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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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'Just Breathe' - How Can Children Process Difficult Emotions?

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'Just Breathe' - How Can Children Process Difficult Emotions?

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In this powerful short film, watch and hear from elementary school students learning to use mindfulness to navigate complex feelings.

"Just Breathe" was created by Mindful Schools graduate and filmmaker, Julie Bayer Salzman.

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In this powerful short film, watch and hear from elementary school students learning to use mindfulness to navigate complex feelings. "Just Breathe" was created by Mindful Schools graduate and filmmaker, Julie Bayer Salzman. "Just Breathe" from wavecrest films on Vimeo.

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The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infant, and Children (WIC), is a program that helps pregnant women, new parents or guardians, and young children eat well, learn about nutrition, and stay healthy. WIC provides nutrition education and counseling, breastfeeding support, nutritious foods, and help to access health care. Nutrition education is the cornerstone of the WIC Program.

Call to see if you qualify

For Washington, callFor Oregon, call (855) 942-9420

Applicants must meet the following criteria to be eligible for WIC:

Live in Washington or Oregon.

Be a pregnant, postpartum or breastfeeding individual, an infant, or a child under 5 years old.

Meet income requirements.

Learn more about WIC eligibility and your rights to the program: See if you Qualify

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The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infant, and Children (WIC), is a program that helps pregnant women, new parents or guardians, and young children eat well, learn about nutrition, and stay healthy. WIC provides nutrition education and counseling, breastfeeding support, nutritious foods, and help to access health care.

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Learn about benefit programs available for low-income households. You might qualify for assistance with your CenturyLink phone or internet service.

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Sunnyside Community Center
1521 S 1st St, Sunnyside
Covid Testing Sunday-Thursday: 9:00am-3:00pm
Kittitas County testing:
Ellensburg:   KVH COVID clinic at 716 E Manitoba (open daily from 9 AM - 5 PM)
Cle Elum:     KVH at 201 Alpha Way (open weekdays 9 AM - 5 PM).

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Home Visiting Update: Early Support for Infant and Toddlers (ESIT) Program Vaccination Guidance

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Home Visiting Update: Early Support for Infant and Toddlers (ESIT) Program Vaccination Guidance

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Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families

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Early Support for Infant and Toddlers (ESIT) Program Vaccination Guidance

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On Aug. 9 and Aug. 18, Gov. Jay Inslee made two proclamations requiring state employees, health care workers, education staff, and most child care and early learning staff be fully vaccinated by Oct. 18, 2021, as a condition of employment. In general, these mandates apply differently to different DC…

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All of our hospitals are in DEEP crisis mode.

Number of beds and staff is below what the community needs

There are not enough healthy people to work

We cannot transfer patients to other hospitals

Medical staff from other organizations are being deployed to the hospital

Hospitals are also anticipating that this will not be the peak number of cases. The peak will likely occur in about three weeks

At Memorial, a lot of the staff is sick with Covid

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Adrianne Garner - Henry Beauchamp Center

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Adrianne Garner - Henry Beauchamp Center

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- Emergency Funding Relief for those affected by the fires: contact Adrianne for more information at A.G@YVOIC.ORG
- Red Cross has no funding for hotel stays for those displaced by the fires

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Stacie Marez - ESD 105 (Early Learning and K-12)

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Stacie Marez - ESD 105 (Early Learning and K-12)

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Vaccine mandate: Staffing has been difficult as everything is being done to keep children and staff safe.

Consult your legal council for vaccination exemptions

Exemptions are a complex process with a lot of nuances that can be difficult to navigate

Any exemptions come with accommodations and they will differ depending on the area/circumstances; such as changing work hours to reduce exposure, higher masking requirements, etc.

School Districts are working to navigate these complex situations

Staffing shortages are becoming critical for Head Start and ECEAP programs

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extensions to continue remote services through the end of the November

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Washington Association for Infant Mental Health - Website 

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Home | Washington Association of Infant Mental Health

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The Washington Association for Infant Mental Health, PO Box 30901, Seattle WA 98113, Phone: 206-729-5111

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- Vaccination site is no longer at the Fairgrounds. The Center was relocated to YVC
- Walk-in and drive-thru vaccination available
- Free-testing sites in Sunnyside
- Testing can be done for children 3 months and above
- No insurance is needed to get tested or vaccinated

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- John Hughes vaccination clinic open
- Hospital staff is exhausted due to increase in Covid numbers

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Yakima Valley Regional Libraries update (Deb/Rondi)

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Yakima Valley Regional Libraries update (Deb/Rondi)

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Toppenish Library has been closed all summer, but all other libraries are open.
Masks are required for staff whether vaccinated or not.
YVRL is hiring!

