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Childcare

Child Care Options, Resources, and Services

HappyFeet Academy: Drop and Dash

HappyFeet Academy: Drop and Dash

HappyFeet Academy: Drop and Dash

HappyFeet Academy offers drop in care options at a reasonable cost.

Right At School

HappyFeet Academy: Drop and Dash

HappyFeet Academy: Drop and Dash

The Right At School program is offered throughout the Ellensburg School District for before and after school care.

Washington Outdoor School

HappyFeet Academy: Drop and Dash

Washington Outdoor School

WA Outdoor School serves all of Kittitas County to provide a variety of enrichment programs and learning opportunities.

KEEN

Camp Koinania

Washington Outdoor School

KEEN's mission is to cultivate an active awareness and understanding of the endangered shrub-steppe, provide nature-based education for all ages, and strengthen commitment to environmental stewardship.

Lazy F Camp

Camp Koinania

Camp Koinania

Our summer camps offer age-specific programming for youth from kindergarten through high school for an awesome co-ed residential Christian camping experience.

Camp Koinania

Camp Koinania

Camp Koinania

Year round rental facility for Not-for-Profit Groups and their friends and family.

Pacific Education Institute

Kittitas County Parent to Parent

Pacific Education Institute

PEI empowers educators to advance equitable civic and scientific literacy by promoting outdoor, integrated, career connected, locally relevant, real-world science. 

Child Care Check

Kittitas County Parent to Parent

Pacific Education Institute

Child Care Check is Washington State's licensed child care status and record data base. Search providers and find out background check statuses, licensing history, monitoring reports and more! 

Kittitas County Parent to Parent

Kittitas County Parent to Parent

Kittitas County Parent to Parent

Kittitas County P2P programs offer emotional support, resources and system navigation for families of children and adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities, mental/behavioral health and chronic health conditions. 

Financial Support

Working Connections Child Care

Family, Friend and Neighbor Care

Family, Friend and Neighbor Care

Working Connections Child Care (WCCC) helps eligible families pay for child care. When a family qualifies for child care subsidy benefits and chooses an eligible provider, the state pays a portion of the cost of child care. 

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Family, Friend and Neighbor Care

Family, Friend and Neighbor Care

Family, Friend and Neighbor Care

Family, friend and neighbor (FFN) providers include grandparents, aunts and uncles, elders, older siblings, friends, neighbors, and others who help families by providing child care.

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HopeSource: Youth Scholarship

Family, Friend and Neighbor Care

HopeSource: Youth Scholarship

 HopeSource scholarships can help pay for music lessons, art classes, dance, gymnastics, swim lessons, sports leagues, day camps and more for children up to age 18. The scholarship can also be used to purchase equipment for a specific activity. 

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Resources For Employers

Babies-at-Work

Infant at Work Program - DOH

Infant at Work Program - DOH

Babie's at Work helps with how to create a sustainable program, and how to set up your work environment. 

Infant at Work Program - DOH

Infant at Work Program - DOH

Infant at Work Program - DOH

This website shows the information regarding the policy to allow eligible employees who are new mothers, fathers, or legal guardians to bring their baby to work with them from the age of 6 weeks to 6 months. 

Fair Start for Kids Act

Infant at Work Program - DOH

Fair Start for Kids Act

This discusses the Fair Start for Kids Act that provides 85% reimbursement for childcare costs. 

Crosscut

International Finance Corporation

Fair Start for Kids Act

News article about Federal and State Programs needed 

Center for American Progress

International Finance Corporation

International Finance Corporation

News article "The Child Care Crisis Is Keeping Women Out of the Workforce "

International Finance Corporation

International Finance Corporation

International Finance Corporation

Guide for Employer-Supported Childcare

Child Care Aware

Child Care Aware

Child Care Aware

 Learn how Washington’s child care crisis is hurting employers and our economy. 

Childcare Needs Assessment

We asked the community what was important and what was missing, and you told us! This assessment helps provide a starting block for our strategic plan.

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Our Strategic Plan

We use the information from this plan to guide us in helping to provide more child care options for todays families. 

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