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After the pandemic decimated the child care industry, parents are now routinely waiting years for care and doing anything they can to get off a waitlist.
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Citing low wages and COVID risk, King County and the City of Seattle will grant $7 million in one-time payments to child care workers. The money comes from a $5 million allocation from the county’s Best Start for Kids levy and $2.4 million from the city’s JumpStart tax to aid child care workers. The amount of individual payments will depend on the number of qualified applicants.
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Parents in Western Washington – and in many parts of the country – are facing a school year like no other. Most districts here will begin with no…
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The coronavirus pandemic has thrown the child care industry into turmoil nationally and in Washington state. Many providers lost clients as parents…
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The state Supreme Court has sided with a woman who was permanently barred from working in child care because of a criminal conviction.Christal Fields…
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Gov. Jay Inslee said his budget proposal includes investments in the state's early learning system to help make sure kids are ready for school. But some…
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It’s the agony of modern day parents: how to find and afford decent child care. This has become such a problem, the Washington Legislature has created a...
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New regulations are in the works for child care centers and people who run day care out of their homes. Washington state aims to align rules for different…
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In much of the U.S., demand for licensed infant care outstrips supply. Parents face lengthy waitlists, hefty waitlist fees, and few good options when returning to work after the birth of a baby.
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About 20 states are in the process of creating a system for rating child care providers. But it's hard to decide which standards best measure quality and which are most useful to parents.