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The Zip Code Factors dashboard is intended to support the DCYF Federal Child Care Stabilization Grants. This dashboard covers geographic zip code factors only, that are being used to inform grant verifiable add-ons. These factors operationalize the statutory definitions mandated in budget appropriations for these grants (see ESSB 5092 Sec 229(22)(a)(iii)).

These dashboards and data sheets will be updated quarterly to make use of the most recent data available.
See the DCYF Fair Start for Kids Act page View the dashboard below
Extreme Child Care Access Deserts

DCYF's Office of Innovation, Alignment, and Accountability (OIAA) uses extreme access deserts, making use of methodology developed in Massachusetts to identify extreme access deserts for child care.

For the purposes of this funding, DCYF is counting any zip code as an extreme access desert if it is identified as an extreme access desert for any subset of populations - infants/toddlers and preschoolers, from low-income households as well as non-low-income households.

For reference on the methodology, see Hardy et al. 2018 Research Report: Subsidized Child Care in Massachusetts: Exploring geography, access, and equity.

Marginalized, Low-Income Communities

Zip codes counted in this category are those with high rates of child maltreatment, or high rates of childhood poverty, or those in rural counties.

High rate of child maltreatment. Zip codes that overlap with the areas of the state with the highest rates of maltreatment, >50 children in accepted Child Protective Service referrals per 1,000 child population. DCYF's OIAA uses data produced by RDA on locales and rates of child maltreatment in local communities for their Risk and Protection Profiles for Substance Abuse Prevention.

High childhood poverty. Zip codes with >=20% of childhood poverty (percent of children <age 15 living in households <100% Federal Poverty Level), using the most recent American Community Survey 2019 5-year zip code-level data.

Rural counties. Using OFM's 2021 county designation of 30 rural counties.

Supporting Racial Equity

In addition to providers serving communities of color (below), this indicator is informed by zip codes with the highest concentration of young children in racial/ethnic groups that experience disproportionality in kindergarten entry. Data on kindergarten readiness from OSPI indicate that statewide these populations are American Indian/Alaska Native, Black, Hispanic, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander children.

Zip codes with the highest concentration of children in racial/ethnic groups experiencing disproportionality in kindergarten entry (>=40% of children <age 5 AI/AN, Black, Hispanic, NH/PI children), using the most recent American Community Survey 2019 5-year zip code-level data. FFN providers in these zip codes meet the definition, and licensed providers in these zip code who are rated a Level 3 or higher in Early Achievers.

Communities of Color

Zip codes with the highest concentration of children of color by population (>=50% of children <age 15 children of color, including multiracial children), using the most recent American Community Survey 2019 5-year zip code-level data.

Highest Impact COVID-19 Areas

High impact COVID-19 areas are defined as zip codes where >=40% of licensed providers reported any temporary COVID closure in the 14 months between March 2020 - May 2021, AND the zip codes with the top quartile of COVID closure days. Using both definitions allows DCYF to capture both rural and urban areas where temporary COVID closures may have had a greater impact on childcare providers.

Dashboard Map - Zip Code Factors

Select the zip code criteria on the right to see specific zip code factors, separate or in combination.

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The Zip Code Factors dashboard is intended to support the DCYF Federal Child Care Stabilization Grants. This dashboard covers geographic zip code factors only, that are being used to inform grant verifiable add-ons. These factors operationalize the statutory definitions mandated in budget appropriations for these grants (see ESSB 5092 Sec 229(22)(a)(iii)).

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Child Care Stabilization Zip Code Factors

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The Zip Code Factors dashboard is intended to support the DCYF Federal Child Care Stabilization Grants. This dashboard covers geographic zip code factors only, that are being used to inform grant verifiable add-ons. These factors operationalize the statutory definitions mandated in budget appropriations for these grants (see ESSB 5092 Sec 229(22)(a)(iii)).

These dashboards and data sheets will be updated quarterly to make use of the most recent data available.
See the DCYF Fair Start for Kids Act page View the dashboard below
Extreme Child Care Access Deserts

DCYF's Office of Innovation, Alignment, and Accountability (OIAA) uses extreme access deserts, making use of methodology developed in Massachusetts to identify extreme access deserts for child care.

