Child Care Health Resource Library

Updates from King County Early Learning Coalition in the context of federal government shutdown 11/4/25: 

• A judge has ruled that temporary SNAP funds must be distributed. However, benefits may initially be half the normal amount and could be delayed.

• Governor Ferguson has also committed $2 million per week in emergency funding to support food banks

  Local Food Resources: 

🏪 Woodinville Storehouse Food Bank – 17110 140th Ave NE, Woodinville, WA 98072
🏪 Hopelink Redmond – 8990 154th Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052
🏪 Open Kitchen at Redmond United Methodist Church – 16540 NE 80th St, Redmond, WA 98052
🏪 Issaqu

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DSHS's Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance (ORIA) created an interactive tool for Washington State that makes it easier to find services like food, housing, legal support, employment, health care, and more.

Northwest Center has developed a number of online trainings focused on inclusion of children with challenging behaviors and disabilities. All courses are Washington State STARS and OSPI approved.

King County's Child Care Health Program presents model health policy templates designed for use by early learning programs. 

The documents below are model health policy templates designed for use by early learning programs. They include both WAC items and what is currently considered to be best practice from the American Academy of Pediatrics' Caring for Our Children 4th edition. Public Health Nurses are available to assist King County early learning programs with development of a health policy. Please call 206-263-8262 to speak with a Public Health Nurse.
 

King County Child Care Health Program staff have created a model lactation support policy designed to assist child care providers in supporting lactating parents and babies who are fed human milk. Health professionals agree that human milk is the best food for babies. With your help, babies in your care can still get the benefits of human milk when away from their parents.

Linked below are the Model Lactation Support Policy for Childcare Programs and a list of Lactation Coalition of King County 2025 Resources.

Caring for Our Children (CFOC) is a set of national standards that represent the best practices — based on evidence, expertise, and experience — for quality health and safety policies and practices in early care and education settings. CFOC Basics represents the minimum health and safety standards required in Head Start and is a subset of the CFOC national standards. Explore this collection to learn more about these important resources.

The full text of Caring for Our Children (575 pages) is available for free as a PDF or can be purchased as a printed book. 

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All children ages 0 to 18 in Washington can receive all routinely recommended vaccines at no cost from a healthcare provider that participates in the Childhood Vaccine Program (CVP). You may be charged an administration fee (a charge for delivering the vaccine), but you don’t have to pay if you can’t afford it. There are about 300 CVP providers in King County, and most require that a child enrolls as a patient to get services.

Adults who are uninsured can also access vaccines at no cost.