Child Care and Comprehensive Preschool

Relative Caregivers may qualify for one of the Washington state’s subsidized child care programs. These include:

• Working Connections Child Care (WCCC) for employed caregivers
• Seasonal Child Care for seasonal agricultural workers
• Homeless Child Care for families who are temporarily homeless (limited to certain counties)

For WCCC and Seasonal Child Care, in most cases caregivers may qualify even if only one person in a couple is working. If both are legal guardians to the child and listed in the court documents, both must be working to qualify. For Homeless Child Care, caregivers must not be eligible for any other child care subsidy program and must be engaged in an approved activity, such as looking for work or for housing. Relatives who are employed and caring for state-dependent children may also be eligible for subsidized child care and should contact their social worker.