Washington State Child Care Stabilization Grant Awards from ARPA Funding

Grant awards from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to stabilize and expand Washington's child care system. The total ARPA funding available for awards is $360 million. The dataset is provided by data.wa.gov and was last updated in September 2025, but the grant program operated from October 2021 through September 2022.

Use Cases

• Analyzing grant distribution by Region Name and Facility Type to assess funding equity.
• Tracking payment timelines and amounts using Month_Payment, Payment Date, and Amount Total Award.
• Correlating subsidy support with provider scale using Subsidy Status and Provider Count.
• Mapping grant recipients using GEOID for geospatial analysis of funding allocation.

Strengths

• Total funding pool of $360 million is explicitly stated.
• Columns suggest detailed breakdowns of award amounts (Amount Total Award, Amount Program, Amount Workforce).
• Includes geospatial identifiers (GEOID) and administrative regions (Region, Region Name).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The grant program is complete as of September 2022; data is historical and will not be updated.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.wa.gov, likely the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF).

Collection Method

Likely contains administrative records from the federally funded Child Care Stabilization Grant program.

Time Range

Grant program operated from October 2021 through September 2022.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-09-26 20:16:30; freshness should be verified as the underlying program ended in 2022.

Geography

Focus is likely on Washington State, as indicated by the organization and region columns.