Seasonal Child Care

The seasonal child care program pays child care subsidies to eligible seasonally employed agricultural families. The program’s purpose is to provide safe, licensed child care while their parents are working in agricultural settings.

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Who is eligible?

Families qualify for seasonal child care when they are:

  • Employed in agricultural work
  • Earn 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level
  • At least 50 percent of their annual earned income must be from seasonal agricultural work

The seasonal child care program can help pay for these kinds of care:

  • Licensed or certified child care centers
  • Licensed or certified family child care homes

Families access the program by contacting the seasonal child care contractors that serve the county where the family lives. The list of contractors is below.

Whatcom and Skagit counties

Sea Mar Community Health Center
2500 E. College Way Ste 100
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
(360) 542-8931
Fax: (360) 542-8932

Yakima County

Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic
706 Rentschler Lane
PO Box 831
Toppenish, WA 98948
(509) 865-7630
1-800-485-8028
Fax: (509) 865-5116

Yakima and Kittitas counties

Catholic Family & Child Services -Yakima
320 N. 16th St
Sunnyside WA 98944
(509) 839-8260
1-800-793-4453
Fax: (509) 839-8258

Benton, Franklin and Walla Walla counties

Benton-Franklin Community Action Committee
720 W Court St
Pasco, WA 99301
(509) 545-4042
1-800-583-1112
Fax: (509) 544-9691

Chelan, Douglas and Okanogan counties

Catholic Family & Child Service-Wenatchee
640 South Mission St.
Wenatchee, WA 98801
(509) 663-6761
1-800-261-1094
Fax: (509) 663-3182

Adams and Grant counties

Catholic Family & Child Services - Moses Lake
1017 W Broadway
Moses Lake WA 98837
(509) 765-1875
1-888-765-4778
Fax: (509) 766-1018

Seasonal and Working Connections Child Care Subsidy Rule Changes

The Department of Early Learning (DEL) is revising subsidy regulations (rules) for the Seasonal Child Care and Working Connections Child Care programs starting in spring 2009. Eventually, rules for both subsidy programs will be located in WAC chapter 170-290.
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November 2008 Seasonal Child Care Proposed Rules to be Withdrawn

DEL plans to withdraw proposed changes to the Seasonal Child Care (SCC) subsidy rules filed on November 5, 2008. DEL has revised the draft rules and will combine the SCC and Working Connections Child Care rules in WAC chapter 170-290.
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