, which means Early ECEAP and other activities under the implementation phase of the PDG will still move forward.

At this time, both ECEAP Expansion Slots for 2020-21 and Early ECEAP pilot slots are still funded.

The Governor and the Legislature will continue to assess the financial situation in the coming months, and may need to propose additional cuts to help avoid financial crisis.

No, you do not need to only serve priority populations. You may serve anyone currently enrolled in ECEAP that has a need, as space and staff are available, and as your programming allows you to implement social distancing guidance provided by the DOH. Priority populations are currently under development and will be shared as soon as possible.

The Governor’s “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” proclamation did list child care workers as part of the priority populations group. DCYF is currently determining how to prioritize care for the children of individuals listed in the proclamation. Until then continue to check this Q&A, as well as the one on the Early Learning section of the DCYF-COVID-19 website, under Provider Supports

We encourage you to make decisions around continuing ECEAP classroom operations based on what works best for and is needed for your families, communities, and staff. DCYF ECEAP will support you in whatever programming decisions you need to make. DOH has made recommendations on how to practice social distancing in classrooms here: https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/NovelCoronavirusOutbreak2020/ChildCare

Follow up as soon as possible when you don’t know why a child is missing from school. If the absence is related to prevention of, or exposure to COVID-19, make sure to gather information so that you know if there needs to be an elevated response. Reference the DOH Coronavirus Webpage for more information about what to do in the event of potential coronavirus exposure.

Similar to other circumstances when parents are unresponsive, in this case you are also encouraged to use alternative modes of contact such as phone calls, texts, email, virtual platforms, and home visits (if deemed safe) to get in contact with the family.

No, please keep families enrolled.

As soon as possible, contact the CQI specialist who supports you and alert them to modified services you are trying to provide across your programming to support children and families staying home for preventative reasons. Individual exceptions are not needed for COVID-19 reasons. DCYF ECEAP will process blanket exceptions for contractors during this outbreak. If children are absent for an extended period of time for a reason other than COVID-19, share this information with your CQI specialist.

DCYF ECEAP is working to be in alignment with the Office of Head Start as it is appropriate to the situation in Washington State. While DCYF ECEAP tries to be in alignment with Head Start as consistently as possible we also have an obligation to follow directives from state leaders and elected officials. This means that we cannot be in alignment with Head Start guidance and requirements 100% of the time. In a recent communication to Head Start/Early Head Start, ECEAP, and ECLIPSE Directors, we laid out some commonalities and differences in how each program is responding to the newest COVID-19 directives in the state, mainly Governor Inslee’s “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” proclamation.

In Governor Inslee’s “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” proclamation, nothing significant will change about continuing to deliver emergency or nontraditional remote services to ECEAP children. In fact, many ECEAP children fall into the vulnerable populations the Governor identified as needing to continue services for, which he calls “uniquely vulnerable”. At DCYF ECEAP, we see this population as enrolled ECEAP children or families:

• Experiencing homelessness
• In foster or kinship care
• Involved with CPS or ICW
• Experiencing domestic violence
• With an IEP or special needs
• At or below 130% FPL

The bulleted items above are intended to help support you in your decision making around serving families if classroom stay open. We understand this may not always be possible due to a variety of needs and circumstances. Along with the guidance above, we trust that you know your children and families best, and you will provide the individualized services that families need during this time.   If you have ECEAP questions about the Governor’s proclamation, or nontraditional remote services, please email the ECEAP inbox at eceap@dcyf.wa.gov and your CQI specialist.

DCYF is in the process of pulling together virtual trauma informed care webinars for Mental Health Consultants in partnership with Region X T & TA and DCYF Trauma Informed Care staff. A webinar is also being developed for family support and education staff as well on this topic. We will continue to update our lists of trainings and resources around online trainings and resources for trauma and trauma-informed care. Until then here are some first recommendations:

• Top 10 Recommended Trauma-Informed Care Online Resources (including trainings) which provides links to several national organizations: https://www.crisisprevention.com/Blog/Top-10-Recommended-Trauma-Informed-Care-Online-Res
• Trauma-Informed Care Training Resources (links to free trainings): https://traumainformedcaretraining.com/free-trauma-informed-care-courses/
• 9 Key Resources for Trauma-Informed Schools: https://www.weareteachers.com/9-resources-for-trauma-informed-school/

Please contact the Provider Line either through email at providerhelp@dcyf.wa.gov or phone 1-800-394-4571.

We are exploring financial supports and funds for child care providers in consultation with the Governor’s Office. We will raise the question.

At this time, all data collection continues to be on hold. The DCYF Early Achievers team will be sending a message to the field soon regarding what you can expect moving forward. The goal is to support providers and not create an additional burden during this unprecedented time.