DEEL Distributes Thousands of COVID-19 Safety Supplies to Early Learning and Child Care Providers
OneSeattle means working together to help keep classrooms safe. DEEL continues to support early learning and child care providers with COVID-19 safety supplies needed to minimize the risk of COVID-19 in early learning environments.
In January and February, DEEL distributed over 25K masks and 2.5K rapid COVID-19 test kits to DEEL's partner child care and early learning providers! Thank you to our partners at Washington State Department of Health, Public Health-Seattle King County, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, Seattle Finance and Administrative Services, Seattle Office of Emergency Management, and Tzu Chi USA for generously donating these supplies.
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Caption: From left to right, the image depicts Hawa of Boru Family Childcare, and Marthe of Le Jardin Day Care and Preschool at DEEL’s mask pick-up event holding boxes of PPE supplies in their hands.
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends COVID-19 vaccination to help protect against COVID-19 and help to prevent severe illness, hospitalization, and death. COVID-19 vaccines are safe, effective and free. Eighty-one percent of Seattle Public Schools (SPS) students have received at least one dose of the COVID vaccine and 74% are fully vaccinated.
Click this link to view updated COVID-19 information and resources on Public Health – Seattle King County’s website.
Visit the SPS COVID information hub to find the latest info on school closure/transitions to remote learning, quarantine requirements, and COVID case numbers.
Coming Soon:
In partnership with Public Health-Seattle King County, DEEL is creating a Handbook for Health Heroes comic book! The pandemic has changed a lot about the way we live and has left many of us with lots of questions – especially about COVID-19 vaccines for kids. This comic book will answer some of the most common questions families have about vaccines and will be available later this spring.
DEEL will share the Handbook for Health Heroes in a future newsletter when it becomes available.
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Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP)
CCAP pays for child care costs for children ages one month to 12 years old for income-eligible working families or families with a parent attending school. Families receive a monthly voucher for child care that can be used at any one of the City's more than 200 participating CCAP providers. For more information, visit seattle.gov/ccap.
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for working families who claim the Child Tax Credit! Up to $3,000 or $3,600 is available per child for families with children under age 17. All working families will get the full credit if they make up to $150,000 for a couple or $112,500 for a family with a single parent.
In-person and virtual tax help is available through Seattle Public Libraries, United Way and AARP. Learn more about how to access tax help here.
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Complete And Submit Your FAFSA and WAFSA
Now is the time for high school seniors and Seattle Promise scholars to be working on FAFSA and WAFSA applications.
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