For more information: https://www.yvl.org/

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Yakima Valley Libraries appreciates the value of stories, as stories remember, preserve, educate, imagine, and inspire; at their best, they foster and elevate community. Archive Librarians, Carlos Pelley and Matt Kendall, steward a treasure-trove of Yakima's diverse history in the Northwest Reading Room - the Library's Special Collections and Archives Services. In monthly blog posts, Carlos and Matt will highlight impressive stories found within the content-rich resources of the NWRR.Told as a cultural touchstone to describe unique experience of the Japanese-American population that lived in the Yakima Valley before World War II, this is the story of the Wapato Nippons Baseball Club - www.yvl.org/nwrr-blog-post-wapato-nippons-baseball-club/#NWRR #YakimaValleyLibraries #LibraryArchives #LibraryLife #WapatoWashingon #WashingtonHistory

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Yakima Valley Libraries appreciates the value of stories, as stories remember, preserve, educate, imagine, and inspire; at their best, they foster and elevate community. Archive Librarians, Carlos Pelley and Matt Kendall, steward a treasure-trove of Yakima's diverse history in the Northwest Reading Room - the Library's Special Collections and Archives Services.

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currently evaluating if this year will be in-person/hybrid/online, etc

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Bridget Lecheile, Training and Data Manager; Amanda Madorno, Interim Executive Director 

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Bridget Lecheile, Training and Data Manager; Amanda Madorno, Interim Executive Director 

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National Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health

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National Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health

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Equity and Social Justice - We recognize that white supremacy culture has influenced our organization, our work, and our field. We seek feedback on how it shows up and how we work to eliminate it. We are committed to the consistent use of equity principles to share power, shape and improve all that we do.

Diversity -- We recognize that diverse leadership enhances our skill, innovation, and excellence and is necessary for us to be dynamic, competitive, and sustainable in our efforts to strengthen the workforce. We are committed to building and supporting a diverse staff and board that is racially, culturally, ethnically, and economically representative of the workforce, and the families they serve. We honor and value the diverse backgrounds of all babies and families.

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The Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health builds, equips and sustains a reflective, skilled, culturally responsive and relationship-based birth to six workforce.

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The Central Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is preparing to launch its Hispanic Heritage Estrella Awards! This campaign celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs 9/15 -10/15. They are looking to get as many nominees to highlight as possible.

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Central Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

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Hispanic Heritage Month & Estrella Awards - Central Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

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Each year, National Hispanic Heritage Month, running from September 15 to October 15, offers a time to recognize and celebrate the diverse cultures and

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Learn about upcoming Early Learning Facilities funding in October

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Join us Wednesday, Sept. 15 at 1:00 p.m.

Commerce and the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) will host a webinar to provide information about the upcoming Early Learning Facilities funding round. Commerce expects to open a competitive funding round in early October to provide grants for eligible providers to expand or create new early learning capacity.

The webinar will provide information on a variety of topics related to the funding round, including eligible grant costs, program requirements, eligible organizations, and instructions on how to submit an application through ZoomGrants. We will also reserve time for questions at the end of the presentation.

Meeting Information - Zoom
Wednesday, Sept. 15, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Join via computer/Zoom: https://wastatecommerce.zoom.us/j/81199544318?pwd=NWFWbWZJeCtreEplNXEyb1Vib1hHQT09 This webinar will be recorded and posted to the Early Learning Facilities webpage shortly after September 15. Have questions?
Please review the program webpage or email the early learning facilities team if you have any questions.

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Webinar: Learn about upcoming Early Learning Facilities funding in October.

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Commerce and the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) will host a webinar to provide information about the upcoming Early Learning Facilities funding round. Commerce expects to open a competitive funding round in early October to provide grants for eligible providers to expand or create new early learning capacity.

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Supporting Prenatal-to-Three with Federal Relief Funds

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Supporting Prenatal-to-Three with Federal Relief Funds

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Email Name, Date of Birth, & phone number to:
Yakima: yakvax@yvfwc.org  Toppenish: Toppcovidvaccines@yvfwc.org  Grandview: GrandviewYVFWC@yvfwc.org Prosser: ValleyVistaMedicalGroup@yvfwc.org

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The Sunnyside community COVID-19 testing center will reopen Wednesday because of rising coronavirus case numbers.

