The Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is now accepting applications for the Organizational License Pilot (Spanish, Somali). This pilot project will determine feasibility of creating a license category for child care centers, with multiple sites, that operate under a single owner or entity. The pilot project is a directive from the Washington State Legislature, Senate Bill 5092 sec. 229 (19).
The pilot is open to licensed or certified child care centers, school-aged programs, or those centers wishing to become licensed or certified, with representation from a mix of rural, urban, and suburban locations.
Additional criteria to apply is:
- One owner or entity with a minimum of three sites and up to a maximum of seven sites.
- If you are a large organization with more than seven sites, please choose which of your sites (up to seven) you would like to include in the pilot. A combination of new and existing sites can be used.
- You must begin participation in the pilot with at least three sites identified, with an option of adding up to four additional sites during the pilot.
If you qualify and are interested in participating in the pilot program, please complete and submit the form below to dcyf.communityengagement@dcyf.wa.gov.