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Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Rights and Responsibilities › Section 170-290-3580 - Failure to report changes

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(1) If a
				  consumer fails to report any changes as required in WAC
				  170-290-3570 within the stated
				  time frames, DSHS may establish an overpayment to the consumer per WAC
				  170-290-3850, the consumer may
				  have to pay additional costs, such as a higher copayment, or DSHS may terminate
				  benefits.
(2) If an overpayment
				  occurs, the consumer may receive an overpayment for what the provider has
				  correctly billed, including absent days (see publication "
Child Care
				  Subsidies: A Guide for Licensed and Certified Child Care Centers
" and
				  "
Child Care Subsidies: A Guide for Licensed and Certified Family Home
				  Child Care Providers
").
(3) If a consumer receives an overpayment for
				  failure to report changes or failure to provide required verification, they
				  will be required to repay any overpayment as provided in WAC
				  170-290-0271.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.215.070,
						43.215.060 and chapter 43.215 RCW.
						12-11-025, §
												170-290-3580, filed 5/8/12,
						effective 6/8/12; 11-12-078, §
												170-290-3580, filed 5/31/11,
						effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. 09-22-043, §
												170-290-3580, filed 10/28/09,
						effective 12/1/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Rights and Responsibilities › Section 170-290-3590 - DSHS's responsibilities to consumers

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DSHS must:
(1)
				  Treat consumers in accordance with all applicable federal and state
				  nondiscrimination laws, regulations and policies;
(2) Complete applications for SCC program
				  subsidies based on information the consumer provides, and determine a
				  consumer's eligibility within thirty days from the date the consumer
				  applied;
(3) Accept a variety of
				  forms of verification and may not specify the type of documentation
				  required;
(4) Authorize payments
				  only to a licensed or certified child care provider the consumer chooses who
				  meets the requirements in WAC
				  170-290-3750;
(5) At application and reapplication,
				  authorize payments when no adult in a consumer's family (under WAC
				  170-290-3540)  is able or
				  available to care for the consumer's children as defined in WAC
				  170-290-0003;
(6) Inform a consumer of:
(a) The consumer's copayment amount as
				  determined in WAC
				  170-290-3620 and defined in WAC
				  170-290-0075;
(b) The consumer's rights and
				  responsibilities under the SCC program when he or she applies or
				  reapplies;
(c) The types of child
				  care providers the SCC program will pay;
(d) The community resources that can help the
				  consumer select child care when needed;
(e) Other options for child care subsidies,
				  if the consumer does not qualify for SCC program subsidies; and
(f) The consumer's rights to an
				  administrative hearing;
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Income and Copayment Calculations › Section 170-290-3610 - Countable income

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DSHS counts income as money a consumer earns or receives
					 from:
(1) Wages and commissions earned
				  from employment;
(2) Unemployment
				  compensation;
(3) The following
				  child support payment amounts:
(a) For
				  applicants or consumers who are not receiving DSHS division of child support
				  services, the amount as shown on a current court or administrative order;
(b) For applicants or consumers
				  who are receiving DSHS division of child support services, the amount as
				  verified by the DSHS division of child support;
(c) For applicants or consumers who have an
				  informal verbal or written child support agreement, the amount verified by a
				  written agreement signed by the noncustodial parent (NCP); or
(d) For applicants or consumers who cannot
				  provide a written agreement signed by the NCP, the amount received for child
				  support verified by a written statement from the consumer that documents why
				  they cannot provide the statement from the NCP;
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Income and Copayment Calculations › Section 170-290-3620 - Calculation of income

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For the SCC program, DSHS calculates a consumer's income in
					 the same manner as provided in WAC
					 170-290-0065.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						43.215.060,
						43.215.070, and chapter 43.215
						RCW. 11-12-078, §
												170-290-3620, filed 5/31/11,
						effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. 09-22-043, §
												170-290-3620, filed 10/28/09,
						effective 12/1/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Income and Copayment Calculations › Section 170-290-3630 - Excluded income and deductions

