Child Care and Early Learning

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Are you interested in starting or expanding Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) services? The Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) has released the Request for Application (RFA) for ECEAP Expansion for 2022-2023.

Principles for Continuous Improvement: Building a Data Dashboard

The Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is working with Third Sector to select teams across the agency to identify and incorporate key quality and outcome measures in contracts for client services as part of an agencywide shift to an outcomes-oriented performance-based contracting (PBC) mo

Beginning Jan. 1, 2020, a revised law has new child restraint requirements for children under 16 years old who are being transported in a vehicle. 

The Washington Child Passenger Restraint Law (RCW 46.61.687) requires the following: