Washington State Licensed Childcare and School Age Program Providers

Washington State data contains license and facility information for active childcare provider licenses. The dataset is maintained by the State of Washington's Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF). It includes details on providers such as license status and facility characteristics.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of active license statuses across different provider types to monitor regulatory compliance.
• Map facility information to assess geographic coverage and accessibility of childcare services.
• Identify trends in licensed provider operations using extracted point-in-time license data.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative State of Washington government organization.
• Information is extracted for active licenses, providing a current operational snapshot.
• Data is available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, and XML.

Limitations

• The dataset lacks row and column counts, making its scale and feature richness unknown.
• No sample data is available to preview structure or validate data quality before download.
• The description does not specify a temporal range, limiting longitudinal analysis.

Provenance

Source

State of Washington, Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF)

Collection Method

Extracted from official licensing systems at a point in time.

Freshness

Data was last updated on February 7, 2026.

Geography

Washington State, USA