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(1) DSHS
				  does not count the following income types when determining a consumer's income
				  eligibility and copayment:
(a) Income types
				  as defined in WAC
				  388-450-0035,
				  388-450-0040, and
				  388-450-0055;
(b) Savings accounts;
(c) Money received from sale of real
				  property, such as a house, or personal property, such as a car;
(d) Reimbursements, such as tax
				  refunds;
(e) Earned income
				  credits;
(f) Diversion cash
				  assistance;
(g) Compensatory
				  awards, such as an insurance settlement or court-ordered payment for personal
				  injury, damage, or loss of property;
(h) Capital gains;
(i) Basic Food program benefits;
(j) Income earned by children as described in
				  WAC 170-290-3540;
(k) Benefits received by children of Vietnam
				  War veterans who are diagnosed with any form or manifestation of spina bifida
				  except spina bifida occulta;
(l)
				  Adoption support assistance and foster care payments; and
(m) Government economic stimulus
				  payments.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Income and Copayment Calculations › Section 170-290-3640 - Determining income eligibility and copayment

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(1) For the SCC program, DSHS determines a
				  consumer's family's income eligibility and copayment by:
(a) The consumer's family size as defined
				  under WAC
				  170-290-3540;
(b) The consumer's average monthly income as
				  calculated under WAC
				  170-290-3620; and
(c) The consumer's family's average monthly
				  income as compared to the federal poverty guidelines (FPG).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Income and Copayment Calculations › Section 170-290-3650 - Change in copayment

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(1) A consumer's
				  SCC program copayment could change when:
(a)
				  DEL makes a mass change in subsidy benefits due to a change in law or program
				  funding;
(b) The consumer's family
				  size increases and causes the copayment to decrease;
(c) DSHS makes an error in the consumer's
				  copayment computation;
(d) The
				  consumer did not report all income, activity and household information at the
				  time of application and reapplication; or
(e) The consumer is approved for a new
				  eligibility period.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Income and Copayment Calculations › Section 170-290-3660 - Eligibility period

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(1) A consumer who
				  meets all of the requirements of part III of this chapter is eligible to
				  receive SCC subsidies for twelve months before having to redetermine
				  eligibility. The twelve-month eligibility period applies only if enrollments in
				  the SCC program are capped as provided in WAC
				  170-290-0001(1) and 170-290-3501. Regardless of the
				  length of eligibility, consumers are still required to report changes of
				  circumstances to DSHS as provided in WAC
				  170-290-3570.
(2) A consumer's eligibility may be for less
				  than twelve months if requested by the consumer.
(3) A consumer's eligibility may end sooner
				  than twelve months if:
(a) The consumer no
				  longer wishes to participate in SCC; or
(b) DSHS terminates the consumer's
				  eligibility as stated in WAC
				  170-290-3855.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Start Dates and Eligibility Period › Section 170-290-3665 - When SCC program subsidies start

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(1)
				  SCC benefits for an eligible consumer may begin when the following conditions
				  are met:
(a) The consumer has completed the
				  required SCC application and verification process as described under WAC
				  170-290-0012 and
				  170-290-0014 within thirty days
				  of the date DSHS received the consumer's application for SCC benefits, except
				  in the case of new employment. In that case, under WAC
				  170-290-0012, the consumer must
				  provide third-party verification within sixty days of application or
				  reapplication;
(b) The consumer is
				  working or participating in an approved activity under WAC
				  170-290-3555 at application and
				  reapplication; and
(c) The consumer
				  needs child care for work or approved activities within at least thirty days of
				  the date of application for SCC benefits.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Start Dates and Eligibility Period › Section 170-290-3675 - When provider payments start

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The provider is eligible to receive payment when both the
					 following circumstances are met:
(1)
				  The consumer has chosen the eligible provider (under WAC
				  170-290-0125)  and the provider
				  is caring for the children during an eligibility period; and
(2) DSHS notifies the provider that the
				  consumer is eligible.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Start Dates and Eligibility Period › Section 170-290-3690 - Denial of benefits - Date of redetermining eligibility

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(1) DSHS sends a consumer a denial letter
				  when the consumer has applied for child care and the consumer:
(a) Is not eligible due to the consumer's:
(i) Family composition;
(ii) Income; or
(iii) Activity; or
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Notice › Section 170-290-3720 - Notice of payment changes

