Somali , Russian , Amharic , Arabic and Vietnamese . The survey was shared through multiple channels to reach providers across the state . DCYF sent it to all licensed providers ; the Child Care Collaborative Task Force shared it with their email list ; the Department of Commerce promoted it via their social media and other communications ; Seattle DEEL sent it to Child Care Assistance Program providers ; King County Best Start for Kids shared it with their provider community . P5FS also spoke on several child care association calls to provide background on the study and encourage participation . In addition , a link to the survey was included on a Washington-specific page on the Prenatal to Five Fiscal Strategies website , which also included background information on the study and a link for providers who preferred to engage in a one-onone interview with P5FS rather than complete the survey . Several providers with multiple sites preferred this option rather than completing multiple online survey entries .
The survey was launched at the beginning of March 2022 and was open until mid-April 2022 . To encourage participation , survey respondents were entered into a raffle to win one of 10 gift cards with a $ 50 value . The survey was launched with a
video from Dr . Lisa Brown , Director of the Washington State Department of Commerce . A total of 2,018 responses were received . Responses comprised family child care ( FCC ) providers ( 58 %); centers ( 37 %); and school-age-only child care ( SACC ) ( 2 %). This distribution across provider types is similar to the distribution of all providers in the state , as shown in Figure 3 .
Figure 3 : Survey responses by provider type , compared to provider population
Other
0.0 % 4.0 %
SACC
11.0 % 2.0 %
FCCs
57.0 % 58.0 %
Centers
32.0 % 37.0 %
0.0 % 20.0 % 40.0 % 60.0 % 80.0 % 100.0 %
Licensed Providers Survey Responses
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