child care

The state representative from Mercer Island, known for championing bills to expand childcare access, will lead Washington’s Department of Children, Youth, and Families.

In the U.S., child care is expensive, government assistance is limited, and daycare openings are sometimes hard to find but the gap seems wider for moms without college degrees.

Washington lawmakers faced their first cutoff deadline this week, leaving some interesting proposals behind.

The county government proposed the switch for 70% of its workforce because budgets are tight, and they want to draw applicants looking for a specific kind of island work-life balance. But the San Juan Islands are a haven for the rich, and really expensive for everyone else.

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.

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.

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…

The coronavirus pandemic has thrown the child care industry into turmoil nationally and in Washington state. Many providers lost clients as parents…

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…

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…