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DSHS provides SCC consumers with at least ten days written
					 notice of changes to payments related to the reduction, or termination of
					 benefits, in child care arrangements, except as noted in WAC
					 170-290-3730.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, and chapter 43.215
						RCW. WSR 11-12-078, §
												170-290-3720, filed 5/31/11,
						effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 09-22-043, §
												170-290-3720, filed 10/28/09,
						effective 12/1/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Notice › Section 170-290-3730 - When notice of payment changes is not required

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DSHS does not give a consumer notice if the
					 consumer:
(1) Tells DSHS that the
				  consumer no longer wants SCC; or
(2) Has not informed DSHS of the consumer new
				  mailing address.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, and chapter 43.215
						RCW. 11-12-078, §
												170-290-3730, filed 5/31/11,
						effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. 09-22-043, §
												170-290-3730, filed 10/28/09,
						effective 12/1/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Eligible Providers and Rates › Section 170-290-3750 - Eligible child care providers

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To receive payment under the SCC program, a consumer's
					 child care provider must be:
(1)
				  Currently licensed as required by chapter 43.215 RCW and 170-295, 170-296A, or
				  170-297 WAC;
(2) Meeting their
				  state's licensing regulations, for providers who care for children in states
				  bordering Washington. The SCC program pays the lesser of the following to
				  qualified child care facilities in bordering states:
(a) The provider's private pay rate for that
				  child; or
(b) The state maximum
				  child care subsidy rate for the DSHS region where the child resides;
				  or
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Eligible Providers and Rates › Section 170-290-3760 - SCC subsidy rates

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State child care subsidy rates are subject to legislative
					 change.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, and chapter 43.215
						RCW. 11-12-078, §
												170-290-3760, filed 5/31/11,
						effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. 09-22-043, §
												170-290-3760, filed 10/28/09,
						effective 12/1/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Eligible Providers and Rates › Section 170-290-3770 - Authorized SCC payments

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The SCC program may authorize payments to licensed or
					 certified child care providers for:
(1) Basic child care either full-day or
				  half-day, at rates listed in the chart in WAC
				  170-290-0200 and
				  170-290-0205:
(a) A full day of child care when a
				  consumer's children need care for five to ten hours per day;
(b) A half day of child care when a
				  consumer's children need care for less than five hours per day;
(c) Full-time care when the consumer
				  participates in one hundred ten hours or more of approved activities per
				  calendar month based on the consumer's approved activity schedule. Full-time
				  care means twenty-three full day units if the child needs five or more hours of
				  care per day or thirty half-day units if the child needs fewer than five hours
				  of care per day;
(d) Beginning
				  September 1, 2016, for school-aged children, DSHS will authorize and pay for
				  child care as follows:
(i) DSHS will
				  automatically increase half-day authorizations to full-day authorizations
				  beginning the month of June when the child needs full-day care; and
(ii) DSHS will automatically decrease
				  full-day authorizations to half-day authorizations beginning the month of
				  September unless the child continues to need full-day care during the school
				  year, until the following June. DSHS will send the consumer notification of the
				  decrease as stated in WAC
				  170-290-0025. If the consumer's
				  schedule has changed and the child continues to need full-day care during the
				  school year, the consumer must request the increase and verify the need for
				  full-day care.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Eligible Providers and Rates › Section 170-290-3790 - When additional SCC subsidy payments are authorized

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DSHS may authorize additional child care when:
(1) Needed to accommodate a family's work
				  schedule;
(2) Verification of work
				  schedule is presented; and
(3) More
				  than ten hours of care is needed per day (up to a maximum of sixteen hours a
				  day) and the provider's written policy is to charge all families for these
				  hours of care in excess of ten hours per day.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, and chapter 43.215
						RCW. 11-12-078, §
												170-290-3790, filed 5/31/11,
						effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. 09-22-043, §
												170-290-3790, filed 10/28/09,
						effective 12/1/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Eligible Providers and Rates › Section 170-290-3800 - Eligible provider capacity and payment

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(1) DSHS may pay licensed and certified
				  providers for authorized care up to the provider's licensed capacity as
				  determined under WAC
				  170-297-5625,
				  170-295-0080, or
				  170-296A-5700, as
				  appropriate.
(2) Licensed providers
				  may not bill the state for more than the number of children they have in their
				  licensed capacity and who are authorized to receive child care
				  subsidies.
(3) A violation of
				  subsection (2) of this section may:
(a) Result
				  in the immediate suspension of the provider's subsidy payments; and
(b) Establish a provider overpayment as
				  provided in WAC
				  170-290-0268.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Review Process › Section 170-290-3840 - New eligibility period

