Running a child care in your Spokane-area home requires a Washington DCYF family home license. A licensed family home provider may care for up to 12 children at a time. Providing care without a license triggers a stop order and daily penalties.
Child care in Washington is licensed by the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) under RCW 43.216 and WAC 110-300. A "family day care provider" (family home provider) is defined as one who regularly provides early learning services for not more than 12 children at a time in the provider's home. Under state Growth Management law, a county may not prohibit a licensed family day care home in a residential zone, so Spokane County allows it as a residential use subject to the DCYF license and health/safety standards. If DCYF finds unlicensed care, the provider must immediately stop until licensed.
Providing unlicensed care draws a stop order and a civil penalty of $150 per day for an unlicensed family day care home and $250 per day for a child day care center.
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