SUPPORTING CHILD CARE BUSINESS OWNERS IN KING COUNTY SHARED SERVICES REPORT
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LANGUAGES SPOKEN Arabic
English
Somali
Spanish
11%
29%
41%
Oromo
6%
MEMBERS BY RACE 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Black or African American
East or Southeast Asian
Hispanic or Latino
Middle Eastern or North African
White
Other/Prefer not to answer
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SHARED SERVICES TRAINING In FY24, King County funded 1,057 hours of free mandatory training and on-going annual in-service STARS hours to the early care and education workforce through the Hub. Additionally, 79 child care
businesses received peer-based support and learning through professional learning communities, or Communities of Care, in Arabic, English, Oromo, Somali, and Spanish. Training topics included
Child Care Basics, Anti-Racist Trauma Informed, Enhancing Quality Early Learning Year 1 & 2, CPR, Creative Curriculum, and Key Tax Issues.
"Fue de mucho beneficio para mi programa, ya que cada empleado recibia los entrenamientos que se necesitaban para poder fluir en mi negocio. Me senti muy respaldada por Shared Services en ofrecer RH entrenamientos que son para la educacion, para mi y para mis empleados. Estoy muy
agradecida y contenta con el programa de Shared Services y las personas
que los promueven. Para mi es un privilegio trabajar con Shared Servicios y poder ofrecerle los servicios a mis empleados tambien." [Original quote in Spanish]
“It was a great benefit for my program, as each employee received the
training that was needed to be able to flow through my business. I felt very
supported by Shared Services in offering HR trainings that are for education, for me and for my employees. I am very grateful and happy with the Shared Services program and the people who promote them. For me it is a privilege to work with Shared Services and to be able to offer the services to my employees as well.” [Translated quote in English]
Lois Martin has been operating a licensed child care center in Seattle for 32 years, serving up to 32 children at any given time. As a child care business owner, she must ensure all her staff meet the state’s educational requirements, which have increased in recent years. Staff training can be
expensive for child care business owners and finding training that works for their already busy
schedules can be difficult. The Washington Administrative Code (WAC) that regulated child care has increased education requirements for early learning providers and their staff. Current staff have until August 2026 to obtain a 12 credit Early Childhood Education Initial Certificate or an
approved equivalent. Lois has struggled to find education equivalency training for her staff to complete as a team that would not interrupt her center’s services.
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HR Series included 42 hours of training in: Marketing and Branding
Management 101
Leading Staff to Success
Employee Relations
Staff Learning Focused Conversations
Recruiting Quality Staff
Infant and Child Mental Health Imagine partnered with Navos Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Program, which specializes in working with young children and their caregivers to help identify and support mental health
needs in young children. 16 King County providers were offered relationship-based one-on-one
consultation, which included sharing developmental guidance related to child development and
social emotional health of young children, offering observations of children in the child care setting, and responding to provider questions and concerns. They also received additional support in
managing caregiver stress and burnout including the families they serve in accessing community
resources and referrals for ongoing support. Navos was also able to prioritize meeting the concrete resource needs of some providers by offering materials such as sensory toys, health and safety equipment, outdoor toys, social emotional books and resources.
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