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(1) If a
				  consumer wants to receive SCC program subsidies for another eligibility period,
				  he or she must reapply for SCC benefits before the end of the current
				  eligibility period. To determine if a consumer is eligible, DSHS:
(a) Requests reapplication information before
				  the end date of the consumer's current SCC eligibility period; and
(b) Verifies the requested information for
				  completeness and accuracy.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Payment Discrepancies › Section 170-290-3850 - Payment discrepancies generally

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Child care subsidy payment discrepancies are described in
					 WAC 170-290-0266 through
					 170-290-0275, with the exception
					 of underpayments requested by licensed child care centers, which will only be
					 considered for twelve months after the date of services.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						43.215.060,
						43.215.070, and chapter 43.215
						RCW. WSR 11-12-078, §
												170-290-3850, filed 5/31/11,
						effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 09-22-043, §
												170-290-3850, filed 10/28/09,
						effective 12/1/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Payment Discrepancies › Section 170-290-3855 - Termination of and redetermining eligibility for SCC program subsidies

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(1) A consumer's continued eligibility for
				  SCC benefits stops when the consumer:
(a)
				  Does not complete the requested application or reapplication before the
				  deadline provided in WAC
				  170-290-3665 and
				  170-290-3840;
(b) At application and reapplication, is not
				  participating in an approved activity as defined in WAC
				  170-290-3555;
(c) Does not meet other SCC eligibility
				  requirements related to family size, income and resources as provided in WAC
				  170-290-3558;
(d) Does not return
				  the requested income verification of new employment by the sixtieth day as
				  provided in WAC
				  170-290-0012;
(e) Does not comply with the copayment
				  requirements of WAC
				  170-290-3565; or
(f) Refuses to cooperate with the child care
				  subsidy audit process or the DSHS office of fraud and accountability
				  (OFA).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Payment Discrepancies › Section 170-290-3857 - Program violations and suspected fraud

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WAC 170-290-0277 and 170-290-0279 apply to the seasonal
					 child care program.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Administrative Hearings - SCC › Section 170-290-3860 - Right to request an administrative hearing

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SCC consumers and licensed or certified child care
					 providers must follow WAC
					 170-290-0280 to request a
					 hearing.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						43.215.060,
						43.215.070, and chapter 43.215
						RCW. WSR 11-12-078, §
												170-290-3860, filed 5/31/11,
						effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 09-22-043, §
												170-290-3860, filed 10/28/09,
						effective 12/1/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-290 - Working connections and seasonal child care subsidy programs › Part III - SEASONAL CHILD CARE › Administrative Hearings - SCC › Section 170-290-3865 - Receipt of SCC program subsidies pending the outcome of an administrative hearing

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A consumer may receive SCC program subsidies while waiting
					 for the outcome of a hearing as provided in WAC
					 170-290-0285.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						43.215.060,
						43.215.070, and chapter 43.215
						RCW. 11-12-078, §
												170-290-3865, filed 5/31/11,
						effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.215.060,
						43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and
						chapter 43.215 RCW. 09-22-043, §
												170-290-3865, filed 10/28/09,
						effective 12/1/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-295 - Minimum licensing requirements for child care centers › LICENSING › Section 170-295-0001 - What gives the authority to the department to license child care and charge licensing fees?

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(1) The rules
				for child care centers are governed under chapter 43.215 RCW.
(2) The rules establishing licensing fees are
				adopted under authority of
				RCW
				   43.215.255.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 43.215 RCW and 2006 c 265.
					 08-08-012, §
											170-295-0001, filed 3/19/08,
					 effective 4/19/08. 06-15-075, recodified as §
											170-295-0001, filed 7/13/06,
					 effective 7/13/06. Statutory Authority:
					 Chapters
					 74.12 and
					 74.15 RCW. 03-14-110, §
					 388-295-0001, filed 6/30/03, effective
					 8/1/03.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-295 - Minimum licensing requirements for child care centers › LICENSING › Section 170-295-0020 - Who needs to become licensed?

