Learn more about parents' rights to translation and interpretation services, and family access to remote or distance learning activities. In addition to technology access, multilingual families may also need navigation support with accessing child care, early learning programs, nutrition, and financial assistance, and mental health and other health services. Be open to creative ways to continue or begin sharing dedicated space with child care and youth development programs, including the use of classrooms, the gym, multipurpose room, cafeteria/kitchen, outdoor/grounds, and entry ways.Direct families needing assistance with paying for child care to Working Connections Child Care.Direct families needing child care to the Child Care Aware of Washington Family Center website or to call 1-80.
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please send a request to Encourage staff and families to sign up for WA Notify (also known as Washington Exposure Notifications), a free tool that works on smartphones to alert users if they may have been exposed to COVID-19 without sharing any personal information. If you need a list of child care providers. For instance, if the district sends regular updates to families via email, send to providers as well. Include child care and youth development programs in family-facing communications where appropriate.Visit School’s Out Washington’s Open Programs & School Age Childcare Map.Connect with licensed child care providers in your area by contacting Child Care Aware.Communicate changes in the school’s schedule/practices directly to child care and youth development programs to allow time to make adjustments to support families as needed.Check with appropriate legal counsel when establishing information-sharing agreements. Plan for sharing information about known exposures between school and child care settings serving the same children, when possible, especially if the child care program regularly transports the child to school, or the school transports the child between care and school.Prioritize referrals to existing programs before standing up additional childcare options.Identify someone in the district as a point person between child care and youth development programs and share the contact information with those programs.Below are some easy ways to help families and communities manage back to school as successfully as possible: Schools can take steps to support students and families by engaging with local child care and youth development programs to ensure good communication channels are in place especially around children who are served in common. As the pandemic continues, many programs are facing staffing and funding challenges due to fluctuating enrollment. Working together in the months and years ahead will also help ensure that the child/youth-serving sector can continue to thrive so that families have access to the programs they need. Increased collaboration and communication between schools and child/youth-serving community-based providers will be important for maintaining safety and continuity for children between school and programs, especially if there are instances of COVID-19 exposure. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, these programs have offered academic and social-emotional support access to computers and Wi-Fi provided meals and snacks connected students and families to financial, health, and other resources for families. Options for Instructional Funding Models in 2021–22 (Published May 21, 2021)Īs schools bring students back this fall, child care and youth development programs, like before and after school care, tutoring/mentoring, and wrap-around services, will be an important part of the support system families rely on.Additional Continuous Learning 2.0+ Guidance, which outlines requirements and recommendations for schools to continue serving students during quarantine (Published September 22, 2021).Letter to Superintendents: Addressing Food & Labor Shortages (Sent September 24, 2021).Schools are not required to follow the strategies included in the guidance. In addition to the required schools' guidance, DOH has published a supplemental guidance document with considerations for schools in reducing virus transmission. Requirements and Guidance for Preventing COVID-19 (Department of Labor & Industries).Requirements and Guidance to Mitigate COVID-19 Transmission in K-12 Schools, Child Care, Early Learning, Youth Development, and Day Camp Programs (Department of Health).Schools are required, by order of the Governor, to follow the following health and safety guidance:
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