April 18, 2024
Quality child care for your family.
We can help you find the right child care options for your family’s unique values, lifestyle, and budget. Call the Child Care Aware of Washington (CCA of WA) Family Center or check out our online provider database to get started.
Call the Child Care Aware of Washington Family Center
Paying for Child Care
Understand the costs and see if your family qualifies for assistance.
Finding affordable child care can be difficult. We’re here to help. Our child care experts can help you navigate the ins and outs of finding affordable programs, applying for assistance, and securing quality care for your child.
Kaleidoscope Play and Learn®
Discover a play group that fosters community and culture while promoting healthy social development and school readiness for children under five.
Designed specifically for family, friend, and neighbor caregivers, KP&L groups are available for caregivers and children under 5 to learn about child development and school readiness. Groups meet weekly, are based in community, and are available to all caregivers at no cost to them.
Early Head Start Program
Early Head Start (EHS) is a federally-funded BrightSpark program that partners with family child care providers in Pierce and King counties to serve expecting parents and young children with child development and family support services in low-ratio, family-style care settings that are highly affordable, culturally responsive, flexible to family’s needs, and based in community.
Seattle Preschool Program
The Seattle Preschool Program an affordable, flexible early learning program designed to help prepare 3 and 4 year-olds for kindergarten! By bringing a preschool classroom into a family child care setting, Seattle-based parents and caregivers can ensure that their children recieve high-quality care while accessing resources and support for the entire family.
The Allen Family Center
Located in Mount Baker, supporting families in times of crisis and uncertainty
Designed as a one-stop shop for families facing homelessness, immigrant/refugee families, and families in need of child care and mental health services.
Brothers & Sisters
Brothers & Sisters (B&S) is specifically designed for the middle- and high-school aged youth who take care of their younger siblings, cousins, nieces/nephews, and other young children while the children’s caregivers go to school or to work.
Early Learning Conversations
Early Learning Conversations (ELC) provides FFN caregivers information on child development, health and safety, nutrition, early literacy and numeracy, self-care, and living in a multicultural community with the ultimate goal of preparing children for school.
Holding Hope
Infant-Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation
Our Holding Hope consultants are here to help children, families, and providers across the state of Washington get the mental health care they need to thrive.