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(1)
				Individuals, entities and agencies that provide care for children must be
				licensed unless specifically exempt under
				RCW
				   43.215.010(2).
(2) The person or organization claiming an
				exemption must provide us with proof of right to the exemption if we request
				it.
(3) We do not license a center
				that is legally exempt from licensing per
				RCW
				   43.215.010(2). However, if
				the applicant requests it, we follow all licensing regulations to investigate
				and may certify the center as meeting licensing and other pertinent
				requirements. In such a case, all our licensing requirements and procedures
				apply equally to certification.
(4)
				We may certify a child care center for payment without further investigation if
				the center is:
(a) Licensed by an Indian
				tribe;
(b) Certified by the Federal
				Department of Defense; or
(c)
				Approved by the superintendent of public instruction's office.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-295 - Minimum licensing requirements for child care centers › LICENSING › Section 170-295-0030 - Eligibility to receive state child care subsidies

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To be eligible to receive state child care subsidies for
				  children in their care, individuals, entities and agencies must:
(1) Be licensed or certified;
(2) Be a seasonal camp that has a contract
				with DEL and is certified by the American Camping Association;
(3) Follow billing policies and procedure in
Child Care Subsidies: A Booklet for Licensed and Certified Child Care
				Providers,
revised 2012;
(4) Bill at the individual's, entity's, or
				agency's customary rate or the state rate, whichever is less; and
(5) Keep attendance records as described in
				WAC 170-295-7030 and invoices for
				state-paid children on-site for at least five years as provided in WAC
				170-300-0465.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    43.215.070,
					 43.215.060 and chapter 43.215 RCW.
					 12-11-025, §
											170-295-0030, filed 5/8/12,
					 effective 6/8/12. Statutory Authority: Chapter 43.215 RCW and 2006 c 265.
					 08-08-012, §
											170-295-0030, filed 3/19/08,
					 effective 4/19/08. 06-15-075, recodified as §
											170-295-0030, filed 7/13/06,
					 effective 7/13/06. Statutory Authority:
					 Chapters
					 74.12 and
					 74.15 RCW. 03-14-110, §
					 388-295-0030, filed 6/30/03, effective
					 8/1/03.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-295 - Minimum licensing requirements for child care centers › LICENSING › Section 170-295-0040 - Do I have to follow any other regulations or have any other inspections?

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(1) Prior to becoming licensed by us to
				operate a child care center, you must:
(a)
				Have a certificate of occupancy issued by your local building department;
				and
(b) Be inspected by the state
				fire marshal.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-295 - Minimum licensing requirements for child care centers › LICENSING › Section 170-295-0050 - Can I get a waiver (exception) to the minimum licensing requirements or to licensing fees?

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(1) In an
				individual case we can, if we decide you have a good reason, waive a specific
				requirement and can approve an alternate method for you to achieve the specific
				requirement if you:
(a) Submit the request in
				writing to us;
(b) Explain in
				detail the reason you need the waiver; and
(c) Can demonstrate that you have an
				alternative method of meeting the intent of the requirement.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-295 - Minimum licensing requirements for child care centers › LICENSING › Section 170-295-0055 - Can I get a dual license?

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We may either:
(1)
				Issue a child care center license to you having a license involving full-time
				care; or
(2) Permit simultaneous
				care for the child and adolescent or adult on the same premises if you:
(a) Demonstrate evidence that care of one
				client category will not interfere with the quality of services provided to
				another category of clients;
(b)
				Maintain the most stringent maximum capacity limitation for the clients
				categories concerned;
(c) Request
				and obtain a waiver permitting dual licensure; and
(d) Request and obtain a waiver to subsection
				(2)(b) of this section, if applicable.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-295 - Minimum licensing requirements for child care centers › LICENSING › Section 170-295-0060 - What are the requirements for applying for a license to operate a child care center? (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    43.215.070,
					 43.215.060, and chapter 43.215
					 RCW. 12-09-036, §
											170-295-0060, filed 4/11/12,
					 effective 5/12/12; Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    43.215.255,
					 43.215.070, chapter 43.215 RCW,
					   2010 c  37
											§ 614  1st sp. sess. and
					 RCW
					    43.135.055. 10-24-016, §
											170-295-0060, filed 11/19/10,
					 effective 12/20/10. Statutory Authority: Chapter 43.215 RCW,
					 RCW
					    43.43.832, 2006 c 265 and 2007 c 387.
					 08-10-041, §
											170-295-0060, filed 4/30/08,
					 effective 5/31/08. 06-15-075, recodified as §
											170-295-0060, filed 7/13/06,
					 effective 7/13/06. Statutory Authority:
					 Chapters
					 74.12 and
					 74.15 RCW. 04-09-093, §
					 388-295-0060, filed 4/20/04, effective 5/21/04; 03-14-110, § 388-295-0060,
					 filed 6/30/03, effective 8/1/03.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-295 - Minimum licensing requirements for child care centers › LICENSING › Section 170-295-0070 - What personal characteristics do my volunteers, all staff and I need to provide care to children?

