Early Learning Publications

2010-2012 Early Learning Publications

Training Makes a Difference: The Experience of Unionized Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care Providers in Washington State

02.07.2012 | Around 6,200 “family, friend and neighbor” (FFN) providers care for approximately 13,600 children eligible for child care subsidies in Washington. After collectively organizing through the SEIU 925 in 2006, FFN providers successfully bargained for increased state investments in training – including first aid, health and safety, engaging children in age appropriate activities, and guiding children’s behavior. When researchers at EOI examined the impact of that training, they found multiple positive outcomes for providers.

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First Class in Learning – First Class in Life: How Washington’s Early Childhood Education Career and Wage Ladder Delivers First-Class Care

01.06.2010 | A 2005 study estimates that 40% of Washington’s child care center teachers earn less than 200% of the federal poverty level.

Based on this knowledge, in 2005 the Legislature passed – and the Governor signed – the Early Childhood Education Career and Wage Ladder (Wage Ladder) into law.

A suspension of the Wage Ladder will jeopardize the professional and educational progress of over 800 early learning teachers across the state. These early learning teachers will lose critical supports necessary to sustain their participation in the early care and education field – and the children in their care will suffer the consequences.

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