The Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) provides several online maps and dashboards. These interactive maps and dashboards help with planning efforts for early care and education. These tools are maintained by the Office of Innovation, Alignment and Accountability (OIAA).
The dashboards are:
Child Care and Early Learning: Need and Supply Dashboard Suite
This dashboard shows the estimated need for Early Care and Education (ECE) and how much of that need is currently being met by state and federal programs.
- The need for and supply of ECE across the state.
- The number and percent of families eligible for Working Connections Child Care (WCCC) subsidies who are served.
- The number of eligible families that take part in ECEAP.
The dashboard shows data by counties, legislative districts, school districts, and Zip Code Tabulated Areas (ZCTA). It can be filtered by child age group and household median income.
Child Care and Early Learning: Extreme Access Deserts and Estimated Uptake Rate
The Extreme Access Deserts and Estimated Uptake Rate dashboard has been removed. Geographic information on early learning supply can be found in the Child Care and Early Learning Need and Supply Dashboard. If historic information is needed, please contact OIAA@dcyf.wa.gov.
Early Achievers Data Dashboard
This dashboard displays DCYF Early Achievers (EA) data, including the number of active providers and their EA ratings.
ECEAP and Early ECEAP in Washington Communities
This dashboard can be used to find ECEAP and Early ECEAP slots and sites by zip code, legislative district, county, or school district. It can also be used to find contact information to learn about enrollment at each ECEAP and Early ECEAP site.
Early Start Act Supplemental Measures
This is an annual report that tracks the state's progress in making sure more children are ready for kindergarten. This data and annual report meets the Early Start Act and fulfills legislative directive to rate and improve ECE providers.
- Counts of all licensed early care and education sites and their capacity.
- Counts of EA participating provider sites and their capacity.
- The number of children served by EA-participating providers.