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(1) You, your staff
				and volunteers must have the following personal characteristics in order to
				operate or work in a child care facility:
(a)
				The understanding, ability, physical health, emotional stability, good judgment
				and personality suited to meet the physical, intellectual, mental, emotional,
				and social needs of the children in care;
(b) Be authorized by DEL to care for or have
				unsupervised access to children in child care under chapter 170-06 WAC;
				and
(c) Be able to furnish the
				child in care with a healthy, safe, nurturing, respectful, supportive, and
				responsive environment.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-295 - Minimum licensing requirements for child care centers › LICENSING › Section 170-295-0080 - How is my licensed capacity determined?

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(1)
				Maximum allowable capacity of your center is determined based on useable square
				footage and available toilets and sinks. The licensed capacity (the number of
				children you are allowed to have in your center at any one time) may be less
				than the maximum capacity, but not exceed it. The licensed capacity is based on
				our evaluation of the program, the ages and characteristics of the children,
				the experience of the staff, and usable floor space. You must have:
(a) Fifty square feet of useable floor space
				per infant (includes crib, playpen, infant bed and bassinets);
(b) Thirty-five square feet of useable floor
				space for each toddler or older child that is dedicated to the children during
				child care hours; and
(c) Fifteen
				additional square feet must be provided for each toddler using a crib or
				playpen when cribs are located in the sleeping and play area.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-295 - Minimum licensing requirements for child care centers › LICENSING › Section 170-295-0090 - Initial and nonexpiring full licenses - Licensing fees

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The department may issue an initial license to centers that
				  have not yet begun providing care, but are accepting applications for potential
				  clients.
(1) The department may issue
				an initial license when an applicant can show that he or she is following the
				rules regarding the child's health and safety.
(2) The department may issue an initial
				license if an applicant has not yet opened for business, and so is not yet able
				to show that he or she is complying with the rules pertaining to:
(a) Staff to child interactions;
(b) Group size and staff to child
				ratios;
(c) Behavior management and
				discipline;
(d) Activity
				programs;
(e) Child records and
				information; and
(f) Other rules
				that require us to observe the facility's ability to comply with
				rules.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-295 - Minimum licensing requirements for child care centers › LICENSING › Section 170-295-0095 - Nonexpiring full license

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(1) To qualify for
				a nonexpiring full license, a licensee must submit the following to the
				department on an annual basis thirty days prior to the anniversary date of the
				license. The anniversary date is the date the licensee's first initial license
				was issued:
(a) An annual nonrefundable
				licensing fee;
(b) A declaration to
				the department on a department-approved form indicating:
(i) The intent to continue operating a
				licensed child care program; or
(ii) The intent to cease operation on a date
				certain;
(c) A
				declaration on a department-approved form of compliance with all licensing
				rules; and
(d) Documentation of
				completed background check applications as determined by the
				department-established schedule. As provided in
				RCW
				   43.215.215(2)(f), as amended
				by chapter 295 (2SHB 1903), Laws of 2011, the schedule for submission of a
				background check application shall be once every three years. For each
				individual required to have a background check clearance, the licensee must
				verify current background checks or submit a background check application at
				least thirty days prior to the anniversary date.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-295 - Minimum licensing requirements for child care centers › LICENSING › Section 170-295-0100 - When can my license application be denied and when can my license be suspended or revoked?

