Home child care in Pasco is licensed by the Washington Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), not the city. A family home child care license is required to care for unrelated children on a regular basis; care of related children and brief occasional care are exempt under state law.
Operating a daycare out of a Pasco home is governed by Washington state law through the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), which licenses family home child care under WAC Chapter 110-300; Pasco does not run its own home-daycare licensing program. Under WAC 110-300-0010, a license is required when an individual provides child care in their family home, outside the child's own home, on a regular and ongoing basis for one or more children not related to the licensee, or for preschool-age children for more than four hours a day. "Not related" means children who are not among the relatives listed in RCW 43.216.010(2)(a). This means caring only for your own relatives, or providing brief occasional (not regular) care, is generally exempt from licensing under RCW 43.216.010(2) and WAC 110-300-0025; a program claiming exemption must submit DCYF's exempt-status form. A licensed family home child care has a capacity (the maximum number of children allowed at one time); a provider who wants to care for more than 12 children must apply for a DCYF Family Home Capacity Waiver. Licensed providers must meet DCYF health, safety, background-check, and training requirements. A home daycare in Pasco must also comply with the city's home occupation standards in PMC Chapter 25.150 (residential zoning, floor-area, signage, and client-traffic limits) in addition to the DCYF license.
Providing regular, ongoing care for unrelated children without a DCYF family home child care license, or exceeding licensed capacity without a waiver, violates Washington law (RCW 43.216 / WAC 110-300) and is enforced by DCYF, not the city. The home must also conform to Pasco's PMC 25.150 home occupation standards.
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