For the purposes of this funding, DCYF is counting any zip code as an extreme access desert if it is identified as an extreme access desert for any subset of populations - infants/toddlers and preschoolers, from low-income households as well as non-low-income households.

For reference on the methodology, see Hardy et al. 2018 Research Report: Subsidized Child Care in Massachusetts: Exploring geography, access, and equity.

Marginalized, Low-Income Communities

Zip codes counted in this category are those with high rates of child maltreatment, or high rates of childhood poverty, or those in rural counties.

High rate of child maltreatment. Zip codes that overlap with the areas of the state with the highest rates of maltreatment, >50 children in accepted Child Protective Service referrals per 1,000 child population. DCYF's OIAA uses data produced by RDA on locales and rates of child maltreatment in local communities for their Risk and Protection Profiles for Substance Abuse Prevention.

High childhood poverty. Zip codes with >=20% of childhood poverty (percent of children <age 15 living in households <100% Federal Poverty Level), using the most recent American Community Survey 2019 5-year zip code-level data.

Rural counties. Using OFM's 2021 county designation of 30 rural counties.

Supporting Racial Equity

In addition to providers serving communities of color (below), this indicator is informed by zip codes with the highest concentration of young children in racial/ethnic groups that experience disproportionality in kindergarten entry. Data on kindergarten readiness from OSPI indicate that statewide these populations are American Indian/Alaska Native, Black, Hispanic, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander children.

Zip codes with the highest concentration of children in racial/ethnic groups experiencing disproportionality in kindergarten entry (>=40% of children <age 5 AI/AN, Black, Hispanic, NH/PI children), using the most recent American Community Survey 2019 5-year zip code-level data. FFN providers in these zip codes meet the definition, and licensed providers in these zip code who are rated a Level 3 or higher in Early Achievers.

Communities of Color

Zip codes with the highest concentration of children of color by population (>=50% of children <age 15 children of color, including multiracial children), using the most recent American Community Survey 2019 5-year zip code-level data.

Highest Impact COVID-19 Areas

High impact COVID-19 areas are defined as zip codes where >=40% of licensed providers reported any temporary COVID closure in the 14 months between March 2020 - May 2021, AND the zip codes with the top quartile of COVID closure days. Using both definitions allows DCYF to capture both rural and urban areas where temporary COVID closures may have had a greater impact on childcare providers.

Dashboard Map - Zip Code Factors

Select the zip code criteria on the right to see specific zip code factors, separate or in combination.

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The Zip Code Factors dashboard is intended to support the DCYF Federal Child Care Stabilization Grants. This dashboard covers geographic zip code factors only, that are being used to inform grant verifiable add-ons. These factors operationalize the statutory definitions mandated in budget appropriations for these grants (see ESSB 5092 Sec 229(22)(a)(iii)).

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Child Care in Kittitas County - PP Presentation

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Child Care in Kittitas County - PP Presentation

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Big Thanks!

This project would not have been possible without the many advocates, experts, and WCFC Early Childhood Network members who provided valuable time, input, and skills. Special thanks to the following individuals who participated on the Fair Start for Kids Act Communication Workgroup:

Toolkit design & content creation

Colleen Condon, Molly Curtiss, Molly Draben, Cadie Dye, Debbie Ham, Brittany Hartikainen, Katie Maisch, Eiledon McLellan, Melissa McPheeters, April Messenger, Linden Obel, Nancy Spurgeon

Toolkit translation

Marina Medrano

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This project would not have been possible without the many advocates, experts, and WCFC Early Childhood Network members who provided valuable time, input, and skills.

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Say Yes! Covid Test - Say Yes! To Covid Test

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At-home testing for a healthier community. Through Say Yes! COVID Test, the public health departments in select communities are offering access to free, rapid, at-home COVID-19 testing. Select Your Community: Current Communities Distribution of free at-home COVID-19 tests is ongoing in these areas, for a limited time.

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The Early Learning Advisory Council (ELAC) was created by the Legislature in 2007.

ELAC representatives from around the state meet regularly to provide input and recommendations to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) so our strategies and actions are well informed and broadly supported by parents, child care providers, health and safety experts and interested members of the public.