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(1) If you do not
				meet the requirements in chapter 170-295 WAC we deny your license application
				or suspend or revoke your license.
(2) If more than one person applies for a
				license or is licensed under this chapter to provide child care at the same
				facility:
(a) We consider qualifications
				separately and together.
(b) We
				deny the license application, or suspend or revoke the license if one person
				fails to meet the minimum licensing requirements.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-295 - Minimum licensing requirements for child care centers › LICENSING › Section 170-295-0110 - Civil fines

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(1) The department
				notifies licensees in writing of the department's intention to impose a civil
				fine. The department may use personal service, the department's licensor, or
				certified mail. The letter will include:
(a)
				A description of the violation and a quote of the law or rule that the licensee
				has failed to meet;
(b) A statement
				of what the licensee must do to come into compliance;
(c) The date by which the department requires
				compliance;
(d) Information about
				the maximum allowable penalty the department can impose if the licensee does
				not come into compliance by the given date;
(e) How the licensee can get technical
				assistance services provided by the department or by others; and
(f) Information about how the licensee can
				request an extension to the date to be in compliance, if the department decides
				he or she has a good reason.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-295 - Minimum licensing requirements for child care centers › LICENSING › Section 170-295-0120 - How much can I be fined?

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We can impose a civil fine for the following:
(1) If we determine that an agency or child
				care center is operating without a license we may assess a fine of two hundred
				fifty dollars per day for each day you provide unlicensed child care. A fine is
				effective and payable within thirty days of receipt of the
				notification.
(2) We may impose a
				civil monetary fine of two hundred fifty dollars per violation per day for
				violation of any rules in chapter 170-295 WAC. We can assess and collect the
				fine with interest for each day that you fail to come into
				compliance.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 43.215 RCW and 2006 c 265.
					 08-08-012, §
											170-295-0120, filed 3/19/08,
					 effective 4/19/08. 06-15-075, recodified as §
											170-295-0120, filed 7/13/06,
					 effective 7/13/06. Statutory Authority:
					 Chapters
					 74.12 and
					 74.15 RCW. 03-14-110, §
					 388-295-0120, filed 6/30/03, effective
					 8/1/03.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-295 - Minimum licensing requirements for child care centers › LICENSING › Section 170-295-0130 - When can an individual be fined for operating an unlicensed program?

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(1) If the department receives information
				that an individual is operating a child care center without a license, the
				department investigates the allegation.
(2) If the department suspects that an
				individual is providing unlicensed child care, the department will send the
				individual written notice within ten calendar days to explain:
(a) Why the department suspects that the
				individual is providing child care without a license;
(b) That a license is required and
				why;
(c) That the individual must
				immediately stop providing child care;
(d) That if the individual seeks to obtain a
				license, within thirty calendar days from the date of the department's notice
				in this subsection, the individual must submit a written agreement on a
				department form stating that he or she agrees to:
(i) Attend the next available department
				child care licensing orientation; and
(ii) Submit a child care licensing
				application after completing orientation; and
(e) That the department has the authority to
				issue a fine of two hundred fifty dollars per day for each day that the
				individual continues to provide child care without a license.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-295 - Minimum licensing requirements for child care centers › LICENSING › Section 170-295-0140 - Probationary licenses

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(1) The department
				may issue a probationary license to a licensee in accordance with the process
				provided in
				RCW
				   43.215.290, based on the following factors:
(a) The licensee's willful or negligent
				failure to comply with the regulations;
(b) The licensee's history of noncompliance
				with the regulations;
(c) How far
				the licensee deviates from the regulations;
(d) Evidence of the licensee's good faith
				effort to comply with the regulations; and
(e) Any other factors relevant to the
				licensee's unique situation.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-295 - Minimum licensing requirements for child care centers › LICENSING › Section 170-295-0150 - Where can I locate my child care center or facility? (Repealed)

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06-15-075, recodified as §
											170-295-0150, filed 7/13/06,
					 effective 7/13/06. Statutory Authority:
					 Chapters
					 74.12 and
					 74.15 RCW. 03-14-110, §
					 388-295-0150, filed 6/30/03, effective
					 8/1/03.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-295 - Minimum licensing requirements for child care centers › STAFFING › Section 170-295-1010 - Who can be the director of a child care center?

