WSR 23-12-039
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES
[Filed May 30, 2023, 2:29 p.m., effective June 30, 2023]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The proposed new rule clarifies who is eligible to receive support from the department for trauma-informed child care and how recipients may use the trauma-informed care supports. The anticipated effect is that child care [centers] will be better positioned to screen for and assess the needs of children in their care, better compensate staff who have early childhood mental health or other department-approved credentials, access trauma-informed care professional development and training, and access supportive services for children with complex needs.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 110-15-0211.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 23-08-061 on April 3, 2023.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: May 30, 2023.
Brenda Villarreal
Rules Coordinator
OTS-4270.2
NEW SECTION
WAC 110-15-0211Trauma-informed care supports.
(1) Subject to available funds, DCYF will provide trauma-informed care support to aid eligible providers. For the purposes of this section, "eligible providers" means:
(a) An employee or owner of a licensed or certified child care center or outdoor nature-based program that accepts WCCC or SCC payments;
(b) An employee or owner of a licensed family home child care provider that accepts WCCC or SCC payments;
(c) A contractor or provider of the early childhood education and assistance program or birth to three early childhood education and assistance program;
(d) A license-exempt family, friends, and neighbors (FFN) provider accepting subsidy; or
(e) An early achievers coach.
(2) Trauma-informed care supports may be used by eligible providers for the following purposes:
(a) Additional compensation for individual staff who have a DCYF-approved infant and early childhood mental health credential or other DCYF-approved child development specialty credential;
(b) The purchase of screening tools, assessment materials, and relevant training associated with the use of such screening tools and assessment materials;
(c) Trauma-informed professional development and training;
(d) Supportive services for children with complex needs that are offered as fee-for-service within local communities; or
(e) Other expenses related to trauma-informed care.