Governor Jay Inslee holds final authority for policy decisions.

The council has adopted a Racial Equity Framework through which it conducts its business as an advisory board to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families.

Members

The Early Learning Advisory Council (ELAC) members are a diverse group of people whose role is to provide DCYF with input and recommendations to inform DCYF's work.

ELAC includes parents, child care providers, health and safety experts, legislators, representatives of Tribal Nations, independent schools, K-12 and higher education, and others who are interested in creating a statewide early learning system that helps all children realize their full potential.

Some ELAC members are appointed by the Governor. Others are appointed by various entities as required in the legislation that created ELAC.

Meetings

The Early Learning Advisory Council has six regular meetings each year, held on the first Tuesday of odd months. At each meeting, ELAC members get updates on DCYF's work and provide input and recommendations to DCYF.

Members of the public are welcome to attend ELAC meetings. Public comment periods are offered throughout each meeting. The locations and times vary for each meeting.

2022
December 6, 2022 August 2, 2022 October 4, 2022 June 7, 2022 April 12, 2022 February 1, 2022
At the time of the meeting, please join the Zoom meeting via the link below.

9:00am-3:00pm

Meeting number (access code): 824 9183 1069
Meeting password: 904723

Join by phone: 1 253 215 8782 US Toll
Passcode: 904723

2021
December 7, 2021 October 5, 2021 - Joint Early Learning Advisory Council, Provider Supports Subcommittee, and Parent Advisory Group Meeting August 3, 2021 June 1, 2021 - Joint Provider Supports Subcommittee Meeting March 30, 2021 - Joint PAG Meeting February 2, 2021

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The Early Learning Advisory Council (ELAC) was created by the Legislature in 2007. Read the statutory language ELAC representatives from around the state meet regularly to provide input and recommendations to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) so our strategies and actions are well informed and broadly supported by parents, child care providers, health and safety experts and interested members of the public.

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Please follow this link to sign in for today's meeting!

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National Equity Project: Liberatory Design Training

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National Equity Project: Liberatory Design Training

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Transitional Kindergarten (TK) is a kindergarten program for children, below the age of five, who do not have access to high-quality early learning experiences prior to kindergarten.

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Liberatory Design - National Equity Project

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Liberatory Design - National Equity Project

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Why Liberatory Design?
We are all living in challenging times that our past experience and training has not sufficiently prepared us for. Too often, well intentioned equity efforts do not succeed-and even produce unintended consequences. This can lead to frustration, hopelessness and cynicism.
It's important to consider why so many equity efforts stall or fail to achieve intended outcomes:

They do not employ a deep enough equity lens-for example, a diversity and inclusion focus as opposed to interrogating deeper causes produced by systemic oppression.

They take the form of traditional linear, hierarchical plans that focus on strategies, goals, timelines, metrics and accountability. These efforts don't recognize the messiness and complexity of the challenge, so they often are ineffective and, sometimes, even backfire.

They are created in the context of dominant white culture, in traditional structures (e.g. committees, task forces), or in teams that don't have an effective approach to the work. Common problems include:

group members unable to engage in authentic critical dialogue;

lack of trust, especially across role/power and identity difference, that undermines team efficacy;

the process doesn't bring forward sufficiently creative thinking;

urgency leads to hasty, misguided decisions;

creative and potentially powerful solutions are not accepted by leadership.

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Addressing equity challenges and change efforts in complex systems with liberatory design. Learn more about this process or register for an upcoming course.

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borrowed from ESD 105

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We encourage you to use the comment section below to write any questions, comments, or concerns that you have about the meeting. Feel free to also leave questions for the speaker or meeting facilitators.

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Why Early Learning is Important:

Research has shown that children who are able to participate in early learning programs perform better throughout their years of schooling. Early learning programs focus on six areas of kindergarten readiness:

Social-Emotional - Children do better in school when they can regulate their emotions, establish positive relationships with others, and constructively participate in group settings.

Physical - The early years are important for the development of fundamental gross-motor and fine-motor skills needed to be active learners.

Language - Children need to understand increasingly complex language and use language to express their thoughts, ideas, needs, and feelings.