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If you apply for a license to operate a child care center,
				  you may be the director yourself, or you can hire a director. The director is
				  responsible for the overall management of the center's facility and operation
				  and ensures that the center follows the minimum licensing requirements. The
				  director must:
(1) Be at least
				eighteen years of age or older;
(2)
				Have knowledge of child development as evidenced by professional reference,
				education, experience, and on-the-job performance;
(3) Have written proof of education
				including:
(a) A current child development
				associate certificate (CDA); or
(b)
				The following minimum number of college quarter* credits or combination of
				college quarter credits and department-approved clock hours (ten clock hours
				equals one college credit) in early childhood education or child development:
If your center is licensed for this number
						  of children:
Then the director must have completed at
						  least this number of college quarter credits in early childhood education:
Of the total credits required, the minimum
						  number that must be college quarter credits is:
And of the total credits required, the
						  maximum number that can be department-approved clock hours is:
(i) Twelve or less
10
7
30 (replacing 3 college quarter hours)
(ii) Thirteen through 24
25
17
80 (replacing 8 college quarter hours)
(iii) Twenty-five or more
45
30
150 (replacing 15 college quarter hours)
*Note: One college semester credit equals one and one half
				  (1.5) college quarter hours.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-295 - Minimum licensing requirements for child care centers › STAFFING › Section 170-295-1020 - What if the director does not meet the minimum qualifications?

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(1) If the director does not meet the
				requirements in WAC
				170-295-1010, you must have a
				program supervisor who:
(a) Meets all the
				qualifications of WAC
				170-295-1010;
(b) Oversees the planning and supervising of
				the center's learning and activity program to ensure that practices meet the
				WAC, are varied and developmentally appropriate; and
(c) Performs on-site program supervisory
				duties twenty hours or more a week and is not included in the staff to child
				ratio. If we request it, you must provide documentation of the twenty hours or
				more a week on site supervisory duties for the program supervisor.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-295 - Minimum licensing requirements for child care centers › STAFFING › Section 170-295-1030 - Who can be a lead teacher in a child care center?

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The lead teacher is a child care staff person who is in
				  charge of a child or group of children and implements the activity program. The
				  lead teacher must:
(1) Be at least
				eighteen years of age or older;
(2)
				Have completed a high school education or the equivalent; and
(3) Have documented child development
				education or work experience;
or
(4) Complete STARS training within six months
				of becoming a lead teacher.
06-15-075, recodified as §
											170-295-1030, filed 7/13/06,
					 effective 7/13/06. Statutory Authority:
					 Chapters
					 74.12 and
					 74.15 RCW. 03-14-110, §
					 388-295-1030, filed 6/30/03, effective
					 8/1/03.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-295 - Minimum licensing requirements for child care centers › STAFFING › Section 170-295-1040 - Who can be an assistant or aide in a child care center?

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You may assign a child care assistant or aide to support the
				  lead child care staff.
(1) The
				assistant or aide must be:
(a) At least
				sixteen years of age; and
(b) Under
				the direct supervision of a lead child care staff person.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-295 - Minimum licensing requirements for child care centers › STAFFING › Section 170-295-1050 - Who can be a volunteer in a child care center?

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(1) You may arrange for a volunteer to
				support lead child care staff. The volunteer must:
(a) Be at least sixteen years of age or
				older; and
(b) Care for children
				under the direct supervision of a lead child care staff person at all
				times.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 170 - Early Learning, Department of › Chapter 170-295 - Minimum licensing requirements for child care centers › STAFFING › Section 170-295-1060 - What initial and ongoing state training and registry system (STARS) training is required for child care center staff?

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The director, program supervisor and lead teachers must
				  register with the STARS registry and complete one of the following trainings
				  within the first six months of employment or of being granted an initial
				  license:
(1) Basic training approved
				by the Washington state training registry system (STARS);
(2) Current child development associate
				certificate (CDA) or equivalent credential, or twelve or more college credits
				in early childhood education or child development; or
(3) Associate of arts (AA), associate of arts
				and sciences or higher college degree in early childhood education or child
				development.
06-15-075, recodified as §
											170-295-1060, filed 7/13/06,
					 effective 7/13/06. Statutory Authority:
					 Chapters
					 74.12 and
					 74.15 RCW. 03-14-110, §
					 388-295-1060, filed 6/30/03, effective
					 8/1/03.