The center will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday through Thursday at the Sunnyside Community Center, 1521 S. First St., according to a news release from the Yakima Health District.

"With the rise of COVID-19 cases in the community, we knew how important it was to open the community-based testing site in Sunnyside again," said Nathan Johnson, local emergency response coordinator for the health district. "Individuals will now have another option to get tested that is free, low-barrier and accessible. Please get tested if you experience COVID-19 symptoms."

Individuals will park and walk up to a trailer to be tested. Appointments are not required, but people can preregister ahead of time.

The COVID-19 testing center at State Fair Park in Yakima was closed Tuesday because of wildfire smoke, and is scheduled to resume operations Wednesday.

Cases continue to rise in Yakima County because of the more contagious delta variant. From June 1 to Aug. 17, the case rate increased from 120 to 508 per 100,000 the hospitalization rate increased from 2.7 to 7.0 per 100,000. Twenty three people have died, the health district reported Friday.

The health district encourages people to get vaccinated as soon as possible. Vaccination locations are listed at YakimaVaccines.org.

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Community COVID testing center to reopen Wednesday in Sunnyside

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The Sunnyside community COVID-19 testing center will reopen Wednesday because of rising coronavirus case numbers. The center will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday through Thursday at the Sunnyside Community Center, 1521 S. First St., according to a news release from the Yakima Health District.

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Seeking Executive Committee Nominations! 

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Seeking Executive Committee Nominations! 

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Comments from Ryan Pricco regarding capital gains excise tax

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Comments from Ryan Pricco regarding capital gains excise tax

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Comments from Ryan Pricco regarding capital gains excise tax

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National Equity Project: Liberatory Design Training

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National Equity Project: Liberatory Design Training

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Help Me Grow State wide Action Team Meeting-11/17

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Help Me Grow State wide Action Team Meeting-11/17

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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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Liberatory Design - National Equity Project

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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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In partnership with Lindsay Boswell, Marina Medrano, and Julia Kagochi (state equity specialist), the Investing in Children Coalition (South Central WA) will be creating a workgroup dedicated to equity conversations. This subgroup will have two main functions:

1) creating a shared regional needs assessment and

2) putting together a template for creating county-specific equity statements and action plans.

We hope that the participants of this work group are representative of the two different counties in the south central region. The initial meeting will be a two-hour session, and the time commitment will be dependent on how the workgroup decides to proceed. There is no cap to how many folks can join the workgroup, just as long as each of the counties have equal voice in the process.

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Julia Kagochi, Kagochi Consulting | EQUITY

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Julia Kagochi, Kagochi Consulting | EQUITY

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Many individuals and partners contribute to Help Me Grow Washington, and many more are working in the day-to-day efforts to improve systems for our communities. This is not an exhaustive list of Help Me Grow contacts, but a chance to see some active participants.

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Many individuals and partners contribute to Help Me Grow Washington, and many more are working in the day-to-day efforts to improve systems for our communities. This is not an exhaustive list of Help Me Grow contacts, but a chance to see some active participants.

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Regional Coalition & Washington Communities for Children (WCFC) Updates

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Regional Coalition & Washington Communities for Children (WCFC) Updates

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Joint ELAC and PAG Meeting Material Continued...

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Joint ELAC and PAG Meeting Material Continued...

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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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Department of Children, Youth & Families

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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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A few of our current Executive Committee members are transitioning out this year, so we are currently looking for Executive Committee nominees!

If you know someone (yourself included) that you think would be a great fit for this leadership position, please fill out this form to nominate them.

The Nominations Committee will reach out to interested individuals to follow up on any nominations.

Executive Committee members are elected at the October Annual Meeting for a three-year term.

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During this community health emergency, while most of us cannot help out at the hospital, we CAN help out by being sources of information and support to our EI families and the community: Testing is an important part of slowing the spread of the virus. o If you are speaking with a family and they say someone is not feeling well, encourage them to get Covid testing, and give them info on how they can get tested. o Here is a link for you to review the most current testing info (available in English and Spanish): https://www.wacovid19.org/yakimatesting o
Helpful facts:  Yakima county now offers free COVID-19 testing for everyone over 3 months old.  If you are under the age of 18, a guardian must accompany you to the test.  Testing is available regardless of your citizenship/immigration status.  You do not need to have insurance to be tested. I also thought you might want to see the story from today’s Herald Republic about the new Covid testing site: “The new community COVID-19 testing site at Yakima

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Learn more about the Executive Committee leadership position

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Learn more about the Executive Committee leadership position

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Executive Committee | Investing in Children Coalition

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