Cognitive - Children are more successful in school when they have positive approaches to learning, and are able to attend, engage, and persist to solve problems.

Literacy - A child's progress in reading and writing is one of the best predictors of whether the child will function competently in school and in life.

Math - Research shows that math is the number one predictor of future success in reading and math.*

*Duncan, Greg. University of California, 2007. Early Childhood Longitudinal studies. "The strongest predictors of later achievement are school-entry math, reading, and attention skills. Early math skills have the greatest predictive power."

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Research has shown that children who are able to participate in early learning programs perform better throughout their years of schooling. Early learning programs focus on six areas of kindergarten readiness: Social-Emotional - Children do better in school when they can regulate their emotions, establish positive relationships with others, and constructively participate in group settings.

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Reconocimiento de Tierra
"Nos gustaría reconocer que venimos a ustedes desde las tierras tradicionales de los primeros habitantes de nuestro valle, las 14 Tribus y Bandas Confederadas de la Nación Yakama, y honramos con gratitud a la tierra misma y a la Tribu Yakama.”

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Stacie Marez (ESD 105) - Triumph is looking for partners to distribute diapers for children below the age of 3. ESD suffered a sudden and great loss over the weekend, losing assistant Superintendent Ric Pilgrim.
Cecilia Gonzalez (La Casa Hogar) - La Casa Hogar is doing COVID testing and they also have masks, disinfecting wipes, and hand sanitizer for families.
Betsy Nagle-McNaughton (Children's Village) - Recruiting for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) task force.
Lowell Murphree (KELC) - New events coming up! (check Padlet)

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https://www.facebook.com/investinginchildrenwa

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Big Thanks!

This project would not have been possible without the many advocates, experts, and WCFC Early Childhood Network members who provided valuable time, input, and skills. Special thanks to the following individuals who participated on the Fair Start for Kids Act Communication Workgroup:

Toolkit design & content creation

Colleen Condon, Molly Curtiss, Molly Draben, Cadie Dye, Debbie Ham, Brittany Hartikainen, Katie Maisch, Eiledon McLellan, Melissa McPheeters, April Messenger, Linden Obel, Nancy Spurgeon

Toolkit translation

Marina Medrano

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Who is eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine?

Where can I take my child age 5-11 to get vaccinated?

The Pfizer vaccine that is given to adults and adolescents cannot be used for children ages 5-11. The following locations are offering the COVID-19 vaccine to children within this age range. YHD's mobile vaccine clinics are also offering the COVID-19 vaccine to anyone 5 and older. See table under "Community COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics" for a list of available clinics.

Youth under 18 years need parent or guardian consent to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Find more information about COVID-19 vaccines for children and teens on the CDCandDOH websites.

Where can I get a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine?

Several sites are offering booster doses to eligible individuals. Click here for a list of COVID-19 vaccine locations in Yakima County. YHD Community vaccine clinics are also offering Pfizer booster doses to anyone 16 and older. Please take your vaccine card to your appointment.

Community COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics

Community COVID-19 vaccine clinics are currently providing first and second doses of Pfizer vaccine to anyone 5 and older. Pfizer booster doses are also available to anyone 12 and older. Appointments are not required. Youth under 18 years need parent or guardian consent to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
Times and locations may change.
Private Clinic Registration for Business/Organization

If you are a business or organization and would like to set up a clinic for employees or members, please email yakimavaccinemobileteam@gmail.com with the following information:

Name of business/organization

Point of contact Name-Email-Phone Number

Date you want the team to come

Time frame you would like the team to come (Ex. 11am-12pm)

Number of appointments required

Location you'd like to host the clinic
Location should have access to bathrooms, chairs, and plenty of space for people to wait for 15-30 minutes.

Once we have received this information we will send you a link to the Private Clinic for you to register your employees, members, etc. Please provide all information for registration prior to the mobile vaccine event for faster processing and screening.

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The Pfizer vaccine that is given to adults and adolescents cannot be used for children ages 5-11. The following locations are offering the COVID-19 vaccine to children within this age range. YHD's mobile vaccine clinics are also offering the COVID-19 vaccine to anyone 5 and older.

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We are a nonprofit serving Kittitas County to support all residents in achieving health and well-being.