Working Connections and Seasonal Child Care Rules

Working Connections Child Care (WCCC) helps families with low incomes pay for child care while they work or meet WorkFirst participation requirements. Seasonal Child Care (SCC) helps parents with low incomes who work in seasonal agriculture pay for child care.

Which rules are changing?

The Department of Early Learning (DEL) is revising WCCC and SCC rules in Washington Administrative Code (WAC) chapter 170-290 and related sections of WAC chapters 170-151 for school-age centers, 170-295 for child care centers, and new 170-296A for family home child care. The rule changes would:

  • Implement state and federal audit recommendations.
  • Improve the efficiency of WCCC and SCC.
  • Improve the programs' accountability for federal funding requirements.
  • Reduce fraud, waste and abuse.
  • Implement portions of Senate Bill 5921.
  • Improve the health, safety and quality of care for children in subsidized license-exempt in-home/relative care.
  • Clarify other requirements in WAC 170-290.

Proposed rules

How to give your input on the proposed rules
Submit your comments by February 13, 2012 by one of the following methods:

  • Attend a public hearing
  • DEL Rules Comment webpage
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  • Email Rules@del.wa.gov
  • Postal mail: 
    DEL Rules Coordinator
    Washington State Department of Early Learning
    P.O. Box 40970
    Olympia, WA 98504-0970

    • Only input received at the public hearings or in writing as noted above will become part of the official record.

    Interested in learning more about DEL rules? Receive information about current rules, draft rules and notices of rule changes:

    By email: Contact the DEL Rules Coordinator

    Or by hard copy, write to:

    Rules Coordinator
    Washington State Department of Early Learning
    P.O. Box 40970
    Olympia, WA 98504-0970