Washington — statewide
Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families
In short
Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families issues 1 permit we publish for Washington — statewide, last verified 2026-09-03. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child Care Centre License | Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families | $125 a year for the first twelve children plus $12 for each additional child; a family home pays a flat $30 | an initial license of six months, extendable to two years, then a non-expiring license with an annual fee | 2026-09-03 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Child Care Centre License
A centre pays $125 for the first twelve children and $12 for each one after, every year; a family home pays a flat $30 whatever its size. That flat-versus-scaled split is the whole structural difference between the two. The fee is non-refundable, due with the initial application and then thirty days before the license anniversary, and missing the anniversary is fatal rather than merely late — the license expires and a new application is required. The department publishes none of these amounts on its own pages; the administrative code is the only primary source. Child care is not one of the endorsements the statewide business license can carry, so it is a separate application.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Washington — statewide
- Phone
- (800) 723-4831
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- WAC 110-300-0401 — early learning programme license feesWashington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
Other Washington statewide offices
- Washington Secretary of State, Corporations and Charities Division
- Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
- Washington State Department of Health, Food Safety Program
- Washington State Department of Revenue, Business Licensing Service
- Washington State Department of Health, Veterinary Board of Governors
- Washington State Department of Licensing, Cosmetology Program
- Washington State Office of the Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division
Washington jurisdictions
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